Now 67

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Rite, I'm off to knit tofu with hippy children for the next week but we've got just enough time to squeeze in another quick Now poll before I reject all music save that made by free-spirited bongo weavers or something. If I die from camping, someone else will have to carry this on.

This motley crew of hits were assembled sometime last summer, from the look of them. There is an amazing section at the end but overall, this is a surprisingly quality edition of Now. In acknowledgement of the fact these are relatively recent compilations, I've added a question re: what was left out from the compilation at the end, since that should be fairly easy for ones so close to the present.

Edit: WHUPS, NOW WITH ADDED LJ-CUT

[Poll #1228829]

Comments

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

I actually think this is a pretty decent now. There's the obligatory pile of toss singer-songwriter wankery (c. Nutini, Mika) and the equivalent in band format (The Fray, The sodding Twang), but mostly it's pretty good. I had 4 songs vying for my "which is the best vote" and none of them were Rihanna.

Thnks Fr Th Mmrs.... Fall Out Boy's finest moment?

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

Thnks Fr Th Mmrs.... Fall Out Boy's finest moment?

Not sure. I think it might be in terms of singles (though The Takes Over is a better song), and I tend to find that my favourite of their songs are the ones I connect to most emotionally. As a result, I think that a lot off Take This To Your Grave and Cork Tree still holds up very well. But I think, as a second single off Infinity On High, it's probably a good sign that they were punching above their weight and that the somewhat-novelty hit of Arms Race wasn't a flash in the pan. Takes Over confirms this, obviously, and is a better song, musically.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

I tend to find that my favourite of their songs are the ones I connect to most EMOly

corrected ;)