A Year In Pop: 48

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Like a terrifying rogue planet the awesome gravity pull of WOBS is warping the charts - now we see what the all-downloads rule is really about.

[Poll #1099584]

Almost there though!

Comments

[koganbot]

The Elvises I'm not voting 'cause they're reissues, and I don't know one of them anyway (guess which); also not voting Pogues, but I think you guys vastly overrate that song anyway.

Shayne Ward. This was my nearest to a tick. Hated the first song I ever heard by Shayne, thinking his voice was ridiculous rather than moving in its passion. And now I've started to like him, and I wonder if I were to go back to Original Song (whatever it was) whether I might not like that too. He seems like a stupid version of Timberlake - Timberlake knows more than simply to rely on the sweet sound of his voice; but Ward's voice is sweet. His problem here is the song itself, which is just kind of ordinary.

Sean Kingston. Pleasant enough. A lightweight (musically, that is). Hard to care about this. Could tick, but why?

The Editors. Hmmm. His voice has a basic gravelly, overdramatic tone, but strangely there's no pace or drama to the song. I don't hate this, but the accompaniment needs to be less rich, as it seems to be neutralizing everything. I can imagine how this guy could do well with this voice, but I've heard the Editors now and then without remembering anything about their music, so my guess is that it's not too likely to have happened on the tracks I haven't heard. But I haven't really explored their oeuvre.

Pendulum. Strange instrumental environment with a touch of Asia, and then a quasi-psychedelic song, with feints in the direction of both metal and techno. Another "Hmmmm" track. Borderline, but on the boring side of the line.

Sugababes. Shrug to this one.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Shayne is totally being marketed as a soppier nu-Timberlake - mainly because his performance of Cry Me A River halfway through the X Factor series totally sealed Shayne's victory. I wish he would do more non-ballad stuff like If That's OK With You though, he can dance and everything!

[andthatisthat.livejournal.com]

I always picture Shayne Ward as being on the cover of Lisa Simpson's Non-Threatening Boys magazine; his record company have emasculated him so.