Best Song of 2001: Heat #4

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Missy Elliott gets the highest turnout of the decade so far, with a whopping 49 votes to win heat #3. Daft Punk, S Club 7 and Mary J Blige are safely through, but Alicia and DanBed tie for fifth - see below for the run-off.

Today's poll sees double J-Lo remix action, microgoth, mashups, possible incest and the Jackson Five (sort of). It's heat #4, everybody!

• 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 #1436184]

Comments

OK before ANYTHING else is said

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Hands up who DOES NOT WANT to hear about Sharleen Spiteri's 'Inner Smile'? *voms*

Re: OK before ANYTHING else is said

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(apols to whoever nominated it! I am sure it is a lovely song)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

ARGH what a horrible tie-breaker choice. It breaks my heart to damn Alicia's finest moment, especially given some of the sh1t that's got through but Bedingfield had to be chosen.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Also, whilst I'm resigned to the fact B&S will go through here, that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it.

Why there are two different entries for J-Lo:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Original mix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8gbMwHQe2g)
Murder remix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StaVESC0G2o&feature=related) (way superior imo)

Re: Why there are two different entries for J-Lo:

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I was the one who nominated the original mix but it was only because I forgot it existed and I thought I was nominating the Murder Mix.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

well done to whoever got that last minute tick in to force a run-off between Keys and Beds

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I think it was me - I had forgotten what the Alicia sounded like and as soon as the piano came in it was OHHHHHH MUST TICK NAO

Chemical Bros = Chemical Noes

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Argh this is where they started to be slightly rubbish :( :( :( I had utterly, utterly loved them up until this point. Luckily at their Glasto 04(?) set they decided to only play stuff from 1999 and earlier. I mean, it's alright, but it is no Block Rockin Beats dudes.

Re: Chemical Bros = Chemical Noes

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Yeah but Star Guitar was 2002 and is awesome.

Otherwise correct though.

One of my favourites of this year

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

ARGH stupid embedding disabled grrr (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9jqg_shaggyitwasntme_music)

The only way this song could have been better would be if it was Craig David instead of Rikrok.

Re: One of my favourites of this year

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Yeah ok, I do like this now. You're right tho, it is Shaggy's face that really wins here.

Things That Are Awesome: a short essay in youtube embed form

[credoimprobus]

(aka REP!)







AND OBVIOUSLY:



<3 <3 <3!

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Best two here are Waking Up To Us, a magnificent bit of pop from Belle and Sebastian, and Jay-Z's wonderful Izzo. I am super happy that I can tick both of these with a clear head.

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

I'm A Slave 4 U is utterly cracking also - it's really stood up.

reasons to vote for Wu-Tang

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

1) it's awesome

2) crank yankers puppet performance (can't embed sadly)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17cmi_wu-tangin-the-hoodpuppets_fun

she must be insane

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Aaliyah's 'I Care 4 U': this might be the most moving song we come across in these polls.



It's sort of...twin heartbreaks orbiting each other, his love being rejected and hers being unrequited, and you can hear the absolutely unconditional tenderness and generosity in her voice, but there's still that tentative element of fragility because she can't quite say all she wants to...and what an incredible performance from Aaliyah, every line freighted with meaning and packed with emotion. It's my favourite song off the album that is my default Favourite Album Ever.

all of the above seconded

[cis.livejournal.com]

 

[koganbot]

Here's a 30-second clip of "Hunt You Down" (like Raw Power-era Stooges, finds the motion, which is impressive since pretty much everyone else trying to do the Stooges gets it wrong).

Toby Keith discovers he's not the strong silent type ("I Wanna Talk About Me"):

where my microgoth headz at

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Heroin' is still so incredible after all these years. WOULD RAVE TO NOW AND 4EVER. Also it is really good music for illin' to, like now.

Re: where my microgoth headz at

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I went back and listened to this and... hrrm, I can name at least 5 SP songs/remixes I like better! Tho I've never had a dancefloor moment* to this one, unlike say, 'Irre' or 'Happiness' or 'Mushroom' or 'Fieber'.

*Not necessarily on an actual dancefloor but you know what I mean.

Sensitive thugs, y'all need hugs

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Heart Of The City' makes me SO INCREDIBLY HAPPY. Definitely in my top 5 Jay-Z tracks ever.

"What's all the fuckin' fussin' for? Because I'm grubbin' more
And I pack heat like I'm the oven door"



Take 'em to church!!!!

Re: Sensitive thugs, y'all need hugs

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

sensitive thugs, y'all need (oven) ... gloves?

(SORRY. I NEED A DRINK).

[koganbot]

Trace Adkins "I'm Tryin'," which by the way I like even more than the Keith. Deep baritone man trying to keep his massive self from breaking down; I guess that's a stereotype but (1) it's done as massively and effectively as I've heard, and yet (2) it's got an unexpected prettiness surrounding it that makes its sadness even sadder but not heavier, and melodically reminds me of the "Lovin' Spoonful" of all people ("Darlin' Be Home Soon" in particular).

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I really like this one.

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

Thought: across all these polls so far, I am ticking a lot of Kosheen. This is not what I would have bet upon last week, nor at the time.

[koganbot]

Could you say more about them, as I had previously not known they'd existed. "Catch" is the only one that caught me enough on a few listens to get me to tick it; their nominated tracks do the light/dark thing but the dark trips up the light too much. (That's what I think so far. But they are new to me.)

REPPIN' TIME: OSYMYSO

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

Aka: the top trump of bootlegs. At this point, the whole scene veered in a more commercial direction, which made it better for a while, and then everybody got lazy or signed. The former, alas, was the predominant trend; the Freelance Hellraisers and Frenchbloke & Son's of the world were long gone. But in 01-02 it was good, and the sheer audacity of this makes me want to tick the heck out of it:





(long story short: 101 intros to pop songs, one 12-minute track split across two sides of a 12". You keep hearing a song you like, and wanting to dance to it, but then another one kicks in. It is not a good bootleg in that sense, but it is an excellent commentary).

Re: REPPIN' TIME: OSYMYSO

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

yes, this :)

Blu Cantrell

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I had honestly no idea she'd had a hit before 'Breathe'. That saxophone thing is good, isn't it? I might rescind my Hyper Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CRc30ynfd4) tick for it (tho I do heart Muse when they go all proper crunchy wig-out like that and I spent AGES and AGES playing that song on the guitar in my bedroom at college).

Re: Blu Cantrell

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

OK I am definitely not going to untick Muse after listening to it again. It is GREAT and haters can go to the LEFT.

Detroit garage

[koganbot]

So far everyone who voted for the Detroit Cobras voted for the White Stripes, but no one who voted for the Gore Gore Girls voted for either of those.

Re: Detroit garage

[koganbot]

Except I've got a few ticks left and might opt for "Hotel Yorba" if I can't find anything better. Btw, I'm totally baffled as to why the Detroit Cobras hit in the UK while another twenty or thirty similar groups didn't. I far prefer the Gore Gores, as you may have gathered.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

This is what I'd send through:

"Heart of the City"
"I'm Real"
"Hit Em Up Style"
"In the End"
"I Wanna Talk About Me"

That's a lot of mid-range vote getters there. Let's rock the vote people.

[zcesl53.livejournal.com]

not a good heat by my reckoning. I've only used 7 ticks, so will have to go back and listen to a few of the embeds above

would love to see muse getting a few more votes - i love hyper music, and it is a rare example of a song title perfectly describing what lies within. I guess not many poptimists have secret metal pasts though, so they are doomed not to get through.

Spotify'd

[meserach.livejournal.com]

http://open.spotify.com/user/meserach/playlist/1Kv4DhevLEse5J2oGR0UL2

Pretty full, got most of 'em.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, 4 clear leaders and then an 'interesting' battle for the 5th spot. This may be the first poll so far where I'll vote switch to try and influence the outcome.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i would change my vote but none of the songs battling for 5th really do it for me - maybe Jus 1 Kiss but it will need a few more to catch up

VOTE FOR THE STRIPES!

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

I will seriously cry if Hotel Yorba doesn't make it.

This song is so bouncy and fun! It makes me happy to be alive. VOTE!!!

Re: VOTE FOR THE STRIPES!

[meserach.livejournal.com]

Heh, don;t remeber hearing this before except in some distant, half-heard way. It sounds like a cover of folk song that's at least thirty years older than it actually is. "All they got inside is vacancy" is a good lyric, too.

Prolly gonna tick this, just working through my playlist.

I guess 2001 is my "don't vote for this" campaign year?

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Seems to be working out that way, but I would be thrilled if we could keep "I'm Like a Bird" out of our countdown.

Re: I guess 2001 is my "don't vote for this" campaign year?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Au contraire...it's in 5th place on 17. Jay-Z and Belle & Sebastian (AYYY NOOOO) just behind it on 16. Aaliyah/Shaggy/Jaxx on 15.

I would love, love, love it if 'Heart Of The City' got through, or if somehow Aaliyah got a couple extra ticks from somewhere. Don't know why those two aren't more popular; do people just not own The Blueprint or Aaliyah?

Team Alicia

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

What would I have to do to convince 3-4 of the abstainers from that tiebreak to vote Alicia? I like the DanBed fine but 'Fallin' is a standard. Plus, 'Gotta Get Thru This' was a false harbinger of a very dull career, whereas Alicia went on to more and more brilliance.