Poptimists Tracks Of 2008 PART FOUR

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The hairy cornflake returns with Nos. 20-11 of your favourite tracks of the year.

20. GIRLS ALOUD - "The Promise"

Perhaps a lower-than-expected showing for perennial Poptimist darlings GA - their retro-themed video is not embeddable.

17=. MARIA DANIELA Y SU SONIDO LASSER - "Duri Duri"

This year the chart's been particularly good for niche enthusiasms getting a welcome shot of publicity. Here's sometime Podcast Panellists MDYSSL with some very bouncy pop.

17=. LILY ALLEN - "The Fear"

It's not even out yet! Though, unlike Cassie, it will be.

17=. KLEERUP ft MARIT BERGMAN - "3AM"

It's not just Robyn who gets to voice moody Kleerup tracks you know.

16. BEYONCE - "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"

If you liked it then you should have embedded it.

15. ALPHABEAT - "Fascination"

Sign of the music biz times (if true): Alphabeat have apparently been dropped by their UK label because their FIFTH single off their album flopped. Remember them this way! (NB the Bimbo Jones remix picked up a fraction of the points here).

14. RIHANNA - "Disturbia"

Last year's runaway winner makes a decent showing again.

13. HOT CHIP - "Ready For The Floor"

They really are trying to look like Buggles in this video, aren't they?

12. SOLANGE - "Sandcastle Disco"

Solange Knowles outpolls her sister, even if she hasn't outsold her.

11. KANYE WEST - "Love Lockdown"

Non-embeddable warriors! Kanye might feel hard done by here to be honest since SEVEN different people voted for this. If we were doing it solely on mentions he'd be at #5.

What powerhouse kept him out of the Top 10? Check back tomorrow when ALL will be REVEALED (and then at the weekend for the monster list of everything).

Comments

i'm a cool low jane with a skip on my feet

[gingermint.livejournal.com]

Hooray for Solange! If I had managed to get my votes in in time it would have fared better, for it is my far-and-away #1 for the year. (Cassie's "Is It You?" would have been a close contender but I decided to de-eligify it as I heard and listed it in '07.) My top ten then, anyway:

"Sandcastle Disco" - Solange Knowles
"Entropy Reigns in the Celestial City" - Kelley Polar
"Broken Heart Tango" - Cloetta Paris
"You Belong With Me" - Taylor Swift
"Fantastic 6" (Radioclit remix) - Alphabeat
"Fun and Interesting" - The Chap
"Shake it To the Ground" - Blaqstarr ft. Rye Rye
"Fatalist Palmistry" - Why?
"Sexual Eruption [remix]" - Snoop Dogg ft. Robyn
"Oh My God!" - Ida Maria

my list would possibly not have made much difference on showings otherwise, as I mostly voted for small personal faves rather than big obvious pop hits (I did like some of those this year, but none of them quite enough) - unless Snoop makes the top 10 (seems unlikely...too long ago), or Ida Maria (possible; her inferior 2nd single did place a ways down.) other long-shots for the poptimists top 10 from among my 11-20: Hercules and Love Affair's "Blind," Usher ft. Jeezy's "In This Club," Cassie's "Official Girl." And Cut Copy? (vote-splitting issues if they even had a chance.) Did "No Air" show yet? That's up there for me.

All this talk about Alphabeat remixes and you guys have missed by far the best the best the best one... Radioclit's mix of "Fantastic 6" - granted it's not standard Poptimist territory, and it removes most of the original song except for a horn background and wordless vocal line (and woo-hoo!s) so it's hardly a pop song anymore (though a gather that's a plus for some of y'all.) But but but it's like the most happy-making thing I've heard all year. check it out!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geYLDVPqGzE)

Marit Bergman is far from my favorite Marit (even if she did once give me a t-shirt as a dance contest prize), and that track is far from my favorite on the semi-good Kleerup album (kinda like the Neneh Cherry one.) Marit Larsen's "If A Song Could Get Me You," howevs, nearly made my top 10.

"Single Ladies" is pretty good but "Radio" is way better.

"Ready For The Floor" is great but "Wrestlers" is even greater.

"Mrs. Officer" is the first Lil Wayne single that I've liked as a song.

Re: i'm a cool low jane with a skip on my feet

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ooh, 'Blind' and 'Official Girl': my own top 10 assumptions have been thrown askew slightly (for the better), I'd forgotten them. Cassie suffered from vote-splitting but if 'Thirsty' placed, surely her actual official single would have done well too...

A lot of people love that Kelley Polar track (inc me) but I think it's one of those which ends up being everyone's 15th favourite.

The Robyn/Snoop Dogg remix is really great.

Re: i'm a cool low jane with a skip on my feet

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that Kelley Polar track was my no. 11 (and Satellites is top 20 too; rest of the album is meh to the max)

I thought you were allergic to all things Robyn? I normally like her but that remix is horrible, much prefer his original

Re: i'm a cool low jane with a skip on my feet

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I am allergic to most things Robyn but she has an irritating habit of bringing it just when you think you're safe to completely hate on her.

Re: i'm a cool low jane with a skip on my feet

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

If it's any consolation I haven't been able to listen to the "Sexual Eruption" remix quite the same since you called Robyn "hatchet face" :(