Best Song of 2001: Heat #2

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Destiny's Child lead the way once again, with MOP, So Solid Crew, Mis-teeq and Daft Punk slipping in behind them to make the 2001 final.

More big hitters in round 2!

• 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.



• You have until Friday lunchtime to vote.



• Rep for your favourites in the comments! Youtube embeds very welcome.

[Poll #1432757]

*Bob's 'Can We Fix It' was nominated, but technically only number one for a few days in 2001 so I've slotted in firm 2001 chart-topper Mambo No.5 in its place as requested. The fact that this is out of alphabetical order is symptomatic of my spreadsheet-organisation skills rather than any deep conspiracy.

Comments

me and <i>my</i> daughter

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The Tori cover might be quite interesting to ~discuss~ actually. Background: for her concept covers album Strange Little Girls she decided to reinterpret 12 songs by male songwriters from a female perspective (complete with SHORT STORIES and OUTFITS AND WIGS for each). So far so Tori, and it's a hit-or-miss affair generally which was obviously done to get out of a contract; mostly when it works, it works despite the concept ('Time' and 'Rattlesnakes' especially). But the Eminem one is an exception - she says she sung it as the dying wife locked in the car boot in the original, echoing her husband's words, and IIRC she recorded it locked in a wooden coffin (!) - and it REALLY works. Like the original it's the perfect midpoint of slightly hammy shock tactics and genuinely chilling moments.

Um, you might want to ignore the random chick and her "art project" video below.

Re: me and <i>my</i> daughter

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

My god, that sounds so much like 'Nice Day For A Murder' by Morgan Grace And The Hidden Hands/Romanovs/Whatever They're Called These Days in places. Then again, I suppose all gothpop sounds a bit similar.

/personal anathema.

Anyway, I really like that Tori album, as a curiosity piece. Am obviously a bit biased re: Tori tho.

Re: me and <i>my</i> daughter

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so do I: it's a damn sight more interesting than anything she's subsequently done, at the very least, and I really love a good half of it (the Velvet Underground and Slayer covers too).

Re: me and <i>my</i> daughter

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

NOOOOO I well love American Doll Posse, clearly the best thing she's done since '...Librarian'

Edit: Wait let me take that sentence back. Still, a good thing she has done recently.

Slayer cover = PURE GENIUS. I listened to that on repeat for about a month. *goes to find on YouTube*