Best Song of 2005: Heat #6

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The Arctic Monkeys trump the Futureheads to win the heat #4 run-off; Missy, Ashlee, Miranda and Sebastien are through as well. There's a three-way tie for last place (of course there is).

Now for Heat #6, which seems to be a reasonably fair representation of the year 2005. I've been waiting to use this icon for A LONG TIME.

• You get SIX TICKS over the three bits of the poll, unless you told us all your new favourite (and why) from the last heat. 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 2006 (unless I think of something else to do in 2006).



• 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 Tuesday lunchtime to vote.

[Poll #1534151]


Extra ticks this heat go to justfanoe and meserach.

Comments

We stand in the Atlantic, we become panoramic

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I heart "Nocturn" so much, though my nomination here is really for this track and the title song on Aerial which follows straight on afterwards on the CD. Actually, lets be honest about it, I should have just nominated A Sky Of Honey and have done with it. IT'S ALL ONE SONG REALLY.

Ahem. Anyway, "Nocturn". Reminds me a bit of Massive Attack's "Unfinished Sympathy", with its stately pace and string swells. But it's no less uplifting than the slightly more boshing tracks, "Sunset" and "Aerial". In my head this song is about the way we assume mastery of our individual universes when we dream. It's a great prelude to the ecstatic release of "Aerial", in which bonkers Kate shouts about wanting to climb up onto the roof and converse with the birds as dawn breaks.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Here's a link to "Nocturn" on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-xsCXEvR6M#

Re: We stand in the Atlantic, we become panoramic

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

All of Aerial is pretty much great. Esp the numbers one and the washing machine one :)