Get Happy!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Scouting For Girls, Jack Penate, The Hoosiers -

where did all this upbeat British pop come from?

how come it's doing so well?

why do we all seem to hate it? (Judging by the Year In Pop polls)

how come the word "skiffle" keeps coming to mind?

Comments

i blame the buzzcocks, also jazz

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

the idea that "everybody's happy nowadays" is a good thing is kind of antithetical to almost every branch of popular music isn't it?

happiness = bland = stupid is the usual sort of equation AND it goes back to the N*ck H*rnby "was i sad so i listened to pop music or did pop music make me sad" thing...

Re: i blame the buzzcocks, also jazz

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Well boshin euphoria seems to go down pretty well along certain branches of the big pop tree.

I think this lot are all bittersweet rather than ridiculously happy anyway - they're optimistic guys facing the twists and turns of life's path with a smile on their faces etc.

Re: i blame the buzzcocks, also jazz

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

yeah, i think THAT is the problem. euphoria we* can actually deal with, now i think about it. see also proper big b4st4rd love songs. it's [aha] like all the tiny indie you were talking about last year with added "mustn't grumble"...


*yeah whatever

Re: i blame the buzzcocks, also jazz

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

it's all a bit "whistle while you work", isn't it...like the person in the office who's unfailingly smiley and enthusiastic and who you end up wanting to nail to the wall.