The Pop Open Group Of Passion - RESULTS

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Whose passions tickled yr fancy? LET'S SEE! (gradually)

First Place: MayBee - "Teen Mita Vaan" (Track 2, 9 first-place votes, 34% of total points) - credoimprobus WINS.

Second Place: Bappi Lahiri - "College Girl I Love You" (Track 1, 5 first-place votes, 20% of total points) - cis qualifies.

Third Place: Jewlia Eisenberg - "Dream Of Me" (Track 5, 3 first-place votes, 20% of total points) - mcatzilut qualifies.

Fourth Place: The Usuals - "Orange Boy" (Track 3, 2 first-place votes, 16% of total points) - ms_bracken is OUT.

Fifth Place: Dexys Midnight Runners - "I Love You (Listen To This)" (Track 4, 2 first-place votes, 10% of total votes) - atommickbrane is OUT.

The winner - that's credoimprobus gets to choose which group they go into next round (out of Fifties And Before, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties and Nineties - 00s is now FULL) and also which group the third place qualifier goes into.

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i have never bothered with them in any depth probably because of the whole 'trad/nostalgic' thing that is projected either by them or by me onto them - or both! i suppose it is a relevance-to-my-world (or the world i want to be in) thing, altho i do like 'the celtic soul brothers' and their biggest hits - undeniably great. it seems as if further investigation would be rewarding provided you're interested enough in this kind of pop music and songwriting and how it works. i'm more interested in how the band fit the time they were successful in and what enabled this altho there's always some sort of 'throwback' force on the pop scene i guess, appealing to people's sense of nostalgia.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This makes them sound like Showaddywaddy! (Possibly not 100% untrue but at least 50%). I think the appeal is maybe more like Winehouse - classicist elements plus big emotional content plus a fierce but flawed individuality.