Another Year In Pop: 27

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to Dizzee on his first number one, albeit in a quiet week.

[Poll #1219130]

(Glasto influence watch: The Verve are at 58, Kings Of Leon at 64, but Jay-Z has four songs in the top 100 <-- WINNAR!)

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Dizzee - keep going back and forth on this one, right this second it is TICK VG.

Basshunter - rub.

Estelle - great song, terrible video (get two times pieces of tit tape, woman) except for the Faith-jukebox at the beginning which is awesome.

Jay-Z - still grebt.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Have to say I feel a bit sorry for Wiley, who huffed and puffed his way to #2 and had the Biggest Ever Grime Hit for all of 3 weeks before Dizzee just breezes up with a straight-in-at-#1!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

another EPIC FAIL for the British public here.

Dizz - can only get to No 1 w/ the first dreadful single of his career apparently

Basshunter - wvs. Same tune as Princess's 'Pretty Rave Girl' (http://youtube.com/watch?v=mdQ9FFty500) but has boring Eurocheese vox instead of bratty Southern ho-rapper.

Estelle - hurrah for SUMMER, hurrah for doing one's own raps oneself this time round, hurrah for "boy, who you think you is, bad gyal nah tek dis!" Non-hurrah for this stalling at No 30.

Jay-Z - yeah I like this but COME ON he has approx a gazillion much much better singles. Jay-Z has four songs in the top 100 <-- WINNAR! - I say the British are LOSERS here b/c they have somehow only rewarded the worst bits of a huge and magnificent back catalogue. 'Hard Knock Life' is still awful after all these years, 'Numb' even worse, Jay-Z is negligible on 'Umbrella' and '99 Problems'...I mean, it's OK, obv, but COME ON it is no 'Big Pimpin' or 'Can I Get A...' or 'Heart Of The City' or 'Izzo (HOVA)' or 'Is That Yo Bitch' or 'Can't Knock The Hustle' or 'Hola Hovito' or 'So Ghetto' or 'Come And Get Me' OR OR OR ET-EFFIN-C

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

Dizzee is great! Then again, all my favourite songs this year tread the line between great and quite horrifically irritatingly catchy. I also like the fact that Calvin Harris is obliged to stand in the corner throughout the video and does not get to dance with the nice ladies.

[koganbot]

Just want to say "Hi" and that I'm 2,000 miles away from a computer where I can actually listen to any of these. I'd enthusiastically tick "99 Problems" except I don't generally tick re-entries, though I might make an exception for something that's so obviously a current event. I agree with Lex that there are many better, including "Dirt Off My Shoulder" from the same year and "Takeover," which is a far superior example of Jay-Z going rock.

Haven't heard the Basshunter, need to rehear the Estelle, need to rehear the Dizzy/Calvin but I was ho-hum the only time I heard it.

[misspelledwerd.livejournal.com]

I don't have any problem with "99 Problems" placing highest. It's not his best ever, but it's a) kinda historical and b) the most obvious way to say STFU to N. Gallagher, right? Do you guys think it's high because people actually thought it was his best track?

Elsewhere, hmmm...Love the "Faith" melody on "No Substitute Love"! Also the way she says boyyyyyy!!! It's not a super interesting song, but like "Love Like This," I'm not going to turn it off when it comes on the radio. (tick)

Dizzee sucksss as I discussed earlier. Basshunter is also a mess. I didn't know that sort of lame DJ Sammy-inspired shit still existed on pop radio!

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Dizzee w. Calvin is brilliant.

Jay Z benefitting not just from Glasto, but from Wireless as well? He was certainly blimming amazing at Hyde Park, to the extent that I've gone out and downloaded some old singles (Give It To Me, Show Me What U Got) on the back of the show.

Let's not forget...

[mcarratala.livejournal.com]

1) For many people my age (late 30s) Glastonbury, either those who are there or (more likely) watching it on TV while tending the kids, is the key musical event of the year, like it or not (and I've never been a festival person myself).
2) Back in the day, many British people either had their first big taste of hip-hop with Rick Rubin's work for Run DMC, the Beasties and LL, or at least reconnected with it having drifting away after breakdancing to White Lines. 99 Problems is a cracking homage to that era and therefore a good starting point to Hova's extensive back catalogue.
3) 99 Problems is also my favourite Jay-Z track, and I'm tolerating no lessons in what real hip-hop is from any Lex-come-latelies.

[tjanik.livejournal.com]

Dance wiv me original isn't particularly good. However the Agent X remix is awesome. (http://www.zshare.net/audio/133481777f37c5b6/)

[koganbot]

Dizzee Rascal f. Calvin Harris "Dance Wiv Me": Boring singing from all involved, humorous bass ascents and descents, however, and Dizzee's fine in his rhythm. Gets over on Dizzee and bass. TICK.

Basshunter "All I Ever Wanted": Tune is requisitely pretty, guy was better when bot-infatuated, but this is serviceable Europop. TICK.

Estelle "No Substitute Love": A glaze of old-style style, too contained within itself, but an island breeze and a nice splash of sound. TICK.