So, the All Saints comeback single then...

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

What is the poptimists verdict?

All Saints - 'Rock Steady' (video on youtube)

Comments

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Decent song, great video, fantastic legs.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Agreed, tho it's a shame that Nat's pins are indeed the highlight.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Disappointing. Video is trying its best but the song is bland rnb-lite. I couldn't hum it to you and I've seen the video on Hits!TV about seven times already.

New Justin Timberlake single on the other hand has an AMAZING video, but then I like watching people dancing in complicated manners.

(P.S. Apols for lack of #1 poll this morning, back next week. I'm in training at work today! Alternatively Steve, you can do another albumism poll today and I'll do #1s tomorrow?)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

yes, I had meant to do album poll yesterday so it's not fixed to a particular day at the mo. might even do another one on Thursday or Friday.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

song just isn't good enough is it. it lacks something - a better middle bit, a gear change, something.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

It's rub.

And I loved All Saints. AND the much-underrated and sadly-underpurchased Shaznay Lewis album. And the Appleton album was three-quarters great. And Mel Blatt's solo singles were good! But everyone said that apart, they weren't as good.

But this single? It's just... barely there. It's very boring.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this song is pretty meh.

I don't think much of the video either -- trying too hard, although I wonder how to take the Genet reference (Mel is reading The Thief's Journal, but throws it away towards the end of the video).

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

They shouldn't/needn't have bothered.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I quite like it. It is a low key effort though. And it sounds "very 90s" to me, which I guess doesn't help.