The League Of Pop: THE FINAL

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Another experimental format, but of course. Check back every half hour as I count up to the WINNAH. 19 voters in total - about as much as for the Pop World Cup later rounds. I am hoping for higher totals in the Pop Open! But my workload caught up with my marketing (and reviewing!) skills so this was more of an epilogue than a climax to the League.

In fourth place...: TRACK 4: M2M - "Our Song", chosen by koganbot: 2 1st place votes, 4 2nd place votes. In his email when he submitted the song Frank mentioned that he'd sent it to a lot of people before, and indeed this was the only one I even theoretically knew.

In third place...: Track 1: DESTRA - "Independent Ladies", chosen by alexmacpherson: 4 1st place votes, 5 2nd place votes. A bold choice from the Lex, I thought, though this isn't as frenetic as most Soca. I was pleased to see it do well - led the field when I counted the first ten voters.

In second place...: Track 3: COOKIE CREW - "Born This Way", chosen by jeff_worrell: 6 1st place votes, 3 2nd place votes. My personal favourite of the four, keeps its infectious momentum going to the end.

In first place...: Track 2: HERBERT - "Moving Like A Train", chosen by inhibitorylinks: 6 1st place votes, 5 2nd place votes. The best individual performer in the League of Pop and so a worthy winner here, this was the most interesting and more-ish of the tracks for me, but ran out of steam (boom boom) towards the fifth minute. Even so would have got a 2nd place from me.

Well done Scott and thanks to the other three finalists.

Tomorrow you'll get five sexxxxxy traxx (ahem), anonymised and ready to vote on. If I can sort out some streaming media nonsense I will but I'll put them up as a zip too. GIRD YR LOINS.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Have now heard the tracks! Thoughts, in order:

Cookie Crew: haha all I've been listening to for the past half week is old skool hip-hop b/c of my friend Anna-Marie's 80s block party themed bday party. When I DJed I hadn't heard this song. If I had I may well have played it. It's FUCKING AWESOME.

M2M: I really like this - it's so plush, and nearly beautiful. Would make a great Xmas ballad. I don't love it though: I think I'd prefer it with a different voice. She seems a bit too knowing, or not as invested in the song's sadness/blankness. I imagine her singing it on TV with a smile on her face, winking at the audience.

Herbert: I was expecting to love this - as I said the Smith'n'Hack remix is fantastic - I didn't realise it had, like, vocals. Is that Roisin Murphy? It sounds a bit like her. Loads of good ideas in it and maybe I'm not in the mood right now but I'm finding it very annoying - it doesn't settle, I keep thinking "ffs stay STILL".

Also, I STILL LIKE MINE THE BEST SO NER.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

So if I'd done like Frank, I presume Jeff would have won outright? I must say he is taking this with v good grace, if it had been me I would be stamping my foot and shouting "NOT FAIR", as per my What Would Paris Do? rule.

[koganbot]

And bring your mother along to cry! (Amazing, all the attention people give to the League Of Pop when there are people in, like, Iraq. And dying.)

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

All I will say is the Belgians have the right idea: voting is compulsory there. ;-)