Best Song of 2000: Heat #2

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to OutKast, Nelly, All Saints, Jay-Z and N*Sync - they're all qualifiers from Heat #1 through to the 2000 final. Who will be the next five to join them?

• You get TEN TICKS over the three bits of the poll. The top five (on votes, not percentages) will go through to the next stage.



• If you change your mind, you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'. You have until Friday lunchtime to decide!



• UK chart placings given in brackets.



• Explanations, top 10s and pimping your favourites all welcome in the comments!

[Poll #1413304]

Comments

Sorry Kelis

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I wanted to tick both of yours but I had to get rid of two ticks and 'Caught Out There' clearly wins.

Also sorry Madison Avenue

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

It was between 'Dont Call Me Baby' and 'Dooms Night' and ARGH THE DECISION :(

WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

All about "Dooms Night" for me, this heat.

Re: WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

It's got such a crappy intro! But then it totally makes up for it with the VVVVVVRRRRRRRRREE WUB, WUB, WUB, WUB...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Two interesting possible qualifiers here in "Flowers" v "Don't Falter" I reckon - both tracks that are iconic, revered & beloved "perfect pop" songs for two (semi-overlapping) pop aesthetics. Knowing the make-up of Pmists I'd guess Mint Royale have a better chance, tho they're not getting a vote off me.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

fun hater ;)

i'd imagine DF will go through, yes...

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Can't tick any more than six with a clear and truthful heart.

and I - will never ever let! you! go!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'FLOWERS'. That is all. This is very possibly my favourite pop song EVER, my lock to win the whole damn thing, it fits so well into so many situations - dancefloor anthem, house party tune, sunny day soundtrack, rainy day soundtrack...it's just PERFECT.



OH-OH BABY!

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Perhaps my miserliness with ticks in the first heat was a fluke, as I had no problem finding ten I wanted to vote for here. Two were my noms (2nd Kelis, Ghostface), but they don't look in with a chance, sadly.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Much stronger than the previous heat! 20 or so initial ticks...whittling down was done so TACTICALLY so didn't tick a few of the bigger/probable winners

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I am betting that Craig David will be robbed yet again here. Whether this is because too many Americans are voting, because I am the only person whose memories of that period are completely defined by Craig David, or because poptimist is a short-hand term for indie-loving cock-banger, I do not know.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

but it is a RUB craig david. to be fair i only ever actually liked 'walking away' but nevertheless, 'fill me in' goes on my list of 'songs that make me feel irrationally uncomfortable.'

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

- Ticked 10 but 'Forgot About Dre' is v vulnerable to being unticked in favour of 'Gasoline Dreams' or 'Dooms Night'
- Haven't heard Ghostface but want to!
- 'Don't Call Me Baby' sounds worse IRL than it has in my head all these years - great tune but it goes on a bit and gets a bit flat after a while
- Remember not minding 'Deeper Shade Of Blue' at the time but finding it far too cheesy now - Steps scare me slightly, they're a bit wrong
- Surprised 'Crazy Love' isn't doing better - thought this was definitely pop canon! The original's not on Youtube (though it is on that Spotify playlist, I think), but LOL here is a Jools Holland performance of it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7bwtBszSeo).
- OMG 'FEELIN ON YO BOOTY' NEEDS 5 MILLION TIMES MORE LOVE! This is a standard! Which spawned a gazillion awesome remixes as well (the Southern one w/Youngbloodz is so A+). Suuuuch a great slow jam, such a beautiful tune!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

MJ Cole was one of my sacrificial ticks!

This is my song for reeeeal no doubt

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

OK people. 'Feelin On Yo Booty', original and remix. CHECK IT.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I ticked 7 based on sheer memory, but there are many here I've not heard, as I was totally disconnected from pop music at this point (including the Kelis songs). So I will go back and retick.

yr always dressed to kill and you feel like you owe it to the werld but you owe it to yrself

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

URGH maybe i should untick doomsnight? i know it's a MASSIVE BANGER n all but it does get unreasonably lauded as d'n'b track of THE CENTURY when clearly this is all tosh as d'n'b track of the century is actually the high contrast remix of hometown glory, much as i understand that that should not be true.

d00ds not be ticking NFG and this is WRONG because it is an 100% awesome song. of course most people were probably not twelve and listening to kerrang! compilations at this time so i may have a slightly differing perspective on the whole thing.

Re: yr always dressed to kill and you feel like you owe it to the werld but you owe it to yrself

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Dooms Night dnb? shurely not... it got some surprising 2step/proto-grime crossover tho iirc

dnb track of the century could be a fun poll all on it's own. i will at least be nominating Shy FX & T Power 'Shake Ur Body' and Marky's 'LK/The Way' for future 00s year polls.

Club News

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Not really a song at all of course, but so wee-inducingly funny that I had to tick it anyway. I will try and upload an mp3 of this later on as I can't find a full-length stream of it anywhere on the interweb :( (last.fm has about 30 seconds which doesn't do it justice)

Re: Club News

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i ended up not ticking this cos there was too much other good stuff that wasn't just a joke thing. it was/is funny tho.

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Still NONE OF THE ABOVE. Maybe in pt 3.

Signed,

Old misery guts

Bomfunk MCs

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

This song catapults me straight back to a certain incident that summer where we'd all gone round D's house for an all-day BBQ and got so drunk that S managed to lock herself in the loo & then pass out, and had also knocked a bottle of bleach over and we were TERRIFIED that she was going to die, and while we were trying to poke the key out of the lock and catch it with a bit of paper, J kept playing this song OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

(Eventually we had to call the fire brigade to get the door broken down & call S's mum to take her home all of 400 yards. D was pretty glum as you might expect - "my parents had such a go at me the last time this happened")

Anyway, although the song became unbearable on that particular day, it has such strong memories for me that I had to tick it.

Re: Bomfunk MCs

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(btw S survived unscathed but had some v interesting tie-dye patterns on her jeans afterwards)

[theastronomymod.livejournal.com]

I'm so indie I managed to find 5 things to vote for on this round!

Youtube research

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Sunship (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-kZB3GblQ) - bit of a two-note pony this one, but they are good notes.
Xtina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMoQm_TZ2DE) - don't remember this at all! It's not brilliant, is it?
Lucy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi2L9cB_NQ0) Pearl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93AAjDN_cAY) - Dance Tonight does seem vaguely familiar. Has this been sampled by someone since? Obv I know Don't Mess With My Man from the Booty Luv cover but the original has MORE SPANISH GUITAR! Man, this bluddy instrument was EVERYWHERE in 2000 and I srsly didn't twig this at the time.

Re: Youtube research

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

the Sunship track was used for Lady Sovereign's 'Ch-Ching!' expect that to get nommed for '04.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I imagine this round was much harder for non-British people, as I'd never heard a good deal of stuff that, listening now, wouldn't have pegged as something that charted in the UK. Though some American stuff I hadn't yet heard got my extra couple of ticks (second Kelis single is great). TBH the most perplexing pick right now is Mint Royale. I mean...it's pleasant, I guess?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The Mint Royale track features vocals from Lovely Lauren Laverne out of them there Kenickies whom all Britpop kids wub to their very cores. Sentimental value = v high.

Spotify play list being constructed...

[meserach.livejournal.com]

http://open.spotify.com/user/meserach/playlist/5CXp3rs9WCSbtydDeDho7y

Lotta stuff not on Spotify, though.

Re: Spotify play list being constructed...

[meserach.livejournal.com]

Full list of what from this heat I couldn't find on Spotify:

Sunship - Cheque One Two
Chris Morris - Club News
Broadcast - Come On Let's Go
Ladytron - Commodore Rock
Bent - Cylons In Love
Mirwais - Disco Science
M2M - Don't Say You Love Me (16) (I put a "Karaoke" version on the playlist, though)
SoulDecision - Faded
Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers (2)]

Otherwise, the playlist c'est fini.

[meserach.livejournal.com]

Oh man how dumb am I, I just realised this is all being done in alphabetical order!

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

A much better heat overall, but I refuse to be drawn into your "tick 10 songs" mindgames. I'll just tick the ones I like, I'm not going to tick for the sake of it, as it lowers the chances of my favourites getting through.

The six that get my vote this time:
Madison Avenue, Mint Royale, Sweet Female Attitude, Dr Dre ft Eminem, Bomfunk MCs, Foo Fighters
The first 4 of these all appear in my personal top 20 of the year though.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The ten ticks thing really is to get you listening to stuff on the poll you've not heard before, to see if something new deserves your vote. But don't feel obliged to use all of them, by any means!

And you call yourselves indie - bah!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Broadcast's glaciated radiophonic pop getting badly slept on:

Re: And you call yourselves indie - bah!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

actually one of my least favourite tracks by them (well, in the bottom half at least) - that's how indie i am!

it's not like we're gonna get married

[gingermint.livejournal.com]

don't say you don't love "Don't Say You Love Me" .... is nobody else going to stump for 'the song that started confessional teen-pop' (according to frank 'n' dave) needs more love!! this heat's light on the teenybop, but this is the clear forerunner there imo...

(even tho I have serious fondness for "Digital Get Down" as well)

also: i will be v. sad if "Don't Tell Me" goes down, which is looking like a possibility. definitely the greatest of the several great singles from Music.

p.s. vote for "Crazy Love" too.

Re: it's not like we're gonna get married

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I might switch my Xtina vote to "Don't Tell Me," only because it and "Music" help to redeem almost everything else she did in this period (late 90s to 2000). And she should probably have credit for something, though it will probably be "Music," since she probably won't make much of a showing again until "Hung Up" in 2005.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

So there are currently three tracks tied for that all-important fifth place! Looks like Kelis I and Dr Dre are in the clear, Mint Royale and (phew, killing spree averted) Sweet Female Attitude likely to be safe too. Steps vs Madison Avenue vs Madonna is a rather underwhelming FITE though - I have much love for 'Don't Tell Me' and it's definitely the only acceptable winner, but there aren't any heavyweights in there. Craig David to overtake all of them? Maybe Azzido Da Bass or Outkast or Kelis II? Maybe even a miracle from MJ Cole or R Kelly? Am contemplating redistributing my Dre tick to, uh, a newly-heard Ghostface, helping absolutely no one.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Decided to switch from Xtina to Madge after all, nosing her just beyond Steps and Madison Avenue.

[meserach.livejournal.com]

Hey, It seems I got away with (accidentally) submitting thirteen ticks. I'll change them down, but how come?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

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