Poptimists Tracks Of 08 PART THREE

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Nos. 30-21 of your tracks of the year.

And a special bonus round of applause to two tracks from last year's Top 10 which qualified again this year: Miley Cyrus' "See You Again" would have come between #25 and #26, and M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" between #24 and #25.

30. ELBOW - "One Day Like This"

This got a grand total of two votes when it came up in the weekly polls. Obviously they both liked it a great deal. Or its Mercury nomination (and omnipresence on sports and TV highlights reels) has swung others behind it!

29. ASHLEE SIMPSON - "Little Miss Obsessive"

No official video of this seems to exist! Here are some pictures of Ashlee.

28. LEONA LEWIS - "Bleeding Love"/"Bleeding Love (Moto Blanco Remix)"

The two mixes got equal votes from you, so I went with the MB one here because it's a bit less familiar.

27. CASSIE - "Thirsty"

Another unreleased R&B gem - big up the Cassie Hype Kru.

26. LIL MAMA - "Shawty Get Loose"

This is the lowest-placed track to be named by four different people! It's also not embeddable, which is a shame as the video is very entertaining.

25. NE-YO - "Miss Independent"

Halfway through! The Prince of Polite outlines what he looks for in a wumman.

24. ASHLEE SIMPSON - "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)"

Second appearance for Ashlee. Audio in this vid might be a bit crummy.

23. THE TING TINGS - "That's Not My Name"

This year's big indie crossover (and divider of poptimist opinion) - don't call them embeddable.

22. H2O ft PLATNUM - "What's It Gonna Be"

Bassline's biggest hit of 2008 gets its reward.

21. KANYE WEST - "Say You Will"

Six-minute cyber-weepie album track storms Poptimist poll shocker! This is not actually a video, obviously.

Tomorrow, things get see-ree-us as we enter the Top 20.

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

oops sorry i remember that now (but haven't had time to read it)

i think the slight flawedness of her voice is a strength (well, a virtue anyway)

[koganbot]

Fwiw, there are a lot of Cassie tracks - many of them unreleased - that I prefer to "Thirsty." Nothing against "Thirsty," either.

Here are my favorite Cassie tracks.

Top three of those that have been released: "Me & You," "What Do U Want," "Long Way 2 Go." (Yes, I like these even more than "Ditto," "Official Girl," and "Is It You?")

Top six unreleased Cassie tracks: "Turn The Lights Off," "In Love With The DJ," "In Love With U," "Don't Go Too Slow," "Summer Charm," "Activate."

(Criterion for inclusion: Those are the nine (!) songs I've put on my Frank's Eardrums mixtapes over the last few years.)(Nine ties my total for Ashlee, though Ashlee'd probably get several more if a lot of my favorite tracks of hers were unreleased.)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I love the way she opens 'In Love With U' with that "People of the world!" shout-out. Very Janet.

'2 The Morning' and 'My House' are up there with 'Thirsty' from this year for me.