Best Song of 2002: Heat #2

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Princess Superstar, Truth Hurts and Puretone all tied for the lead, with Missy and Christina making up our five qualifiers in Heat #1. Poor old Abs.

Next up we have a heat packed with so much awesome stuff that I'm beginning to regret changing the rules...

• You now only get SIX TICKS over the three bits of the poll. Oh, stop your whingeing! It'll make for a more interesting top 40 at the end.



• The top five will still go through to the next stage, but now it's going to be that little bit tougher to get there. If your favourite song isn't doing so well then try and convince people in the comments as to why it's so good!



• 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'.



• You have until Tuesday lunchtime to vote.

[Poll #1459239]


Q for the comments box: What's the best song up there that you hadn't heard before today? If you tell us all what you liked about it I'll give you an extra nomination spot for 2003...

Comments

Mindy McCready 2

[koganbot]

Her life disaster outdoes Amy's and Rihanna's'n'Chris's and Lindsay's and Britney's put together. I don't know if any of this informs her music, which I don't know all that well anyway, but once I know it I can't put it aside, for better or worse, watching this woman in her trap. Also, whatever the legal system does for people's recovery from addiction, it doesn't seem to be helping hers. From Wiki:

Personal life

In 1997, McCready became engaged to actor Dean Cain.[5] The couple broke up the following year.[6]

McCready also dated former NHL hockey player Drake Berehowsky.[7]

In May 2005, McCready's ex-boyfriend, Billy McKnight, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after beating and choking McCready.[3][8] The following July, McCready was found unconscious in a hotel lobby in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida after attempting suicide. She was hospitalized for a drug overdose after washing down a large amount of undisclosed drugs with alcohol.[9] That September, McCready, who was then pregnant with McKnight's child, attempted suicide for a second time by overdosing on antidepressants.[10]

On March 25, 2006, McCready gave birth to a son, Zander Ryan McCready.[11]

On December 17, 2008, paramedics were called to McCready's home in Nashville after an apparent suicide attempt; they transported her to a hospital after finding wounds on her wrists. [12]

May 9, 2009: Mindy has been seen again in the company of Billy McNight and they have released a single together on Billy's Album.

Go, Mindy, get away!

Re: Mindy McCready 2

[koganbot]

Wrote this on Rolling Country a couple of weeks ago:

Out of morbid curiosity I listened to Billy McKnight's "Sweeter" f. Mindy McCready, which highlights Mindy at least as much as Billy. Despite Mindy fucking up everything else in her life, her voice is as steady and strong and warm as ever. This is a mush ballad that reaches for the sky, and in the soft parts before all the mountain climbing Billy's voice is inadequate - not awful but not giving much. He just doesn't have it. But when the strings build and the ascent starts, all the molten noise compensates for him, and Mindy melts the glaciers. I would definitely want to hear another album by her, if she can manage one.