Top 10 Jan. - June 2006

[koganbot]

Well, everybody's doing it, so here's my Top Ten for first half of 2006, not too much thought given to either the order or whom to include/exclude. My guess is that numbers 1 and 2 fend off all comers for the rest of the year but that anyone else could be superseded come Pazz & Jop day. I define a single to include "stuff the artist lets you download from her MySpace page" and "stuff that I sent to everyone I could." I go an extra four deep 'cause there are four whose eligibility is questionable owing to my not knowing what year they were released. Those four are in brackets, and I would appreciate any info that you could supply. Mark? Jerry? Others? (Surely for foreign and alien U.S. nonhits, a release in 2005 would be sufficient to qualify for my P&J ballot.)

1. Veronicas "4ever"
2. Aly & AJ "Rush"
[3. Mahshar "Vase Chi"]
4. Lillix "Sweet Temptation"
5. Lily Allen "LDN"
[6. Cansei de Ser Sexy "Let's Make Love and Listen Death from Above"]
7. Girl Authority "Hollaback Girl"
[8. Wir Sind Helden "Von Hier an Blind"]
9. Snook "Snook Svett Och Tarar"
10. Beyoncé f. Slim Thug "Check On It"
11. Young Jeezy "Trap Star"
12. Marion Raven "End of Me"
13. Jena Kraus "Both Dads R Dead Dogs"
[14. DJ BC f. Phillip Glass and Dizzee Rascal "Stand Up and Dance"]

also could have made the list if my mood had been slightly different (not in order):
Amy Diamond "What's In It For Me?"
Morningwood "Nth Degree"
Bebe "Malo"
t.A.T.u. "Friend or Foe" ("Cosmos (Outer Space)" would have made the top 10 if it had been a single)
Marit Larsen "Don't Change Me" ("Only A Fool" would have made the top ten if it had been a single)
Flyleaf "I'm So Sick"
Flyleaf "Breathe Today"
Marie Serneholt "That's the Way My Heart Goes"
Velvet "Mi Amore"
Dixie Chicks "Not Ready to Make Nice"
[Light Beat "Nhary Liel"]
Jessica Simpson "A Public Affair"
Paris Hilton "Stars Are Blind"

Hip-hop and country haven't been getting as much attention from me as they should.

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

did you hear Charlotte Church's 'Moodswings' (single this year from album last year? i wonder if you'd like that.

[transistor-chic.livejournal.com]

o i love that song!
xx

[koganbot]

I have instinctively avoided Charlotte Church but will try and hear her; is she streamed anywhere that won't take eons to download (e.g., not Youtube)?

Also, I suppose this is the place to say that Xtina's voice is too juice-free (the exception being "Genie"), and the Nelly F.-Timbo tracks aren't quite ringing my bell either, though they're serviceable.

[koganbot]

Eons to download if yr on dialup like moi, that is.

[transistor-chic.livejournal.com]

hmm i'm not sure where's best to get charlotte unfortunately but you should check her out...

o i disagree about xtina, her voice is amazing on 'aint no other man' and 'maneater' by furtado? how can you resist those drums?!

xx

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I *think* that the Cansei is end of last year - thats when there was minor net buzz about them anyway. (I didnt hear them till the Nipper's pop world cup entry tho).

The Wir Sind Helden is definitely from their newest album, and so is a late 2005 or even early 2006 track. You should hear "Guten Tag" off their previous record, a Poptimism club favourite of sorts (i.e. the five people who recognised it loved it and jumped about).

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Cansei is being released this year as CSS on...Sub Pop I think? And I would assume that a version of "Let's Make Love" will be on there. (Just checked, it is Sub Pop and you can stream that song.