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Happy 2nd Birthday Poptimists!

As a celebration, here's a trip down memory lane - a NOW poll! For more recently arrived posters, the NOW Polls covered the first 64 volumes, and ended at around this time last year. There are now three more volumes, not that I'm intending to poll all three, but enough water has flowed under the pop bridge for a summer-of-06 lookback to not feel ENTIRELY like a pointless exercise.*


[Poll #1020712]


*in a relative sense, of course.
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Date: 2007-07-13 01:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
replace Fratellis and Jimorrison and "Bob Sinclar" with Lily, All Saints and Gnarls and that would be one of the greatest blocks in a Now poll EVER. makes one year ago seem much better than it felt at the time.

Re: 06 vs 07

Date: 2007-07-13 01:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
I was going to say, it's a bit early for that - this time last year all we had was 'Maneater'. But it's July already! How did that happen? And I can't even think of anything on the horizon...Kat DeLuna would be perfect but I don't even know if it'll be released over here, Lil' Mama and Nicole Scherzinger are both scheduled for the autumn...though Amerie and maybe Dizzee will be along in a week or two.

Date: 2007-07-13 02:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
If anything there are a few I wouldn't have ticked at the time which I really love now - 'Rock Steady' and 'Something Kinda Ooooh' especially, they were underwhelming at the time but really grew on me.

Re: 06 vs 07

Date: 2007-07-13 02:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
'Pussyole' is the next single. I keep meaning to post the video - the radio edit REMOVES THE CHORUS!!!! ENTIRELY!!! And uses the first verse as a chorus instead! But still works, not as well as it should, but it's no travesty.

I dunno why everyone's going on about 'Gotta Work' - it seems that for ages any Rich Harrison r&b production has been greeted with sneers of "'Crazy In Love' rip-off!" and now I think this one really IS a poor man's CIL/1T, everyone's going nuts over it.

"America" by Razorlight

Date: 2007-07-13 02:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cis.livejournal.com
why do I love this song so much?

Re: 06 vs 07

Date: 2007-07-13 02:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
That was always going to be removed though, which begs the question of why it's apparently OK for Nicole Scherzinger to sing "something 'bout that cock, you think you got me wanting to see what's going on" on her new single. She ACTUALLY DOES.

Date: 2007-07-13 02:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com
I was going to say that the years distance is about long enough to judge whether something has 'legs' for good or ill. For example the Snow Patrol track is actually worse than the Fratellis, but I don't hear it as often.

Date: 2007-07-13 02:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] carsmilesteve.livejournal.com
is chasing cars the one off of the football? i MIGHT have to go back and give it a ticky, but i'm not sure which one it is...

Re: "America" by Razorlight

Date: 2007-07-13 02:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cis.livejournal.com
perhaps because it is a SWEET SUMMER JAM.
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
I forgot how amazing 'Unfaithful' was! This is her second best single after 'Umbrella' and 'Pon De Replay'.

Date: 2007-07-13 02:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com
Agreed (if the Fratellis were also removed). Last year seems super-awesome! I blame Timba-overdose for this year's relative drought. Mark Ronson and Groove Armada don't really fit the bill for our producers-du-jour.

OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR:
- too many indie busker boys
- I haven't been watching half as much Hits!TV
- or going out dancing (this hopefully to change in August!)
- not enough interest in Sophie Ellis Bextor :(

Date: 2007-07-13 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
on the plus side, no terrible world cup tie-in records

Re: "America" by Razorlight

Date: 2007-07-13 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
it is because you are MY MUM

Date: 2007-07-13 02:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
that might be 'Spitting Games'. i dunno i think every Snow Patrol song ever has been used on football telly at one point or another.

Date: 2007-07-13 02:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
astoundingly, no. The Killers and Shakira both grown on me a lot in last 6 months. 'Suprefreak' gets a tick because I would dance to any version of that drunk at the disco. Hoff gets tick because it makes me laugh (tho probably shouldn't).

Re: 06 vs 07

Date: 2007-07-13 02:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
i think Audio Club could've done a lot better if it had been released in the UK right NOW...not sure it was released here at all. i think it's very Summery anyway.

Re: 06 vs 07

Date: 2007-07-13 02:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
no it's 'clock'. she just wants to know what time it is.

lol strangepowers

Date: 2007-07-13 02:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
"James THE TURD Morrison"

if only that really was his middle name.
From: [identity profile] boyofbadgers.livejournal.com
Dude, it's TERRIBLE. All that emo 'I don't want to be a MURDERER' well STOP SHAGGING THE OTHER DUDE THEN. It's worse than BRIGHT EYES!

Re: "America" by Razorlight

Date: 2007-07-13 02:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cis.livejournal.com
it is because Razorlight have secretly tapped into the FINEST VEIN OF SOFT ROCK known to mankind.

I have just listened to it on youtube five times and it is not enough!
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