A Year In Pop: 20

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I brought this poll forward from tomorrow because I think it'll get quite a few ticks.*

[Poll #988684]

*and because I didn't want to harangue you with only game-based posts today.

Comments

Re: Real Actual Pop Injustice

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

For me, it's how forceful it is, with the growling synths and the... cymbal or snare or whatever making that slicing noise over the top which gives the lyrics an acceptable and indeed genius face when they would have been absolutely loathesome if it had all sounded anything like the wussy middle eight. It's strangely summery, too, given how it sounds- the ingredients ought to create something late-night-in-a-taxi-watching-streetlights-go-past-through-rain-drops like 'Have You Never Ever' by Margaret Berger but instead it somehow lifts right out. Really though it's all about how ballsy it is and also the production is excellent.

The video is horribly irrelevant, despite being quite pretty.