Stylus best/worst singles of 2003

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Any surprises?

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=762&PHPSESSID=1ea48525c528e7a1b892b71d8409f7da

― cloven-ranger (worrysome-man), Friday, 19 December 2003 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Can there be surprises when the writers interact with their audience on a daily basis and said audience is mostly other writers?

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

That they managed two factual mistakes in the "No Good Advice" blurb (Pop Stars was ITV not BBC, and NGA was the second single).

― Nick H (Nick H), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

How appropriate that Chris Ott's e-mail address includes the letters "rr"...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Appropriate because he has Time Warner broadband? What's that supposed to mean?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Every single fucking Top Singles List of 2003 that I've seen so far has exactly the same fucking singles on it!!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I noticed that too. And I noticed that they're all great singles. So what's the complaint?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The sound it makes, Kenan.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i secretly like 'where is the love'. there you have it.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

i love where is the love and pon the river.

but the singles list itself ain't bad.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

i also think that fergie, the girl in the group, is really hot. sorry.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Why isn't the Alicia Keys single on any of these lists? It's miles better than fucking "Crazy In Love"

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

hold it right there, ll! that single is harmless at most.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought the Top 20 singles list was good but unfortunately I like their worst single of 2003 better than their best single of 2003 so it's spoiled it rather :(

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)

These sounds like a generic ILM-centric list.

― David Allen, Saturday, 20 December 2003 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm just so pleased to see that people enjoy the same music as me. keep at it Stylus.

― nick.K (nick.K), Saturday, 20 December 2003 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I like that when things reflect "generic ILM"-ness, they're dismissed for it (poseurs! biters!), and when they don't, they're dismissed for the opposite reasons (clueless! rockist!).

What's cooler than being cool?

― spittle (spittle), Saturday, 20 December 2003 07:44 (twenty-one years ago)

(which is really just another way of agreeing with nick.K)

― spittle (spittle), Saturday, 20 December 2003 07:45 (twenty-one years ago)

ice cold?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 20 December 2003 07:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I like that when ILM concensus reflects public opinion in general, ILM describes everyone else's opinion as "ILM-centric". seriously, can we get over ourselves here?

― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 20 December 2003 07:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Three Stylus writers are regular ILM contributors (mysef, Dom & Swygart), and another four or five post here occasionally (Naive Teen Idol, Todd Burns, Sam Bloch), plus Dave Q is a contibutor. Another 20-odd writers who don't use ILM much if at all voted for that poll.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 20 December 2003 09:52 (twenty-one years ago)

The best thing about the piece (apart from my t.a.T.u. write-up, obviously) is the three pictures to accompany the three worst singles of the year.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 20 December 2003 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

The other great thing about our top twenty- no singles by He's Been Shot Nine Times!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 20 December 2003 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

wasn't 'I remember me' released in 2001?

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 20 December 2003 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I post here more than occasionally!

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 20 December 2003 16:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Less than 10,000 posts a month = 'occasionally'!

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 20 December 2003 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I post here when there's something to do with me or Primal Scream

― Sam Bloch, Saturday, 20 December 2003 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I post here more than I write for Stylus. And that isn't much, but then again I only voted in the albums poll AND I still like Where Is The Love?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 20 December 2003 17:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry I left you out, Matt! I think of you as ILMer first and foremost.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 20 December 2003 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

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