Bits of Poptimist Business

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

How orga is my fun? How? How? HERE'S HOW - a new weekly Poptimists schedule so we can, "keep it regular".

Monday: Now poll (& Poptimists charts)
Tuesday: BOSH OF THE WEEK
Wednesday: Pop World Cup!
Thursday: Now poll
Friday: Winner Stays On.

Except I won't be posting this week's bosh until I get home.

I received my first Pop World Cup submission last night - IT IS EXCELLENT! I will not prejudice results by saying whose it was though. I have not yet decided which ridiculously complex fair and user-friendly voting system to use.

Bonus poll:
[Poll #653995]

Question of thee day: are there any really good songs about how other songs or music aren't good? "I Don't Know Where It Comes From" by Ride - unspeakable. "All The Records On The Radio Are Sh1te" by Ballboy - unpalatable. "Funk Pop A Roll" by XTC - erm chalk it down to guilty pleasures. WHEREAS songs about how other songs and music are GREAT are often good! i.e. "Music" by John Miles. Maybe.

Comments

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

"Models" is, really, the last song I would pick as a single. (OK, no, "No Regrets" and "It's Magic" which has already been a B-side). It's so tinny, it wouldn't survive on the radio. Gotta be Wild Horses.

The real wasted single is "See The Day", STOP with the cover ballads! "Watch Me Go" should have been the lead single.

[pot80.livejournal.com]

I really don't know what UK radio is like, but I think "Models" is one of two songs on the record that could go over well in the US. (The other is "Waiting," which is also a far better candidate for a single than "Wild Horses," which is very good but screams 'album cut' to me.)