Poptimists Poll 2007 No.2: TREND OF THE YEAR

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A specially mixed bag on this category which attempted to replace last year's unsatisfactory genre of the year. This mix of new genres, dubious developments and personal pleasures does a little better though!

[Poll #1105475]

Tomorrow: MOST HORRIBLE THING and LIVE ACT unless I change my mind. All polls are still open, check the link on the dance to poll.

Click below the cut for explanations in haiku form of what these are!

Balearic:
Swooshy synth noises
And a mellow soft rock vibe
Back to eighty-seven

Bassline:
It came from the North
Two-step, divas, wub-wub bass
Real men call it Niche.

Dancing with an umbrella:
Watch what you're doing
Pretending you're Rihanna
You'll have my eye out!

Disco Re-Edits:
Money for old rope?
No! Appreciate the skill!
Frankie Valli did.

Emo:
"Pete Wentz is teh hott"
The kids on the Myspace say
Like I'd really know.

Indie getting less rockish?
Klaxons won a prize
With clumsy rave Frankenstein
What next? Afropop?

Minimal:
The sound of Berlin
I read as much in the Graun.
Bip bip bip bip bip.

Pop stars going nuts
Britney in a wig
Amy living it far too big
Throw them in the brig!

Comments

[koganbot]

It should be an easy win for bassline

Wikipedia doesn't even acknowledge it as a form of music. (I don't know if that refutes or supports the idea that it's a trend.)

What are your favorite bassline tracks (other than "Heartbroken")? (I'm listening to a bassline remix of Ciara's "Oh" right now and it's kind of meh, though "Oh" is something that really doesn't need to be messed with.)

[sbp.livejournal.com]

I hate genre titles. Bassline is what the bass instrument plays, not an entire genre. Unless there really aren't any other instruments on the track.

See also Drum'n'Bass.

[koganbot]

And guitar rock.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The kidz are way ahead of wikipedia here.

Anyway I am completely hungover and unable to form thoughts so with minimal comment, some of my favourite bassline tunes du jour - all should be very easy to find on youtube (and following the 'similar videos' box is always good for building up quite an awesome bassline trail):

H2O ft Platnum - What's It Gonna Be?
I think I emailed this to you a while back? Infernally catchy boy-girl duet
TS7 ft Tonia - Smile
OK so right now this is the best and most perfectly unfolding verse ever: "I'm the kind of girl who does what she wants, gets what she needs / I'm a girl that's big on giving but I do like to receive / I know that there are people thinking sexual things about what I just said / but it goes to show you that the simplest things can be misread / but not this guy / this guy / he took his time to know me / and to show me / he opened up my eyes to new possibilities / but most of all / he makes me / he makes me / he makes me / he makes me... / he makes me smile"

T2 - Gonna Be Mine
Gemma Fox - Might Be

(above three can be d/lded from this blog (http://pardonmyfreedom.blogspot.com/2007/11/un-bruit-qui-court.html) - I prefer the DJ Q and X5 Dubs rmxes of Gemma Fox though; 'Gonna Be Mine' is AMAZING, "I'm gonna get to your heart, I'll take a shot in the dark, I never miss the mark - you're gonna be mine [bleep bleep swoop swoop wobble]")

Bliss'n'Script - Honey Child
loving the Virgo and Dexplicit mixes - reminds me of early Craig David from his 2-step days, sweet-sounding boy singer gets rejected, uses phrase "heavens to Betsy"
TS7 ft T Dot - Ding Dong
Stush-esque bratty female MC says: "I'll stick my back foot in ya mouth!" then pretends to be a doorbell

DJ Q - Shottas
JTJ Productions ft sMoKio & DB - Is You
this is pretty classic, bunch of MCs threatening to stab you with a fork over bomb explosions - video is proper thuggish, may post on poptimists properly
JTJ Productions - Dig The Way
sMoKio - Janno
s reynolds, who caught up with bassline like last week inna puffing'n'wheezing old man stylee, says this is chopped'n'screwed bassline - I agree

plus google just threw this link (http://forum.breakbeat.co.uk/tm.asp?m=1969892228&mpage=1&key=&#1969918046) at me where you can download zipfiles of producer-specific track (JTJ, TS7 and TRC), woo! and of course there are bunches atop piles of hott bassline r&b rmxes of varying quality - dexplicit dropped an awesome one of 'Like A Boy' the other week, T2's official rmx of J Holiday's 'Bed' is wicked, as is DJ Q's rmx of Dizzee's 'Flex'.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

this (http://www.catapult.co.uk/products/CDs/Urban/Dj+Q+4x4+mix+CD+Volume+6) is the bassline mix cd i have - it is pure gold throughout.

apropos of nothing, Trina's 'I Got A Bottle'! 4x4 US-stylee! 'Sexy Back' but with a better performer and pas de Timbaland!