Yet Another Year In Pop: 39

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Taio's still on top, meanwhile new Sugababe Jade ties up the loose ends of her solo career.

[Poll #1463533]

Reminder 1! You are encouraged to go back and vote in any of this year's chart polls. If you've changed your mind about something or have only just realised how awesome it is, click on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll' to change your vote.

Reminder 2! You've got until tomorrow lunchtime to vote in heat #4 of 2002, where Nelly is running away with things as expected, but there are only two votes in it between No Doubt, The Rapture, J-Lo and Liberty X for that vital fifth place.

Reminder 3! This Friday it is POPULAR, a special Poptimism where the playlist consists of All Number One Records All The Time! Free entry, 7-late, upstairs @ Horse Bar in Waterloo. If you ask nicely we will play the first 30 seconds of 'Spaceman' by Babylon Zoo!

Comments

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

All of Dizzee's recent big hits *almost* do it for me, but not quite - I wonder if they're the kind of thing that unlock under the right circumstances (i.e. on the dancefloor). This one has a very early 90s sound, the female vocals kind of make this into a frothy day-glo Soul II Soul track for me

I agree with Frank on basshunter - I want to like it but can't quite

Whereas with Example I think the exact opposite of Frank: I would quite like were it not for the rapping.

Jade lost me with the "ominous" synth intro.

Jordin - part of me likes the attempt to recontextualize the song, but mmm no, does nothing for me. Just another C-list singer trying to booststrap themselves into the pop charts.

I guess I'll tick Dizzee since I'm feeling generous.