POPTIMISTS TRACKS OF 2009: Nos 50-44

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Hip-hop heavy stretch of the tracks poll - check back later this afternoon for 43-37.

50. DJ QUIK & KURUPT - "9x Outta 10"

Singles Jukebox influence here I suspect! Hip-hop veterans make uncompromising yet catchy banger.

49. CASCADA - "Evacuate The Dancefloor"

Borrows all its ideas from Blackout/Circus era Britney, gets just reward. The lowest placed song which got 4 separate votes!

48. LADY GAGA ft COLBY O'DONNIS - "Just Dance"

First Gaga sighting! Does it sound better now we all like her? (Or worse to the people who already did?)

47. GIRLS ALOUD - "Untouchable"

Beautiful robots dancing alone.

46. NEKO CASE - "This Tornado Loves You"

Fan video alert! This song is about a tornado loving somebody.

45. NICKI MINAJ - "Beam Me Up Scotty"

You'll need to turn the volume up on this stills vid - all the copies of this on YT are superquiet. The chorus hook on this is straight outta rave 92 I'd say!

44. RAEKWON et al. - "House Of Flying Daggers"

House of embedding disabled moar like so click through for the completely absurd cartoon video.

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Crap, I completely forgot to send my ballot. Several of these feel like 2008, though.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Crap, I completely forgot to send my ballot
D'oh! Stop countdown now and start poll over.

I thought this was all a bit Kasabian-lite. ;)

Didn't vote for any of these, but happy to see most of them nonetheless. This is definitely Lady G's weakest single. We didn't change; she just got better is all.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Love Game is weaker surely

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

No way. It is the wellspring of The Fame and its Monster.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

"Just Dance" still sounds basically unremarkable, "Love Game" is still actively awful - Jeff is right, she got better (though I was wrong about "Poker Face" at the time).

[credoimprobus]

Just Dance sounded way more awesome loud on the radio over factory noise, though!* It always needed to be the proper banger it was in my head at first, rather than being saddled with the rather tepid production it actually has.

*) this is true of MANY POP HITS, as a matter of fact