Comments on: The Freaky Trigger Readers’ Poll 2016: #30-#21 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2017/01/the-freaky-trigger-readers-poll-2016-30-21 Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: cryptopian https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2017/01/the-freaky-trigger-readers-poll-2016-30-21/comment-page-1#comment-2075579 Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:57:43 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=30081#comment-2075579 Still none of my votes in this lot, but a few that I might have voted for, had I heard them.

The Zara Larrsson was pretty good, but something stopped me from giving it my full endorsement. Can’t put my finger on what, but it might be something to do with her voice.

Good as Hell is good as hell! I like motivational songs that at least try to sound sincere.

This was a bad year if you’re not a fan of abrasive production. The Britney track tries to break into dynamic, but it’s just a bit too busy and grating for me to enjoy.

If I’d heard them, the last three (especially iT) could have ended up on my list. Top stuff!

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By: dollymix https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2017/01/the-freaky-trigger-readers-poll-2016-30-21/comment-page-1#comment-2075213 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:55:06 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=30081#comment-2075213 I probably would have voted for “Lush Life” high up if I’d thought of it as a 2016 song.

I only took notice of “Good as Hell” in the last couple weeks, but the degree to which it’s been stuck in my head suggests it should have been on my list.

“Saturday Night Inside Out” would have been my Avalanches pick, but I though it would probably be a wasted vote (although that’ll be true for a lot of my list I’m sure).

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By: Mark M https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2017/01/the-freaky-trigger-readers-poll-2016-30-21/comment-page-1#comment-2074267 Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:39:39 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=30081#comment-2074267 I voted for none of these, but know most of them. Not the Britney song, though, which is pretty good, isn’t it? Beyoncé + the Dixies was one of the big disappointments of the year for me – sounded like a fantastic idea on paper, doesn’t really work in practice to my ears.

Do Christine & The Queens remind anyone else of early solo Peter Gabriel?

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By: thefatgit https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2017/01/the-freaky-trigger-readers-poll-2016-30-21/comment-page-1#comment-2073872 Sat, 14 Jan 2017 19:16:32 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=30081#comment-2073872 On more familiar ground here!

Work – This one missed the cut for my top 20, but hey! It’s still a pretty marvellous thing. Hopefully we haven’t seen the last of Rihanna in this year’s reader’s poll. Can’t really say the same for Drake.

Lush Life – One that might have suffered from overexposure for me. Still quite a powerful earworm. For a few months, this was inescapable.

Good As Hell – Yeah, this one has some potential. Not sure gettin’ yer hair and nails did is the path to happiness long-term, but I’m not really in a position to judge.

Adore – In 2015, “Husbands” soundtracked Ex Machina’s closing credits. Lovely racket, it was. Adore is less noisy but 10 times as intimidating. Impressive.

Daddy Lessons/All Night – I chose to hold back and select one track from Lemonade for my list. I could have populated my list entirely with tracks from that album and had no regrets.

If I’m Dancing – I feel a bit underwhelmed by this, but I have found a lot of her latter-day stuff tends to grow on me, eventually.

iT – In a word, classy. I chose another one of C&TQ’s output for my list.

Because I’m Me – Oddly enough, I didn’t get round to checking out their comeback. Having heard this, I wish I had. So much joy!

Run – Ooh! This was featured in an advert, the product escapes my mind but this is really quite marvellous. Cars of my youth doing doughnuts in the dust! Big tick! Might have made my 20 on another day.

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