Another Year In Pop: 23

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Mint Royale are at number one, and dudes appear to be buying individual tracks off the new Radiohead Greatest Hits...
[Poll #1201948]

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Gaudino - terrible Pigbag bosh that saps all the energy of the original and puts clanky samba and Mousse T type vocals over the top. URGH.

Morrissey - Moz appears to have joined a GAY SHED SEVEN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElemRKA9r1c)! This is kind of funny but not funny enough for a tick.

Mystery Jets - this dude is trying SO HARD to be Neil Tennant it's kind of sweet. Song is ok, good chorus in a The Cure type of way. Not very interesting though.

Maroon & Rihanna - this has been floating around for a while, hasn't it? The video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-H76JeFpA) seems familiar, anyway. Song is a strange ode to underachievement. No tick.

Scooter - HURRAY we are paging Mr Baxxter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kL8xmHotu0)! Relentless Bonkers-style hardcore jumpstyle. Tickety-tick.

Radiohead - Possibly my least favourite Radiohead song. I can see why T.Yorke was sick of it, anyway.

Elbow - hmmm, not as good as their last single. It's all gone a bit Spiritualized. I don't really like Spiritualized.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Realised what Maroon/Rihanna reminds me of for no particular reason : Tom Jones doing that Talking Heads cover with Nina Cardigans.

[koganbot]

What's the original of the Gaudino?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

1982 original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8FXuvuCCxw)
1995 bosh mix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLNtxBEWeus&feature=related) (pretty good compared to Gaudino's effort, video features flying skellingtons)

[koganbot]

Oh, I remember this, though I wouldn't have associated the Gaudino with it. At the time, when this stuff came along, and Blurt, I recall thinking, "Lucky us, we got the Contortions, and you guys only got Pigbag."

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

original = 1981! [/sad Bristol-scene spawn-of-The-Pop-Group punk-jazz head]