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

Little Boots / Annie

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I see she's made the BBC's "Sound of 2009" poll (actually - is that worth a separate thread / poll of its own?), so she may move beyond being just a blogosphere fave (and the song may even get to be a hit).

I personally think Meddle is much stronger than Stuck on Repeat though.

Also - that Annie song is ace, hadn't heard it before - is the album worth tracking down?

Re: Little Boots / Annie

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The album got a mixed reaction among most pop fans but I liked it. A lot of the tracks aren't really playing to her rather distanced strengths though.

Re: Little Boots / Annie

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'is the album worth tracking down?'

yes imo

i really like Meddle too. it's probably a better song than SOR but the latter's got great SYNTH DRAMA. at least they're totally different from each other. still doubt she'll chart but would be nice.

Re: Little Boots / Annie

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Songs Remind Me Of You' is great (apparently it was recorded a couple of years ago) but the rest of the Annie album = mixed bag of Girls Aloud demos and a couple of attempts to rewrite 'Chewing Gum'. It's not great.

Re: Little Boots / Annie

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'apparently it was recorded a couple of years ago'

yeah i remember people talking about it in 2006 but i never got round to seeking it out - kicking myself ever since i go the album.

Re: Little Boots / Annie

[koganbot]

It's a Richard X track, whereas some of the rest are Xenomania (apparently; I haven't seen a list of producers) or, anyway, not Richard X. Album is definitely worth tracking down, though who knows what final form the release will take, assuming there is one (according to the not-always-reliable Wiki, she's been dropped by Island). I was one of those people with a mixed but fascinated reaction to the album, since she seems to be deliberately playing against her strengths*. There are a number of garage-rock tracks (garage-rock as in Them and The Shadows Of Night) - that is, with garage-rock accompaniment, while Annie tries to find Annie-like things to do with her mouth.

*Unless she doesn't know her strengths.

Re: Little Boots / Annie

[nunya-b.livejournal.com]

the annie album is very worth tracking down but i don't think it will look the same at all if it ever gets a release. she's doing boutique singles with richard x again (single "anthonio" comes out soonish on his own label) so the actual album will probably be quite different.

and for what it's worth, i like the girls aloud "rejects" on the album- "sweet", "loco", "bad times", "my love is better" i all listened to many times this year.