Best Song of 2002: Heat #6

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Hilariously LCD Soundsystem and QOTSA have tied yet again, with 20 votes each. That leaves me to cast the deciding vote! I actually had a drunken row on Friday with boyofbadgers about how bad a concept for a song 'Losing My Edge' was but he rightly pointed out that I hadn't actually heard it! I shall go away and listen to both songs with an open mind and announce my decision in the comments.

• You now only get SIX TICKS over the three bits of the poll, unless you played the investigation game on the previous heat and told us all your new favourite (and why). Put your new favourite in the box below and get an extra tick for heat #7!



• 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 fill in the 'best song I only heard today' box later, 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 Friday lunchtime to vote.

[Poll #1467164]


Extra ticks this heat go to: skyecaptain, koganbot and jeff_worrell. See above for instructions on how to go back and fill in the 'new favourite' question later on, if you want to do your ticks RIGHT NOW.

Comments

[martinv.livejournal.com]

A ridiculously difficult round! There are about 5 of my (last minute, mostly indie) nominations in there and I voted for precisely none of them.

I specifically would like to rep for "Something" by Lasgo. Because it's awesome.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

I had 9 on first run through, so would have to agree. Sorry, Avril, Felix and the Sugababes, although looks like none of them would really be needing my vote anyway.

Also, yes, 'Something' is my favourite song in this heat.

can't be arsed ticking sugababes

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Shoot the dog?? What?! I judge that you just made that up to see if we were paying attention.

REALLY, the only song that should get through is SHE FOOKIN' 'ATES ME but sadly there are another four obvious ticks. The 6th is completely up in the air!

Haven't ticked any from the first section yet so if anyone can convince me of the merits of those I am more likely to ticky...

Re: can't be arsed ticking sugababes

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I nearly vetoed STD at the nomination stage :)

Re: can't be arsed ticking sugababes

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Also WHY YOU MAKE HEIDI CRY? She has to do the whole middle 8 of RR on her own, poor sausage...

Shy FX!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Best drum n bass song of the decade:

Re: Shy FX!

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Yep. Because it's Pop D&B, and awesome fun. Please explain yourself if you haven't voted for this.

Six Days

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I really didn't like this when it came out (due to the wibbly vocal) but it totally makes sense plonked in the middle of The Private Press. And the bit where it goes all wonky at about 2 mins in is great.

Re: Six Days

[martinv.livejournal.com]

If this was the Soulwax remix that has that B-52s drumbeat added to the mix, I would have ticked.

Re: Six Days

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it was my fave single of 2002 at the time...

"You thought we'd never go to war, after all the things we saw, it's April Fools Daaaay"

LIKE, IRAQ, MAN

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I can't remember any of these apart from the Aaliyah!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Dude you have SUNG Sk8ter Boi at me in the past, I am sure.

ssss

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

one of the best remixes of the decade fyi



annoyingly the original mix on the original great video doesn't seem to be on YT only other inferior mixes

Re: ssss

[koganbot]

Thin White Duke mix is streamed here (no vid, unfortunately).

Aiiiii-ah-ah iiiiiii-ah in another way, from another point of view

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Oh bugger I forgot to tick DB Boulevard (awesome feelgood balearic soppy-house). Sorry 2 Many DJs, you are OUT.

Re: Aiiiii-ah-ah iiiiiii-ah in another way, from another point of view

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

That video was one of my favourites at the time. Great song too. TICK

INDIETASTIC

[credoimprobus]

See, this is why I loved indie the first half of the decade: because it still sounded like this. Also, one of my favourite videos of the year at the time (still love it, too)!



And not indie at all: Lasgo!

Re: INDIETASTIC

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Haha I knew you were the one who nommed the Notwist! Ticking due to epic Mirage of Blaze fanmix nostalgia. XD;

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I am GREATLY amused that if the poll ended now the Mountain Goats would go through.

Also I'm interested in what you think about 'Losing My Edge', Kat - I can't think of many other songs where "what it's about, maan" so completely ignores what it sounds like.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Out of interest, why this MG song in particular? I haven't listened to Tallahassee for about 4 years - I should give it another go - but I vaguely recall 'Southwood Plantation Road' was my favourite song on there.

QOTSA v LCDS listening notes!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

LCDS: gosh this takes a while to get going. I like the spiky techno bits and the fact that the slappable dude is indeed getting slapped. I don't like the reeling-off-band-names thing when he's already done 2 mins of namedropping in a more eloquent way - that was pretty tiresome when Daft Punk did it but at least that was a song that went somewhere. My main problem however is this: while young upstarts zooming past & leaving you behind is a feeling most of us experience, I had to deal with all of that aged 14 when I realised there were 11 year-olds out there swimming faster than me and I wasn't going to get any faster and it only got worse and worse. For about 5 years I stuck at something I was only mediocre at instead of becoming a brilliant DJ or guitarist or music journalist by the time I was 18. I don't want to be reminded of that feeling in the form of song! Though I guess if you've *not* felt that before and you suddenly find you're in your thirties and Oh Noez What Happened then this might strike more of a chord. BUT it seems to imply that everyone has a sell-by-date (I dunno, 21 years old + 1 day?) and that really irks me - just because it feels like it's true sometimes doesn't mean a) it is actually true ever b) I have to like hearing about it. I honestly feel that although I have barely started doing anything that might be recognised as An Achievement, there is STILL TIME! So what if the kids are cooler and more talented/knowledgeable than me? What if my destiny is to write a really good song that one of these young people will turn into a worldwide hit? Basically, fvck you LCD Soundsystem.

QOTSA: I quite like this one.

Re: QOTSA v LCDS listening notes!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

but 'Teachers' DIDN'T go anywhere! it is better than this tho yeh

My 2 Many DJs story

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Brussels 2002, some festival or other. Arthur Baker has the headline DJ set. The Dewaele brothers are on immediately before. They drop "Smells Like Booty". The look on Baker's face (who was setting up on stage) said everything you needed to know: "Oh shit! I have just been rendered totally pointless tonight". And indeed his set was lame by comparison.

Regarde le monde

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

French hip hop from the Golden Age of same. This was nominated more as a place holder for lots of other great tracks (as Saian Supa Crew were in 2001) - and because it's on youtube - but I really like this nonetheless. Bit of an anthem, actually.



Haven't checked the vid or audio quality. Hope they're OK.

Re: Regarde le monde

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

This is very good!

Galleon

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

a SHOCKING twist at the end of this saucy video i'm sure you'll agree

Cornelius video

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me, what's barims doing these days?

So we did what we did and we tried to forget

[koganbot]

I don't know if I'll have enough ticks for this, but it sure made me gape when it became a country hit.

Tim McGraw "Red Ragtop"

Rockin' the boat through the decade

[credoimprobus]

I'm going to rep for Aaliyah not by linking to the actual single, but to Kulture's excellent refix from last year, a highlight of his Generation Bass set (check @ 6:10 for it). Because it's ALL about that wonderful, sensuous vocal, which the refix really brings out.

(Okay and here's the original version as well; I didn't rate it when I first heard the album, but I can say now that I was WRONG.)

He was a Spotify

[meserach.livejournal.com]

http://open.spotify.com/user/meserach/playlist/7Ch7uwi95lczV0ZtjZzAtA

Not sure which version of Shake Ur Body to include. Anyone can help?

Re: He was a Spotify

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

All of them are excellent!