UK Top 40, w/e 20th August 2005

a) Dom
b) Mattafix
man i hated that song.

the ciara-vs-mariah quandary is kinda killing me here.

the best part of "we belong together" is

i change the dial, tryin to catch a break
and then i hear babyface

i really have never seen a bigger differential in between how mundane an action is and how heartbreaking the lyric makes it seem

the 'lose control' video is so amazing...the choreography, the costumery, the wtf-is-ciara-flying-up-and-sticking-to-the-wall???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khgIVMUvihg

as far as ciara swagger pseudo-raps go i think "echo" one ups "oh" but "oh" has luda's amazing verse - my lone reservation about "oh" is that it always felt just a biiiiiit too leaden - i know the brooding, stomping qualities of it are supposed to be the point but after i had heard it enough i kind of would get bored until luda's part

i still think it's an undeniable classic for the record

I'm having much temporal confusion here, very few of these songs are occupying the same mental place in time for me, yet here they are.

At the time: "Ooh La La" vs. "Lose Control".

Today, it's "Feel Good Inc" vs. "We Belong Together". As I'm still a bit pissed at Mariah for trampling over "I'll Be There", Damon gets it.

Super Soaraway Stevie G
6, 14, 27, 29, 34

Vladi Smicer
5, 7, 13, 15, 19, 23, 28, 31, 35

Djimi Traore (includes ones i haven't heard/don't remember)
3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22,
24, 25, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40

Bruno Cheyrou
1, 2, 8, 20, 26, 39

This is a woeful Top 40. Voted for Ciara & Luda, but that's only because I didn't notice Gasolina in there. Lose Control probably in third.

Everything else = ARGH. There's a fairly compelling argument for 2005 being the worst year for pop this decade.

based on one top40? don't be absurd

2005 > 2009

steve you don't remember 'we belong together'?!?!

i do, not my thing

based on one top40? don't be absurd

Based on the year in general... looking back there seems so little that was good and almost everything big I can remember was pretty woeful.

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HELL YES

ciara got that fire like ohhh
round here we ridin slowww
we keep it gutta u should knowww
gettin crunk up in the club, we get lowww