Another Year In Pop: 37

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Ladies and gentlemen we have a new number one! We truly are living in exciting times when Kings Of Leon can get to the top spot. Hmmm.

Elsewhere, Miley is slowly sneaking up towards the top 10, Skepta's Rolex Sweep enters at no.89, and Bonnie Tyler is this week's inexplicable new entry at 57 thanks to Total Eclipse Of The Heart being cheaply dubbed over that Phil Collins gorilla advert.

[Poll #1259888]

Comments

[koganbot]

There's one I like unequivocably (even if it is from last year)! And I gave one a borderline tick that I gave a borderline nontick back in the USA! So life gets better!

Kings Of Leon "Sex On Fire": Rhythm that doesn't lose its roll, dark chords, bits of dissonance, but the voice is dull. Lots of variation in the arrangement, crowded here, empty there, but the result is monolithic anyway, and monotonous. NO TICK.

Cliff Richard "Thank You For A Lifetime": Not enough voice left to deliver the triumph of the chorus, but the arrangement insists that he can, so the whole thing seems like an impersonation. NO TICK.

Iglu and Hartly "In This City": The beginning is unexpected: desiccated keyboards, weird high voice, sound effects, a very strange dance track is about to emerge. Instead, really mediocre rap 'n' rock. NO TICK. Ack! They're from Boulder.

McFly "Lies": Somewhere between rollicking and painful, this coalesces in a soulful chorus, high passion like the Dells. It's terribly over-arranged, however, weighed down by strings and horns and power chords. But they've got the song and harmonies, bless 'em. TICK.

Basshunter "Angel In The Night": This is my light in the dark, this is the beating in my heart, but it's not quite enough. BORDERLINE NONTICK.

Flo Rida f. Will.I.Am "In The Ayer": Fast moody synths, happy hooks, nice combo of light and dark, but the rapping in the verses is so weak. There's no law that songs have to have verses, guys. BORDERLINE TICK.

Queen & Paul Rodgers "C-Lebrity": Tired.

M.I.A. "Paper Planes": Shoots bullets, makes us dance, takes our money. All I wanna do is TICK TICK TICK TICK.

Sonny J. "Can't Stop Moving": Nice chorus, the rest is nothing. BORDERLINE NONTICK.