A kung fu fighter in a disco

Hopefully we shouldn't need a 'don't like any' box here :)

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FIRST VOTER WOOOOO

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And yes! It was between Nelly and Low for the tick!

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Hahah check out my poor spacing skills with brackets there. Hello copy+paste from Excel :)

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Argh 8 definites and god I'm going to have to listen to most of the rest now to decide my final ticks!

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justfanoe.livejournal.com

I chose my ten, but I will go back this weekend and listen to the ones I am unfamiliar with and re-tick if necessary.

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WHYYYYYclef & Mary J. That acoustical guitar combined with Wyclef's wailing just drives me up the wall (bizarre seeing as acoustical guitar combined with C.David's wailing is brill & awesome).

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meserach.livejournal.com

How long does this poll run for? It'd be nice to get a chance to give them all a proper listen...

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freakytigger.livejournal.com

I'm on 6 definites, 4 for future listens/horse-trades.

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freakytigger.livejournal.com

"Candy" is so deserving of yr ticks! (Actually "In Your Pocket" was maybe even better) Sometimes it's the generic stuff that resonates most and this is totes true of "Candy"'s post-Britney moves.

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Until I put the next one up, which will probably be Tues or Wed next week.

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I'm on 8 definites and a relisten too.

First relisten - I couldn't remember how Louise's '2 Faced' went after 9 years. Just relistened and I can't remember how it goes after 9 seconds either. What a boring song.

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YES cosine this, and it's made even better b/c it was so obviously only called 'Candy' because she was called Mandy. And then she started dating ANDY Roddick!!

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Oh sh1t! I missed Aarons Party which has given me SO many good times that I think Low are going to have to gracefully step aside. Although this does mean I lose FIRST VOTER status.

IN FACT! I misread and only voted for five so have gone back with a tick for Low, Nelly and Sam Mumba - not really on the basis of her song but on her tenure on SMTV. Don't even remember the song! body to body violent friction...

Edited Date: 2009-06-05 11:45 am (UTC)

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- Wookie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nggZE0A9nE): it's a bit dull.
- Sade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9sX8IEQtGY): nice enough Neptunes beat that builds up nicely
- ATC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTucJRSBaE): euro-Steps with a bit of an emo feel. Good!
- Enrique (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8jv7xe-veg): awww he looks so young!
- Mandy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4e-eXWbbs): jebus how old is she meant to be? Most instructive of teenage girl fashions at the time. This really has NO VERSE but the chorus is good.

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Crikey I missed THAT! So agree on Candy - TICKY, more like, eh voters? Eh???

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freakytigger.livejournal.com

Nothing had verses back then!

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theastronomymod.livejournal.com

I was going to moan WHERE IS DO NOT LIKE ANY BUTTON?!?!?

but then remembered that I really liked that Q-Tip song. Phew.

God, I'm a curmudgeon.

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chezghost.livejournal.com

Reserving my tenth tick for Amil or Badu. Had heard neither before now (actually probably had heard 'Booty' but couldn't remember it). Or I might just leave it there as ticking more than 6 was some effort.

Also never heard the Lil Kim before - ticked for cool beat and storytelling aspect.

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Of the lesser-known tracks, I def need to recommend Lil' Kim's 'Aunt Dot' if you haven't heard it - a terrific pulp fiction scenario in which Kim opens her door to find her little niece there with a note from the titular Aunt Dot, asking Kim to look after the kid while she hunts down some bitches who've been plotting against Kim, and also to take her to her first violin recital. Kim's response? "Bitches all up in my ass like a thong - if this was a show, y'all hoes would get gonged." And then Lil' Shanice has her rap! And it's amazing! "Fuck Barney and Lambchops - I don't love them hoes!" And then the entire thing worth the price of entry for LIL' KIM telling the child off for swearing: "You know what? I like you - little big person. Rule number one: no cursing. Anyway, what you know about that? You're too young for that! When I was your age, I woulda got hung for that."

It ends so abruptly - like, I'm sure Kim must have planned for at least a Part 2 and Part 3, but they've never materialised, so we've been left hanging for a decade with only one of the three plotters killed and the other two still out there...still: "When Aunt Dot comes, whoo! Oh brother! It's like five Bloody Marys one after another." Too damn right.

Not on youtube and only a clean version on Spotify, so here it is (http://www.sendspace.com/file/43i1az).

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- OH GOD so THAT'S who did that track that wasn't Lemonjelly (D.Holmes)
- Aaron Carter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWyJqI4OZvQ) has got NO LESS ANNOYING (sorry

atommickbrane!) hahah he should be glad Facebook Events wasn't around back then
- Amon Tobin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlYBPuHeZxw) was this video directed by Chris Morris?

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Q: Hoku were the dudes off the Legally Blonde soundtrack weren't they?

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martinskidmore.livejournal.com

I could only find three I wanted to tick, which seemed depressing. I wondered if I had stopped listening to very much new music around then, and then I realised what was going on then. Most of you won't want to know - old ILXers may remember my talking about sex life matters there: that was what was distracting me that year. The same will be true for 2001, I imagine.

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'Booty' is TERRIFIC but if there's going to be an albums poll too, it's def a stand-in for the entire Mama's Gun album - one of those albums where it's impossible to pick a favourite. 'Booty' is so real though. And FUNNY, Badu gets undeserved stick for being humourless but c'mon, - "Ya got sugar on your pitta but your nigga thinks I'm sweeter - but I don't want him! Ya know the whole encyclopaedia, but your nigga thinks I'm deeper - but I don't want him!"

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