#UNCOOLTWO50
🎶 210 🎶
TEARDROP
by
MASSIVE ATTACK (3/3) ft ELIZABETH FRASER (1/1)
UK 1998
Points: 61
Top rank: 12
Seed #35!
UK 111/130
1998: 9/9
1990s: 74/85
Not only did this win #33Thirds in March 2023, it won the 1998 Peoples Pop Poll a year earlier.
Shock!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K7...
🎶 210 🎶
TEARDROP
by
MASSIVE ATTACK (3/3) ft ELIZABETH FRASER (1/1)
UK 1998
Points: 61
Top rank: 12
Seed #35!
UK 111/130
1998: 9/9
1990s: 74/85
Not only did this win #33Thirds in March 2023, it won the 1998 Peoples Pop Poll a year earlier.
Shock!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K7...
Massive Attack - Teardrop (Official Video)
YouTube video by MassiveAttackVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:53 AM
#UNCOOLTWO50
🎶 210 🎶
TEARDROP
by
MASSIVE ATTACK (3/3) ft ELIZABETH FRASER (1/1)
UK 1998
Points: 61
Top rank: 12
Seed #35!
UK 111/130
1998: 9/9
1990s: 74/85
Not only did this win #33Thirds in March 2023, it won the 1998 Peoples Pop Poll a year earlier.
Shock!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K7...
🎶 210 🎶
TEARDROP
by
MASSIVE ATTACK (3/3) ft ELIZABETH FRASER (1/1)
UK 1998
Points: 61
Top rank: 12
Seed #35!
UK 111/130
1998: 9/9
1990s: 74/85
Not only did this win #33Thirds in March 2023, it won the 1998 Peoples Pop Poll a year earlier.
Shock!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K7...
#FEAROFMU21C
249
AT THE DRIVE-IN
ONE ARMED SCISSOR
USA 112/113
2000 16/16
2000s 152/152
Points: 40
SVQ: 0 (and picked by a non-finisher)
Started strongly, but only picked up one vote after the first few days.
And after #33Thirds, I probably expected this to finish higher.
249
AT THE DRIVE-IN
ONE ARMED SCISSOR
USA 112/113
2000 16/16
2000s 152/152
Points: 40
SVQ: 0 (and picked by a non-finisher)
Started strongly, but only picked up one vote after the first few days.
And after #33Thirds, I probably expected this to finish higher.
November 25, 2023 at 9:34 AM
#FEAROFMU21C
249
AT THE DRIVE-IN
ONE ARMED SCISSOR
USA 112/113
2000 16/16
2000s 152/152
Points: 40
SVQ: 0 (and picked by a non-finisher)
Started strongly, but only picked up one vote after the first few days.
And after #33Thirds, I probably expected this to finish higher.
249
AT THE DRIVE-IN
ONE ARMED SCISSOR
USA 112/113
2000 16/16
2000s 152/152
Points: 40
SVQ: 0 (and picked by a non-finisher)
Started strongly, but only picked up one vote after the first few days.
And after #33Thirds, I probably expected this to finish higher.
We must not forget that they had 5 singles in the original #Uncool500 (four in the top 250) and that this was more than Prince and Michael Jackson combined.
And that 'Pale Shelter' made the final #33Thirds list.
And that 'Pale Shelter' made the final #33Thirds list.
August 23, 2024 at 11:16 AM
We must not forget that they had 5 singles in the original #Uncool500 (four in the top 250) and that this was more than Prince and Michael Jackson combined.
And that 'Pale Shelter' made the final #33Thirds list.
And that 'Pale Shelter' made the final #33Thirds list.
I'd be hiring assistants in that case!
I would love to see more, but I did the admin for #33Thirds in March, which had 200+ posts per day and it was... hard.
I took my laptop to Amsterdam for a weekend and was checking posts in the bagel shop/airport/pub... too much like real work!
I would love to see more, but I did the admin for #33Thirds in March, which had 200+ posts per day and it was... hard.
I took my laptop to Amsterdam for a weekend and was checking posts in the bagel shop/airport/pub... too much like real work!
December 1, 2023 at 10:41 PM
I'd be hiring assistants in that case!
I would love to see more, but I did the admin for #33Thirds in March, which had 200+ posts per day and it was... hard.
I took my laptop to Amsterdam for a weekend and was checking posts in the bagel shop/airport/pub... too much like real work!
I would love to see more, but I did the admin for #33Thirds in March, which had 200+ posts per day and it was... hard.
I took my laptop to Amsterdam for a weekend and was checking posts in the bagel shop/airport/pub... too much like real work!
Oh I'm clearly not that typical - to do as well as it did in #33Thirds it must have been picking up votes from people my age and older.
November 25, 2023 at 10:04 AM
Oh I'm clearly not that typical - to do as well as it did in #33Thirds it must have been picking up votes from people my age and older.
Yep, that's the other thing... how your followers skew.
No way that's the final if there are more Brits involved, but if you know you know :)
(I learned this in a big way when running #33Thirds, where people were choosing their favourite track threes)
No way that's the final if there are more Brits involved, but if you know you know :)
(I learned this in a big way when running #33Thirds, where people were choosing their favourite track threes)
August 23, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Yep, that's the other thing... how your followers skew.
No way that's the final if there are more Brits involved, but if you know you know :)
(I learned this in a big way when running #33Thirds, where people were choosing their favourite track threes)
No way that's the final if there are more Brits involved, but if you know you know :)
(I learned this in a big way when running #33Thirds, where people were choosing their favourite track threes)
#UncoolTwo50
Bit of history before we start Day 5 with a SHOCK.
Why is it a shock?
Before focusing on the "50 Songs" project, I ran other music challenges for just over two years.
The biggest (200+ people) was #33Thirds, where people chose their favourite Track 3s.
The next song "won"...
Bit of history before we start Day 5 with a SHOCK.
Why is it a shock?
Before focusing on the "50 Songs" project, I ran other music challenges for just over two years.
The biggest (200+ people) was #33Thirds, where people chose their favourite Track 3s.
The next song "won"...
November 29, 2024 at 6:39 AM
#UncoolTwo50
Bit of history before we start Day 5 with a SHOCK.
Why is it a shock?
Before focusing on the "50 Songs" project, I ran other music challenges for just over two years.
The biggest (200+ people) was #33Thirds, where people chose their favourite Track 3s.
The next song "won"...
Bit of history before we start Day 5 with a SHOCK.
Why is it a shock?
Before focusing on the "50 Songs" project, I ran other music challenges for just over two years.
The biggest (200+ people) was #33Thirds, where people chose their favourite Track 3s.
The next song "won"...
#Let5D0It
...and they doubled their money if:
- as White they picked songs by white artists
- as Black they picked songs by non-white artists
All medallists were White.
And by a very long way.
It was crude, but it backed up what #33Thirds was already telling me.
The bottom line is...
...and they doubled their money if:
- as White they picked songs by white artists
- as Black they picked songs by non-white artists
All medallists were White.
And by a very long way.
It was crude, but it backed up what #33Thirds was already telling me.
The bottom line is...
#Let5D0It
And also the one where picks overlapped most with 1954-76. Usually challenges tend to focus on 1977-99.
So yes, I was concerned enough to introduce the JWC.
And #GameofPopLife?
Well, I used the rules to run an experiment. Players picking white or black would be "pop stars"...
And also the one where picks overlapped most with 1954-76. Usually challenges tend to focus on 1977-99.
So yes, I was concerned enough to introduce the JWC.
And #GameofPopLife?
Well, I used the rules to run an experiment. Players picking white or black would be "pop stars"...
#Let5D0It
Let's look finally at this time last year, when I ran #33Thirds and #GameofPopLife.
12 of the top 33 in #33Thirds would comply: 36% is a bare pass.
But even that took some chivvying to get e.g. Carole King and Dusty in.
Because overall it was THE most Wennerite challenge I ever ran.
Let's look finally at this time last year, when I ran #33Thirds and #GameofPopLife.
12 of the top 33 in #33Thirds would comply: 36% is a bare pass.
But even that took some chivvying to get e.g. Carole King and Dusty in.
Because overall it was THE most Wennerite challenge I ever ran.
March 3, 2024 at 7:51 PM
#Let5D0It
...and they doubled their money if:
- as White they picked songs by white artists
- as Black they picked songs by non-white artists
All medallists were White.
And by a very long way.
It was crude, but it backed up what #33Thirds was already telling me.
The bottom line is...
...and they doubled their money if:
- as White they picked songs by white artists
- as Black they picked songs by non-white artists
All medallists were White.
And by a very long way.
It was crude, but it backed up what #33Thirds was already telling me.
The bottom line is...
#Let5D0It
Let's look finally at this time last year, when I ran #33Thirds and #GameofPopLife.
12 of the top 33 in #33Thirds would comply: 36% is a bare pass.
But even that took some chivvying to get e.g. Carole King and Dusty in.
Because overall it was THE most Wennerite challenge I ever ran.
Let's look finally at this time last year, when I ran #33Thirds and #GameofPopLife.
12 of the top 33 in #33Thirds would comply: 36% is a bare pass.
But even that took some chivvying to get e.g. Carole King and Dusty in.
Because overall it was THE most Wennerite challenge I ever ran.
#Let5D0It
...except RESIST.
Thankfully this has never been how I view or hear music, and so I've always looked for ways to focus on the alternatives (and I'm hardly a radical either).
Hence PPP, using 'This Is Uncool' (itself a reaction to homogeneity and canonisation) and #FearofMu21C.
...except RESIST.
Thankfully this has never been how I view or hear music, and so I've always looked for ways to focus on the alternatives (and I'm hardly a radical either).
Hence PPP, using 'This Is Uncool' (itself a reaction to homogeneity and canonisation) and #FearofMu21C.
#Let5D0It
Last bit on 'The Jann Wenner Clause: Why?'
The *really* exasperating thing about Music Twitter was/is the constant reinforcement of the white male canon in snap polls and random 'engagement bait'.
Spend too long there (especially in lockdown) and tbh it saps the will to do anything...
Last bit on 'The Jann Wenner Clause: Why?'
The *really* exasperating thing about Music Twitter was/is the constant reinforcement of the white male canon in snap polls and random 'engagement bait'.
Spend too long there (especially in lockdown) and tbh it saps the will to do anything...
March 3, 2024 at 7:44 PM
#Let5D0It
Let's look finally at this time last year, when I ran #33Thirds and #GameofPopLife.
12 of the top 33 in #33Thirds would comply: 36% is a bare pass.
But even that took some chivvying to get e.g. Carole King and Dusty in.
Because overall it was THE most Wennerite challenge I ever ran.
Let's look finally at this time last year, when I ran #33Thirds and #GameofPopLife.
12 of the top 33 in #33Thirds would comply: 36% is a bare pass.
But even that took some chivvying to get e.g. Carole King and Dusty in.
Because overall it was THE most Wennerite challenge I ever ran.
I realise that physical aging always involves some level of "how did I do THAT?", but so does online aging...
One year ago (March):
#GameofPopLife AND #33Thirds (INSANE, peak level of daily admin)
Two:
#PopInChains
Three:
Just doing others' #FaveArtist countdowns
Four:
A week away from joining!
One year ago (March):
#GameofPopLife AND #33Thirds (INSANE, peak level of daily admin)
Two:
#PopInChains
Three:
Just doing others' #FaveArtist countdowns
Four:
A week away from joining!
March 13, 2024 at 12:47 PM
I realise that physical aging always involves some level of "how did I do THAT?", but so does online aging...
One year ago (March):
#GameofPopLife AND #33Thirds (INSANE, peak level of daily admin)
Two:
#PopInChains
Three:
Just doing others' #FaveArtist countdowns
Four:
A week away from joining!
One year ago (March):
#GameofPopLife AND #33Thirds (INSANE, peak level of daily admin)
Two:
#PopInChains
Three:
Just doing others' #FaveArtist countdowns
Four:
A week away from joining!