Best Song of 2004: Heat #5

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Cast your mind back to murky December and heat #4, where JoJo, Kanye, Kylie, the White Stripes and The Rasmus out-polled the Magnetic Fields, Eminem and Scissor Sisters to get through to the next round.

Some wicked-good bangers to kick off our next heat - it's almost like 2004 never went away!

• You get SIX TICKS over the three bits of the poll, unless you played the investigation game on the previous heat and told us all your new favourite (and why). Put your new favourite in the box below and get an extra tick for the next heat - do it for five or more heats and get an extra nomination for 2005.



• The top five in each heat will go through to the next stage. Make sure you rep for your faves in the comments!



• If you want to fill in the 'best song I only heard today' box later, change your vote (or tick too many by mistake), you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'.



• You have until Friday lunchtime to vote.

[Poll #1513597]


Extra ticks this heat go to friend_of_tofu, koganbot, jeff_worrell, credoimprobus and me.

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

PHEW it's good to be back :)

Mad Mrs Leroy Brown

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

Dudes this song is all the awesome!

No official video, but the song is here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkdwIiRxgIE).

I also wrote a little thing about it here (http://mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com/200851.html).

I'm mixed-up, so what?

[koganbot]

Ashlee Simpson in a raucous lunatic comedy of manners, great rolling somersault guitar chords* and detailed, evocative, sustained-for-a-full-song-without-let-up great lyrics, funny funny funny on a subject that's as dead serious as any is for Ashlee (can she actually flourish and be appreciated for herself in a relationship rather than being taken for granted or swept aside?), but the greatest bit is when the song stops cold at 2:15 and she lets out a combined yelp and meow.



*From producer John Shanks, in his Grammy year.

[koganbot]

Is this the first time we've had two different songs by two different sisters in the same heat (Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle)?

Can't tell the difference between hate and desire

[koganbot]

Life without vocal chords:

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Tough heat.

(Also, excellent: Tuesdays now have a purpose again)

<3 Feist

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

this is one of my actual favourite songs of the 00s because it turns out i am the tweest fucker of all time

Lola's Theme

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Come on dudes, you know this one! AAAM A DIFFERENT PERSAAAN:

Delays

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I have this album somewhere I think (I don't remember buying it though) and it is at the same time i) incredibly drippy ii) very catchy. Like if Sigur Ros had their melodies written by Diane Warren.

You know what's great?

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Looking for a Place, that's what. Yes ok a Xenomania vanity project = far less interesting these days but it is BRILLIANT.

I can't find a youtube embed, sadly. BUT IT IS REALLY GOOD; it's got a little bit of that louche classiness of One Touch Sugababes but with a little less virginity.

Frank Fergusonz

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Matinee >>>>>>>>>>> Michael

That is all.

Mad Sick

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

No video to be found, but this Predator cut was one of my top 3 songs of 2004. Another dancehall tune on the Red Alert riddim. I'll try and think overnight of some tick-motivational words for y'all. :)

Me Myself and I

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I nominated this for the Punjabi MC Eastern Delight mix really, which fingers crossed this is:

the best all saint

[redcommieapples.livejournal.com]

This has no chance of passing through to the next round but the phones volt version is glorious.

Official announcement

[koganbot]

On behalf of Lex (and of myself) I am officially unhappy that "Michael" is leading "My Neck My Back."

An few reps:

[credoimprobus]

I know the next round will be well clogged up with Destiny's Child as is, but nonetheless, MOAR LOVE FOR LOSE MY BREATH DUDES. Not only is it my favourite DC single, its existence is also responsible for one of my favourite remixes of the past decade! <3

(As a bonus, here's another one by a dude whose remixes I was obsessed with in the mid-noughties.)

And here's a rather amusing fan video for lovely Mags Berger's excellent Lifetime Guarantee:



(The official video is here, and well worth a gander if Sony will deign to let you view it.)

Vote Eurobosh

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

This plea's probably a little late, but please give a lesson to 2004's finest Eurobosh. Croatian Ivana sings icy vocals over a fantastic hoover-strewn backing, that all builds to a climx featuring a high-speed balalaika solo and a male voice choir. Absolutely fantastic.

Incubus

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Very average band with one very good song.

nature boy

[zcesl53.livejournal.com]

i didn't suggest this, but i have to rep for nature boy. Good call whoever put it forward. He was in his late 40s when he recorded this and it has more passion and energy than most other songs in this heat imho.