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

Re: I JUDGE THAT...

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Biology's chorus (apart from the main line) reads "The magic's numbers in front of me / We're going to call it the prophecy" = biggest influence is the TV documentary about Madonna.

Delayed Chorus = the actual secret of U2's Depth.

I agree that Hung Up sounds very Surart Price once you know that it is:) The Abba sample sounds very prog out of context, like something off War of the Worlds.

I picked Biology, basically because I'm more interested in hearing it in the next poll, to see whether I've made more sense of it.

Re: I JUDGE THAT...

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Bah, that was meant to be a separate post.