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

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

"The Take Over, The Break's Over" and "Someone Grebt" were 2 of my last cuts from the top 10 so I'm really happy to see they made it anyways. The only one here I haven't heard is the Freemasons one, I'll check it out.

So this basically sets what the top 10 presumably basically has to be. I wonder if there are any shockas awaiting though.

[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.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Cor, several surprises here, mostly pleasant ones I guess (Kanye and Groovy Mutya both very average trax tho). I figured LCD must feature somewhere in the chart but I stopped following the DFA and all who sail in her almost exactly 2 years ago.

Sounds too much like he's worried about the weather

[koganbot]

The one I hadn't heard:

LCD Soundsystem "Someone Great" - Gag, I really dislike the blah, pedantic vocals. Preferred the other two singles from the LCD alb, though not to the extent that I hope the high showing of this one foreshadows "All My Friends" in the top ten.

By the way, the surprising entry of "You" in the top 24 means four choices of mine have placed so far (still wouldn't be surprised if "You" scored on the basis of only two ballots); so I'm pretty sure that I'll get five in, with a possibility of six (although "See You Again"'s placing in the top seven, as I've predicted, probably depends on whether piratemoggy got her votes in).

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Tom - is it possible to generate something like a 'poptimist score' i.e. to what degree an individual's picks correlate with poptimist 'consensus'? I'm wondering if there's a statistical way of pointing up what feels like my detachment from poptimist taste over the last year! Of course if Spoon is in the Top 10 this may not be necessary...

[datura800.livejournal.com]

errr the groove/mutya song is easily one of the 10 best of the year

[mackromackro.livejournal.com]

Well, the one track off my Top 10 finally appeared! "Someone Great".

I love the video. It's as great as the classic New Order videos. More profound as you analyze the video, otherwise captivating without trying too hard. And best of all, excellent use of visual onomatapoiea.