Poptimists Tracks Of 2008 PART 2

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Here's #s 40-31 of the poll: will it be as controversial as yesterday's Funky House Wars? Only YOU can decide :)

re. embedding: I've decided to keep on with the embedding where possible - people seem to like it on the whole. Apologies to anyone for whom this is an inconvenience - if it's a problem it's apparently possible to turn embeds off in your LJ settings.

And now - onwards!

40=. MARIAH CAREY - "Touch My Body"

The winner of our Video Of The Year poll is, of course not embeddable.

40=. KYLIE MINOGUE - "The One"

A late flurry of votes for this one showed the poptimists haven't quite given up on La Minogue yet.

39. CIARA - "Echo"

Not even out yet! Late-leaked forthcoming maybe-single from Ciara's new album.

38. THE FEELING - "I Thought It Was Over"

The doyens of Mumpop made a muted comeback. I don't recall this lead single doing especially well in the weekly polls, but clearly those who liked it liked it a lot!

37. ALPHABEAT - "Boyfriend"

The majority of the votes here were for the original, not the Pete Hammond remix, so here it is.

36. ANNIE - "Songs Remind Me Of You"

I don't think Annie's comeback album even got a release - this track was mentioned as a standout by most who heard it.

35. DAVID ARCHULETA - "Crush"

Soulful prettyboy ballad which hasn't hit in the UK yet. Poptimists tends not to give this kind of thing nearly as much love as its girly equivalent, so I'm interested in what people think.

33=. LITTLE BOOTS - "Stuck On Repeat"

The "I Feel Love"-biting original is nowhere to be found on YouTube (your skillz may be better than mine here) so this link is blogosphere favourite Little Boots performing it in her pyjamas at a home keyboard.

33=. BEYONCE - "If I Were A Boy"

If she were a boy she might be less famous and maybe her songs would be embeddable.

32. SEPTEMBER - "Cry For You"

Europop is back! (Not that it ever went away.)

31. NOAH AND THE WHALE - "5 Years Time"

Somewhat of a surprise to me, I must say.

No.s 30-21 tomorrow! (at a slightly later time, I have a meeting in the AM)

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Noah and the FAIL man that song grates on me summat chronic :(

Glad Kylie and The Feeling got a look in - surprised that Mariah wasn't higher though?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Maybe people felt the video crown was accolade enough :)

Agree on Noah and the Whale - I had somehow avoided it until I had to source the video, and it is awful! This is what happens when no real Belle And Sebastian music comes out I guess - those votes have to go somewhere ;)

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Argh even for a twee-lover like myself Noah and the Whale are horrific and grating. I feel I must point out that I was not one of the guilty voters here.

Little Boots though, excellent. Also the rest of the list is shaping up nicely.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I thought Little Boots might do better actually!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah I'm surprised b/c I remember them appearing on A Year in Pop, but no one particularly defending them?

Apparently Laura Marling used to be in them, or is associated with them in some way, but all that means is that surely she should be here instead (and I remember a load more pro-Marling comments on poptimists).

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Isn't she on this track? (Albeit largely drowned out by the nasal whining bloke?)

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

it kind of grew on me, and also it's totally the lack of real mag fields music (ie stuff that doesn't sound like jamc) that's led to votes for this ;)

i didn't vote for it either though, is it the silent majority at work here?

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

What the fvck? It doesn't sound like MF at ALL!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

it sounds like what mag fields sound like in my head, having only heard like half a dozen tracks

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

There might have been an element of Mariah vote-splitting - actually I think it benefited 'Touch My Body' that 'Side Effects' and 'I'm That Chick' were never singles, as they're the two really classic Mariah tracks this year.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Mariah was like Britney for me this year - I thought all of the new album was pretty meh compared to her last outing, especially Touch My Body.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I think "Cruise Control" is underrated (would have voted for it). Also sounds an awful lot like a single to me, but can't be released as one 'cuz of that "2008 Watch It!" bit at the beginning.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah 'Cruise Control' was a bit of a summer jam for me. Don't get me started on the E=MC2 singles campaign though.