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  • noun music The state of being poppy

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  • For anyone familiar with the Underworld of dubnobasswithmyheadman and Second Toughest in the Infants, with their dense screeds of impenetrable lyrics and tangential sonic approach to the dancefloor, the poppiness comes as something of a surprise: even the drum'n'bass clatter of Skribble arrives bearing a euphoric melody.

    Underworld 2010

  • These are the off-spring of the same turds who claimed to like Nirvana better before SubPop went top 40, and scoff at the poppiness of anything being main stream.

    Bicycle Market Outlook: Nerve-Racking, with Chance of Fenders BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Clive complained she had no soul, but I liked the poppiness of it in its place.

    AI4 – Group of 3 2005

  • From the catchy-yet-disturbing opener "Race For The Prize", via the hallucinogenic vastness of "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" to the blissful poppiness of "Buggin'", The Soft Bulletin is nothing short of genius, and without question one of the greatest albums of its decade.

    Archive 2005-07-01 2005

  • From the catchy-yet-disturbing opener "Race For The Prize", via the hallucinogenic vastness of "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" to the blissful poppiness of "Buggin'", The Soft Bulletin is nothing short of genius, and without question one of the greatest albums of its decade.

    munkey's-eye view: THE FLAMING LIPS ~ THE SOFT BULLETIN 2005

  • In the silence that followed, Isadore Kantor, a poppiness of stare and

    Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928

  • From here on the playlist fluctuates between various degrees of clubby appeal and poppiness, striking a great balance on a track like 'The Uncut

    WN.com - Articles related to As Bickering Becomes Open, France and Germany Enter Uncharted Territory 2010

  • From here on the playlist fluctuates between various degrees of clubby appeal and poppiness, striking a great balance on a track like 'The Uncut Version', a terrific slice of glitchy future disco.

    WN.com - Articles related to As Bickering Becomes Open, France and Germany Enter Uncharted Territory 2010

  • Dave: I love playing this song, because it's got a lot of poppiness to it, but it's not all sugary like my songs.

    Comments for BrightestYoungThings 2010

  • "It was Billie Joe Armstrong and pals who definitively balled up the snottiness and poppiness that [frontman Nathan] Williams so thoroughly nails throughout his third album," says Spencer Kornhaber in his four-star

    Spin Magazine Online - 2010

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