NOW 66

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Hello poptimists, it's time to once more celebrate the great institution that is NOW compilations, giving your mum the chance to discard the popular music of a full six-month time period using only a handy two-disc/tape compilation since 1981.

We do this, like all things, with ticky boxes. Today we are ticking songs from NOW 66, released early in 2007, I think. Over the next indefinite time period I will be posting the rest of the compilations up to the current one for your ticking pleasure. Click the tag if you'd like to peruse back-issues of the NOW polls, the Hall Of Fame created from the polls is viewable in the userinfo.

[Poll #1226975]

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I ticked all four of those (AND TLTL obv) though I might untick "Catch You" now I've remembered how boring it is. The riff on "Golden Skans" really earwormed me and I look on it more fondly now than at the time; "Beware Of The Dog" is ungainly but a good idea, this is the worst FOB single I know actually but I want it to beat the Gossip.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The actual worst songs you ticked were the Fool Williams and...the Kaiser Chiefs? Shurely shome mishtake?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I see-sawed on "She's Madonna" for ages but it finally grew on me enough to tick.

Kaiser Chiefs are probably indefensible: it was stuck in my head for so long that I just surrendered in the end.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Does catchiness really automatically = good though? I don't think it does!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No no not at all, but I had to acknowledge it as a not unpleasant visitor to the forebrain. It helps that the lyrics are just rubbish rather than evil.

[koganbot]

I ticked it too; catchiness doesn't always equal good, but it has to be acknowledged. Also ticked Fall Out Boy and Jamelia.