Now That's What I Call A Music Poll! Vol. 5 (U.S.)

Not particularly impressive lineup, but Max Martin's work for Britney Spears this particular year is the best he ever did. Voted "Lucky".

How can you deny the power of "Aaron's Party?" Just kidding.

"Shake It Fast" wtf

Close to voting for Mystikal, cleaned-up or not, but had to go for "Don't Think I'm Not" in the end. Great one.

Seriously, these polls don't need 6 days to take. We'll never catch up with the latest one at this rate!

The thing with this volume is that, track by track, it's not that bad, but as a cohesive unit it's quite poor. "Jumpin' Jumpin'" is good, "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" is a great BSB ballad, and dammit, "Aaron's Party" is fun! I'm voting for "Kryptonite" though. And "Lucky" is the worst Britney song ever. Or the second worst if you count album tracks...that Dear Diary track and the end of the album was just embarrassing.

tough call between "Case of the Ex" and "Shake It Fast". "Jumpin' Jumpin'" is probably the one of these that gets stuck in my head the most often, but I only know the chorus and the two seconds immediately preceding it ("But this party ain't gon' stop, so let's make it hot, hot!"). I remember singing along with "Back Here" really quietly so that no one could hear. I remember thinking "Story of a Girl" was really awesome. I remember wondering why no one else seemed to notice that the lyrics "Kryptonite" were dumb as fuck. I don't remember anything about "Wonderful" except that I didn't like it as much as "Father of Mine". "It's My Life" is indefensible; sadly, I do remember it.

oh right, "Aaron's Party". I was just on the cusp of being able to appreciate it ironically, but I think I was still slightly too young at the time.

More mediocre-or-worse. Stuck between 'NSync's only US #1 and "Doesn't Really Matter."

ooh i forgot about case of the ex! still voted for jumpin' jumpin' though

I've never heard "BBMak."

oh wait, I just looked up "Doesn't Really Matter" -- the AIBO song!!! I remember this! the production is nice but the tune needs a little bit of work, doesn't it? very blah, feels like it was cobbled together from about five other hit songs of that era (one of them is Usher's "You Make Me Wanna", I can't quite figure out the others)

I just suddenly remembered "Faded", too; that's the "kinda faded, but I feel alright / thinkin' 'bout makin' my move tonight" one, right? I'm not really sure what they were going for there. what a weird time for music.

Nine Days : "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)"

3 Doors Down : "Kryptonite"

Everclear : "Wonderful"

Story Of A Girl is soooo much worse than Kryptonite and Wonderful!!

was "Drops of Jupiter" ever on one of these or did it skew too old?

destiny's child blows away anything else on that list.

This is horrible! "Case of the Ex" should win, but I'll probably just vote for "It's My Life" 'cause of the video.

By "video," do you mean "SNL sketch"? Because I was really tempted to vote for it based on the interpretive dance...

I haven't seen the SNL sketch, but I'd be surprised if it came close to the video. HILARIOUS PREMISE

FUNNIER FOLLOW-THROUGH

jeeze, that is pretty bad. and is it just me, or did they slow the song down about 50% for that video, this robbing it of the vaguely energetic quality that was its only redeeming value?

Wow, nostalgia can't even save this abysmal collection. Does BBMak win, unbelievably, by default?

Anyone who votes for 3DD or Nine Days should be banned. I mean, you're simply not allowed to have an opinion when it comes to those sort of things...

That Nine Days song is terrible but Kryptonite is all right. Although now I think I should vote for Aaron's Party...I have the CD single right here. Convenience!

Oh, and here's the link to the SNL sketch: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/#mea=2668

How is this not a Mystikal landslide? Like O RLY?

2. Janet Jackson : "Doesn't Really Matter"
3. Mýa : "Case of the Ex"
4. Backstreet Boys : "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
5. Britney Spears : "Lucky"

How is this not a Mystikal landslide? Like O RLY?

fuh real.

I like "Faded." Someone should vote for it who isn't me.

Can we get to Vol. 9 soon plz?

lol bon jovi

My vote is for "I'm in love with a german filmstar"

I don't care.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Seriously, these polls don't need 6 days to take

OTM

Yeah, when this one ends tonight, I'm going to do 6, 7 and 8 simultaneously.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

WTF?!?!?!?!

ILM OTM

well I see the Teenpop thread swings both ways.

3 Doors Down : "Kryptonite" 8

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Two people voted for "Story Of A Girl," that's way fucking scarier.

BTW, considering what it is (a preteen party jam), "Aaron's Party" is horribly tame.

HOW DID NOT ONE PERSON VOTE FOR FADED?!? THIS IS TOTALLY MY JAMAMMMMM

What the eff? Ban ped0philes.

I demand that everyone who didn't listen to "Case of the Ex" go listen to it again right now and realize what you're missing

also I can no longer enjoy "Jumpin' Jumpin'" since I realized that it reminds me of the thizzle dance

"The Thizzle Dance" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Jumpin' Jumpin'" (But I've never liked the latter)

I'm watching the Aaron's Party video on Youtube, and it's GREAT...(The Beatles + The Rolling Stones) * Awesome.

And Aaron didn't have to have gotten busted; if Saved By The Bell has taught us anything, he could have pretended that it was actually a surprise party for his parents. Duh!

Despite chortling to the Onion's mockery of the Aaron spinoff records and so on, I don't think I've ever actually heard "Aaron's Party" before. So this is basically "Groove Is In The Heart" for people born in 1990 or after? It's not so bad. "Come get it!" I like his little kid impression of Will Smith, it's endearing, and at the same time he's kind of OTM about some things. "Open house?!" - "Yeah, that's what the flyer said" - "I didn't make a flyer" - "Well, somebody did!"

Agreed with musically, though, the canned twist ending would really add even more "old school" to this. It's at least as good as Kriss Kross and probably a little bit better if I were being honest with myself.

Hey, his "I Want Candy" cover is pretty good too. Either that or it's just getting really late and my judgment is addled. I will say it's kind of weird when he's like ten years old and it's established that "Candy" is the name of the girl, so he's saying he WANTS her... it's weird is all.

So this is basically "Groove Is In The Heart" for people born in 1990 or after?

No.

More Popular Candidates:
Heaven - DJ Sammy (not kidding...last year someone played this in the journalism lab, and a nostalgia wave swept over the room. EVERYONE (15 people, probably) started dancing/singing. kinda surprised me)
The Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim
Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65
One More Time - Daft Punk
Days Go By - Dirty Vegas
+ other obvious dance hits that i'm forgetting ("Starry Eyed Surprise"?)

It's at least as good as Kriss Kross and probably a little bit better if I were being honest with myself.

"Jump" >>> "Warm It Up Kris" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Aaron's Party"

Aaron Carter was better than Kris Kross. But then, that doesn't take much.

Tape Store, I like a lot of the tracks on your list, but I feel like datewise they have to be stretching the point - "Rockafeller Skank" is what, 1998? I was born seven years before Aaron Carter and I was still just getting to the age where dance music held any appeal to me (and still a couple years from actually dancing to it, but that's my personal problem). Maybe I'm not giving nine-year-olds enough credit, but I feel like Aaron Carter seems more squarely in their demographic than "Blue" or "One More Time."

revive

Backstreet Boys : "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"

one of my fav songs tbh

i know i couldnt possibly have seen this at the time cuz i would vote faded in 1 second

ok wow this one is like the definition of kevin k's summer camp 2000

i have a lot of love for a lot of unfashionable songs here, but for me it's "lucky"

god i wish we hadnt done these polls til now