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

[andthatisthat.livejournal.com]

I'm really crushingly disappointed by the new Sugababes single; it just sounds so anaemic. If it were a third or fourth single from the album I could probably overlook it, but as an opener it really worries me. The lyrics are fine, the singing is great, but that horrid Casio backing just won't do at all.

That said, it's either them or Shayne Ward for number one this week, so I'm putting aside my personal issues with the single and buying about 20,000 copies for the good of the country.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Shayne Ward? REALLY? I was expecting him to scrape the top 20. It surely can't be thanks to No U Hang Up? Anyway, how exciting that it is Max Martin vs. Dr Luke fighting for the no.1! Must go and blog about this right now!

[andthatisthat.livejournal.com]

It's higher than I hoped for, although apparently Sugababes were inching ahead towards the end of the week. Fingers crossed! Although frankly I think Max Martin, Dr Luke and Cathy Dennis all need to take long hard looks at themselves for their involvement in these below-par singles.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Which was Cathy involved in?

[andthatisthat.livejournal.com]

She wrote 'About You Now' with Dr Luke, I think. Unless I'm wrong, which is a distinct possibility.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Actually it does ring a bell. I like About You Now but with that great a combination of writers I would expect something a bit more amazing. I don't think it's as good as any of their other first singles of albums, except for Overload which I never really loved.