Best Song of 2002: Heat #4

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Heidi showed everyone who was boss in heat #3, with the Sugababes storming ahead of Pink, the White Stripes, No Doubt and Clipse.

Time for Heat #4, aka HEAT OF DEATH. Seriously dudes, it's a Double Bedingfield in there! Hold onto your hats...

• You now only get SIX TICKS over the three bits of the poll. Oh stop whining, 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 #1462364]


Q for the comments box: What's the best song up there that you hadn't heard before today? After some confusion last week, you will now get an extra tick for the next heat (i.e. seven ticks for heat 5) if you tell us WHY you like it.

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH eight solid classics in here :(

Tough decision #1: decided to put my weight behind the better Bedingfield in the end (both are so good!)

Tough decision #2: battle of acts containing an X - Liberty X beat Tim Deluxe and his big ginger fro by the narrowest of margins.

Other close contenders: Ms D, Green Velvet, Holly V in the buff.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

This one's much less a 'heat of death' than the last one, for me.

I'm guessing Nelly will sail through, which also makes things a little easier. A shame to not be able to tick Kylie or Conway, but them's the breaks.

[koganbot]

Hey Kat, is YouTube still blocking Brits from watching sponsored videos, as part of its dispute with you know who?

In any event here's the (sponsored) link to the video for Lil Jon's "I Don't Give A."

And here the song is unsponsored and letting us in on what Jon doesn't give:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

No, it's been sorted out now.

I am getting so hot

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Nelly & Justin managed to slice through my hitherto impenetrable Indie Snob Barricades! I remember attending cheese night at Oxford Brookes SU at the arse-end of 2002 where they were playing S Club, Britney and so on, and I went up to request Nelly only to be told they 'didn't have it'. When I requested Justin instead, I was told 'look love this is a POP night, we don't play RnB'.

Re: I am getting so hot

[wholepint.livejournal.com]

I was obsessed with Like I Love You. OBSESSED.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

The Delgados I can understand, because I know who's nominating them - I'm more surprised that anyone gives enough of a fvck about the PSBs at this point to nominate two songs!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I don't think I nominated it but I almost ticked "I Get Along" - and it was almost in my Top 200 Records of the etc etc before I axed it for being 2/3 rubbish. I intend to write something about it sometime soon though.

Shaaaaaaaake doooooooooooowwwwwwwn

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

House Of! Jealous Lovers!



YOU MUST TICK THIS SONG. (Proper but non-embeddable video of the single edit here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVYH7CEkB8))

Re: Shaaaaaaaake doooooooooooowwwwwwwn

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

Damnit, you beat me to posting it.

LISA'S GOT HIVES!!!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2003/01/2002dl3/6/

tom be loving it, i be loving it, annoyingly no one appears to have made an youtube vid for it...

Re: LISA'S GOT HIVES!!!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

GET YR BOSH

[credoimprobus]

Two things people need to hear if they haven't:

Tim Deluxe - the horns! the 'lalalalala's! Still every bit as vivid and exhilirating as it was back then. (Nb video DEF NOT SFW.)



Kate Ryan - I still hold this is the best bosh cover EVER RECORDED, <3.




Also anyone not voting for Justin is RONG. (Pls see Kat's comment re: indie snob barricades up above!)

Re: GET YR BOSH

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I should tick "Libertine" out of Belgian solidarity really, since I was living there at the time. (Plus it is a good track.)

Cornershop

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

Disclaimer: it got edged out of my votes, and it will likely get edged out of your 6 too (it'd be in if I had 10). But anyhow, this is Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III, and I'm quite fond of it.

Re: Cornershop

[koganbot]

Probably won't get my vote, but the video certainly made me smile.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Happy to swap around and horsetrade votes on this heat - I've already felt like I've sold my soul just cutting down my initial 10.

Lex-Tastic

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

As I write this, Nickelback is beating Trina 2-0. (Including that I ticked Nickelback but not Trina, tho I've never heard this particular Trina song). I agree that this is a very tough heat by the way. Ultimately I decided to untick The Rapture and No Doubt, but I don't feel good about it.

Stuff I hadn't heard watch 1

[koganbot]

Cool! There's a José Feliciano cover on this list!

James Dean

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

is an amazing song. Let us never forget that Bedingfield, D. was really good for two singles.

Re: James Dean

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

really good for two THREE singles (but we've already done the other one last year)

[koganbot]

Turns out I had heard this plenty, of course; loveman rap that cheerfully dispenses with foreplay, comes on as both antiromance and romance. (Don't know yet if I'll have the votes for this.)

baby, personally, i like to be challenged mentally

[cis.livejournal.com]

MS DYNAMITE, YOU GUYS

Re: baby, personally, i like to be challenged mentally

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Her best song, deffo.

[martinv.livejournal.com]

In the search for songs I'd not heard before, I mainly found songs I had heard before but forgotten about. They were:
Cam'ron - excellent, didn't know this was Cam'ron, not quite a tick tho
Tim Deluxe - ticked. V good.
Milky - (Milky?!) This was a great little tune. Cute. Not quite ticked yet but may yet do so.

Unfortunately of the ones I hadn't heard, I didn't really like any so can't play that game.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

I am very disheartened with the way this heat has progressed. The top 5 at present are Justin, The Streets, Nelly, J-Lo and The Rapture. None of these were in my Top 6, although Justin was my #7, and narrowly missed out.

For the record, my votes went to Holly V, Pink, Kylie, Ms Dynamite, Kosheen (how on earth am I the only vote for this?), and Cam'ron

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Jebus, and I've just seen that Nickelback has 2 votes. What weird alternate Poptimist universe has Nickelback scoring more votes than Kosheen? Ugh.

Hungry SUPPLEMENTARY

[credoimprobus]

I was reminded that I'd schemed to be a Big Cheating Cheater and also link to REMIXES, as a side course of sorts, because damn did that single have some well amazing remixes on it:

SATOSHI TOMIIE, <3 <3 <3 (epic atmospheric travelogue trance!)
Tiësto (propulsive and bassy!)
Bent (cute as buttons!)

Allowing these versions to sway yr vote would probably not be quite in spirit with these polls, but I'm just saying. Ahem.

FFS PPL

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

SUMTHIN BOUT THOSE LITTLE PILLS UNREAL THE THRILLS THEY YIELD UNTIL THEY KILL A MILLION BRAIN CELLS

OH WHAT HAVE I DONE, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MORNUN?




alas the incredible life-changing Geo Vogt mix does not seem to be on YT

Re: FFS PPL

[credoimprobus]

Doesn't as a whole pack quite enough punch for a tick from me, alas, but that is an amazing hook. I forsee getting it stuck in my head at random moments in the near future!

Nickelback "How You Remind Me"

[meserach.livejournal.com]

I'm not really surprised that this is getting shot down in flames now, given how consensus opinion toward the band has progressed ever since.... but this was so huge at the time, both in general and, it has to be said, for me; dancing in a disco at genius camp age sixteen with the girl who was, that evening, to be my first kiss...

I have to tick this, I just do. But I understand why others don't.





(also secretly I actually kinda like "Rock Star" but shhh)

Re: Nickelback "How You Remind Me"

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

It was a running joke between me and my mates that Nickelback and Creed would stop functioning if a minimum number of anguished fist-clenching hand gestures was not maintained at all times.

Spotify

[meserach.livejournal.com]

http://open.spotify.com/user/meserach/playlist/3F4D4PX4d1O3Z4V6UNLEpx

Decent turn out.

What's the definitive version of "Jenny from the Block", anyway? I have two on the list.

[credoimprobus]

Gah this was HARSH in the end -- way too many tickables among the previously unheards! The winner in the stakes ended up being the DJ Marky & XRS; I mean, I'm partial towards d&b as it is, but the thing that won me over was its warm spring noon brightness (reminiscent of a lot of idm & folktronica I love, I guess!) Also ticked the X-Press 2* on similar grounds, although technically that one wasn't new new since I'd dug it up when going through the UK top 40 archives a couple months back.

Other things I enjoyed a lot but didn't have room to tick: the Lil Jon, sort of obviously (and ha ha ha the Smack My Bitch Up, crunk style video!); the Ja Rule (came REALLY close to getting my last tick instead of X-Press 2); and in a dark horse move, the Hundred Reasons and LeAnn Rimes.

*) also I am sort of X-Press 2-partial on account of them being responsible for one of my favourite remixes of the decade, <3

[credoimprobus]

PS #1: Didn't have time to comment before the heat closed, but my heat #3 previously-unheard favourite was hands down the Snoop, which I CANNOT BELIEVE I was the only one to tick. Just wanted that made public! :) Mind this judgement came with half the tracks still unheard, as the last two heats were the first ones ever where I didn't youtube the entire list (time constraints, sudden attacks of life, etc).

PS #2: I feel really awful for dear Kylie, who I keep failing to tick despite how much I love Fever. :( Can't Get You Out of My Head is the only Fever-era one I've ticked so far!

(PS #3: I would much rather x100 have the old-rule extra nomination slot than an extra tick!)

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Liveonrelease! I haven't played that for donkeys. Not sure I would have anticipated its appearance in a poll here, tbh

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[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Not sure what surprises me most here, but I think it's "Hey Ma" languishing on 4 ticks! I thought this song was, like, a really big deal. I nommed Liveonrelease but don't have the ticks to tick 'em. (Thanks for the embed tho...)

Spool of Collusion

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

OK I'm willing to switch a vote to No Doubt, Kylie or even Liberty X (I've forgotten how this goes, if I ever knew)* in order that "Bang The! Bang The Saucepan!" gets shook down. Who's with me?

*tho' obv J-Lo should be walking this heat

Re: Spool of Collusion

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm with you on this. Go for No Doubt.