A Year In Pop: 32

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The UK's Number! One! Pop! Stars! Kleerup (and some Swedish mate of theirs) did quite well last week. This week there's the return of Kanye West with his Daft Punk sample, and some other stuff including the first top 40 hit for sophisticindie croonster Richard Hawley. Why not spend your elevenses ticking?

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(All year in pop polls are open until the end of the year. Your investments may go down as well as up.)

Comments

Re: Stronger

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

How can someone's drunken behaviour at an awards show put you off their music?! I mean, it's not something I'd condone, but it doesn't have any bearing at all on the music. My suspicion has long been that a goodly proportion of people who bang on about Kanye's arrogance ruining his music don't like him to begin with anyway.

Re: Stronger

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I didn't say it put me off his music, just that it put me off him! The music is a separate issue but I've not been feeling his stuff lately anyway. I liked 'Brand New' last year tho he was the worst thing on it. I liked 'Diamonds From Sierra Leone' tho he was the worst thing on that too! No probs with him on 'Gold Digger' at least. He's regularly criticised by people as an average rapper/lyricist and I guess I agree so whether I like what he's doing usually just comes down to the jams.

Things I do like about him: good suits, the whole bear thing - sort of, just because it's somewhat different imagery for hip-hop artist - his face is not on his actual record covers - so much for the inflated ego eh?