A New Decade In Pop: Week #35

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Cor, the charts have woken up after the Bank Holiday weekend! Taio is straight in at number 1, Hurts finally get a chart placing for "Wonderful Life" (sadly not a cover of this).

[Poll #1613047]

Very important reminder: THE LAST EVER POPTIMISM is on Friday 10th September! 7pm-midnight(ish), Upstairs @ The Horse Bar, Westminster Bridge Road, across the road from Lambeth North tube. FREE ENTRY, decent beer and banging pop tunes! Come along and say hi :)

Comments

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Oh god the Stromae song was number 1 in Montreal FOREVER (~3 months) and then was replaced by Katy Perry FOREVER. It's like... economic downturn dance pop. Dance pop about how life sucks balls and we're all going to hell in a handbasket but at least dancing is reasonably tolerable and will generate endorphins. Why is Belgian dance pop always so grim?

It's Grim Up Antwerp

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

There must be a joke about Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy here somewhere.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I think the entire output of technotronic would disagree with you there on your last point

& I LOVE the stromae song, it grows on me with every listen