POP TRUMPS: Week 3

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Another Friday, another round of Pop Trumps! Rules are here - the way your scores are interpreted are totally up to you, but a 10 will beat a lower score.

Unlike the canons, Pop Trumps is not restricted to artists with at least 10 top 40 hits, and in our next contestant's case that's just as well...


M.I.A
[Poll #1131220]

Xtina ratings:
- Singing voice/musical ability: 8
- Consistency: 6
- H0TTness: 8
- Dancing Skillz/Visual: 6
- Chart success: 8
- Extra-curricular activity: 3
- Party Animal Rating: 4
- Eccentricity: 5
- Legacy: 5
- Best track: Genie In A Bottle
- Botherdness rating: 28

Xtina is officially H0TTer than R Kelly! :-)

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

And indeed, Scooter :)

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Too easy: zeros all round for Scooter innit. Next!

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I've never heard a single Scooter song!

THIS MUST BE RECTIFIED

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Re: THIS MUST BE RECTIFIED

[koganbot]

Reminds me of LCD Soundsystem (but seems to be far better)

REFUGEE EDUCATION NUMBER TWO: Scooter's earlier output :)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(these are the dudes we're going to see at Clubland Live Oh Dear God)

Re: REFUGEE EDUCATION NUMBER TWO: Scooter's earlier output :)

[koganbot]

Confirms my theory that techno-rave is really a form of "rock." (But I am using an obsolete def'n of "rock music," i.e. music that rocks you out.)

Is this considered "real" rave or a bastardization?

Very good, by the way.

Re: REFUGEE EDUCATION NUMBER TWO: Scooter's earlier output :)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Oh it's definitely hardc0re techno rather than rave. The thing is, Scooter have been going for donkey's years & are Germany's biggest selling artist (unless you count Boney M, I think) so to a lot of Europe everything else is a pale imitation of Scooter. In the UK they're pretty much a joke, mainly because of this:



(That's the last one, promise!)

Re: REFUGEE EDUCATION NUMBER TWO: Scooter's earlier output :)

[koganbot]

So when he keeps saying "rave" and "ravers" and such he's lying?

Re: REFUGEE EDUCATION NUMBER TWO: Scooter's earlier output :)

[koganbot]

to a lot of Europe everything else is a pale imitation of Scooter

Europe is correct. (Except for the stuff that is a pale imitation of Boney M.)

Re: REFUGEE EDUCATION NUMBER TWO: Scooter's earlier output :)

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I will listen to both of these over the weekend and report back.