POPTIMISTS REVIEW OF 08: Most Horrible Pop Thing

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

As before* this is being done canon-style - you get THREE picks plus! whether you pick the X-Factor or not in the main poll you can take part in the special sub-poll.

[Poll #1312786]

*all polls will be open until the end of the year when official results will be posted.

And remember - send yr list of 10 top tracks to leagueofpop@gmail.com before the end of the year too.

Comments

Hallelujah

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I feel I should clarify that my horror at "Hallelujah" isn't based on the fact that it will be a desecration of a beautiful song.

It's that the song itself has become a horrible cliche and lost whatever beauty it might once have possessed, so recording what will surely be an EVEN WORSE version will be adding insult to injury.

Re: Hallelujah

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

yes, this

i'm not really that familar with the song tho (gasp) so perhaps i can consider myself fortunate now

Re: Hallelujah

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I want Alexandra to do a big diva house version of it.

For some reason, even though I've been aware how it's become this huge squatting cliche, I've managed to actually avoid hearing it for years. I still like both the Cohen and Buckley versions (the Wainwright I thought was a disappointment at the time), and would like to hear more "interpretations" of it. (Though not by Eoghan Quigg.)