A Year In Pop: 37

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Hello clouds hello sky hello elvis reissues, I'm back in the "saddle" (thanx to piratemoggy for her excellent work) and ready to tick. Just one question - what is Phil Collins doing here?

[Poll #1057109]

EDIT: THE HI TACK SONG IS "LET'S DANCE" NOT "SAY SAY SAY". THOUGH IF YOU HATED ONE YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO TICK THE OTHER I GUESS. IDIOT ME.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

In lower-down-the-charts news there is now a band (act? outfit? groupuscule?) called Out Of Office.

Let's Dance

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

DOH I meant "Let's Dance" not "Say Say Say"

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

what is Phil Collins doing here?

Gorilla-based chocolate advert.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Isn't this Phil Collins song really old? It's the first time I've heard it (the original, anyway). Not as good as the Lil' Kim interpolation but still good in a yuppie Patrick Bateman soulless cocaine decadence kind of way.

Lisa! Maffia! So good to see her back! The song's pretty good too, more for her voice than anything else.

How come no one told me about Taio Cruz? This is great boy-r&b, lovely clattery beat and everything, though why he is in the top 40 while Lloyd barely scraped the top 75 I don't know.

I quite like the crunchy guitar riff in the middle of the White Stripes song but not the dull indie jangle surrounding it.

Akon, rule no 1 of being a proper popstar = NEVER APOLOGISE

The Chemical Brothers have outdone even my low expectations of them. RETIRE OLD MEN.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Ah, so the White Stripes decide to release their cover of Manfred Mann's 'The Mighty Quinn'. Such blatant plagiarism from a band so renowned for their creativity.

Chemical Bros' new single is quite funky.

Am I right in thinking that the charts this weekend might well include Pavarotti, Elvis, Phil Collins AND Status Quo?

NME are running a campaign to get 'God Save The Queen' to #1 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of 'Never Mind The B****cks'. Whatever happened to that campaign to get Billie Piper to #1?

The Salmon Dance

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

Why the hell are they releasing that as a single? I see that it has some novelty value, but god, there's so much better off that album (esp PULSE GENERATOR). It just reeks of tack commercialism.