Songs of 2006: Heat #5
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poptimistsIt's the penultimate Heat of 2006! I can't do maths it transpires (or rather 'didn't think about needing to do any maths when I started this') so we will also actually have a post-heat-6 poll of the nearly-rans to get the numbers up to 40 but we're getting there.
Through from the Heat Of Death:
Justin Timberlake - SexyBack (12)
Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous (11) (this rly surprises me! I thought it was the weakest single)
Taylor Swift - Should've Said No (10)
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (10)
Hot Chip - Over & Over (9)
And there's a four-way tie on 7, more of which later...
1. Tick SIX (6) songs wot you like the best of all of these.
2. They will go through to the 2006 final.
3. If you tell us what the best song you've heard out of the comments that you hadn't heard before is, you get a seventh tick for the next heat.
Extra ticks from last round go to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
koganbot and credoimprobus. (GUYS, it is so easy! You just write a thing in a box! You can lie if you like although obviously I'd rather you didn't and it wouldn't be in the interests of FAIR POLLIN' which might as well be our only attempt at a purpose etc. etc.)
[Poll #1734903]
Poll closes lunchtime GMT, Tuesday 3rd May.
Through from the Heat Of Death:
Justin Timberlake - SexyBack (12)
Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous (11) (this rly surprises me! I thought it was the weakest single)
Taylor Swift - Should've Said No (10)
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (10)
Hot Chip - Over & Over (9)
And there's a four-way tie on 7, more of which later...
1. Tick SIX (6) songs wot you like the best of all of these.
2. They will go through to the 2006 final.
3. If you tell us what the best song you've heard out of the comments that you hadn't heard before is, you get a seventh tick for the next heat.
Extra ticks from last round go to
koganbot and credoimprobus. (GUYS, it is so easy! You just write a thing in a box! You can lie if you like although obviously I'd rather you didn't and it wouldn't be in the interests of FAIR POLLIN' which might as well be our only attempt at a purpose etc. etc.)[Poll #1734903]
Poll closes lunchtime GMT, Tuesday 3rd May.
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but it's the only way I hear your voice anymore
Date: 2011-04-27 01:56 pm (UTC)cos right now it says that "we" can't come to the phone
and I know it makes no sense
cos you walked out the door
but it's the only way I hear your voice anymore
So Sick: deserves ALL THE TICKS for that gutpunch of an opening alone.
The lyrics have all the hallmarks of Ne-Yo's best: personalised detail, vivid worldbuilding, solid touches of humour. And the production is beautiful -- the midtempo handclaps, the sweet melancholy of the plucked strings.
In contrast, Stay is bright and sunny, full of life, while the lyrics are dizzy desperation. Plus it has a brilliant, agile tune. (HOW IT DIDN'T HIT I SHALL NEVER UNDERSTAND.) It opens In My Own Words, and instantly pulls you into the album's world.
In summary, In My Own Words = one of the stone cold classic albums of the decade, and if you like Ne-Yo and haven't (improbably) heard it yet, YOU REALLY NEED TO.