Poptimists Top 40 Of 2007 Part 4

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Taking us up to the VERY BRINK of the Top 10.

17. FREEMASONS ft BAILEY TZUKE - "Uninvited"

Poptimists sleeper hit alert! Undistinguised video tho B Tzuke is a pretty lady. YouTube comments include debate about whether Freemasons are ACTUAL MASONS.

Watch on YouTube

16. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - "Someone Grebt"

This is a single version in which a hipster has sex with A VOID omg. Does rather tilt the "is it about a break up OR DEATH" qn though.

15. GROOVE ARMADA ft MUTYA BUENA - "Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)"

Embedding disabled but who cares, it's a disappointingly boring video anyway.

14. KANYE WEST - "Stronger"

Kanye rebuilt by robotz!

Watch on YouTube

13. BRITNEY SPEARS - "Get Naked (I Has A Plan)"

Not yet (& probably not ever) a single - here's an unofficial video.

12. LIL MAMA - "Lip Gloss"

Embedding disabled here too which is a great shame as this is an awesome video w/magic lipgloss!

11. FALL OUT BOY - "The Take Over, The Break's Over"

Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog in the emo video.

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Huh this is the worst lot yet, 'Lip Gloss' and 'Get Naked' (OMG BRITNEY) are the only ones which really deserve to be here.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

That surprises me as I really had you pegged as a Fall Out Boy fan.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I really hate all emo. I don't like in conceptually - boys whining about their 'problems' is never good! - but in practice I just can't get past the emo boy voice, which is even worse than most indie voices.

[cis.livejournal.com]

but but but so much great malevoice r'n'b boils down to 'boys whining about their problems'!

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I feel bad every time I pick on you, Lex, but jeez, your world is so not-fun - we are racist if we don't like R&B, only people with good voices should sing, no guitars please, etc. I was as closed-minded as you when I was 20, maybe - is there any hope of you coming around?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It's not being closed-minded, it's having standards. And it's lots of fun!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

he meant fun for other people ;)

I know I have said this before, but:

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Even when I don't like FOB songs (usually), I tend to like the titles.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This is probably my favourite stretch (maybe if you extend it back a few to T2) - good mix of styles and represents the magpie ears of the community well.

[koganbot]

I'm curious as to what puts you off about the Freemasons. That they're uninvited?

(I originally had this in my Top 20 but decided that Bailey's voice didn't quite get in my door; excellent song, though, and excellent version; I'm sure I heard the Alanis original [I've heard her hits LP, and wasn't ignoring Top 40 during the Triumphal Alanis Era], but I hadn't recognized this as a cover; so I'm listening to this live clip of Alanis right now, f. orchestra.

I like the idea of a big club anthem about being uninvited. Creates word/sound cognitive dissonance similar to Tisdale's "Not Like That."

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I don't dislike it but it's, like, only OK. I mean, it's one of those songs I heard when it appeared in the top 40, thought "yeah that's fine", ticked it, and never had the slightest desire to hear again.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think it was like that for almost everyone, except that it then REALLY REALLY GREW on a few people! It surprised me that it made it to the list but I'm very glad it did, I like that Poptimists is small and enthusiastic enough that individual enthusiasms can do well.

[koganbot]

I was opposite. It grabbed me immediately, but then it didn't quite hang on. (The one that does still rock my disco ball is their remix of "Beautiful Liar," a song I had been completely indifferent to in its original.)

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that pretty much sums up my experience of the track. Which is odd, because in retrospect it is one of those records that seems almost personally designed for me.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

it sneaks up on you, like