Best of 2001: Heat #3

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Kylie, Daft Punk, Gorillaz, Mya and Alcazar are through - who's going to join them from round #3?

• 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 next Tuesday lunchtime to vote.



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

[Poll #1434363]

Comments

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

SECONDED.

Both the Roots love and the Strokes hate, wtf people.

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I sort of expected S Club, even though it is rubbish but THE STROKES, PEOPLE? Even indie people hate the Strokes!

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I liked that album quite a lot

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

To be fair, I did like one song off ...their third one, maybe? That one where they stopped sounding anything like the Strokes.

Edit: ah, it was 'Heart In A Cage' -NOT THAT THIS EXCUSES ANYONE.

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[meserach.livejournal.com]

I just listened to the Stokes trakc having not heard it before.

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What's the appeal of that meant to be exactly?

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Basically that I was listening to a load of low fi punk/post-punk at the time and was v glad that someone was making more music just like it.

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[meserach.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm too young to really remember punk the first time around, but didn't it used to possess, I dunno, exuberance? The guitar pummels along pacily enough but that vocal sounds phoned in. Literally phoned in, with all the distortion.

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I really don't remember that many people being into them even at the time (and I hung out with lots of indie students that year!) - iirc the White Stripes and YYYs were emerging around the same time and both were such an obviously better take on that lo-fi garagey template that the Strokes really did seem totally dull in comparison even if you were predisposed to that aesthetic. The Strokes seemed much more of a fashion mag type of band.

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs were a bit later. White Stripes and Strokes both made their UK live debuts at the (now defunct) Point venue in Oxford in the spring of 2001 IIRC. I had tickets for both gigs and went to neither.

Strokes are ok, I suppose, and I speak as an indie fan. But 'Hard To Explain' is one of their weaker singles, can't see why it's getting so much love.

Re: STOP TICKING THE STROKES

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

I do too :D