Another Year In Pop: 25

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Coldplay are straight in at number one, whilst Jordin S & Chris B have finally reached the top 10!

[Poll #1209419]

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Coldplay "Viva La Vida": Pretty tune, voice sings in vast empty sweeps, as usual. Comic grandiloquence that he undercuts by moralizing against the grandiloquence. VASTLY NOT TICKED.

Busta Rhymes f. Linkin Park "We Made It": Band broods in the cinematic darkness. Busta and band applaud themselves for struggling up through life. This is bullshit. NO TICK.

Jonas Brothers "SOS": Pleasant pop rock, but I'm not caring about it. BORDERLINE NONTICK.

Billiam "My Generation": My generation! No complication! Your words of wisdom are in vain! Well, that sure puts me in my place. For piffle, this is actually pleasing. TICK.

Nickelback "Photograph": Rote nostalgia w/ Vedderesque overemphatic vocals but the genial arrangement underemphasizes the overemphasis. Calling this "inoffensive" is more a compliment than an insult, but this is NOT A TICK.

Cage The Elephant "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked": Half-funk, unsettling slide, then dorky voice enters and saps the energy. AIN'T NO TICK.

Weezer "Pork And Beans": Man w/ excellent tuneful talent, his singing never does him justice, and he sabotages this further by covering himself in fuzz. "I don't give a hoot about what you think." These lyrics can't be serious, can they. Can they? BORDERLINE TICK.