I Love #1's - 2004

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Way back at the end of July, you voted Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers the pick of '56, with 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love' gathering 18 ticks. Fast forward 48 years to the death throes of Pop Idol and the birth of McFly. Ladies and gents: 2004!

[Poll #1042742]

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

This was a great year!

- Britney's best single. Also her, like, 10th best single. For some odd reason most people confused these two
- 'Yeah!' "Take that - and rewinf it back; Ludacris got the flow to make your booty go *CLAP*"! Arguably one of the most IMPORTANT singles of the year as it gave us the endlessly brilliant crunk'n'b - Britney's collab with the Ying Yang Twins on her album was awesome but 'Yeah!' was the first big commercial hit, and Ciara took it to the next level a few months later - it's defined r&b ever since
- 'Baby Cakes', a strange and beautiful random throwback to the golden age of 2-step
- 'I Don't Wanna Know' (and the Shola Ama-led reply) are really heartbreakingly lovely ballads, both sung as if through fog, both parties pleading but knowing that the other has made their mind up and isn't listening

On the negative side

- 'Dry Your Eyes' was the song which finally convinced me that Mike Skinner was a total cunt who needed his face stamped on forever
- 'Just Lose It'...you couldn't even hate Eminem for it b/c it was so obviously meant to be shit (and then 'Ass Like That' was even worse!!!)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

No one else likes 'Yeah'??????

b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-buhhh?

Calm Down Dear

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I hadn't got round to filling out the poll yet!

Bizarrely I don't remember 'Burn' at all.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

I do!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It starts RLY BADLY and then suddenly gets awesome. I am slightly disappointed at low scores all round so far apart from canonic Toxic. Also disappointed (but not surprised) that I am the only person who recognises the odd greatness of "Radio".

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Radio is one of the better Robbie singles, but unfortunately I saw the rubbish dude interview him just before his performance of this on TOTP (remember TOTP, kids?), and Robbie said he'd sacked Guy Chambers and had 'learned the keyboard' in an effort to have more control over his songwriting. As soon as the song started I could picture young Robert tapping away with his single fingered chords to some early Joy Division records he'd found in a bargain bin in Stoke. ARRRRRGH it seemed so shoddy and blatant! The melody is catchy and it would have been an interesting direction to take, but mental images can be very compelling....Sorry Robbie.

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

No, I love "Radio" - but it's so un-Robbie-ish, it feels weird ticking it. I don't want to, seeing his name, but I know the song and it's really quite good.