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"An Epic Match-Up Among the 64 Best Pop Songs Released Since 1981"
This competition, The Ultimate Pop Song Tournament, fills me with terror-rage just looking at its
#1: Tubthumping.
Why even have the tournament? Go get a dictionary. Look up "Perfect Pop Song." Bam! It just says: Tubthumping. This is a waste of time.
@djfreshie And that's when I clicked "close bracket".
dog days are over isn't even the 64th-best song from the year it was released
okay this list is going to drive me nuts and i overslept because of the lil wayne show last night and i need to get to work. but 'jesus walks' over 'gold digger'? 'lost in your eyes' over 'only in my dreams'? 'i want it that way' and 'since u been gone' IN THE SAME BRACKET?!?!?
@Maura Johnston Dog Days Are Over beat Pants On The Ground in the play-in game.
Kind of loving Gaga vs. Parton. The rest just makes me feel old and angry.
None of this matters if they're just going to play "One Shining Moment" in the end.
And no Weird Al? FOR SHAME.
Whoa, Choire, congratulations on finding the worst!!
Man, everyone knows the best pop song ever is I Want You Back by the Jackson 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_5hQ8cEE7Q
Prove me wrong.
@Ham_Snadwich Paul McCartney says it's God Only Knows, by the Beach Boys, and if anyone's qualified to make that judgment …
@HereKitty …it's certainly not the guy responsible for Wings.
Whatever the best pop song ever is it's on Motown. That much I know.
@Ham_Snadwich Ha, touché!
ABC > I Want You Back.
@HereKitty Possible, but I Want You Back gets the edge since you don't hear it as much.
Ah, best pop song since 1981. So not exactly best "ever".
Between this and the debt ceiling impasse it's an embarrassing day for democracy.
How did I Will Always Love You make it in amongst this dreck? It's got three strikes against it (the genre, the chronology, the lack of cringe-inducing elements). Did somebody do a cover version, or what?
@Tulletilsynet I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic.
@keisertroll
How did I Will Always Love You make it in amongst this dreck? It's got three strikes against it (the genre, the chronology, the lack of cringe-inducing elements). Did somebody do a cover version, or what?
Better now?
As I hate (most) sports but love the concept of "brackets," I expect to see a LOT of coverage of this!
@cherrispryte THIS IS THE PART OF BRACKETS WHERE WE DANCE
"Don't You Want Me" getting a #9 seed is SHOCKING, the selection commitee should be ashamed of itself.
Also, "Freedom '90" over "Since U Been Gone" is clearly this year's 5/12 upset.
Damnit, I meant Sweet Dreams. Apparently, my bracket reading skills are diminished when it's not college hoops season.
I just voted for Kelly Clarkson over Tina Turner, and I don't know how I feel about that.
Also? Too much clicking required. I'm glad they're getting pageviews and "deep visits", but annoying.
Smells Like Teen Spirit is a pop song? Is it opposites day?
@cxs504 Only one of the best and most important pop songs ever.
Are YOU opposites day?
@chef dave
Important Pop Songs. Great album title. Excuse me, I think that's my head exploding.