The final of this month’s poll.https://twitter.com/peoples_pop/status/1310896750685757440 …
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Here’s what I wrote on Popular about Kylie, 9/11 and pop’s idea of the future.http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2016/04/kylie-minogue-i-just-cant-get-you-out-of-my-head/ …
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However I don’t think Kylie should win! Mini-thread on GET UR FREAK ON to follow.
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At the time what stood out for me about GUFO was the beat - Timbaland incorporating a bhangra riff into his typical style felt like a jump forward for him (and lots of people nicked the idea, including Tim himself)
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It is still an absolutely amazing beat - listen to Bubba Sparxxx’ “Ugly” when it takes over for how imperious it sounds. But Timbaland productions became so ubiquitous in mid-00s pop that even his greatest can feel a little worn out. Fortunately...
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... Get Ur Freak On has Missy rapping on the beat, and when I listen now it’s her that brings the thrill-power. She’s a good rapper but a terrific beat jockey - her yelps, grunts, interjections, shrieks around the best are what power the track along. The best bit...
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in the whole song (OK the best bit when I played it just now, next time it’ll be different) is her insistent “yes... yes... yes... yes...” behind one of her verses.
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Missy is part of a long tradition in this - listen to classic R&B and you’ll hear tracks which are pretty much frameworks for singers to shout, scream, talk over themselves; James Brown did it all the time. Missy is brilliant at it AND has a load of great one liners to rap.
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TLDR: it’s not “innovation” that makes GUFO such a banger, it’s the way innovation and tradition mix on the track. It deserves the win here.
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(I hope it’s close though - I’ve been sniffy about the Kylie track at times this month but it is a mightily constructed bit of pop and this is one of the strongest finals yet.)
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maybe this is a good time to ask (or not), but have you stopped writing entries for Popular?
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No and yes. Yes in that writing anything extended seems beyond my frazzled brain. No in that as soon as this isn’t the case I want to get back to it!
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