Another Year In Pop: 40

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Pink's shoved Kings Of Leon off the top spot, and everyone's favourite bassline trio Platnum have scored their second top 40 hit, hurray! I'm glad to see they've kept the geeky body-popper dude for this video...

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Comments

[koganbot]

You should give Waysis a chance this time.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I heard it in the car with my parents the other day and it sounded rub. Will give it a youtube once I've finished watching Ghosthunting with McFly, though.

Kevin Shields, so much to answer for

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I've realised what the Oasis reminds me of and why I like it:

Re: Kevin Shields, so much to answer for

[koganbot]

Well, the ultimate culprits (or I should say the primal culprits) would be the Beatles, Yardbirds, and Kinks, and throw in the Who there to prove that you can do this all at HIGH VOLUME and Pink Floyd to say you can do it continually and the Velvet Underground to say you should make it muddy. It all sounds like fearsome guitars imitating bagpipes, or turning the amps up to ten and jamming off the Beatles' "Rain." The opening to Status Quo's "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" would be relevant here (that song being the only Quo that had any impact in the U.S.).