Another Year In Pop: 7

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Dudes we've totally got a new number one! Welsh lass Duffy has booted off Basshunter into the murky depths of number three. But is she any good at all?

[Poll #1140294]
NB Tickers should bear in mind that the Utah Saints track is a new remix, 'Something Good '08'.

Comments

Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

DUFFY: OH TEH CYNICISM it is an opening that reminds you of "Rehab" except optimistic Duffy is singing YEH YEH YEH not NO NO NO. This is alright actually, as you'd expect given how much marketing wedge has been thrown at it. There's something foul, or maybe just lazy, about its calculated style-grabbing but yeah, a tick, why not. By the way. if everyone on Poptimists listens to Duffy lots this week and it knocks the #1 off OUR charts then she'd be....DUFFY THE VAMPIRE WEEKEND SLAYER. When I'm on, I'm on.

H TWO O: This is one of the hitz of the year already, obviously, and I'm particularly pleased to hear it because it means BASSLINE 4 EVA HATAZ 4 NEVA. Not that I've met a bassline hata since Simon R bigged it up, bloggers have no integrity these days, they won't even slag a trend for being commercial chav shiny bobbins.

ONEREPUBLIC: Haha when Timbaland did his "I love Coldplay" routine we all just laughed but WHO IS LAUGHING NOW. Not the dude from Onerepublic that's for sure. Lumbers along in adequate style, no tick.

PARAMORE: HOURGLASSES DONT TICK FFS. Paging Tanya. Didn't we do this last year? Or was that another Paramore track? OMG I forgot to post about the FALL OUT BOY COMIC that is coming out! Another comic for Starry to buy. This hops about too much, every time it finds a hook it seems to want to move on from it. No tick.

SIMPLE PLAN: This is better pop-rock than Paramore I think. Still a bit plodding though: I like the mangled keyboard bit at the start but it vanishes too quickly. Marginal nontick.

UTAH SAINTS: Bosh up the bosh - still good! Comical video too. Loses points for not going U U U UTAH SAINTS but still a tick.

FLO RIDA: This reminds me a bit of '03-'04 somehow, Nelly and suchlike? More crunky obviously but similarly breezy. Nice big hook. I approve. Tick.

Not a bad week really!

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

duffy, produced by dear old bernard butler as well, bless her. basically she is the pliable version of david mcalmont he's been looking for for the past ten years, acceptable enough for a tick, but echo yrs and lex's comments.

the htwoo (CTBTN) track is rly good, and utah saints got a tick even though i haven't heard it, cos it's bound to be worth a tick whatever they've done to it...

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

They've put it through a big whack-off filter and upped the trance.

= HOORAY

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

but they've taken out the big dun-d-d-d-dun-dun slabs of synth and the U-U-U-UTAH SAINTS! The new version seemed acceptable until I relistened to the og.

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

is there any possibility that i might here this recording in what one might describe as a "club setting" over the next fortnight or so?

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I can easily see myself playing ALL FOUR of the ticks I gave in said "club setting" actually.

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

is there a Utah Saints Megamix?

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

apparently David McAlmont is involved with this as well somehow, not sure if he was a co-writer or what.

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'Not that I've met a bassline hata since Simon R bigged it up, bloggers have no integrity these days, they won't even slag a trend for being commercial chav shiny bobbins.'

Bah, where is the ability or interest in discernment! even if a scene is so dense and new to them/us/whoever. altho scene fanatics can often be worse in just seeming totally convinced that everything coming out of one scene or subgenre is great.

As with T2's last hit and his next one there are things about the H2O track I like and some things I don't (usually to do with vocals and nature of sounds used) but this does not prevent tickage.

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

the popjustice forums are all "ew chavs" about bassline (whether they like the songs or not) - vile people

Re: Who put the "why" in Duffy?

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Paramore is an unnecessary re-release. I keep meaning to go back and slag it off in stronger words.