Sucking* In The Seventies

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

*actually, being rather good in the seventies.

The Pop Open Seventies Group - revealed, reviewed, reminded. You have another 24 hours to cast your votes here!

( Reveal! )

The tracks live here: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/10/pop-open-week-11/

And here's the poll:

[Poll #1069545]

Keep on voting dudes! Next: the EIGHTIES.

TV vs Radio

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I was going to post this as a comment on the Aly and AJ thread but I thought I'd give it its own post. I have to admit this is founded not at all in any kind of fact! Anyway here is my theory:

( Theory! )

Speaking of demographics, I guess Radio 1 and other stations must have a very firm idea about what age people start listening to radio regularly, and I would imagine that average age is getting nearer and nearer to the age they start driving. I get the impression that Radio 1 has basically given up on yr actual kids, which makes them much less likely to take a chance on something with kid appeal.

THE FERG IS BACK

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Q: How do you enliven what feels like the 60th release from your admittedly brilliant album?
A: Make the VIDEO OF THE YEAR to accompany it!

The bit where her car falls apart, the boy she's ogling sneers and walks away, and Ferg shrugs with resignation is lovely; I laughed out loud when she swung the microphone stand into her backing singers; her hair is FABULOUS; and the final scene reveals that all along she was just Fergie in Wonderland.

It's a great song, too, and it really stands out as a single without the distractions of, like, the rest of the album - the spoken word bit! And a good single release in that it chimes precisely with the Ferg persona, the endearingly klutzy girl who stumbles around and does wrong things but is such a disarmingly charming trouper that she comes out unscathed.