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

Re: If I Were a Boy

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I voted "Irreplaceable" number 4 in the year it came out, but this song never warmed on me. I wasn't really crazy about any Beyonce this year.

Also I really hope a Cassie shows up somewhere on this list, though vote splitting may be an issue here. (I voted for "Thirsty").

Re: If I Were a Boy

[koganbot]

I did my duty by voting in "Turn The Lights Off" last year. My favorite of this year's crop was "Activate," but it was more like Top 50 than Top 10. My actual favorite Cassie discoveries this year were a couple of old outtakes from album one, "In Love With U" and "Don't Go Too Slow."

Re: If I Were a Boy

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

"Bring your senses to me tonight" is such a great lyric for a dance cut like 'Activate'.

I voted for '2 The Morning' but it'd be quicker to list the Cassie leaks which I wouldn't have easily put in its place ('Nobody But You' and 'Soldier 4 Your Love') (both of which are still really good!).

Frank have you heard 'Can't Do It Without You' from the first album sessions?

Re: If I Were a Boy

[koganbot]

Don't think I've heard "Can't Do It Without You." Or "When Your Body Is Talking." (Interestingly, I found the first album spotty, great stuff but also some stuff that was neither fish nor fowl, but have loved both the outtakes I've heard.)

Re: If I Were a Boy

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Can't Do It Without You' (http://www.sendspace.com/file/qxfwzf). I love the way the harp glissandos seem to be involved in some sort of courtly duet with the swooning synths; almost as if that's where the action is, while the Spanish guitar loop and Cassie's breathlessness are framing them rather than vice versa.

Re: If I Were a Boy

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

(I pretty much agree about the first album - 'Me & U' and 'Long Way 2 Go' were really special, and the rest of the album eventually caught up in my affections, but there was little there that prepared me for the drip-drip-drip genius that we've heard from her since.)

Re: If I Were a Boy

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I could have submitted a top 10 that was nothing but Cassie tracks and it probably wouldn't have been totally inaccurate.

Re: If I Were a Boy

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Also as Alex O and I noted on last.fm, Cassie now has songs entitled:

I'm In Love With U
I Don't Love U
I'm In Love With The DJ

^^I think this is how the narrative goes, anyway.