People's Pop Polls

Modern Qualifier 9 – KNOW CARD MIRACLES DRESS
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— 11 May 2023 Tom

Single from the Irish musician’s debut LP, See Sew, from 2008. Nominated by Tamara B.
The TikTok star and songwriter included this on 2022’s Poetic License EP. Nominated by Mic W.
Single from the lo-fi musician’s 9th album, God Save The Animals, also from 2022. Nominated by Neal D.
One-off single collaboration between artist KAYE and Glee star Darren Criss, from 2011. Nominated by grapefruitzzz. (YOUTUBE ONLY)

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ajjr82 22 months ago

Alex G really working that Neil Young sound.

komodomymanor 22 months ago

Does J Maya think kryptonite is good? Cos otherwise that line doesn't make sense. That is actually going to bother me now. Oh, Alex G is good, it is hard to do this music in a way that I like but' […]

jonathanb 22 months ago

In the way of all polls, we reached the end of the 2022 contest and a few songs felt notably absent. Alex G's " Runner" was one of these; I'll be curious to see how "Miracles" goes. (Soon, we'll […]

Mic Waters 22 months ago

Gah. That should of course say Arron. Sorry!

Modern Qualifier 10 – CURATED by Tom E
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— 11 May 2023 Tom

A curated group by Tom E (hey that’s me!) mixing late UK garage, early grime and grime novelties.

Ragga-garage 2002 single produced by Sticky. The only one to get any sort of official release.
JME extemporises on the theme of Pokemon, from 2015. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
White Label 12″ from 2003 from members of N.A.S.T.Y. Crew, much circulated on MP3 in the “blog era”. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
Viral paean to Southern Fried Chicken’s meal deal. (YOUTUBE ONLY)

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j_e_l 22 months ago

I’m thinking that Red Hot Entertainment are the most influential song in the poll, just found myself asking my son if he wants a Junior Spesh from the fish and chip shop

Bob Burgoyne 22 months ago

'Gimmee some tissue in case of mess' surely?

Tom 22 months ago

The group has finally ended! Thanks to all voters :) All I was hoping when I went in was that one of the "novelty" tracks and one of the "serious" tracks would progress, and that's the result we've […]

Tom 22 months ago

Thank you kindly! And that was actually my pick too - partly cos I thought it would need more votes as it doesn't have the novelty appeal of the other two YT only ones. Of all of them it's the one […]

Modern Poll Day 2 Playlists
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— 11 May 2023 Tom

Playlist time for today’s matches, with more titans clashing in the headline group and no less than 3 Curated Groups too. One quirk of today is that a lot of tracks – 5 out of 20! – are only in the YT playlist.

In the comments to this post there’s an update on some current site issues/glitches…

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admin 22 months ago

what's that then?

admin 22 months ago

Oh yeah?

Alvin Stardust's Fuchsia Shark 22 months ago

gonna try a thing… the thing worked - email notifications (of replies and follow ups) are working

j_e_l 22 months ago

Not sure how I got lucky with the picture thing - iPhone 12, Latest update, Safari - Chrome isn’t so good for this site

Modern Qualifier 1 – CITY ZERO GIRL SHOUT
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— 10 May 2023 Tom

The lead single from the French band’s Hurry Up We’re Dreaming in 2011 – nominated by Charlotte A.
The lead single from the indie rockers’ 2009 LP It’s Blitz – nominated by Arron W.
A heavyweight collab from Royksopp’s 2009 LP Junior – nominated by Al E.
Rounding off our headline group, the title track from the Swedish’ electronic band’s 2006 LP – nominated by Graham M.

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Arron Wright 22 months ago

Semi-finalists in 4-letter-words (Aug/Sep 2021) and 2022 (Jan of this year). Only equal or better from C21 are: Wet Leg (2 RU, 1 QF) Outkast (1 RU, 1 SF) Beyonce (1 RU, 1 QF) MGMT (2 SF)

vinnycrackers 22 months ago

I just feel they've come so close to winning (getting in Polhalla) without getting there (unless they did win before I showed up)

Arron Wright 22 months ago

Not sure I get the bridesmaids reference... they're one of only five acts I can find with two C21 songs in Pollhalla already*. None of their opponents here have even one. Though three of those […]

vinnycrackers 22 months ago

The YYYs being bridesmaids so many times makes me vote their way (to likely be bridesmaids again.) That M83 song has been used in too many commercials/interstitial bits of music in the US to hold […]

Modern Qualifier 2 – RUMOUR DIANE BROTHER DEAD
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— 10 May 2023 Tom

A medley from the “Mash Off” episode in Season 3 of Glee – sung by ‘The Troubletones’ and nominated by grapefruitzzz#
An inversion of Dolly’s “Jolene” taken from country singer Cam’s 2020 LP The Otherside and nominated by Al E.
A 2006 single by the Canadian post-punk band, nominated by Koen.
A 2004 single from the hit Final Straw LP, nominated by Kate.

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Mic Waters 22 months ago

Me, a music expert: "Oh, this Someone Like You song's quite nice, I wonder who it's by."

jonathanb 22 months ago

I think I mentioned this in a previous poll, but there's an unrecognized but distinct Scottish Sound that forms a throughline in 21st century rock, encompassing the likes of Frightened Rabbit, The […]

Son of Mecha Mummy 22 months ago

Boy my relationship with Glee was a real rocky one but Amber Riley and Naya Rivera (RIP) could be relied on for strong performances long after the writing had completely fallen off a cliff (or maybe […]

Hunter Felt 22 months ago

If you needed any proof that "Rumor Has It" is Adele's all-time greatest banger, not even "Glee" could ruin it.

Modern Qualifier 3 – CLUB HOURS NAUGHTY PEDRO
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— 10 May 2023 Tom

California rapper The BoyBoy West Coast hit viral fame on TikTok with this 2019 release. Nominated by jacobkupp.
Taken from the indie hip-hop supergroup’s 2008 EP The Gathering, this closing cut is produced by The Grouch and nominated by Daniel C.
One of the biggest Asian hits of 2004 and the lead single from the Thai singer’s I Believe LP. Nominated by Jonathan B.
Lisbon-based producer Bullion released this hornpipe-themed jam in 2017. It’s a Bracket Balancer.

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