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

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Maybe not in itself but since Chemistry every Xeno production I've heard has followed the exact same sonic template (electro-rock, electro-rock, electro-rock) - I personally find it moribund (though oddly not when Hilary Duff jumped on it for her latest) (which Xenomania had no hand in) but they used to zig-zag hither and thither for every new GA single - I think confining themselves to one template goes against all the instincts of early Xenomania, I would call that conservative.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

yes fair enough -- as admitted earlier i am busking off of v.thin info in this argt!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No STAND YR GROUND - if the Lex is including Chemistry in this (i.e. equating the guitars on Love Machine with those on Biology) then he is being a deaf aid.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

no since Chemistry! There are a couple of dull moments on it but the guitars are largely put to very er zig-zaggy effect on it.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

how many variations/templates did Higgins really have tho? they've always been pretty guitary/electro-rock no?