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

[koganbot]

I do find the Raekwon track interestingly claustrophobic, but you have to wait four-fifths of its length before Method Man transcends the claustrophobia. As you'll see in a recently posted Jukebox, I did my best to knock it out of the competition, but it managed to squeak by Robyn n' her robot, owing in part to Tom's annoyance with the robot's whiny missus. The Q & K touches my obsessive-compulsive side. (Didn't vote it in this poll, however. You'll have to wait to see how I treated it on the Jukebox.)