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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

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh I did read it. (Parenthetically, one of the reasons I nearly went back today is because you and Tim F insist on still being there, and if that's the case I have to at least check inevery so often even if the rest of the posters give me an aneurysm.) (You should both stop being there, is what I'm saying.)

Anyway I actually feel what you're saying on Gnash...I checked out Adele's single, and I don't hate it like I hate Gnash, but it just feels so...inevitable. Not in a monolithic monster pop hit way, in a ticks-all-the-boxes way. You can almost hear the sound of Radio 1, Q, her record company and so on slapping each other on the back. It's just so conservative. And I like Amy Winehouse.

[koganbot]

My favorite part of the Adele single was the strings. But I agree with you that something wasn't pulling together. The voice is wrong, should either be more cheeky or er... more something. It's this weird combo of pale good taste and... well, some sort of attitude, hypothetically.