The Friday Canon: DESTINY'S CHILD PLUS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

DC must rank as one of the most tumultuous groups in recent pop history! All you need to know about ver Child is that

Beyonce was in charge

Except her dad was really

They need no further introduction from me though I feel I must point out that their wikipedia entry is flagged as containing "weasel words", whatever those might be. To bump up the tick factor for today's canon I've included all the UK solo singles as well. You get NINE picks over the 29 songs below.

[Poll #923828]

Comments

[koganbot]

The ones ticked by me that aren't polling so well are:

"Bug A Boo": Incredible orchestral stabs.
"Survivor": Emotion gets the better of her, for once. My favorite, and the only one where the singing really makes me care; Beyoncé has a spectacular voice and is an excellent songwriter, but I don't warm to her sheen (though I appreciate it).
"Baby Boy": Twisting, rubber-tree vocals from Sean (never heard him better); the first time I heard this I was twisting into a rubber tree. My fave Bouncy track.
"Check On It": Beauty comes in bubbles.

I surmise that "Ring The Alarm" was not a single in Britain. (The one where she makes fun of her sheen, sort of.)

"Irreplaceable" has been number 1 for ten weeks in the U.S., which is astonishing in the new download era.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

re: Ring The Alarm - the video got airplay during xmas/january but bizarrely it never got released. I prefer the similar 'Upgrade U' on the album anyway.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

With Dreamgirls needing cross-promotion, I imagine RTA had to make way. I have a feeling it may get a belated release once everyone's forgotten about the movie.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I doubt it - there's some sort of Shakira duet in the works for post-Dreamgirls, and RTA has had its general moment, I mean there's been reasonable high awareness of it in the UK already. If there is another single from Bidet I guess it'll be 'Upgrade U'.