Fickle Jades

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There was a time, a couple of years ago, when a new GA and a new Sugababes single within a week or two of one another would have caused mass fizzing and rejoicement among the "online pop community". No longer it seems - "Sexy No No No" got a warm but not really thrilled reaction and "About You Now" seems to have snuck out without much trace.

This is maybe grist to thenipper's theory (sassy early-mid 00s pop has been superseded by Allen/Nash/Harris indiefied pop (Amy W. now seems a difft. k of f)) but what ARE you getting excited about at the moment? What are you looking forward to, o Poptimists?

(&, as importantly, what do you see other people getting excited about?)

Comments

Re: Good Ideas and Positive Trends In Pop aka Stuff I Like

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Amidst all of this, we have had a pretty fucking great run of No 1s. 2007 started off msierably, then we had a couple of decent-ish ones...

1056 28 Apr Beyonce & Shakira Beautiful Liar 3
1057 19 May McFly Baby's Coming Back / Transylvania 1

...and then JUST LOOK AT THEM keeping on coming!

1058 26 May Rihanna featuring Jay-Z Umbrella 10
1059 4 Aug Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & DOE The Way I Are 2
1060 18 Aug Robyn with Kleerup With Every Heartbeat 1
1061 25 Aug Kanye West Stronger 2
1062 8 Sep Sean Kingston Beautiful Girls 4

I can't remember the last time we've had NINETEEN consecutive weeks of greatness at No 1.

Re: Good Ideas and Positive Trends In Pop

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

More importantly, these songs STOPPED Lee Mead, Kate Nash and Plain White Ts from getting to #1 :D

important question:

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

WHO THE FVCK ARE PLAIN WHITE TS?

and why do they have the worst band name in the world?

Re: important question:

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Jobbing American pop-punkers who did a sensitive Simon&Garfunkelsy number and hit the jackpot.

It got 1 vote in its Year In Pop poll and no comments other than Kat calling it inoffensive, which it is I think.

Re: important question:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Revised opinion = it is VERY GRATING. I was listening to lots of local radio on the way back from Cornwall and the following 2007 songs ONLY were on heavy rotation over 4 different stations:

Avril - When You're Gone
Plan White T's - the Delilah thingy mentioned above
Enrique - Ping Pong Song (HURRAY!)
KT Tunstall - Hold On
Kate Nash - Foundations

Re: important question:

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh god you poor things!!!

Re: important question:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

They were playing older stuff in between (and TALKING a lot, rubbish radio, resign) such as old Robbie Williamses and Cyndi Lauper, and MOAR Avril. Pirate FM completely bvm Avril - they played Sk8ter Boi & WYG within ten minutes of each other!