Best Song Of 2002: Heat #8

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Heat #7 was comfortably won by Girls Aloud in a result which will shock everyone, I'm sure. Scooter and the Sugababes make it through, as do dark horses Doves, but a last minute surge from Jimmy Eat World meant they caught Las Ketchup, provoding yet another run-off (see below).

And so to our final heat of 2002, and it's a banger with 14 top 10 hits! Shakira confuses geography and biology, Missy travels back in time and Celine Dion goes disco. It's heat #8, people!

• 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 2003!



• 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 - then I'll put up the full qualifier list for 2002 and details for 2003 nominations.

[Poll #1470575]


Extra ticks this heat go to: meserach, koganbot, credoimprobus, jeff_worrell and me.

Comments

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

up the bracket is "an englishman in a baseball cap" one, right?

oh, apparently not. which one's up the bracket then?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Er isn't it the one where they stop and go 'it's impossiBULL'?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

ah yes, so it is, the one that mentions the cally road (although i used to sing it as cowley road that the time, due to that being where it was that i was living). they can just about keep the tick in the face of not particularly stiff competition...

You bring light in

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Oh God I love Two Months Off so much. Here's a proper full length live version where the vocals only kick in after 3.50:



Yaaaaaaay \o/

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Two things:

- Two Months Off MUST GO THROUGH!

- I ALMOST voted for Moby. Almost.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for JEW!

Also stop ticking that Underworld song or I'll have to show you a Venn diagram.

This one was really hard for me, may tactically change my Dilated Peoples vote to something else later.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Oh hang on, I'm committing the sin that prompted the Venn diagram and confusing them with Orbital again, aren't I? As you were...

Re: You bring light in

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Waaah the bit at 7mins makes me weep like a small child. This is not a good look at werk.

Underneath Yr Clobber

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

This totally passed me by at the time. Does anyone think it's better than Whenever Wherever? I'm not sure it's better than She Wolf...

Re: You bring light in

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

Yes yes this is VERY GOOD INDEED.

The FCC won't let me be

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Surprised that not everyone is ticking 'Without Me' - surely this is one of Eminem's best songs? He's ripping himself a new backbone and it's just terrific.

For reference the official Eminem canon as of 2007 (http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/352554.html) is this:

1. Lose Yourself
2. The Real Slim Shady
=3. My Name Is
=3. Stan
5. Without Me
6. Forgot About Dre [w/Dr Dre]
7. The Way I Am
8. Guilty Conscience [ft Dr Dre]
9. Cleanin' Out My Closet
10. Like Toy Soldiers

Re: You bring light in

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

oh, thaaaaaaaaaaaaaat one. maybe the libs will be losing that tick after all...

Liam Lynch

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I loved this at the time but got sick of it VERY QUICKLY. Especially as it was a pain in the bum to DJ with.

WE WANT FUN!!!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

it's better than party hard and you all voted for that!!!



fan-uploaded vid, embedding disabled on official version. note interesting speeling in the first 10 seconds...

also, DUDES, jackass was An Important Part of early 00s culture, like totally.

Re: Liam Lynch

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

WHUTEVAH

Re: The FCC won't let me be

[martinv.livejournal.com]

I keep refusing to give Eminem nostalgia ticks. I enjoyed most of his early decade singles a lot at the time, but they just sound horrible and cringey now.

Re: WE WANT FUN!!!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Important, yes, but also fucking dreadful. This, however, is awesome.

Re: You bring light in

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Can't listen to this at the moment, but sinking feeling that I'll have to shift one of my other ticks for it. Memo to self: fill in 'best new track' box!

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, 'Cowley Road'. I fondly remember jumping around like a fool to 'Up The Bracket' at Panic.

Re: Underneath Yr Clobber

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

It's a ballad, cheesy but in a good way. No way is it better than WW tho

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Also for the record I am incredibly torn betwen the Ketchup Song and The Middle - the latter just sounds better to my ears these days, but I really have a great love in my heart for Spanish gibberish which phonetically sounds like Rappers Delight.

Re: WE WANT FUN!!!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

dude, i've got your name tatooed on my ass...

etcetcetc

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

I'd have much preferred both to go through and not the Sugababes (or alternatively Doves) - but it wasn't to be.

Re: The FCC won't let me be

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I think "Without Me" is pretty half-assed, compared to his earlier singles. Still ticked it though.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

No, no, no, you must keep your Dilated Peoples vote!