A kung fu fighter in a disco

Yeech. I have not heard any of those apart from the Elvis, which I'm not ticking on principle. Well, I must have heard the Armand when I listened to the album promo when it came through this year, but 0 recollection. And other than the Armand...well. I think I can live without ever hearing any of them.

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It is a pretty dismal week. I like the Armand quite a bit but have no good reason for feeling so about it. It's fairly agreeable I suppose.

The Twang are so bad. :( Even the video looks like a bad daytime soap. And not in a good way.

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I think Scouting For Girls might actually be the worst band name of all time. Bonus points for the creepy, lecherous song about scouting for girls.

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I did have a vague (and obviously misplaced) hope that they might sound a bit like Architecture In Helsinki from the name but obviously not.

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The Natalie Imbruglia single is good, but not great. That's the only one I've heard. Aside from Elvis, obviously, but I'm just going to politely pretend that isn't even on the list.

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I can't get to the end of the Imbruglia, cus at some point I just get like 'ffs this is about Man Out Of Silverchair and yes is very nice you're happy dear but surely one or both of you must be embarassed by this sort of PDA?'

If I didn't know it was about Man Out Of Silverchair it would be good, though so it got a tick.

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whalefish.livejournal.com

I'm only ticking the Armand Van Helden one because the title suggests it's some kind of version of Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin. Is it?

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Honestly? Not so much.

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cocainepeaches.livejournal.com

Scouting for Girls - words fail me

Argh, The Twang. Argh.

Er. No ticky, this week. Thank you for the youtube links, by the way, that was very nice.

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jauntyalan.livejournal.com

all very meh to NO innit

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1973 is a bit like Anything by JoJo, in that that took known stormer Africa and turned it into a half-ballad and 1973 takes Love Is The Drug and does something similar. Except, of course, that JoJo presumably paid Toto royalties.

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I confess I don't hear much of "LITD" in "1973". Perhaps my expectations of it were low, but I quite like this actually.

That and Natalie and Maroon 5 are all "safe" Radio 2 fodder, but even so are all borderline ticks for me. (P.S. I am v. old)

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The first 3 seconds reminded me of it quite profoundly when I listened to it just now, in a disappointing 'oh bvgger I would rather listen to LITD' way. That said I was being slightly sarcastic in the above comment and I do actually quite like 1973 and have ticked it.

I wish the Maroon 5 man would stop trying to convince us all that he is not Radio 2 fodder by taking all his clothes off in the videos. 'Look, we're hardcore and dangerous; I have had sex with women!'

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Maroon 5 man has been 1xMASSIVE CAD about Maria Sharapova this week. I don't actually like Sharapova very much but impugning the honour of ANY of my tennis girls is NOT ON.

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Apparently his 'representative' has since denied the quote (or indeed that they even met more than once ever).

OMG I haven't been following the US Open since about Day 2 and just looked at the BBC news site in order to catch up. How about the bottom half of the women's singles draw right now?

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The bottom half of the women's singles is an amazing and beautiful thing. AGNIESZKA MOTHERFUCKING RADWANSKA!!!!! She is a revelation. Ed O and I have seen something of an explosion ensue in our Radwanska Sisters facebook group. Props to Agnes Szavay and Tamira Paszek, too.

On the downside, neither Serena Williams nor Andy Roddick have lost yet. I trust Justine and Roger will take care of those.

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Bah. I won't hear a word said against Serena. I love her.

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She's one of those players I'll defend to non-tennis fans, whose comments can be astoundingly ignorant (eg "she looks like a man" w/evs!) but really she's one of my least favourite players...I prefer finesse players over finesse players, I hate her amateur dramatics and labour pain grunts, and I really hate her disrespect to the Tour as a whole (eg never showing up to any tournaments except Slams, always crying off with 'injuries' etc).

Yeah. Basically I want Justine to massacre her 6-0 6-0.

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Yeah, I do have a lot of sympathy with you on all of those points, and kind of agreed with them myself - until I went to see her play at Wimbledon, first playing singles and then doubles with her sister, and they just blew me away with the power and particularly their passion. I've been a fan ever since, grunts and all.

Anyway, I don't think she's deliberately disrespecting the tour, more that she's got a much wider range of interests to fill her time than just tennis. Kind of like a Paris Hilton of the tennis world.

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She and Paris are friends! They announced their celibacy vow together.

I don't apply any of my views on pop music to tennis, I would pretty much be a tennis rockist. I like old-skool traditional clever play, finesse and stuff rather than dumb ballbashing, and I think it's really bad for the sport when its biggest name (and one of its biggest talents) has such a casual attitude towards it. I don't like the glitzy celebrity of certain players either, b/c it often just translates into favouritism. Also, I love US pop stars and hate US tennis players.

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Which must make me a tennis popist. I love it.

I really like the glitzy celebrity side, lots of the other players I find bland, even if I can appreciate their finesse.

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Finesse players over POWER players. duh.

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Another appalling week. NO TICKAGE.

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Am I being blind or has this not appeared in one of these polls yet (it's at no. 9 this week)? It's a lot better than most of the electro-dancey stuff in the charts at the moment and well worth a tick.

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I did consider it both this week and last week but it was definitely in the top 40 the week before last. If it's been oversighted then I'll remind

freakytigger to include it next week. :)

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I mean "overlooked." "Oversighted," indeed *facedesk*

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jauntyalan.livejournal.com

this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtzOg0vHX9o

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No, although that was quite good, totally irrelevant video aside (prefer the original Camille Jones video) -I believe it's actually this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NYE2uzQ4zuA

Which I think is rubbish but obviously this is not a democratic opinion.

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They're both pretty similar really. Although for some reason I prefer the Freaks one to the Fedde Le Grand one. The hookline has been stuck in my head for days since I first heard it.

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Oooh I have the original mix (http://youtube.com/watch?v=w_SLsNJNkJg) of this on Futurism 2! The new mix is ok too.

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Ooo, even better! More squelchy catchy goodness without the slightly irritating vocal.

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I, like several others it seems, have ticked none of the above. But I believe there is an error in the poll - there is one song missing, that would probably have converted most if not all the "DON'T LIKE ANY" ticks into "Yes, I like that one" ticks.

Girls Aloud's 'Sexy, No, No, No' is released today, I'm pretty certain.

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I thought we only did things once they'd entered the chart. Oh god, have I totally messed these up?

Excellent news though, may have to go and purchase it on iTunes.

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It is only once they've got into the charts! 'Sexy No No No' is not there yet. It MIGHT NEVER GET THERE!

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Thank god for that, thought was going to be dragged out and flogged for ruining the orgafun. *trundles off to buy it*

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Only when they go top 40. It's at 64 this week, so should chart properly for next week's poll

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Ah, excellent. I had no idea it was even available anywhere last week.

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Blunt - I like this. And not because Popjustice told me to! This sort of song is much more flattering to his voice than the You Is Beautiful song. Less braying and more actual SINGING. Braying only ever worked for Charles & Eddie, and Blunt has now learned this. I this is good catchy MumPop, well worthy of a tick.

Elvis - I've been ticking the Elvis re-releases so far, this is another great one so the theme shall continue.

SFG - argh a pleasant piano intro RUINED by more Kate Nash/Fratellis busker nonsense. I like the cowbell and the piano but the chorus is way too grating to get a tick.

Broogli-Wooglia - is this going to be an Andreas Johnson cover? Nope. A bit boring, inoffensive and forgettable. No tick.

Rev & Makers - am trying to stay open-minded about this one. I can see what they're trying to do - it's upbeat enough for a good ol' bop down the indie disco. With the fashionable grim council estate poetry over the top. It's ok but tbh I'd rather listen to Shed Seven. Yes exactly.

M5 - I liked their last one, let's see what they can offer as a follow up. Oooh it's good! I like the over-dramatic chorus and the zwwip-ee-zwwip bits. Tick.

Twang - OH GOD GO AWAY. It's like Rev & Makers but without the energy.

AVH - I RLY like 'Touch Your Toes', but this isn't 'Touch Your Toes'. No tick.

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1) Popjustice are repping for nu-Rhyming Slang Blunt. OK. One day people will acknowledge that I was RIGHT ALL ALONG. Until then I will bide my time.
2) Rhyming Slang is sampling 'Toto'? OMG YOU FUCKING CUNT JUST DIE FOR FUCK'S SAKE YOU HORRID, HORRID LITTLE MAN AAAAAARGH HOW DARE YOUUUUUUUUUUUU

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Calm down dude, it's ok, JoJo was sampling Toto, I was just making a sonic comparison. :)

It's actually an alright song in a not-a-lot-going on way.

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I've just read yr post properly and OMG IT'S EVEN WORSE HE'S SAMPLING/RIPPING OFF/WHATEVER 'LOVE IS THE DRUG'???????????

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