THE POP OPEN: Group C - Sex

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Poptimists everywhere, it's time for...THE POP OPEN.

This first week we have 5 songs on the theme of "Sex". You don't have to judge songs by how they fit the theme, just pick the two you like most - BUT! you can't vote for one you already know ("know" doesn't include "know a remix of" or "know a version of" or "know what it must be but haven't actually heard it before"). You don't have to use both your votes - you can just use one.

And you don't have to be a player to vote - anyone can!

The songs are all in a zipfile here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/b52yp8 (18 Mb)

And you can get them streamed here: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/06/pop-open-week-1/ (NB if you just hit play you get Track 5, not Track 1, for some reason, so make sure you hit each play track link separately) ALSO: if possible download the zipfile - the streaming tracks are on FT's bandwidth :)

[Poll #1001691]

What happens next? On Thursday I put up a post revealing what each track is (and giving my opinions!) but not who voted in it. On Monday the poll closes and I reveal who has WON. The top THREE tracks go into the next round. Then next Tuesday we have another group (most likely Money or Death).

Thanks to bengraham, carsmilesteve, infov0re, mcarratala and strange_powers for this week's tracks!

Oh and I forgot a really important question - what would YOU have submitted?

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I have to applaud the players this week for their committment to um avoiding the conventionally 'sexy' (mostly)

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

OH NOES -- you mean it's all goth-s3chs.

Also: HURRAH!! Orga-fun is back. I am, appropriately enough, gagging for it.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

so, no NSFW tracks then?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I am sort of assuming that everyone plays their music on headphones!

Track Four is NSFW though.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

NSF Sanity more like.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

What happens to the players who go through? I mean, will eg Injustice players get the chance to play Sex at a later date?

Streaming is actually a v good idea - wouldn't be able to do that at work either (at home today) but much less hassle than d/lding and unzipping.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

And you can d/l any you like!

The next round will have different, genre-based, themes - all TBA next week.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

And you can NOT d/l if you don't like the song! Hurrah.

Haven't really thought about what I'd submit, I could submit an entire compilation of sex songs I'd be happy with and fairly sure most poptimists wouldn't know. 'Nasty Bitch' by Trina, 'Georgia Peach' by Rasheeda, 'Can You Do The Work?' by Sean Paul and Ce'Cile, 'Gills And Tails' by Amel Larrieux...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Hurrah that was easy. Knew one but wouldn't have voted for it anyway. My first place winner was WAY out in front because it's AMAZING - I recognised the singer instantly but not the song.

Something I ought to stress

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

You don't have to vote for any of them - don't feel you need to reward a track you hate with a point just cos you don't know it!

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

I knew three, so I feel well smart this time. I only voted for one, as it struck me as the clear better of the two I didn't know.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

And you don't have to be a player to vote

although you do have to be a PLAYA, obv ;)

Re: Something I ought to stress

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Glad you clarified this. I know three, so it's a question of whether I like either of the other two, and which (if any) I like the most.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Crikey! He doesn't mince his words, does he? (Oho).

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I knew two and recognised a third as the originator of a very famous sample (but which I'd never heard). Smug+++

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Thanks for streaming these, Tom! I'm much more likely to hear them this way.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

When I got track one I thought to myself, "Crikey that's a bit risky", as I assumed everyone would know it. Then it struck me that there was no reason *why* everyone would know it, and maybe it wasn't very famous - it's never been a HIT as far as I know!

But it seems like lots of people do know it!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

hahaha, it's been on a fair few early 80s comps quite recently i think, although i think my copy might, like almost everything else weird on my computer, have come from the TRAWL cds...

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

MAN, it is so hard commenting without giving away which track is or isn't mine (although i'm guessing several ppl might have a fair idea...)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for the Pop Open, great concept working well so far.

I knew 2 tracks and I realised what track 2 was eventually because of the title tho I didn't include this because I've never heard the song in full. Didn't like it tho.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Well, given that thebopkids is not taking part...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I would probably have submitted some obvious late 80s/early 90s rap/RnB-ish thing e.g. Bell Biv Devoe's 'Do Me' or Mellow Man Ace's 'Mentirosa'. Or tried to find a current equivalent.

If it had been me...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'm not totally sure what I'd have submitted for this group. Do you go for a track which is about sex, or a track which is sexy? Or both? & of course the question of "what gets to be sexy?" is not unproblematic. Plus the VOTERS are likely to be sitting in office or computer chairs when they hear it so yr full-on breathy kitten or quiet storm or booty-bass sex raps may not have quite their full or intended effect. I'd have probably picked a booty track anyway tho and hoped to sneak third place from a small but hearty constituency of fans.

This format is interesting in terms of which themes attract a diversity of picks and which don't, by the way.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Yep, I have it on an electronica comp from a couple of years back. I'd not heard of it before I bought said comp though.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ;)