24. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - "Hysteric" Pop balladry from Poptimists' current favourite indie band. 23. KID SISTER - "Right Hand Hi" Electro banger, the video for which is Vevo'ed (though maybe I can embed it, IDK, let's give it a shot eh) 22. FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" Hurrah! It's Mad Florence! Who I admit I was slightly better disposed to before her ...
... E-Red album track. 55. LILY ALLEN - "Not Fair" No embedding . It's not fair and I think Parlophone are really mean. :( 54. BUSY SIGNAL - "Da Style Deh" Singles Jukebox sensation makes Poptimists crossover - a rare incursion for a dancehall track! No video though. 53. THE JUAN MACLEAN - "One Day" So 80s it makes La Roux look like the Spin Doctors. 52. CAMERA OBSCURA - "French ...
The wait is over: THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE tracks were mentioned in the votes for the Poptimists 2009 poll, and EIGHTY FIVE!!! of them got more than one vote. Today I'll be covering off the ones outside the Top 50 (so, erm, in the top 85) and for the rest of the week you'll be finding out answers to the crucial questions - what won? who got shafted by vote-splitting? WHERE DID "MY GIRLS" PLACE...
Let's wrap things up for another year, with two of my festive favourites and something (the Squeeze song) I only heard five minutes ago but wish I'd heard long ago. Merry Christmas to all poptimists
Artists of the year! (by # of points given) Lady Gaga - 334 Lily Allen - 219 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 199 Shakira - 166 Taylor Swift - 155 Dizzee Rascal - 141 Royksopp - 133 Electrik Red - 126 Das Racist - 125 The-Dream - 123
The list of scoring tracks (those with more than one mention) and then everything nominated by anyone: 1 Lady Gaga Bad Romance 2 Shakira She Wolf 3 Lily Allen The Fear 4 Das Racist Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix) 5 Taylor Swift You Belong With Me 6 Dizzee Rascal Bonkers 7 Jay Z ft Alicia Keys Empire State Of Mind 8 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Zero 9 Royksopp ft Robyn The Girl And The...
The top six! Thanks to everyone who voted of course, and have at it in the comments box. Surprises? In content perhaps not, in ordering...? 6. DIZZEE RASCAL & ARMAND VAN HELDEN - "Bonkers" (109 points) Probably the biggest Poptimism floorfiller of the year. 5. TAYLOR SWIFT - "You Belong With Me" (123 points) Nindie Taylor fights Pop Taylor! I had to get Matt Fluxblog to explain what "...
Almost there! And we'll finish off after lunch. 12. THE LONELY ISLAND ft T-PAIN - "I'm On A Boat" (80 points) He fucked a mermaid. Vevo means the video is the uncensored version however. 11. THE-DREAM - "Fancy" (83 points) Pretty sure this is the highest-placing album track (if such distinctions make a difference any more). It's also one of the oddest songs of the year, but you knew ...
Taking us to tomorrow's finale. 18. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - "Heads Will Roll" (55 points) Dance till you're dead! 17. RICHGIRL - "He Ain't With Me Now (Tho)" (58 points) Play the strings, Rich. 16. KELLY CLARKSON - "My Life Would Suck Without You" (59 points) I'm nothing without you . 15. SHYSTIE - "Nu Style" (67 points) Join my army, man. 14. RIHANNA - "Russian Roulette" ...
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 ...
