This video serves to make the song even cooler than it was originally thus fulfilling its video duty. Mz Zetlitz retired to become a fulltime mother following this album but she recently announced that she has musical ideas for a new opus, so fingers crossed her baby is some sort of progidy and can take care of itself while mum makes us all some more songs.
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
Monday, 2 July 2007
Dya Love It?
Amerie, 'Gotta Work' Because I Love It
I really want to like Amerie, after loving 'OneThing' she's my r'n'b chanteuse of choice. This song and video though just fade in comparison. The album is okay and theres some nice tracks on it, this is the best one probably so judge for yourselves whether you'll go out n buy the rest. A bit like Kelly Clarkson's latest, its all pretty good but theres just a lack of that zeitgeist feeling that Rihanna is offering by the bucketload.
Duff done good
Hilary Duff, 'Stranger', Dignity
Her second UK single is out soon, this video helps bring out the songs arabian charm, and shes looking hot, and strangley like a young Jennifer Lopez. Maybe soon she'll start getting recognition as a decent popstar, with an album full of quite good songs.
Mutya goes to the dogs
Groove Armada ft Mutya Buena, 'Song For Mutya (Outta Control), SoundBoy Rock /Real Girl
Yes they clearly wanted to create a summer festival type video, but this is more village fete than glastonbury...
One of the best songs of the year demands a reshoot with a bigger budget, more of mutya driving passed a big sugababes poster ft Amelle and ripping it up with her teeth, and ideally would be set to a Skins stylee wrecking-ball houseparty at the end.
is this a future pop sensation
Digital, 'Get your kit off'
While it would be nice if this band became a huge success, you can actually enjoy there songs now. Perhaps, like me, you can pretend that theyre already playing a sold out arena tour, while you dance away. This way you perhaps have given yourself unrealistic expectations, but its better than turning any good pop song into fodder for an "is pop music linked to cycles" thoeretical debate.
These guys sound like Blazin Squad meets Girls Aloud. They have lyrics that would make a grown man blush. Better than both of those things they seem to have finally hit the marketable boyband on the head by having a decent ratio of man:boy voices thus amassin lass:gay pleasing potential...check it out.
P.s...thanx to the zapping for the heads up... a post about their metrosexual lyrical content coming soon no doubt from me.
Little Red Pepper
Bo Pepper, 'Draggin' me down'
This song is not the one heading my favourite song of the moment list (see right.) That one is by Bertine Zetlitz- but this one is good too. Maybe this time next week all my favourite songs will be called 'draggin' me down'?
Bo Pepper are potentially my new favourite band. I have a lot of bands I must listen to before I see them at summersonic... but if they had a festival called wintersonic then I would petition the organisers of that festival to get them on the main stage. And so hereby crown Bo Pepper the band of the next musical quarter.
(ps. apart from Darren Hayes there are no good releases in the upcomingable future, so get liking Bo Pepper and theyre delightful videos now)
Sunday, 1 July 2007
under exposed and not commercialised / handle me with care
Roisin Murphy, 'Overpowered'
I like this track its nice that so little of the album has leaked, makes it all anticipatory. I never got into her last album but this one is rumoured to be looking good, love the video too...
I like this track its nice that so little of the album has leaked, makes it all anticipatory. I never got into her last album but this one is rumoured to be looking good, love the video too...
Delayedclimax/dyingfall
Justin Timberlake, 'Lovestoned', Futuresex/Lovesounds
Ten months following the album release, we have the 4th U.K single to tie in with his recent Biel love-in. Are we really to believe she was the fututrelove/sexsounds he was thinking about while dating Cameron Diaz?
Why cant all popstars be like Rihanna and release an album every summer? Will the single sell? Who's she in the video? and is this a delayed climax , a second wind or a last sigh from the album?
Think about it while watching the video...
Sunday Roundup: Spiced Out
The Spice Girls, Greatest Hits
The Spice Girls aren't in it for the money, but they for sure wont be giving away their greatest hits for free. Why? Because any one interested in a greatest hits already has all the tracks on their itunes. However they, like Prince, will continue to reap profits from touring proving that sales are kinda becoming obsolete once you've got your foot on the pop ladder. Having said that I'm sure they'll still sell bucketloads, and hopefully there are a few new tracks that are worthy of their previous pop success.
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