A Year In Pop: 6

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

In the new ever-changing world of the charts, a new entry at #2 is apparently quite exciting, even (or especially?) if it's perennial pop controversialists the Kaiser Chiefs.

[Poll #926992]

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Jessica: really amazing 'Holiday' pastiche/rip-off, it's breezy and insanely catchy and a whole lot of girly fun. Album sadly fails to live up to this in the slightest :(

Justin: still "any good at all" but probably my least favourite song on FS/LS; its cause has been further handicapped by the really awful, over-ambitious video, which manages to be simultaneously unpleasant and unconvincing. I approve of 9-minute narrative videos for pop songs but merely doing one is not good enough if the substance is rub!

Ericke: in another week I might have ticked it, decent boshing and so on, but I have no memory of how it goes at all and am bvggered if I'm going to be ticking the lowest-common-denom bosh every time when I know I don't even like it enough to want to hear it again.

2pac: what else is there to say about the endless stream of boring posthumous singles?

Long Blondes: still sound like Franz Ferdinand except with a girl singing. Lead Long Blonde looks fabulous but sounds nondescript. Production a mess even by indie standards.

FHM Honeys: I wonder why anyone who wanted to have this would download it. Are videos available top download and do they count towards the chart?

Kaiser Chiefs: die

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

further thoughts on Justin, plus a better remix of the song if it's still up (http://alexmacpherson.livejournal.com/144151.html)