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.

[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).

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I thought Little Boots might do better actually!

The Princess is here!!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

CICI!!!!!!

Really didn't think that would show up and very pleased that it did - thought that Cici votes would be split between the various leaks ('High Price' and 'Work' especially). Especially as I never got round to putting 'Echo' on poptimists. This was my No 5 and it's such an amazing rush - it's just delectable, like if a patented Cici street dance routine was crossed with a rollercoaster ride. Favourite bit = just after the brilliant line "speakers thumpin' hard to that 2pac and 50 track, they runnin' to the corner yellin' who dat, who dat" suddenly the backing vox go UP again for "run that back!".

[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.

[martinv.livejournal.com]

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

Re: The Princess is here!!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard this before and it's excellent - I like it more than "High Price". I think this might have big Poptimist crossover appeal, it's very frothy and pretty, a bit like Cassie's "Ditto". Almost a shame it's showed up in this year's list!

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

Noah & The Whale was one of mine (somewhere in the middle of my top 10). Definitely the summer song of 2008 IMO.

Bit disappointed that Alphabeat's entry isn't 'Fascination', but then again I didn't vote for it.

Annie is OK. The rest don't float my boat.

Re: The Princess is here!!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Eh, I considered waiting for it to be 09-eligible, then I remembered that I did that for 'Turn The Lights Off' in 07 and it still hasn't appeared. And it just frees up 09 space for 'Work' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6oL36way3M) and 'I'm On' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csb3ds5nH5g), which are both spectacularly jacking dance tracks, no one can make a song sound like a mental dance routine like Ciara. "Walk in the room, everybody like damn, she can do damage by herself" <3

(Other Ciara leaks of note: 'One Favor' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_q4PGqg7hc), immense synths and drum fills, so overwhelming and epic; and the new single 'Never Ever' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL6YD0rU2Io), which...I haven't made up my mind about yet. I like it, but I was expecting something of the magnitude of 'Echo', and I don't know why she's lost faith in her superlative dance tracks to be the singles. Then there's 'Walk On The Wall' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA73h9XWWlA), another banging dance track, and 'The Fit Of Love' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNdHvM2x5qA), which is a sweet springtime bubblegum song.)

Noah and the Whale

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

This is the song from that mobile phone advert, right? I am genuinely surprised to find that it wasn't written by an ad agency.

Re: Noah and the Whale

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I also have an intense dislike of Alphabeat. I am feeling like Lex today!

Re: Noah and the Whale

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I am partly to blame for the Alphabeat, as I voted for the remix and then was hoist by my own remix rules petard: I thought it more likely the Hammond mix would pick up votes than the (rather lumbering IMO) original. But no! I do like some unremixed Alphabeat tho - "Fascination", "Go Go", a couple of others maybe.

Re: Noah and the Whale

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I quite enjoyed Fascination the first few times until I saw the video and saw that they were a scandinavian belle and sebastian.

Re: Noah and the Whale

[thenipper.livejournal.com]

Semi-interesting article on the passing of the twee ad fad here:

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/change-the-record/

Re: Noah and the Whale

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Like how?

Re: Noah and the Whale

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

the clothes, the haircuts and the smug little faces.

Re: Noah and the Whale

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

yes i was gonna link to that elsewhere myself

it can't come quickly enough. that new one about the car (brrrrm brrrrm) is painful.

Re: Noah and the Whale

[martinv.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to seeking out that vid of Stuart Murdoch in a shiny blue dress, definitely.

[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.

Re: The Princess is here!!

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I really hope High Price shows up further up the list, it truly is awesome (although probably much more polarising than this one). I really can't wait for the album to come out.

If I Were a Boy

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Only number 33???? That's a bit of a shock - I think it's the best thing she's ever done (solo-wise) - for me easily the stand-out vocal performance of the year (such control, such emotion) on quite an understated yet beautiful song. And for once the public have it right - it's now her bestselling song in the UK.

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: Noah and the Whale

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

oo nice. will read all laters. spotted this in skimming tho:

"CR: What’s the next big thing – have you heard any music that could be the next big sound to hit ads?

DS: Dubstep/grime?"

hmm. dubstep i can't see at all.