POPTIMISTS TRACKS OF 2009: Nos 43-37

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Rounding up a few lobbied-for cuts and subgenre faves here.

43. THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD - "Jiggery Pokery"

No studio version of this cricket indie song exists on YT - here's a live rendition and here's what the song's about.

42. CASSIE - "Summer Charm"

Glad to see this get in, it's lovely. Well lobbied Frank!

41. ELECTRIK RED - "Friend Lover"

There's an official vid of this but it's on Vevo and I'm not sure about embedding from there etc. So a fan rip w/lyrics instead!

40. STUSH - "We Nuh Run"

I think this is the mix people are voting for but let me know if it's not!

39. DIRTY PROJECTORS - "Stillness Is The Move"

Vanguard indie, much compared to R&B, Mariah Carey etc.

38. JOY ORBISON - "Hyph Mngo"

It's from a greengrocer's sign reading "half mangos" in greengrocer. FACT!

37. VV BROWN - "Shark In The Water"

Poor old VV's catchiest thing - embedding disabled though.

Tomorrow - 36-25!

Comments

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I can't resist mentioning my favourite greengrocer's sign, seen in a store towards I think the Northern end of Green Lanes: "ASPARAGU'S". Best apostrophe ever.

duckworth lewis!!!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

hurray for someone else voting for it!!!

i don't know but if you ask me
if it had been a cheese roll
it never would have paaaaaaaassed me

also, i'd wager, the only song in this chart featuring the word BASSOON.

Re: duckworth lewis!!!

[ruudboy.livejournal.com]

A contra-bassoon, no less!

Re: duckworth lewis!!!

[hoshuteki.livejournal.com]

It could have made the Top 10 with a bit more of a marketing push, eh? I did not vote for this indie nonsense

Re: duckworth lewis!!!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes it was well placed to be this year MJ Hibbett! Will another track take that honour? Wait and see...

Re: duckworth lewis!!!

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

Bah, I like everything on that album except this song!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I have never heard that mix of Stush before! It is this one - helpfully labelled as "Sirens" on Youtube, not "We Nuh Run":

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Thanks Lex!

[credoimprobus]

I was wondering whether the J.Orb was going to make an appearance, and there it is! Can this one be totted up to Singles Jukebox influence, or are voters peeps that would've been repping for it without that exposure as well?

(Bet none of my notquitedubstep votes are about to show up, though, hahaha.)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Possibly - but the JO track has been big with a number of sources.

There's a big Singles Jukebox crossover tho - which is only to be expected, if there wasn't the SJ wouldn't be doing its job. Of the remaining 36, 8 were also in the Jukebox end of year tournament last 16.

[credoimprobus]

Are any of the others as crossover as the Jukebox, though? All the other places I've seen it about have been relatively scene-specific anyway, but I admittedly don't travel in very wide circles. More knowledgeable knowers welcome to chip in, here; I'd love to know if its media spread was as border-crossing as its club play was!