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

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Hi Chuck. Nice to see you here. I'm sure "All Summer Long" works just fine in the US. Brits of a certain age pretending it has some resonance for them is what earns it its place in the nominees. But it's not in the top 3 most horrible things on the list, I'll grant you.

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

It works fine in the U.S., yeah. But it works GREAT in suburban Detroit, where I was over Thanksgiving weekend. Believe me, in suburban Detroit these days, memories of long-lost summers on the lake in Northern Michigan is about all that's left to live for.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i would've thought the Alabama connotations would spoilt it for them if nothing else

[koganbot]

Well, Brits getting resonance from stuff out of the U.S. south is a good part of the great music of the last 55 years or so, and the Lynyrd Skynyrd track that Kid was referencing wouldn't have existed if the Rolling Stones for whom the U.S. south had great resonance hadn't themselves resonated in northern Florida. That said, and though "All Summer Long" doesn't belong on this list (and its supposed horribleness isn't getting ratified by the voters), I'm meh on it: just doesn't have the bite or dance that I wanted from it. I do love "I Wanna Fuck You Like I'm Never Gonna See You Again," however.