Another Year In Pop: 1

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year! Welcome to a nation with three Mika songs in its Top 40!

[Poll #1117595]

*officially a 2007 hit.]

(Because I still don't have home interwobs I haven't had the time to properly go through the 2007 lists - it may happen this weekend though!)

Comments

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

'Conquest' might be my favourite thing the White Stripes have ever done - I might be alone in this regard.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

guess who think it's their worst single to date ;)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The video gets a tick, the song is a marginal non-tick. I like the horns and the vocal warbling but it goes on a bit. I like it more than most WS I guess. Of the stuff I heard from this record I liked "Rag And Bone" better!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

"Conquest" is a bad choice for a single. Works much better as an alBUM track, I think, where it's 'novelty record' features grate far less.

Icky Thump is another fine rock LP from ver Stripes, though. The Meg-Jack chemistry is still there and Jack largely stays away from the piano this time, thank goodness.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

Ticky Thump?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh it's nowhere near the best stuff on White Blood Cells!

(NB I cannot remember which the best stuff was, but I remember really liking the album)