Yet Another Year In Pop: 12

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Lady Gaga nabs her second number one with the slow-burning 'Poker Face' and Beyonce elbows her way into the top ten with 'Halo'.

[Poll #1370346]

Lower reaches watch: Heads Shoulders Kneez & Toez just misses out on the top 40, plus there are some new entries from Royksopp, Skepta and that 'I Love College' song argh. Also, Ronan Keating covering Cyndi Lauper = NO THX.

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

AAARGH the fucking public! Still no top 40 funky hit. Really surprised, 'Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes' is being handled by a proper PR house w/a good track record, was in the itunes top 30 a few days ago and surely has "No 1" written all over it. What is wrong with people!

And god, if that 'I Love College' abomination becomes any size of hit...

Not much enthusiasm for the ticks. Pretty sure the PCDs' take on 'Jai Ho' is a total bastardisation, but I haven't heard the original so it's fun enough. I wonder if they were offered it purely because it had the word "ho" in the title.

Enrique and Ciara is OK, but tbh I find that style of pumped-up OTT pop a bit much. Ciara's own single proper, 'Love Sex Magic' was quietly put on itunes a few days ago and will hopefully do much better - the video (http://videos.onsmash.com/v/VK66n3edSfLju8eV) is PURE HOTNESS.

PSB: V saddening that a band whose main selling point has been their way with words is now reduced to peddling trite lyrics about how Fame And Money Are Bad For You, Children with all the subtlety of a sixth form Pink. Or lol, Madonna circa 'Hollywood'. Anyway, this is really bad.

La Roux: I HATE HER SO MUCH. I hate her stupid, tiresome opinions. I hate her shrill, po-faced, grating voice - it is so utterly charmless. I hate her baffling, ungrammatical name - wtf you JUST CAN'T SAY 'LA ROUX' YOU IDIOT. I enjoyed some excellent rants about her on fbook and twitter last night but seriously: she is not edgy. She is not innovative. She is completely indefensible in every way.

(The Skream remix of 'In For The Kill' is nearly good, but sadly still has her voice on it. The original is total, total shit.)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

"V saddening that a band whose main selling point has been their way with words is now reduced to peddling trite lyrics about how Fame And Money Are Bad For You"

No worse than their old track 'Shameless' really tho - but that wasn't a single

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I've never heard 'Shameless'. They haven't been good for about 15 years though, apart from 'Miracles'...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i made a spofy playlist of their various b-sides and album tracks over the years that i rate best:
http://open.spotify.com/user/stevem78/playlist/225NqFz14N8017EeCQmUWW

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

What is wrong with people!
Patience. I think it will be a big hit ...eventually. It's officially released today, yeah?

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

(The Skream remix of 'In For The Kill' is nearly good, but sadly still has her voice on it. The original is total, total shit.)

Whilst I wouldn't go as far as total (x2) shit, the Skream remix is so much better it's unfunny. If only he didn't get to the uptempo breaks at the end for a minute before fading out; I presume he's got a 12" of this stashed somewhere, right? Right?

[datura800.livejournal.com]

"V saddening that a band whose main selling point has been their way with words is now reduced to peddling trite lyrics about how Fame And Money Are Bad For You"

Except they're not.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

"Don't have to be a big bucks Hollywood star/Don't have to drive a super car to get far"

THANKS FOR THAT, PINK.