Poptimists Tracks Of 2008 PART ONE

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

THE MAIN EVENT! These are #s 50-42 of the Top 50 as voted for by you (there's a tie at #40 so we'll see those tomorrow). Thanks to the miracle of embedding disabled by request you'll have to investigate some of these away from the comforting womb of LJ - sorry, it's The Man's fault.

50. BRITNEY SPEARS - "Womanizer"

Something of a fall from grace for poptimists favourite Britney: the nudie video to her song about a machine that makes women can be found here.

49. BLACKOUT CREW - "Put A Donk On It"

A lesson we can all learn.

47=. THE VERONICAS - "Untouched"

Imperious, desperate teenpop.

47=. DAVEIGH CHASE - "The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA"

Something of a surprise entry, this isn't a single or even released track, it's a performance from TV drama Big Love, which I had never heard of. I will leave it to its nominators to explain the context (tho you can get the gist on Wikipedia)

45=. PUSSYCAT DOLLS - "When I Grow Up"

Embedding disabled on all PCDs' videos, here is this one.

45=. BLACK KIDS - "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You"

It strikes me that Universal are shooting themselves in the foot a bit by refusing to make the video from nindie pan-flashers Black Kids embeddable! Hear its jaunty retro-jangle here.

44. PUSSYCAT DOLLS - "I Hate This Part"

Them again! Beating its fellow Pussycat track by a whisker - here the girls get a bit more sensitive.

43. IDA MARIA - "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked"

A scratchy vid that takes me back to the halcyon days of Mambo Taxi etc. Not much talked about on Poptimists, it seems to me.

42. PALEFACE ft KYLA - "Do You Mind (Crazy Couzinz Remix)"

For whatever reason, funky house hasn't caught the poptimist imagination the way bassline did last year (though actually I think only T2 showed up in last year's poll). I like Kyla, she has an honest face.

Check back tomorrow for #40-31!

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

the comments in this thread on funky house are the most depressing i've read on poptimists lately. you're all just wrong, but i don't give a shit any more. if you need your pop to shout about how WACKY and BONKERS and ANNOYING it is fair enough, enjoy your ting tings and lady fucking gaga videos! funky house has soundtracked some of the most incredible musical moments for me, some of the best dancefloor experiences, and if you insist on getting hung up over the name or the fact that they don't dress up in stupid wigs then it's your problem, frankly. and if you actually can't hear how exciting and new it is, while retaining links to the past (i mean how "innovative" was bassline?? 90s speed garage anyone? it didn't make it any worse), you actually just have tin ears.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it has soundtracked some marvellous dancefloor moments for you, but there's no need to insult us. I genuinely don't hear that much new and exciting about funky house. The example here is certainly neither.

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

You know, Lex, sometimes people just don't like things.

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

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[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

And also: really? I thought you had balls calling a comment "dismissive and reductive" above when a fucking week ago you proclaimed that people who like Girls Aloud must not be listening to any other music, but now you're really being an asshole.