A Year In Pop: 28

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A light-ish week with a few well-known names.

Last week's poll - http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/406271.html - got very very low tickage. Now, it wasn't a very inspiring selection but do pop back and have a look at it if only to tick the "not heard" box! The, ahem, delicately calibrated orgafun ranking system is in danger of being thrown out of wack.

[Poll #1022266]

There's another 20 minutes or so to get yr tick on in the Pop Open love vote, too. I have a terrible feeling it might be a draw as it stands.

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

She reminds me of Saffrom what's-her-face from the mighty Republica, although scarier. Also the Super Mal sounds a bit like 'All This Love' by The Similou, which is never bad in my book, although it's just big and stupid and summery, rather than closet emo like the Similou song.

I did prefer Luciana in the Bodyrox video, if only because I liked the idea of her as some paranormal noise-bringer.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Nail on head there! I don't like her because she IS Saffron! :) There is unresolved Britpop beef here.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Ready To Go' is one of only two Britpop songs I like :)

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

Republica are DUE FOR A CRITICAL RE-EVALUATION. Both their albums are v. good!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think that history has proved that the basic idea of Republica was a good one! Whether history has been kinder to their rekkids I'm more sceptical of.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Their singles were terrible and are still terrible. Ready To Go might have been OK if it weren't for Saffron's awful voice, but Drop Dead Gorgeous is just plain cr4p.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

You are 16,000 types of wrong on this. Saffron's voice isn't awful, it is LOUD AND UNSUBTLE, which is exactly the sort of thing that 1996 was all about.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

My brother and I were going to submit a song for consideration as a Polish Eurovision entrant. The basic idea was Republica fronted by Ashlee Simpson. Unfortunately, the idea has been abandoned.

NO WAIT COME BACK

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

I'd buy it.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

You go far, far, far too far. I am not prepared to call any other Republica song even 'listenable' let alone two (two!) albums' worth of them.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

Oh come on, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" was terrific (and the bigger hit, too). Also, off the second album, "Try Everything", "Luxury Cage", "Pretty Girl Hate" and "Kung Fu Movies" are class.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Republica's 'Wrapp' is totally precursor to 'Yeah Yeah'!