A Year In Pop: 46

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Another slowish week and the charts are starting to silt up a bit - labels holding fire on new releases in the run up to Christmas I guess. Some interest this week though: 1. Niche! 2. Has that Spice single not had a physical release yet or is it genuinely a huge flop - first time I can remember a Children In Need track going DOWN in charity week!

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In other news: huge apologies for the continuing non-appearance of the Pop Open. My home internet was down last night though I should of course have done it earlier. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Latter doesn't sound v plausible - must be the former.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I hope it is, as it suggests that the anticipated Beatlegeddon won't be quite as dramatic as feared.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

oh dear christ what is this anticipated Beatlegeddon!

(ps if it's not too late i would like to change my pop open track! i can send an mp3 early evening...)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

OK fair enough!

Beatlegeddon = the supposed 'all-Beatle Top 10' that'll happen when their songs are eventually released on digital.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

You should have it now...

I have a brilliant idea for eg the Pop Open semifinals, when we get there: one semi can be BANGERS and the other can be BALLADS!

[koganbot]

"Stairway To Heaven" goes on boringly for months and months before arriving at a pretty good guitar solo. But I actually think you might possibly like several other Zep songs owing to their total mentalism: "Immigrant Song" for its Tarzan yells and "Black Dog" for dropping and adding beats and in general partying like it's 1925, and Plant sings like a female gospel singer. Did you know that two of their albums got onto the U.S. black music charts in the late '60s and early '70s?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Back when I thought I ought to listen to the canon I listened to a Led Zep best of - 'Immigrant Song' is the only fond memory, you are right.

(It wasn't fond enough to keep or to seek out now though.)