A Year In Pop: 25

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

JAYSIS WHAT A SHOWER.

I refer of course to the rain that is delaying the homecomings of our merry Glastonburger revellers, not to the twelve new pop acts for your consideration this week.

[Poll #1009604]

(If you want to vote in the Pop Open, by the way, you've got about 15 minutes.)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ou est la Ferg? 'Big Girls Don't Cry' is at No 37 and is also THE BEST of the lot.

'LoveStoned' still great, much more enthusiastic about it than 'What Goes Around'.

Everything else is various shades of TERRIBLE with that Paul McCartney thing the worst of the lot - I don't think I've encountered another song as vile this year.

Botherd about stinky field people getting delayed, the rain is NOT GOOD FOR WIMBLEDON :(

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Thought we had Ferg last week? GNACKERS. Oh well, next week it is.

I agree about LoveStoned, it's about the only thing on the album I'm still playing (tho I still love "SexyBack", I've just worn it out for now).

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah same here, that album palled shockingly rapidly, I'm still not entirely sure how/why! 'Chop Me Up' is the other one I still play, always loved it.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

Palled? I'm so surprised! I didn't say that this would happen, did I? (NB I DID)

[koganbot]

Everything else is various shades of TERRIBLE with that Paul McCartney thing the worst of the lot - I don't think I've encountered another song as vile this year.

I take it you've somehow not encountered Cute Is What We Aim For.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Is that an actual band name or a song or I am not sure which is actually WORSE here. Oh god they're probably emo. I wish emo kids would just slash their fucking wrists already and stop bothering the charts.

An actual emo band name

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

They are so bad even I don't like them.

[koganbot]

Lex, you must watch the video, it will enrich your life: it's SO bad, you can't conceive of how such terrible lyrics and such a deluded obnoxious singer and such a disgusting video could somehow come together so perfectly. I really think it sets the standard.

Here it is on AOL

If the AOL stream doesn't work for you, here's a rip on YouTube