Another Year In Pop: 39

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Kings of Leon and Katy Perry might still be holding tightly on to the top of the chart, but what's this? TEN new entries in the top 40? Is it 2001 or something? We've got the Bond theme, the Boots theme, double Jonas action and Kanye is...singing?

[Poll #1268962]

Top 100 ancient pop re-entries watch: this week it's The Source & Candi Staton, Bette Midler, and Leon Jackson's X Factor single from last year (er who the hell is buying that???). Blimey.

Comments

[koganbot]

You should give "This Is Me" a listen, if you haven't. The Jonas boy doesn't play much of a role, and the song is quite catchy doing clichéd sub-Hannah sing-along self-empowerment. Not as blaring as Hannah but not as interesting either. Of course, you might find this sort of vapid catchiness quite irritating, but I'm curious what you'll think. (I resent this stuff for having displaced the zillion-times-more-interesting stuff from Ashlee-Lindsay-Hilary and for far outselling Aly & A.J., but I have to acknowledge it when it's succesfully hooky.)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I did try 'This Is Me' last night but can't remember anything about it at all! I didn't like it. Where Disney pop and its stars will end up is more interesting than what it does (or, rehab is more interesting than Jesus).

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

Have you heard the Demi Lovato album? It is more interesting than Hillary, approaching the interestingness of Lindsay, but not at all as interesting as Ashlee (with the possible exception of "Trainwreck").

[koganbot]

No, I haven't heard it. You've got me interested. Did like a few of the nonsingles I heard on her MySpace. Hilary herself never struck me as particularly interesting in herself, but she was the vehicle for "Come Clean" and "Fly" and "Boom Boom Bang Bang," which were/are interesting directions for pop music. Does one of the co-authors of "Come Clean" have a hand on any of Demi's album tracks?