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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.

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From:

chezghost.livejournal.com

I haven't read an adequate attack on them!

I don't care for them much but I'm mystified by why they'd be DESPISED, their name aside.

From:

alexmacpherson.livejournal.com

- her voice which is really grating, really mannered and really characterless all at once
- the stupid awkward pose she does to go with her stupid awkward voice
- the totally rudimentary, incompetent music
- AND THE DRUMS AND THE DRUMS AND THE DRUMS etc being maybe the worst and most unlistenable moment in any song I have ever heard in my life
- except EEE-EEE-EEE in the same song (why would you even DO THAT)
- their boring boring fans thinking they're being "fun" and "edgy" by listening to tedious self-conscious indie

From:

chezghost.livejournal.com

i'm just sort of relieved it's a girl and a guy and not the usual bunch of nobheads. i think they are generally 'a bit crap', i can't muster feelings stronger than that. glasvegas and other more 'conventional' bands seem far worse.

one good thing about them is that they're from manchester BUT don't shout about this much - hopefully we'll get more manc bands that don't set themselves out as part of some revered tradition of 4 miserable blokes with terrible voice and clothes. at least it's a different kind of meh, for me.

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alexmacpherson.livejournal.com

They stand out more than the four-blokes Glasvegas/MGMT/whoever rabble, so annoy me more; plus, there is the unfortunate matter of people I know - people within this very circle! - being pro-Ting Tings, while I can't say I know anyone who gives a toss about Glasvegas at all.

From:

freakytigger.livejournal.com

With Glasvegas it's simply a "price of keeping Alan McGee bands at bay is eternal vigilance" kind of thing.

I might switch The View vote though to the Ting Tings, having read your all too convincing summary.

MGMT I believe is two blokes not four. They use those newfangled computer things for the other two.

From:

koganbot

No, switch your Katy vote, so Scouting For Girls can win!

From:

friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com

- her voice which is really grating, really mannered and really characterless all at once

Ah, but that is the best bit! Reminds me of The Flying Lizards' cover of "Sex Machine". The combination of grating, mannered and characterless can be fantastic, if it's sufficiently arch.

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alexmacpherson.livejournal.com

Aaargh I hate archness in pop, and would have added that adjective into the mix if I'd remembered. I don't get how any of these things are positives, they're certainly not good character attributes.

From:

friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com

I think it's situational. Some do it really well, others are just annoying. I'm not sure how to articulate what I think is the necessary quality distinguishing the two.

"Arch" can be enjoyable; anything with the adjective "knowing" tends to make me very suspicious.