The History Of Pop Part 10 aka I see the A Team the A Team the A Team

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the final Now poll of the year, starting slightly early to make way for a Wobs do. Next week people will be going home for the hols and so polls will resume when we all get back in January, bright-eyed and itching to vote for Climie Fisher. Meanwhile here's 1987 in full cry - several strong possibilities including a festive coinky-dink at the end.

NOW FACT: Madonna has never appeared on a Now album! Her ex shows up on this one though.

Now 9 elicited little enthusiasm, and whoever wins will win with the lowest % of votes ever, under 2/3 of ticks. It's between the Rasies, the Jovies and the Euries. Simply Red and UB40 seemed the most disapproved of.


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Comments

Re: cue familiar refrain

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The original Satisfaction is smart and sharp and funny, I think it's Good Pop.

I have never heard Exile: I once borrowed the tape off someone and it didn't work, unless the album actually is that sludgy.

Re: cue familiar refrain

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

exiles actually contains my favourite obscure songs = HIP SHAKE -- but it is more abt seedy "adult" ambience sukpop reinvention than "proper" pop

Re: cue familiar refrain

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

the cd copy of the album i once owned is very sludgy.

i like 'satisfaction', it's a good song, but i heard the covers first and they're embedded in my head as the definitive versions, and the rolling stones can't compete with bjork or pj harvey or britney in terms of performance