POPTIMISTS TRACKS OF 2009: Nos 36-31

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Another half-dozen, and more to come later today.

36. DJ QUIK AND KURUPT - "Hey Playa! (Moroccan Blues)"

Camels!!

35. THE-DREAM - "Take You Home 2 My Mama"

We were no great respecters of singles with this dude - a still photo vid of this excellent Love vs Money song.

34. ELECTRIK RED - "So Good"

Though actually this was the single wasn't it? So forget what I just said.

33. FUZZY LOGIC ft EGYPT - "In The Morning"

Went for the ripped still video over the official one cos I preferred this unedited mix.

32. LA ROUX - "Bulletproof"

2008's most divisive act. This one has a nice backing track I'll admit. Embedding disabled - a bunch of points also for the "Skream remix" which seems not to exist, either they meant the Zinc one or they meant "In For The Kill" in which case "Bulletproof" drops to #58!

31. LOVE AND THEFT - "Runaway"

Country voters FTW, though I've not actually had time to listen to this yet.

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Maybe dudes meant the Skream remix of 'In For The Kill'?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Whenever I see that Love and Theft song mentioned (obviously mostly by Frank), I immediately think of 80s post-punk post-goth proto-rave trio Love and Rockets. [/indie]

If the La Roux mix up means "In For The Kill" is lower than it would it would otherwise be, then this is clearly serendipity and MUST STAND.

Fuzzy Logic ft Egypt

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

First artist in the list I'd not even heard *of* before! Is this another Jukebox x-over?

[credoimprobus]

Re: The-Dream: dude needs to RELEASE his best tunes if he wants us to respect singles, innit! (Yes, I'm still cranky about that -- not that I didn't love all the singles as well, mind, just not as much as Those Other Ones There, ifyousee.)

Am entirely unsurprised that my The-Dream pick is his lowest scoring one; I have an unfailing skill for falling for the underdogs, heh. (My ER pick = also their lowest scoring track!)

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

Haha I did mean the Zinc remix! Oops I am useless.