Thee AYIP Supplement ov March 2008

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

January saw nine lowhitters (peaking at 41-75), and in February there were eight. In March there are nine plus eight equals SEVENTEEN non-smashes from such exotic locations as Jamaica, Sweden, Australia and Coventry. Click the YouTube links, witness the return of N Cave, Supergrass and the ironic OR IS IT? number one cover version, and vote vote vote as your ears see fit.

[Poll #1165087]

February was a weakish bunch, it seems -- Vampire Weekend and J-Lo were the ones standing out from the pack. Disqualified: Gnarls Barkley's "Run" for subsequently reaching #32. If you haven't voted in that poll and/or the January one, just follow the tag!

Comments

[andthatisthat.livejournal.com]

That Alicia Keys song is horrible. It's sappy and trite with delusions of profundity. (Though apparently the fact that I feel this way makes me a racist (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2008/02/alicia_keys_like_youll_never_s.shtml).) I thought it was going to be the worst song I heard all year, until I heard the new Soulja Boy track.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I love the new Soulja Boy track!

The Alicia one I remember as being OK, from the one time I heard it.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

yeah the new Soulja Boy is awesome. YAAHHH TRICK YAAHHH!

Alicia is always kind of trite, but she really sells it...r&b is often all about selling the cliche.

[redcommieapples.livejournal.com]

The toy piano melody that goes back and forth annoys the heck out of me but the Ludacris remix of "Like You'll Never See Me Again" is the awesome.