February/March Round-up

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

It's April 1st, and definitely after midday so no foolin'. Time to recap and recount your findings and favourites:

[Poll #1376103]

As ever, 'new' is open to interpretation - if it's new to you, then that's perfectly acceptable. Discussions/2009 top-10-so-far lists in the comments are encouraged!

(Apologies for missing this poll last month - my workload is becoming increasingly huge so I barely have time to check LJ during the day at the moment.)

Comments

[sm-woods.livejournal.com]

Favourite new thing is Nikki Awesome's "You Say (It Was Supposed to Be)," flimsy "Bizarre Love Triangle"-quoting girlie house (Canadian, I'm pretty sure).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMyRV_AiK8o

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Glad you actually found this...it's nice! There's some weird new wave quoting meme going around...here's Lady Sovereign's "So Human." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dYxu2QVlpk)

[sm-woods.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this as well. I was expecting from the Lady Sov a sample of Human League's "Human" or MJ's "Human Nature" (both already sampled elsewhere), and first five seconds or so I thought it was George Michael's "Faith." I probably like this way more than "Love Cats," actually, a song I've always kind of loathed -- mainly for the vocals and the horns -- despite having got great use out of it as a dance track at weddings. I'd never deny it has a great beat, and Lady Sov uses it well.