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07:16 pm
[jeff_worrell]
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The World Should Revolve Around Me
Could this song end our summer chart pop drought?
Liking this a lot. Got to do something about that rub name though, Jackie.
Tags: video club
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10:58 pm
[atommickbrane]
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Last.fm Redesign?
So, really, what is up with that redesign?
The Dashboard has gone! Nooo! Hours of fun stalking my friends listening disappeared! And the player has stopped working.
But most of all, it seems to highlight all the bits of last.fm people haven't taken up much, like the "playlist" option, which I swear I have never used, is now the largest thing on my userpage, the "shoutbox" is like a comments page - and it becomes really obvious that no-one really comments via last.fm shoutbox and... worst of all.. WEEKLY CHARTS have disappeared as well! They must be somewhere, but they used to be RIGHT THERE! Where we wanted to see them? Rocket, meet science?!
This is, fairly uncool. Gah. More tweaking please...
Current Mood: argh!
Tags: last.fm
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01:43 pm
[katstevens]
[Link] |
Metro Station
OK I'm totally behind with all this Miley Cyrus bizniz, but OMG I've just found out that her half-brother Trace has a band too!
Metro Station - Shake It (embedding disabled, boo)
Imagine Fall Out Boy but half as old.
Trace is the one with the tattoos, apparently.
'Metro Station' is a truly terrible name for a band.
This song is AWESOME!
Tags: video club
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12:10 pm
[freakytigger]
[Link] |
DID NOT WANT
What's the first record you can remember disliking?
(i'm sure i've asked this before, but maybe not here)
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09:31 am
[katstevens]
[Link] |
Call The Suds
Girls Aloud to star in interweb soap
"British girl band GIRLS ALOUD will star in a teenage soap set in the music business - with the main character based on AMERICAN IDOL judge SIMON COWELL.
The drama series, entitled The Secret World Of Sam King, will be shown exclusively to users of teen social networking site Bebo and will be set inside their music label, Universal Records.
And the main character is a young boy in the postroom who spots new music talent - just like Cowell's early days in the music business."
I wonder if it will be as 'good' as S Club's Miami 7?
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03:33 pm
[freakytigger]
[Link] |
How to save techno
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/142152-the-month-in-techno
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01:27 am
[credoimprobus]
[Link] |
Pop bulletin
So Wearing My Rolex has (omg!) Arrived in Finland! Congratulations, Mr. Wiley, you have officially MADE IT.
(I'm just saying: anything that's big enough internationally to make it to li'l ol' backwoodsy Finland is BIG. Hurrah!)
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Also:
Anecdotal fun: I spent a good week thinking she was singing "goddamn" (the dangers of getting yr radio in a loud factory setting, there); the song was that tiny bit less awesome when I figured out what the title actually was.
Tags: video club
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10:23 pm
[anatol_merklich]
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AYIP Supplement June 2008
June saw 19 top-seventyfive entries that didn't reach the Fab Forty (so far), not counting Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline", which also saw 11 weeks in 1971. It's all movie and tv tieins plus sixth singles this month apparently, so not as many proper videos to watch as normal. Still, please have your say as to the worth of these tracks...
Poll #1223913 AYIPS pt 2008-06
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhich of the below are Any Good At All?
Lil' Mama (55.6%) leads the May poll right in front of Hot Chip (50%), with The Feeling in third (33.3%). DISQUALIFICATION ROUNDUP (because I forgot to do it last month): Flo Rida's "Elevator", FOB's "Beat It", "No Air" obv, Kylie's "In My Arms" and Lil' Wayne's "Lollipop" (all April); Maddy's "Give It 2 Me" and Mariah's "Bye Bye (both May).
Next month, along with the July crop, we'll have the HALFTIME STANDINGS, with cheers and gnashings undoubtedly.
Tags: ayips
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03:21 pm
[skyecaptain]
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"'Bleeding Love' reminds me of a Cronenberg movie."
That's what I said about it in comparison to "No Air," which I thought was nicely melodramatic but didn't take itself quite so seriously, or rather didn't take itself so somberly.
Roundabout way at having a go at the new Leona Lewis album, which I finally listened to after a negative Robert Xgau review in his Consumer Guide:
Simon Cowell's British Idol possesses an exceptionally delicate version of the sock-it-to-'em karaoke-champ voice Cowell has made the gold standard of '00s pop. The subtle flutter of her finest melismatics could give an open-minded person goose bumps. Her coarser melismatics, however, are the usual showoff BS and probably also a commercial prerequisite, like not having a harelip. And because she doesn't write, this is karaoke where nobody knows the originals. Of course, when OneRepublic provided your lead single and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is your literary highlight, it's just as well you don't write. "Forgive Me" would be a tolerable follow-up. Somehow I doubt Cowell cares.
Grade: B
( Whose gold standard? )
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11:56 am
[mrs_leroy_brown]
[Link] |
ABBA biography?
Hello chaps! Can anyone advise me if there is a recommended / definitive biography about ABBA?
Thanks!
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05:14 pm
[katstevens]
[Link] |
Rex The Dog!
I Can See You, Can You See Me?
New single! It's GREBT!
Tags: video club
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12:26 pm
[katstevens]
[Link] |
Another Year In Pop: 28
Dizzee & Calvin still at number one, and the nether regions of the chart are sprinkled with ABBA thanks to the Mamma Mia movie. But the most important high climber news is of course the Sugababes' About You Now jumping 92 places to 47 thanks to Steph singing it at Max's funeral in Hollyoaks OMG.... *sniff*
Poll #1222999 Another Year In Pop: 28
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhich of this week's new entries are any good at all?
Tags: 2008
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12:04 pm
[freakytigger]
[Link] |
Guilty Pleasure
This cover version should really annoy me, but somehow.... doesn't!
(via Pinglewood, inevitably)
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01:23 pm
[piratemoggy]
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Let's talk about TOTAL HOARS.
No, rly.
There's been a tendency for quite some time for srs critics (ie: heat magazine, Perez Hilton...) to scream 'SL4G!' at various popstars for having suggestive videos/lyrics or going out with no pants on or daring to lock lips with an age-appropriate member of the opposite sex. Some songs, like 'Dirrrty' are obviously meant to be about Having It Off quite a bit and posing in FHM never makes you look coy but even so, it's the suggestion of slvttery rather than actual slvuttery. The Pussycat Dolls may have started off as strippers but 'Buttons' is as sexually explicit as they get and their clothing is no slvttier than Malibu Barbie's, in fact considerably less so most of the time. Even Ho-rap generally keeps control of the situation, leading to a degree of respect at least being demanded of the listener, whether they give it or not.
This year, though, there seem to have been a number of at least semi-mainstream releases that just circumnavigate the "suggestive" bit, say respect is for the unambitious and leap straight into "advanced slvttery" without losing a false eyelash. Let us consider, for instance, Girlicious. ( under the cut )
Did Her Name Is Nicole ever get released/leak, semi-relatedly?
Also, totally unrelatedly, have we had a thread about the new Cyndi Lauper album? If not, can we have one?
Current Mood: rambling
Current Music: Booka Shade- Paper Moon
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04:51 pm
[lockedintheatti]
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Pop from Turkey
I've just got back from a week in Istanbul and was really impressed by the state of Turkish pop - everywhere I went I heard it playing, and very little western pop at all. There also seemed to be plenty on telly too, with a real range of styles from Turkish versions of most western styles through to contemporary versions of Turkish music, and everything in between. There was loads to get excited about but here's two for starters:
Tarkan is Turkey's biggest star, best known for Simarik (Kiss Kiss). Here's his latest single, which to me sounds very like Madonna's "Give it 2 Me", although I actually prefer this:
Second up is the lovely singer-songwriter Göksel, with Yarabbi şükür. This is nice quirky pop with a very cute cartoon-video.
I shall be exploring more now I'm back, but generally I was far more impressed with the range of good stuff than I have been with any other european country I've visited recently.
Current Mood:  bouncy
Tags: video club
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03:58 pm
[freakytigger]
[Link] | There's some free! pop! over at Freaky Trigger: you don't have to fill in any polls or tick anything even. http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/07/lets-have-some-music/
It's all from FOREIGN LANDS but no less pop for that.
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02:24 pm
[katstevens]
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Slave to the rhythm of the corporate prison!
Bwahahahaha the new Grace Jones single is rofl-tastic:
More sample lyrics:
- "My blood flows mechanical - satanical!"
- "I deal in the market, every man, woman and child is a target!"
- "I'll make you scrounge in my executive lounge!"
Tags: video club
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01:16 pm
[dubdobdee]
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hauntology: a poll
update: this poll is about SPOOKY and how much of their output i have found in my house during my big giant clean-up and your reaction to this important news!
Poll #1220324 exactly how many spooky LPs should i own?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: Allexactly how many spooky LPs should i own? exactly how many spooky LPs *do* i own? say something nice about spooky say something truthful about spooky locate spooky's single most shining moment of cultural value what will spooky actually be rememberd for?
next week: DODGY!
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12:33 pm
[katstevens]
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Another Year In Pop: 27
Congratulations to Dizzee on his first number one, albeit in a quiet week.
Poll #1219130 Another Year In Pop: 27
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhich of this week's new entries are any good at all?
(Glasto influence watch: The Verve are at 58, Kings Of Leon at 64, but Jay-Z has four songs in the top 100 <-- WINNAR!)
Tags: 2008
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02:39 pm
[freakytigger]
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Poptimism Is Five
I've been meaning to post this all week but have just been too busy - it's POPTIMISM tomorrow night at the Cross Kings, the fifth birthday celebrations which I think two out of three regular DJs won't be at, but that will make it EVEN BETTER as it means moar great guest DJs. ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) carsmilesteve is your compere on this trip down memory lane, with a side turning into bouze alley in search of the bin.
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10:41 am
[credoimprobus]
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Hitz from Finland vol. 13
Theme for the day: never mind the music, let's have some TOTALLY AWESOME VIDEOS.
Some of these are fresh, some old standbys, some inbetween; they're all well worth a watch, either way. (And a listen, as well!)
( Retropop: Pieni ja ihmeellinen )
( Kwan: Tainted Love (no, not that Tainted Love) )
( Jonna Tervomaa: Lapikulkumatkalla )
( 1N: Tuulee )
( Jori Hulkkonen feat. Jerry Valuri: Lo-Fiction )
( Pariisin Kevat: Pikku Huopalahti )
Bonus: the classic video for DJ Slow's (I'm Over You) Pablo was not up on YouTube back when I posted it in this series, but it is now! Check it out.
Tags: hitz from finland, video club
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12:50 am
[skillextric]
[Link] |
You want new?
I'll give you new.
Below are 15 (fifteen) videos (well, one of them's a link to a video) that are currently making their way around the international pop circuit (although, cunningly, one of them stands no chance whatsoever of being a hit and has solely been included because I like it an awful, awful lot).
No context. No hype. Just hits (and one other). What do you think of them? Any of them. Either post your thoughts as replies to the thread below, or email them to williambswygart@gmail.com and then I'll lump them all together and put them up here next week.
( ANNNNNYWAY )
Opinions?
Tags: 2008, panel, video club, what have i done
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12:19 pm
[alexmacpherson]
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I never said I was true, Charlotte, Charlotte
You lot have been quiet recently, maybe some new music will spark you into life again?
Video for Booka Shade's terrific summer anthem 'Charlotte' which is probably the best track after 'Control Me' on The Sun & The Neon Light. Odd to hear such a short edit - the full version is obv better, fuck a radio edit - but the bassline and the sirens and the drum fills still make me grin all over my face. Beach party anyone?
Second, I went to see Erykah Badu at the Brixton Academy on Monday and it was mind-blowing. Her New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) album is my album of the year, maybe decade, by a million miles - it really is momentous - but I don't believe we've talked about it much on poptimists. I went on about what a genius Erykah is at length yesterday, thoughts anyone? Here is a live version of 'Soldier', one of the best tracks on the album, from earlier this year - I definitely recommend checking out 'The Healer' from the same session too.
Tags: video club
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11:59 am
[katstevens]
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Another Year In Pop: 26
We're halfway through the year, and Ne-Yo and Jordin/Chris have Coldplay trapped at no.2 in a cunning pincer movement! Elsewhere Mariah finally hauls her dead grandmothers into the top 40, and enough people downloaded '99 Problems' in 2 hours to get it to number 95...
Poll #1213640 Another Year In Pop: 26
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhich of this week's new entries are any good at all?
(apologies for the deleted entry - forgot to put the last two options in!)
Tags: 2008
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06:41 pm
[freakytigger]
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The fate of nations rests on your shoulders
I'm sure some of you will be settling down to watch Germany and Spain in an hour or so. I'm sure others will be studiously ignoring the whole thing. But something you shouldn't ignore is the pulse-pounding Final of Europop 2008, which sees Switzerland and Italy fighting it out for the right to wear pop's ultimate (European) crown.
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