Another Year In Pop: 35

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Katy Perry still at the top, five Metallica tracks in the top 100 and Miley finally gets her hit...

[Poll #1251664]

Longevity watch: Gabriella Cilmi's 'Sweet About Me' has now been in the top 40 for 25 weeks, Sam Sparro's 'Black & Gold' has notched up 23 weeks, and Nickelback's 'Rockstar' is still hanging around after 11 months (but not continuously - it took a summer holiday in the nether regions of the chart in June/July). Blimey!

p.s. Thanks again to Moggy for doing last week's poll! My holiday was lovely, thanks :)

Comments

[celentari.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to make some massive case for them, but I thought they were pretty good live at Glasto, like. And I CANNOT STAND Travis, so this feels a bit harsh.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

oh i know, i think it probably is a bit harsh. i've only heard the singles and liked the other one better, but i think it's just "uh oh, going downtempo for the *second* single???"

also, whatever else one says about travis they did have the knack of writing tunes that would stick in yr head (like the "he's goan, he's goan, he's goan, he's gooooooooooo-aaaaan, wo-OH-OOOOHHHHH" of this).

[celentari.livejournal.com]

I think they may make more sense over a set also; not sure they're served particularly well by singles. Which may mean Poptimists is the wrong place for them. I certainly can't/wouldn't want to imagine how an attempt to dance to them would go.