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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

This has massive potential to be the very worst thing ever recorded. SAVE US.

In happier news, the radio did a mindmeld this morning when I was in the optician's: for the past couple of days I've had a craving to hear, of all things, 'Stuck' by Stacie Orrico, and what did I hear while awaiting my contact lenses but JUST THAT! I especially love the counterpoint backing vocals right at the end - "don't! know! what! to! do!" Talk about what you love about it.

And throw in love for Lumidee's 'Never Leave You' while you're at it, that's what the radio played afterwards and I started involuntarily bobbing to the beat and the optician looked at me very oddly.

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[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

I love how she sings 'telephone'. It goes something like "I keep wishing you would call me on the teh-leh-phowwne'

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yes! She kind of does a weird half-pause stutter thing before each syllable, and it's that classic pop lyric thing of saying the word 'telephone' after 'call me' which is, like, actually completely unnecessary.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Exactly - how else could he call her? I suppose if they had Skype he could call her on the in-ter-neeet.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what Skype is but I have been singing this alternate line to myself all morning, and trying not to dissolve into laughter in the office. Pop stars singing about the internet = hilarity; I think Destiny's Child did it best but let's not forget Britney's classic 'Email My Heart'.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Skype is where you can call people over the Internet. It's very clever cos it doesn't cost anything no matter where you're phoning. There have been other songs about the Internet. I particularly like Damn I Think I Love by ace Dutch popstars K-otic, which is about a relationship over the Internet - lyrics here! (http://www.5pmusic.com/lyric/98842.htm) There's also Cheekah Bow Bow (http://www.elyrics.net/read/v/vengaboys-lyrics/cheekah-bow-bow-(That-computer-song)-lyrics.html) by the Vengaboys, which is probably the most amusing of Internet songs.

Speaking of themed songs, I've recently been thinking of songs related to Greece and classics to make a mix CD for revision - have you any suggestions what I could put on it? Some egs of what I have so far - Temple of Love by BWO, Olympia by E-Type, Never Let It Go by Afro-Dite. So far I've found that all the classics related songs are really great!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

And all afternoon I was racking my brains about this instead of working. So far I have drawn a blank except some singer-songwritery stuff - 'Troy' by Sinéad O'Connor, 'Hey Jupiter' and 'Pandora's Aquarium' by Tori Amos, and yes I know this Roman instead of Greek but 'Venus As A Boy' by Björk is still ace. I will think some more tonight though.

Skype sounds a bit scary insane, though not quite as scary insane as those K-otic lyrics. Oh Europeans.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

I thought Tori would have done something Greek-related. Are any of the songs you mentioned good, or just typical singer/songwritery stuff?

I have spotted quite a few references in songs (Aphrodite in Diva by Dana International for eg) but there are very few songs actually about classics. If I was including Venus I could have Bananarama!

K-otic were actually a brilliant band, don't be fooled by the insane lyrics. They made some brilliant pop, although they broke up after 2 albums.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

You'd probably like 'Hey Jupiter', it's a proper classic weepy ballad - the album version is just Tori plus piano, but the single version was kind of trip-hoppy.

Yes I meant those K-otic lyrics were insanely brilliant! I can imagine someone like Whigfield doing them back in the day.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh awesome! And helpfully I'll be downloading this weekend so I'll be able to grab it tomorrow. Cheers dude.