Best Song of 2000: Heat #8

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Still D.R.E., Spinning Around and The Real Slim Shady led the pack in Heat #7, while Stronger and Stan fought off a last minute surge by The Bad Touch to join them in the 2000 final.

Last heat today! And there are some proper bangers below the cut...

• You get a maximum of TEN TICKS over the three bits of the poll. The top five will go through to the next stage.



• If you want to change your vote (or tick too many by mistake), you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'.



• UK chart placings given in brackets.



• Rep for your favourites in the comments!

[Poll #1423267]

You have until Friday lunchtime to vote, at which point I'll post a full list of the qualifiers for the 2000 final. HOWEVER we're not going to be voting on that straight away (to try and avoid tick-fatigue on the same songs). Instead, next week we're going to start nominations for 2001. There will be a slight change in nomination procedure (more details to follow) but there'll still be plenty of time to get your thinking caps on.

Comments

how a girl can really lose her brain

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Heheh, you've youtubed the two tracks I was about to go and hunt down and rep for. SRSLY THO; WOMAN TROUBLE IS BLVDDY AMAZING.

Re: how a girl can really lose her brain

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I can't remember if anyone nominated 'Please Don't Turn Me On' (or whether it fits into another year) but that's AMAZING as well - Lifford sounds so tortured on it, and it's a really unique perspective for a pop song (ie do we sympathise with him b/c he obviously feels guilty and wants to be a good guy, or not b/c he's so weak and is going to end up cheating despite himself?)

God, Artful Dodger were on a roll around this time...can't believe 'Moving Too Fast' didn't progress. 'Think About Me' is my favourite of all their singles, I believe that's coming next year.

Re: how a girl can really lose her brain

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I forgot all about Please Don't Turn Me On. Artful Dodger are basically the reason I like pop music, I suspect; nearly all the aesthetic touches I like (syncopation, aggressive strings, minor key, smooth sinistry, etc.) are right there in their songs and ARGH I love 'Woman Trouble' so much. I used to listen to Spoony on Saturday mornings about this time and obvs he was on the track and and and and it is ALL AWESOME.

Re: how a girl can really lose her brain

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i like Please Don't Turn Me On maybe more than anything else they did but it really does remind me of Robert Palmer (good and bad).