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[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

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think skiffle might be "just me".

I can totally see why a fan of Bloc Party or the Courteeners or Foals or Reverend And The Cockfarmers might hate them but I wonder why this community, which you'd think would be more open to "YAY UPBEAT POP", is so opposed. I honestly hadn't heard SFG before today and was expecting some completely obnoxious comedy records. I mean, they're not a million miles away from Scando poptasticness but with more pianos.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

(I don't know why I'm making such a fuss about it because I don't think I'm going to like any of it!)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

My beef with SFG is purely the singer & the words he is saying. I like piano pop!

But back to skiffle: I guess this is down to the stripped down production style* that's in vogue at the moment - making the songs appeal to all the bedroom kids with acoustical guitars trying to play & sing along. That's absolutely fine (cf me & Elastica!) but hardly aspirational.

*Which also seems to involve not being able to play in time or tune.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

My beef with SFG is purely the singer & the words he is saying.

And the name! Don't forget the name!