"Now it's your turn to cry..."
As part of some online magazine subscription service we recently received a two-month-old issue of Esquire, which contained their "Best Song in the World" [1] poll.
It's structured as an NCAA-style single-elimination [2], complete with brackets, &c. and contains 32 songs at the outer level, which filter down to 1 Best Song.
What it doesn't contain, however, are the actual best songs of the 21st century.
& they are: Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" and R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)". So I'm sorry to all of the people who've responded to the Esquire poll, but you voted for the wrong songs. You lose!
[1] "Best Song in the World" is a bit broad--what they're actually looking at is best song in the 21st century. And even then, that's rather broad, because it's really best single, and then, probably best single pre-selected from a group of very highly-selling singles in mainstream pop/rock/hip-hop.
[2] Sort of how both Mena & I imagined the Kentucky Derby.
Comments
the thing that's really amazing is hearing nick lachey's shitty breakup song and realizing that it's actually a hit, and that's how crappy "cry me a river" had every reason to be. except it's not. it's one of the best songs ever.
beep beep! toot toot!
it's the ho tel lobby