YAYIP Supplement March 2009: Oh look it's Lionel!

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

"Grown Iraqi men get misty-eyed by the mere mention of his name. "I love Lionel Richie," they say. Iraqis who do not understand a word of English can sing an entire Lionel Richie song. He has performed in Morocco, Dubai, Qatar and Libya. There is obviously something up there. The more we talked, the more he theorized as to the reasons his music might be so popular here. He thinks it is because of the simple message in his music: Love." (ABC News)

Apols for slight lateness of this, your MARCH cavalcade of second-tier hits. This month, there's no less than seventeen tracks and thirteen proper 'tube videos, two of which incidentally have a video game theme. So...

[Poll #1388870]

February is led by Kyla's "Do You Mind", with a rather good 65% score, a bit ahead of St. Etienne at 60%.

Entrywatch : 2009's first 17 weeks have yielded 122 chart entries, down from 148 in 2008 and 209 in 2007.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'White Horse' is so incredible - Taylor's songwriting skillz showcased so well. I love how the final twist sort of throws the entire narrative into a different light in retrospect - you think you're looking one way, but you're really looking the other...

only two ticks, while Röyksopp's boring boring electro steams ahead? oh poptimists, your taste really does suck sometimes.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I am surprised, given our general propensity towards bosh, that Royksopp is getting more tix than the Prodigy.

He's yes and he's no

[koganbot]

It's really odd that either no one noticed or no one cared that LIONEL RICHIE CHANGES HIS MIND LIKE A GIRL CHANGES CLOTHES!

[koganbot]

Also, here's the Taylor Swift vid.

Here's the Lionel Richie vid.