Yet Another Year In Pop: 43

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Chezza gets the first GA solo #1; electro/grime kids yodel for charity; someone sings an old Xtina song on the telly. It must be Monday!

[Poll #1476517]

(There's still a few hours to nominate songs for 2003.)

Comments

[koganbot]

Is this the worst week ever?

(I'm not rating the Xtina re-entry, which would probably only have reached my borderline anyway, the strong singing and full production not totally masking the nondescript melody.)

Cheryl Cole "Fight For This Love": The rolling synthesizers call for overflow from the vocals; instead we get what's barely more than a read-through. NO TICK.

Young Soul Rebels "I Got Soul": Moments of passion from the women singers, neutralized by the chorus, while the rapping is buried in the overall hum. And Jukebox already gave us all the good wisecracks. NO TICK.

Cobra Starship "Good Girls Go Bad": Unimaginative, half-decent pop-rock, gets a tick for seeming like technicolor amidst this week's perpetual gray. BORDERLINE TICK.

Alphabeat "The Spell": Ever since the "Boyfriend" remix hit me hard, I've wanted to revise my standard "not enough tune or emotion" response to these people, but unfortunately here I'm back at not enough tune or emotion. The song calls for someone to wail the "oh-oo-oh-oh-oh-oo-ohs," and Stine Bramson's not the one. NO TICK.

Foo Fighters "Wheels": Alright pop rock without much help from the singer or song. NO TICK.

Calvin Harris "Flashback": His singing is about as mediocre as mediocrity can get, and I can't get passed it - it's a blanket of ordinariness that smothers everything. I seem to be repeating myself from review to review. NO TICK.

Paolo Nutini "Pencil Full Of Lead": Huh? I mean, huh? Sounds like aliens kidnapped Louis Prima, extracted his personality, timing, and talent, and left us with this shuck. NO TICK.

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[koganbot]

Bramson = Bramsen