POPTIMISTS TRACKS OF 2009: Nos 30-25

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Coming to the end of the quirky, 2-3 person picks now...

30. LINDSTROM & CHRISTABELLE - "Baby Can't Stop"

The original mix of this terrific Jackson tribute is unavailable on YouTube it seems - lots of uploads for the (kind of yawny) Aeroplane mix instead. Luckily this blog dude has it to play.

29. PHOENIX - "1901"

Have to admit I still don't 'get' this lot - too bitty, no emotional bite - but some of you did and here they are.

28. MEDINA - "Kun For Mig"

Singles Jukebox alert! A chunk of the points were for "You And I", the English version of this, which sounds a lot more generic to me ftb "I'm turning to the rhythm of the night" etc. Not sure whether that makes it worse.

27. LADY GAGA - "Paparazzi"

Her again, with her er 'ballad' I guess. Still wasn't sold at this point.

26. KIG - "Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toez"

This is probably my favourite video of 2009!

25. JASON DERULO - "Whatcha Say"

This one passed me by I admit - seems OK though.

Into the Top 20 tomorrow!

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

In a year that's been so good for male R&B (The-Dream, Jeremih, Maxwell, Robin Thicke, Lloyd, Ryan Leslie, Jamie Foxx), the idea that anyone could be interested in or enthused by that boring-ass Jason Derulo single is...confusing.

[koganbot]

My ears always rise in joy when the sample introduces the DeRulo song - I like it way more there than in the original - but then I'm always taken aback when DeRulo himself enters, and I go, "Oh yeah, that one," disappointedly. This track and the Iyaz and the Jay Sean aren't heinous in themselves, but combined they've weighed us down in goo for months now.