WINNER STAYS ON!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

OK you might have noticed that Popt'ists has been much concerned in recent weeks with larnin' the membership on the glorious history of pop (Level 42, Baltimora, etc.). But what of the modern variety, it risks neglect? Yes indeed, so here's the second twice-weekly feature that will see the community into the '06 and double the amount of polls I get to do:

WINNER STAYS ON!

The concept of WSO is childishly simple. Every Tuesday and Friday I post 2 YSI links, which battle it out vote-style for the title of "The Greatest Track Of Right Now". The loser is forgotten and may never appear again. The winner STAYS ON and appears in the next face-off: so for instance whichever track wins today will be present on Tuesday facing a new challenger.

Which tracks can 'play'? Anything you like - we're not formally limiting it but the idea is to favour what's exciting in current pop (be as wild as you like about yr definition of 'pop' and of 'current') and to encourage debates and shouting and that sort of thing.

To start with we have two of the most frothed-over recent singles.


Current UK #1 single "Hung Up" by Madonna (YSI here), ABBA-sampling disco comeback.

VS!!!

Much-loved critics' darlings Girls Aloud and their head-turning pop patchwork "Biology" (YSI here)

NOW VOTE:
[Poll #625080]


Please also let me know in the comments box if you want to nominate the next challenger - first come first etc.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"Hung Up": great beats, great sample, a big wedding disco number I think because the beats wisely are a bit clumsy, in the way ABBA always were, you could stomp along just as well as dance.

"Biology" just has more going on though, and the 2-minute build up to the chorus is wonderful (yes yes I know, "what chorus" - teh lex)

(It's prog innit?)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I am unsure still as to what my fave GA song is. Either The Show or No Good Advice.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

NGA >>>> The Show

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

But in the Show they say "underwear" and it's all naughty.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

The Show is much more fun to dance to than NGA. But then NGA has the bit where you can yell out MY SHARONA! and the ace closing rap bit. CANNOT DECIDE.

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

NGA has better breakdown, also.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

wot is cut-off i cannot d/l pop at work -- well i can but i shan't

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The YSIs stay up for a week, the new round is Tuesday mornin so cut off = Monday basicewerly.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Hung Up = perfectly good Stuart Price pop record that just happens to have Madge singing on it. It doesn't feel like a Madonna record at all.

Biology = agreeably mental, and unmistakably Girls Aloud despite not sounding much like any of their other hits.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

see i don't keep up with the kids - i didn't kno it was Stuart Price/LRD/Jacq LeCont