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[koganbot]

Over on ilX I decided not to continue Rolling Teenpop into 2008; I left the decision as to what to do to others; three relevant threads have emerged:

Rolling UK Pop/Chart/"They're The New Scouting For Girls!!!" Thread 2008, started by skillextric and featuring stevem78 and the long-lost-to-ilX umlauts as well as, actual, you know, commentary on the music and stuff.

rolling US charts 2008/talk about "pop" here, which has had posts by justfanoe and the admirable Tim F. and some other lightbulbs of various degrees of brightness.

Rolling Debutante Bubblegum Teenpop Thread 2008, started by mcatzilut and featuring justfanoe and no one else so far, possibly because Mordy forgot to link it from the old thread.

Comments

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Where's the place to talk about the new Celine Dion single?* It's good (and to say I was gobsmacked when the man on the radio said it was Celine is putting it mildly).

*answer: on poptimists I guess, but probably best to wait until all the look-back-at-2007 orgafun is dispensed with.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Which one is it? Apparently they're not releasing her cover of Heart's 'Alone' in the UK and choosing something else instead? *boggle*

[koganbot]

"Alone" is my favorite song on the album; if I understand what Wiki was saying, and if Wiki was being correct (two ifs), it seems not to have been pushed as a single but managed to chart mildly on the basis of downloads anyway. "Taking Chances" is very good too, as is "Eyes On Me," which is supposed to be a single (according to Wiki). For links, see my response to Jeff.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(however the Ashanti Boys remix of 'Eyes On Me' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgJOjwmxBzY) is interesting Balearic whooshyness - it takes ages to get going & needs to be a *bit* faster)

[koganbot]

Jeff, do you mean "Taking Chances", or do you mean "Alone" (which wasn't a single or a focus track but scored enough downlines to get into several charts) or do you mean "Eyes On Me"? All of which are good; perhaps you'd have been most gobsmacked by "Taking Chances" in that for the first third she simply copies Kara DioGuardi's phrasing.

In any event, if "Taking Chances" is your song, you should engage girlboymusic in conversation. We have discussed her album briefly here.

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

And the song here (http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/455602.html).

[koganbot]

scored enough downloads, that is.

[koganbot]

But anyway, as to which of those ilX sites to talk Celine on, I'd think any of those three would welcome it - or ought to welcome it. Choose the one where you'd think you'd get the most interesting commentary.

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

Where's the place to talk about the new Celine Dion single?

About six inches away from me, if you mean "Taking Chances."

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Apparently I mean "Eyes On Me" (i.e. I heard it on Radio 2 and that's the song they've recently playlisted).