and my winner is...

Jamelia, 'Beware of the Dog'

Dragging this out all week has finally payed off as my blog has reached a hundred views on average a day! hurrah for hyperbole. By now you all should've work out I'm supporting Jamelia.
If all this anticipation has u wetting yourself then here is the winning video...





I'd give this lady £20 because... as she sung on her first single shes all about the money and needs to be a bigger superstar than recent sales would suggest. oh lets get retro.





I had Jamelia's album for a while and didn't listen to it. So in January i discovered 'Beware of the Dog' and its still a great track that should've been number one longer than that wannabe with an unhealthy fetish for her 'Umbrella'. Jamelia has never been my favourite popstar but after the lacklustre acclaim for her recent album, which i had by then discovered to be one of my favourites along with the shoddy treatment from Parlophone I'm now championing this underdog.

Parlophone's lack of promotion for 'No More' led Jamelia to walk away from her recording contract. After ditching All Saints too does Parlophone really seem like the ideal home for our beloved pop chanteuse Siobhan? It'd be a crime if Jamelia's pop career ended without her winning this £20, and it may even help fund her own label from which can spurt new musics.

This song is my winner because it has throbbing beats to strut down Shinsaibashi with, a catchy sample like-homage to 'Depeche Mode's 'Personal Jesus'. 'Reach out and touch...' and it also has lyrics from Karen Poole, one half of Alisha's Attic who taught me to love pop music. (who Ive coincidentally just found out also wrote a bit of Song for Mutya?!)

All in all this is a winner, judges consider yourself implored.

£10 for Winehouse

Amy Winehouse, 'Rehab'

Lets give her something to moan about... i only listen to 'Rehab' from her album. it is a great song. i have no inclination to see if this is the only song of hers i will like. but I'm guessing this song sold her a lot of albums. and would be a good song sung by whoever.
not that Winehouse also doesn't have a great voice. but its just not my cup of tea. but i am willing to acknowledge from the shortlist this one deserves 2nd position.

NB, I'm also ridiculously bitter that someone (who is American, and for today's purposes, nameless) tried to suggest i listen to her because 'she's SO good', as if i didn't know who she was already. and me saying i don't like her, translated as i don't know to who you refer because my music taste is evidently inferior to you oh mighty one. not Winehouse's fault but its a sore point.

The song that should have won...

All Saint's, 'Rock Steady', Studio 1

A most significant choice...this reunion better than that of either the Spice Girls or TakeThat, a great album, good single choice and cool as snowflakes video...

A political choice... a vote for the Saints would be a finger to parlophone who dropped its resigned girl band after one single...oh that it were panto season- oh hell---booo hiss

A nice thing... to have on Shazney's CV for when she with/without the girls goes contract hunting.

A personal choice... i heard this song on perez, on my roomates computer when mine broke and i was all alone in japan, without the internet it was like being trapped in the big brother house.. final week... with Gerry! in so far as there were plenty of inane stories and no outisde contact. This song is my favourite released single by a British artist of the last 12months.

...and the fiver goes to...

Girls Aloud, 'Somthing Kinda Oooh!'

It would be a nice way to kick start the sales of their new single, which coincides with the judging date for the 2007 popjustice music prize. The girls have -to be fair- won this thing 3times allready. If they win it kinda guarentees "Sexy! No No No..." will either be up for it and win next year... or will be bypassed to give the Girls a break from this relentlessly heavy process of winning £20- so in actual fact a win for them is a guarentee of nothing.

Myspace to hypothesise

My anticipated* opinion on the £20 popjustice music prize...

Siobhan and Sophie, much as I love them both, they are represented here by debut singles from great albums, thus the songs aren't even the best from each respective artiste never mind best song of the year... reluctantly null points

Luciana, looks promising but apart from popjustice pushing her music she fails to make an impact on me so far- well i live in japan so maybe shes famous/worthy back home! i don't know?...not looking good

Ronson, Harris and Nash... all leave me cold... cold i tell you (i do try and not post anything negative on here so should keep quiet on this... frigid menage et trois)

Booty Love, again i don't get over here, maybe in a club id be lapping it up but.. Japanese linedancers sadly haven't taken to them.

Robbie, its nice to support albums when they're underrated but after being overrated for so long Robbie's career stalling... isn't anything to use a protest vote for.


Roisin, on the other hand is worth it... but her song is new will i still love it this time next year... and will her album give us better songs... I'm holding out for more.

Check back soon to find out who I'd give £5 to...

*It's actually only an hour since i launched the news but its after midnight here so I'm in tomorrow now. its all very Dr Who.

everybody point at popjustice (and then click)

Boing... all eyes are on popjustice today as it announced the shortlist for the 2007 £20 music prize.

Here is the Shortlist...

'Acceptable In The 80s'

-Calvin Harris

'Rehab'

-Amy Winehouse

'Beware Of The Dog'

-Jamelia

'Catch You'

-Sophie Ellis-Bextor
'Don't Give It Up'

-Siobhan Donaghy
'Foundations'

-Kate Nash
'Overpowered'

-Roisin Murphy
'She's Madonna'

-Robbie Williams
'Shine'

-Booty Luv
'Something Kinda Oooh'

-Girls Aloud
'Stop Me'

-Mark Ronson
'Yeah Yeah'

-Bodyrox feat Luciana

What follows are my opinions on these choices. Check back soon -probably on a day when i have little else to post- so maybe even tomorrow, to see to whom i refer to when I say...

... reluctantly null points

...not looking good

... frigid menage et trois

... Japanese linedancers sadly haven't taken to them.

... isn't anything to use a protest vote for.

... I'm holding out for more.

Oh the excitement!