Something said in the pub

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

by thenipper:

"I think Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse have killed Xenomania style pop, in the same way Britpop killed off Take That."

(I paraphrase)

Let's talk about....THE ZEITGEIST of BRITISH POP.

Comments

[pot80.livejournal.com]

Well, when you say Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse, you really mean Mark Ronson, right? And that would support the case -- he's also had a huge UK hit with "Stop Me," and ha, three is a trend!

I would think that this is a fairly right-on observation, but it'll have to wait a bit til we see how many people try to mimic that sound.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yeah soundwise but it's not JUST Mark Ronson. The current Allen vs Cheryl Cole 'spat' that's taking up the papers is kind of also about ways of being and acting too.

[pot80.livejournal.com]

Who is Cheryl Cole?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

nee Cheryl Tweedy - one of Girls Aloud

[pot80.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay! I was thinking "huh, she really has it in for chicks named Cheryl, what's the odds of that..."

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

sexiest woman of all time acc.FHM poll on TV two weeks ago (to mine and T's bafflement)