Best Song of 2000: Heat #1

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Here we go dudes!

You get TEN TICKS IN TOTAL over the three bits of the poll. But only the top five will go through to the next stage so choose wisely!

If you change your mind, you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'.

Ten ticks is the maximum but you may tick fewer if you find the list is uninspiring!

For your ticking pleasure, I've added the UK chart placing in brackets where applicable.

Explain your ticks (and your agonising decisions) in the comments!

[Poll #1411401]

Comments

Country Grammar's projected tick not yet endangered

[koganbot]

Your dutiful correspondent takes on the first group (other than the songs that he actually remembers):

Cat Power "Satisfaction": Soporific but not necessarily in a bad way, though I suppose she can be held responsible for some of the decade's future soporism (unless we should blame Mazzy Star or the Cowboy Junkies).

Louise "2 Faced": Oh yes, I've heard this, good jingly piffle, though not nearly as good as ATC's all-time monumentally great jingly piffle THAT NO ONE IS TICKING BUT ME. But anyway, 2-faced people are so shallow. What's more, they lack depth! And perhaps some of them have four breasts but only one set of kidneys (we're talking about siamese twins here, folks).

Amil "4 Da Fam": I don't remember this even though I own it! Sorry, but I'm bitter that they never chose the great poisonous sing-songy see-I-gon'-tell-your-girlfriend-that-you-been-doin'-more-than-flirtin' song but made this "everybody gets a guest shot so drown out Amil" blah blah blah a single instead. Is not so bad, actually, since the instruments are simultaneously uplifting and ominous, like a million hip-hop tracks to come.

Amon "4 Ton Mantis": I originally read this as "4 Ton Martini." Where does a 4 ton martini sit? Anywhere it wants to. I like this jittery cut and paste. Will probably require more listens than I have time for to judge it fairly, though.

The Clientele "6 A.M. Morningside": A melody that'd be perfect for a little '60s folk-rock stroll in the park is, instead, sung sadly in a disconsolate echo chamber.

David Holmes "69 Police": Psychedelic organ w/ quirkiness sprinkled on top.

Craig David "7 Days": Early '60s r&b smoothed and chopped. Has got something, but the early '60s had more.

D.A.D. "A Kiss Between The Legs": I'm positive that Chuck made sure I heard this, but I can't remember it, and it's not the slimy Warrant-style update that I'd hoped.

(In the meantime I've been listening through to the second set and I'm not gonna write them up 'cause life is short after all, but the 'Net only streams a barely audible live "Aunt Dot" so far, but on the basis of that fragment I'd think that a good version might be worth tick from me if I ever hear it.)

Re: Country Grammar's projected tick not yet endangered

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

mp3 of 'Aunt Dot' upthread!