My enduring memory of 'Encore Une Fois' is that it reminded me of French listening exercises, as "encore une fois" is what our insane teacher would always say when we had one more playback to go. I liked it then but not enough to care in 2008.
Ironically given the state of our charts, the UK has been responsible for my favourite singles of the year - it's just that outside of the UK 'urban' umbrella (ie grime, funky, bassline, dubstep), British pop is basically worthless. It has been ever thus, but now that both Girls Aloud and Sugababes are shit, there's nothing propping up the illusion any more. I mean, the Saturdays...that song is both the closest this week gets to Any Good At All, but also totally mind-bogglingly awful as well.
"Geraldine" is not funny in context, don't worry. British comedy is even worse than British pop, though it doesn't help that both seem to come from the same place in the nation's psyche. I think I am going to emigrate.
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Date: 2008-10-20 12:32 pm (UTC)Ironically given the state of our charts, the UK has been responsible for my favourite singles of the year - it's just that outside of the UK 'urban' umbrella (ie grime, funky, bassline, dubstep), British pop is basically worthless. It has been ever thus, but now that both Girls Aloud and Sugababes are shit, there's nothing propping up the illusion any more. I mean, the Saturdays...that song is both the closest this week gets to Any Good At All, but also totally mind-bogglingly awful as well.
"Geraldine" is not funny in context, don't worry. British comedy is even worse than British pop, though it doesn't help that both seem to come from the same place in the nation's psyche. I think I am going to emigrate.