Best Song of 2001: Heat #7

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

So close! But Wyclef beat Andrew WK by one vote (not mine!). However even if pop-metal is not represented in the finals it is clearly made an impact on all your hearts etc.

Back to the heats now, and this penultimate bunch of 2001 features up-and-coming young guns Janet Jackson, Snoop Dogg and the Manic Street Preachers. It's heat #7!

• 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 #1448661]


Cheeky edit: this is probably a good juncture to point out that it is POPTIMISM on Friday! Details here.

Comments

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

quick! close the poll now! and my five choices can go through :)

although i've only done five tickies, i think they might all be in my top ten of the year...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Ticked exactly 10 on the first run through, but three of those were just 'fine' rather than 'awesome' and there are at least 5 that I can't remember & need to relisten to.

ticking me off, t-t-ticking me off

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

STOP TICKING THE STROKES

and tick this instead!

i aint thinkin bout them other chicks, they aint even comin close to this

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

sweet, bubbly, summery if any of you fvckers who ticked Play don't tick this I will throw a strop

SMASH SUMTHIN

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

hahahahahaha, i have never seen the vid before, excellent.

anyway, this is proper ridic maximalist 'ip-'op that makes me sing REDMAN in a stupid high pitched voice whenever i hear that bit of carmina burana it samples...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Not actually heard it but if "Stock Exchange" by Miss Kittin is half as good as a track called "Stock Exchange" by Miss Kittin ought to be, it can have a tick off me.

[credoimprobus]

Not just this heat, but this entire YEAR is all about this one for me:



Let me reiterate that:



This is ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT PIECES OF MUSIC EVER MADE. I suck at writing coherently about music I love, though, so I will leave it to someone more accomplished to explain the why, how & etc. :D

here's the number to my cell, hit me on the hip (!!??!)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

what i like about 'straight up' is that she's saying that she's no bvllsh1t and isn't going to play the dude around etc but it sounds almost smothering; 'here's the number to the crib where i really live' is fine but then there's 'here's the number to my job, call me in the week' sounds like a step too far and 'told me you're spoken for but i don't see a ring on your finger boy' suddenly makes her sound marginally threatening. but in a cute summery way so it's all ok!

My two favourites in this heat

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

SOUND OF THE GROOVE ARMADA WE SUPER STYLE-IN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufzqypO2k_A) (no embedding, boo)

Whenever I think 'Kompakt', I think of 'So Weit Wie Noch Nie'. Except NOT THIS VERSION waaaah the vocals are all wrong:



A much better rendition of SWWNN can be achieved using these little guys (http://bordel.yomgaille.com/kittens/)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Agreed! Thx for finding the right version (I am too lazy)!

[credoimprobus]

To be fair I dug those up already a month ago, hahaha. Let it never be said I don't take my repping seriously!

I can smell their expensive after-shave / When they touch my bum in the lift of the Empire State

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

It's a classic!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

SWWNN is k-boring. The remix included on the recent Michael Mayer mix "Kompakt - The Early Years" is a bit better.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

No no no no that remix is all weird! It doesn't need that extra bassline at all IMHO :)

Destiny's WHY-ld

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I never really liked Survivor that much - the vocal line is like a relentless bludgeoning round the head but not in a good way (unlike say 'Lose My Breath' which at least does what it says on the tin)

Kinobe

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I bluddy loved this at the time, cocktail lounge music or no - but surely there is something better I can tick. AHHHH YES how about some banging Detroit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAVBizDjNIw).

Re: i aint thinkin bout them other chicks, they aint even comin close to this

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

V. nice! Hadn't heard this one before.

Re: ticking me off, t-t-ticking me off

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Woops, missed this one on the first pass. Sorry Aaron, this is how JOE BEAT YOU.

Suggestion Diabolique

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Probably their best track this decade: awash with ideas (too many, you could argue, for one 8-minute track), by turns spacey then rhythmic, it's an almost 'best of Stereolab' consigned to one track, like your life flashing before you. The climax always gives me a rush.

Needless to say, not on YouTube :(

Re: Kinobe

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

does your werk db say which ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK song the Kinobe track is based on? i can't remember

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

8 on first run, but will happily untick Avalanches. Need to check out Joe, Chante M and Adam F I think.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

hardest round yet in terms of painful unticks - poor Dave Clarke

A lovely lovely song

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Re: Destiny's WHY-ld

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Because of the flipping amazing bridge:

I'm wishing you the best
Pray that you are blessed
Much success, no stress, and lots of happiness
I'M BETTER THAN THAT!
I'm not gonna blast you on the radio
I'M BETTER THAN THAT!
I'm not gonna lie on you or your family yo
I'M BETTER THAN THAT!
I'm not gonna hate you in the magazine
I'M BETTER THAN THAT!
I'm not gonna compromise my Christianity (that is the funniest bit)
I'M BETTER THAN THAT!
You know I'm not gonna diss you on the Internet
Cause my momma told me better than that!

Re: Kinobe

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

'From Here To Eternity'.