A Year In Pop: 23

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A deluge of new entries this week, some of which should spark a bit of conversation. So I'll let you get on with it!

[Poll #1001778]

Comments

Re: Bad week for cover versions of past dance hits

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Energetic != good or listenable!

Re: Bad week for cover versions of past dance hits

[koganbot]

Don't like the Klaxons "Not Over" as much as the original or as much as the previous version the Klaxons did (seems to me they've unfunked the bass this time), but this is not a desecration but a way of finding their way into a searing ache that Grace didn't come close to. This track absolutely reaches me (or the previous Klaxon version does, anyway), justifies the Klaxons' existence, though it will no doubt make me disappointed in everything else they do in the future. Second favorite song today, ahead of the very good Kelly Rowland (which is the first solo jaunt I've ever liked of hers). I love this. But not as much as the Unklejam.