Ladies and gentlemen....the 1990s ILX SINGLES POLL RESULTS

Haha, so did I. Not that I like Britpop generally - but I quite like Common People, and there was no way I was going to vote for that - it just didn't need my votes.

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you ARE me

Except I missed a lot of stuff off my initial shortlist due to over-enthusiastic pruning of the nominations. Anyway, tactics, schmactics, it's a POLL OF STUFF YOU LIKE!

I haven't got the hang of ILM, have I?

I'm going to lose a lot of points for this, but the more I listen to "Common People" the more it sounds to me like self-righteous, hypocritical, Albarn-esque snarkiness. It's still a fabulous song but I just don't feel it at the moment. Leaning much more towards Cocker's naive, whimsical side ("Babies," D2000) than his working class hero act recently.

Also, I was very much under the impression that "Energy Flash" was not nominated. I certainly would have voted for it if it was.

'Toxic' is my favourite of all, by far, though, so I'm not sure how far this mindmeld extends.

Me too, though I can't really explain why. 'Common People' is like going to the opera, maybe. It's just too much to casually enjoy as the singalong anthem that everyone else seems to be able to treat it as.

Probably still to come:

Unfinished Sympathy
Groove is in the Heart
Music Sounds Better With You
Are You That Somebody?
Loser
Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Nuthin' But a G Thang

Possibly still to come:

Regulate
Regret
Super Going
Chime
Web in Front
The Last Dance

I like the songs where Brit's inability to sing is an asset rather than a hindrance (this is why all of the banging dance tunes where she's used as a sound-effect are great and the mid-tempo pop numbers and the ballads don't work at all).

Unfinished Sympathy
Groove is in the Heart
Are You That Somebody?
Regulate
Regret
Chime

Probably still to come:
Loser
Nuthin' But a G Thang
Music Sounds Better With You

Possibly still to come:
Mind Playing Tricks on Me

Not still to come:
Super Going
Web in Front
The Last Dance

By everyone, do you mean those "common" people, Alba? (I used to have exactly the same problem with "Design for Life", then realised I didn't actually give a shit why other people liked it as it made no difference to whether I liked it or not)

It's just that it's too histrionic and big a song to listen to casually, for me, even on my own.

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Anyway, here's my prediction for the rest. It could be way, way, way off, this was a hard one to peg.

29. Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
28. Warren G. f/ Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
27. Boredoms - "Super Going"
26. Disco Inferno - "Summer's Last Sound"
25. Radiohead - "Airbag"
24. Aphex Twin - "Windowlicker"
23. Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin'"
22. Boo Radleys - "Lazarus"
21. Neutral Milk Hotel - "Two-Headed Boy"
20. Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"
19. Joey Beltram - "Energy Flash"
18. Belle and Sebastian - "The State I Am In"
17. Bjork - "Hyperballad"
16. Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"
15. Geto Boys - "Mind Playin' Tricks on Me"
14. Beck - "Loser"
13. Blur - "For Tomorrow"
12. Disco Inferno - "The Last Dance"
11. Breeders - "Cannonball"
10. Saint Etienne - "He's on the Phone"
9. Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang"
8. My Bloody Valentine - "Soon"
7. Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"
6. Deee-Lite - "Groove is in the Heart"
5. Stardust - "Music Sounds Better With You"
4. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
3. Underworld - "Born Slippy (Nuxx)"
2. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
1. Pulp - "Common People"

Maybe the "Enjoy the Silence" prediction is just wishful thinking on my part (my #1).

Anyway I'm really weirded out by the high placement of that britney song, and I have trouble imagining that SO many people really honestly think its that good of a song, and that many of its votes aren't just a reaction to rockist dismissals of britney by ppl like rentboy.

Anyway I sure don't like it, and it's no where near as good as Toxic or I'm A Slave or, yes, Genie in a Bottle.

I'm pretty sure at least one DP song will make it, whether it'll be "Da Funk" or "Around the World" is anyone's guess.

I don't see "California Love" as a lock at all. Maybe it'll be there but it's not definite.