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

That WOW! Factor

[koganbot]

I've always thought that "Just Dance" was a terrific song with too heavy an arrangement and too rough a vocal, but good nonetheless; however, I was already prejudiced in its favor because the first time I heard it was when Jimmy Draper directed me to Miss Norway's inept dancing at 1:13 here, which I found utterly charming:



Also, Miss Venezuela, first up on the runway, went on to win.

(I do consider this song 2008, when it made my top 100 but not my poptimists ballot.)