[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] poptimists
The first new number one of 2009 is claimed by Lady Gaga! Alex Burke falls down to no.4, Britney dons the ringmaster's hat and Coolio reappears in the top 40 after making an ar5e of himself on Celebrity Big Brother.

[Poll #1329714]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skyecaptain.livejournal.com
What commercial and/or teen soap was "Gangsta's Paradise" featured in???

Date: 2009-01-12 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com
Coolio is currently a contestant on our Celebrity Big Brother, which has reminded 5 million or so people of his (and the song's) existence.

Date: 2009-01-12 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
I might have to join them cuz I have never had an mp3 of it :/

Date: 2009-01-12 04:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skyecaptain.livejournal.com
What, I'm supposed to read posts before contributing to them now?

Date: 2009-01-12 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justfanoe.livejournal.com
Britney Spears - "Circus": Not amazing, but a solid song and definitely worth a tick.
Coolio - Great song, but a re-entry, so I didn't tick it.
Jason Mraz - "I'm Yours": The local Top 40 radio station here constantly plays this song. I actually like it, it's sunny.
Pink - "Sober": Really disappointing, no tick.
Alesha Dixon: Haven't heard it. Will listen later and then decide.

Date: 2009-01-13 12:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justfanoe.livejournal.com
"Breathe Slow" - a pretty mediocre R&B ballad. No tick.

Date: 2009-01-12 03:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ijgrieve.livejournal.com
I ticked Britney and Coolio, both fairly reluctantly ("any good at all" rather than "must download ASAP"!). 'Sober' is a really disappointing follow-up to 'So What'.

Date: 2009-01-12 03:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
Britney - Too slow, so not as much of a club jam as it wants to be. Still solid. 'If U Seek Amy' is the next single, which I'm much more enthusiastic about. HA HA HEE HEE HA HA HO.

Coolio - liked it then, like it now, haven't seen a second of Sleb BB and don't intend to.

Jason Mraz - ugh sensitive white men

Pink - the video for this is HILARIOUS, it is like a weird amalgam of Bjork videos (the digital double-head effects from 'Hunter', the OMG SHE'S SHAGGING HERSELF from 'All Is Full Of Love') with extra hammy (VERY hammy) emo acting. The song is better than the last in that it doesn't hurt my head but it's a bit dull and putting half a bar of silence in after you say the word "silence" is about the lamest way to copy Alanis Morissette that I can think of.

Alesha Dixon - this has grown on me a bit - she has tremendous character in her voice - but I'm not sure if it quite shakes off the feeling of a B(ritish)-rate 'No Air'.

Oh well, two non-committal ticks is better than we've had for a while, and at least none of these people are Lady Gaga.

Date: 2009-01-12 03:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
*two non-committal ticks and a committed one for an ancient track

Date: 2009-01-12 03:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
Actually I'm just relistening to 'Circus' and it's slightly better than I remember...grinding, rather than exciting, but the grinding gives it some intensity.

Date: 2009-01-12 04:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com
I'm also relistening to 'Breathe Slow' and it too is better than I remember! I was wrong about the 'No Air' comparison - the songs are similar but while Jordin & Chris wallow gloriously and uninhibitedly in their distress, Alesha's is all about her internal battle with herself - you can hear her hurt and how she wants to explode along with the big chord changes, and how having to restrain herself exacerbates the pain. I really like the lyrical perspective too.

Date: 2009-01-12 03:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com
I downloaded a bosh version of "Sober" but that didn't improve it much. Tempted to dole out a tick just for the video tho. But maybe not.

Date: 2009-01-13 10:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ijgrieve.livejournal.com
Jason Mraz - ugh sensitive white men

Oh, come on. I hold no candle for Jason Mraz but was that necessary?

Date: 2009-01-12 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] atommickbrane.livejournal.com
Why did I tick "not heard any" when Gangstas Paradise... anyway, my tick for that = "has not watched CBB". Alesha gets a vote because she is luvvly. *wibble*

Date: 2009-01-12 03:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezghost.livejournal.com
MUCH WORSE THAN LAST WEEK

i can't be bothered to tick 'Circus' - agree with Kat i think. 5/10 and you need a 6 from me for tickage. same goes for Alesha. not bothering to hear Pink.

my favourite Coolio single is 'Fantastic Voyage'

Date: 2009-01-12 04:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skyecaptain.livejournal.com
Forgot that Michelle Pffftfffieffer was in the "Gangsta's Paradise" video. Oh, Dangerous Minds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6voHeEa3ig

Date: 2009-01-12 04:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jeff-worrell.livejournal.com
Britney = reentry and therefore under my rules is disqualified from tickage just as much as Coolio. But I didn't tick this the first time round anyway.

Mraz has a nice tune, definitely any good at all. Agree w/ majority above regarding the P!nk song :(

Not heard Alesha yet.

Date: 2009-01-12 04:21 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] koganbot
Didn't tick "Circus" owing to my already having ticked it on December 8. Didn't tick "Gangsta's Paradise" owing to my policy of not ticking revivals except when I do tick revivals. Didn't tick Jason owing to my preferring his other version of this song. So...

Pink "Sober": Reading what she's said about this song, it's supposed to be about a triumph, finding a way to leave the nutso party and to be happy when not drunk etc. But when I listen to it, it sure feels saturated with loss. So she doesn't know what she's saying, as usual - but finally she/they chose a single I like, first since 2002. She's still overusing her anguished burr, but she's not battering us with it this time. The melody is something of a lift from "Behind These Hazel Eyes." TICK.

(Songwriters on "Sober": Marcella Araico, Kara DioGuardi, Nathaniel "Danja" Hills, Pink)

Alesha Dixon "Breathe Slow": She exhorts herself to keep her composure, while new-agey throbs make her feel comfy, and OK song gives her voice something to do. Organizes slush into something reasonable. BORDERLINE TICK.

Date: 2009-01-12 04:28 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] koganbot
(The fact that so few people remember that "Circus" showed up a month ago is in itself damning commentary on the song.)

Date: 2009-01-12 04:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jeff-worrell.livejournal.com
Oh. I thought you had deliberately let it in on the grounds that it's a new year / poll set.

Please don't apply this rule if The Script re-enters next week :)

Date: 2009-01-12 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com
This happened with Kylie's "Wow" last year I think! (And it did better 2nd time out!)

Date: 2009-01-12 05:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jel-bugle.livejournal.com
I actually downloaded Coolio.

Date: 2009-01-13 09:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byebyepride.livejournal.com
the poptimist's poptimist strikes again :-)

Date: 2009-01-13 12:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] piratemoggy.livejournal.com
I don't like 'Circus' and I didn't like 'Womanizer' and I don't like the thirty seconds I've heard of 'If You Seek Amy' and I'm going to write Britney a very annoyed letter about all this.

'Sober' is fvcking brilliant, especially the Bimbo Jones mix. And I like 'Breathe Slow'! It has nice synthy bits.

Gangsta's Paradise is and always has been great but I'm following the policy of not ticking re-entries.

I quite like Jason Mraz.

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