Jackin' Pop
To my excitement, I was asked to participate in the first annual Idolator Jackin' Pop music poll last month. That this is the first year I've been asked to vote in a music poll is a real shame, since this is the first year I've been almost totally unprepared to vote in such a poll. I am just behind the curve enough on pop music that it was only this fall that I really felt like I'd heard most of the notable releases of 2005.
Thankfully, mp3 bloggers were there to help me pick up the slack, and a flurry of last-minute downloading, purchasing, and listening helped me finish my ballot just under the wire. Certainly there were holes in my listening -- for example, I still haven't listened to Ys all the way through -- but I feel only a little unsatisfied with my albums list and very happy with my singles list.
Some of the songs on my singles list will be familiar to most music fans who listen to the radio, like the Justin Timberlake/TI song or the Rihanna song. Some others might be less known to you. Three of my favorites represent the evolving ways I experienced new music in 2006.
Marit Larsen: "Only a Fool" One side effect of learning about new music solely through mp3 blogs is that I now often grow to love songs by bands or singers about whom I know absolutely nothing. This never would have happened five years ago; then I read everything about every band in magazines and websites, and I got my music by buying CDs, which meant I could read the liner notes, look at the picture on the sleeve, and begin to form a context for the songs I liked or didn't like. But though I love this catchy pop song more than anything else I heard this year, I haven't gotten around to learning more about Marit Larsen -- who she is, where she's from, even what she looks like. Eventually I'm sure I will buy her album, but it hasn't happened yet, so I imagine her as a short-haired blonde in a calico dress, sort of a countryfied version of Helen Slater in Ruthless People.
Fam-Lay: "Skrunt Owt" Most of the hip-hop I listened to this year was either a couple of years old, or the same new stuff everyone else was listening to (Ghostface, Clipse, and other critical favorites). I found this song on an mp3 blog this summer and loved it every time it came around the shuffle. Again, I know nothing about the band, although their intonation sounds so Hustle & Flow that I assume they're from Memphis.
Paul Simon: "Father and Daughter" One of the few albums I purchased the traditional way this year -- i.e., I read something about it in an actual newspaper, I saw it in a record store, purchased it and brought it home in a bag and everything -- Paul Simon's Surprise was somewhat disappointing, but this song is quite lovely. Apparently it was used in a children's movie last year, and was even nominated for an Oscar. It's a sweet song whose effect on me confirmed that having a kid turns you into a big emotional doofus.
Marit Larsen: "Only a Fool"
Fam-Lay: "Skrunt Owt"
Paul Simon: "Father and Daughter"
Thankfully, mp3 bloggers were there to help me pick up the slack, and a flurry of last-minute downloading, purchasing, and listening helped me finish my ballot just under the wire. Certainly there were holes in my listening -- for example, I still haven't listened to Ys all the way through -- but I feel only a little unsatisfied with my albums list and very happy with my singles list.
Some of the songs on my singles list will be familiar to most music fans who listen to the radio, like the Justin Timberlake/TI song or the Rihanna song. Some others might be less known to you. Three of my favorites represent the evolving ways I experienced new music in 2006.
Marit Larsen: "Only a Fool" One side effect of learning about new music solely through mp3 blogs is that I now often grow to love songs by bands or singers about whom I know absolutely nothing. This never would have happened five years ago; then I read everything about every band in magazines and websites, and I got my music by buying CDs, which meant I could read the liner notes, look at the picture on the sleeve, and begin to form a context for the songs I liked or didn't like. But though I love this catchy pop song more than anything else I heard this year, I haven't gotten around to learning more about Marit Larsen -- who she is, where she's from, even what she looks like. Eventually I'm sure I will buy her album, but it hasn't happened yet, so I imagine her as a short-haired blonde in a calico dress, sort of a countryfied version of Helen Slater in Ruthless People.
Fam-Lay: "Skrunt Owt" Most of the hip-hop I listened to this year was either a couple of years old, or the same new stuff everyone else was listening to (Ghostface, Clipse, and other critical favorites). I found this song on an mp3 blog this summer and loved it every time it came around the shuffle. Again, I know nothing about the band, although their intonation sounds so Hustle & Flow that I assume they're from Memphis.
Paul Simon: "Father and Daughter" One of the few albums I purchased the traditional way this year -- i.e., I read something about it in an actual newspaper, I saw it in a record store, purchased it and brought it home in a bag and everything -- Paul Simon's Surprise was somewhat disappointing, but this song is quite lovely. Apparently it was used in a children's movie last year, and was even nominated for an Oscar. It's a sweet song whose effect on me confirmed that having a kid turns you into a big emotional doofus.
Marit Larsen: "Only a Fool"
Fam-Lay: "Skrunt Owt"
Paul Simon: "Father and Daughter"
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posted by Dan at 5:22 PM
1 Comments:
Fam-Lay is one guy...he's a rapper from Norfolk,Virginia...He's signed to The Neptunes and is releasing his debut album Dat Missile sumtime this year.
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