A Year In Pop: 38

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

JEBUS Poptimists has been quiet this week - this is what happens when Kat's away and I'm ill. But now it's back back etc with a Year In Pop which livens up a little towards the back end with the electro-rock new Sugababes single and the debut of Feist, who seems to be a regular on the Poptimists last.fm lists but who I have never heard, until shortly... after.... posting.... this....

As for Elvis, he said it, not me.

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Comments

Re: My thoughts on Feist

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The video is horrible! Ugh so twee. I love her first album but have only just acquired the new one...on one listen I don't think it's as good, and this isn't one of the standouts, but it's still "any good at all". I'm going to try to put the vile video out of my mind b/c I like to imagine Feist as a loungey MOR easy listening type, she really nailed that aesthetic on Let It Die rather than an indie tweester.

Can't remember what the standout songs are called on The Reminder but search 'Inside & Out', 'When I Was A Young Girl', 'L'amour Ne Dure Pas Toujours' and 'Mushaboom' off the first.

Re: My thoughts on Feist

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Also it is really weird to see her in the top 40.

Incidentally, PJ Harvey's single was released this week as well...what happened to it? Yes I know it was never going to do that well but all her previous lead singles have managed to go top 50 at least.

PJH

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Probably something to do with her last album being rubbish, I imagine.

Re: PJH

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Even the singles off that went top 40 though! To go from that to completely missing the top 100 is weird, it happened to Bjork as well this year (bizarrely given the Timbaland hype).

Re: PJH

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

also I actually really like Uh Huh Her

Re: My thoughts on Feist

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Lex OTM. Let It Die >>>>>> The Reminder.

Re: My thoughts on Feist

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

must listen to the first album, The Reminder has really grown on me and I like it a lot now.

heard 'Inside Out' for first time in nearly 2 years the other week and can't believe i slept on it for so long.