Idolator’s Summer Jam Tournament Cooks Up Some American Pork & Beans

americanrain.jpgOur quest to find the quintessential summer jam of 2008 continues with some lighter-than-air R & B and the latest comeback single by a band every Idolator reader seems to have an opinion on. (Tomorrow, we’ll have our final two first-round polls, and then round two–which will include excitement and arguing!–begins next week.) After the jump, the poll, the clips, and the arguments.

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  • Maura Johnston

    That Estelle track is so my jam.

  • Big Tuna

    If Estelle does take this handily, then I'm through with the internet*


    * - Y'know, til some celebrity gets photographed naked again

  • Big Tuna

    @Jason Lee's Karma Police: doesn't


    /moron

  • Nunya B

    Q: Who killin' them in the U.K.?

    A: Everybody gonna say 'you, K.'

  • bcapirigi

    between kanye and the dead yak he's calling a peacoat and weezer's, uh, everything, i couldn't decide which video was more visually repulsive.


    that said, both of the songs are sort of okay, although estelle could have benefitted from a lot less kanye and weezer could have maybe gone through one or two more drafts of the lyrics. both catchy, though.

  • BawstonSean

    Every time Hear "American Boy", I fall a little bit more in love with Estelle. I'm not saying I would leave my GF for her, but I'd definitely think about it.

  • walkmasterflex

    this is the strongest match up thus far, it's a tough choice. but i'm gonna go with estelle, i think, if only because it seems to a have a more distinctly "summer" vibe, while that weezer song could have been released anytime in the year

  • alec_baldwin

    Estelle is def poppin her colla on "American Boy,'' though I can do without all of the Kanye. He gets enough shine on his own.

  • Chris N.

    I'm starting to dislike Weezer, but I'm also starting to think Weezer wants me to dislike them.

  • CloudCarrier

    "American Boy" is pretty great, and I would definitely set it beside an Aztec Camera track on a mix or two (beach time allowing, of course), for sure! Because summertime is always Aztec Camera time - especially when Ivor Cutler introduces their video!


  • katesilver

    It's been months and I still haven't tired of "American Boy." It's so...charming. And winning. "Magnificent" is pretty great, too.

  • Anonymous

    "American Boy" reeks of Coppertone! And the killer thing is, it's not even the best track on her album. By a long shot.

  • dyfl

    Damn it, you've made me choose between two songs I actually like. That hurt.

  • Anonymous

    Not a huge fan of the new Weezer song, but "American Boy" is too slick and a half for me, and not in a good way.

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