Mercutio Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I personally think music is at another nadir ... it's cyclical and just happens: > experimentation > breakthrough > mainstream > here comes the bandwagon & commercialism (giving the masses what they want) > degeneration...It happened with New Wave (Kraftwerk > Howard Jones > Depeche Mode > SAW > etc.), Hiphop (Sugarhill Gang > A Tribe Called Quest > MC Hammer > NeYo etc.), House (Sterling Void > the Balearic sound > Daft Punk > Fedde le Grand etc.), R&B (Motown > Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson > Boys II Men > Rihanna etc.), Trance (Ok i'm tired), etc.Call me cynical, but I see Glee as SAW of this decade. Mercurio sacris fertur Boebeidos Undis virgineum Brimo composuisse latus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Meanwhile, one of my favourite Blur songs ... I'm so glad I sided Damon Albarn versus the Gallaghers when they first came out.... A friend arranged this in five part harmony, which was sung at another friend's wedding. Mercurio sacris fertur Boebeidos Undis virgineum Brimo composuisse latus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Meanwhile, one of my favourite Blur songs ... I'm so glad I sided Damon Albarn versus the Gallaghers when they first came out....I love Blur over Oasis anytime,and these are 2 of my favourites...To The End - Blur Country House - Blur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Meanwhile, one of my favourite Blur songs ... I'm so glad I sided Damon Albarn versus the Gallaghers when they first came out....I love Blur over Oasis anytime, and these are 2 of my favourites...To The End - BlurCountry House - Blur2 more from them?Girls And Boys - Blur Charmless Man - Blur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Song 2!! With the Albarn "scissor kick" (hopefully not related to Chung Li's in any way)... Parklife!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIEsmGzo2UE&ob=av2e Mercurio sacris fertur Boebeidos Undis virgineum Brimo composuisse latus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 And Stereotypes ... love the line "She likes a man in uniform, He likes to wear it tight..." And lest we forget .... Elastica!! Only because Justine Frischmann was dating Damon Albarn then ....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzkTcGnVf2g Mercurio sacris fertur Boebeidos Undis virgineum Brimo composuisse latus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I personally think music is at another nadir ... it's cyclical and just happens: > experimentation > breakthrough > mainstream > here comes the bandwagon & commercialism (giving the masses what they want) > degeneration...It happened with New Wave (Kraftwerk > Howard Jones > Depeche Mode > SAW > etc.), Hiphop (Sugarhill Gang > A Tribe Called Quest > MC Hammer > NeYo etc.), House (Sterling Void > the Balearic sound > Daft Punk > Fedde le Grand etc.), R&B (Motown > Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson > Boys II Men > Rihanna etc.), Trance (Ok i'm tired), etc.Call me cynical, but I see Glee as SAW of this decade. Here's a song that sums up your sentiments Mercutio,would you "Rather Jack" too?LOL Do you remember The Reynolds Girls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Ok i'm being nostalgic for my London days:The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies And of course, Goldbug, with Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love set with the Pearl & Dean Intro Music: Mercurio sacris fertur Boebeidos Undis virgineum Brimo composuisse latus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 And getting weirder and weirder:FSOL!! Inspiral Carpets Mercurio sacris fertur Boebeidos Undis virgineum Brimo composuisse latus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 And of course Suede .... and Skunk Anansie Mercurio sacris fertur Boebeidos Undis virgineum Brimo composuisse latus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) Stereo MCshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uibMMmcr3rcThe Verve (SO MUCH BETTER THAN BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY) Man, I'm showing my age, but that was a kickass time to be living in London.Ok, my meds kicking in. Shall go and sleep now. Edited January 8, 2012 by Mercutio Mercurio sacris fertur Boebeidos Undis virgineum Brimo composuisse latus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowingember Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) Ah I was thinking of Stereo MC Connected for the past few days...Damon is quite adorable...This is 19 2000http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUjtHf76wM&ob=av2e Edited January 8, 2012 by glowingember After all, tomorrow is another day. ~ S O'Hara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Here's this week's UK Singles chart...#1 (climber) Good Feeling - Flo Rida#2 (faller) Paradise - Coldplay#3 (faller) Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs#4 (climber) Earthquake Feat. Tinie Tempah - Labrinth#5 (climber) Levels - AviciiNothing exciting really, now that the Christmas rush is over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Supergrass - Alright The Coral - In the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Manic Street Preachers - A design for life Ocean Colour Scene - The day we caught the train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 SwedesPeter, Bjorn & John - Young folks Koop - Come to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 And getting weirder and weirder:Inspiral CarpetsHow could we mention The Inspiral Carpets without Primal Scream?Here's a catwalk favourite too, from the early 90s...Loaded - Primal Scream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Supergrass - AlrightThe Coral - In the morningAnd these 2 bands reminded me of...Desert Drought - Cast From the same era I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 And these 2 bands reminded me of... Desert Drought - Cast From the same era I guess? Wow, I've never heard of the Coral ... Supergrass, yes, though they were never quite my favs. But yeah, Cast is from the same "Class of the Mid 1990s" which brought forth Blur, Oasis, Suede, Pulp, Ash, Elastica, Manic Street Preachers, the Verve, Saint Etienne, Sleeper, the Levellers, Happy Mondays, Ocean Colour Scene, Echobelly, Menswear, Kula Shaker, Mansun, Shed Seven, Dodgy, Super Furry Animals, the Divine Comedy and other names which have since dropped out of my head.Cast is more like .... Stone Roses than Supergrass, I think. Their first album All Change was brilliant .... except why is it not in my iTunes????http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjEcdpXezT8 Mercurio sacris fertur Boebeidos Undis virgineum Brimo composuisse latus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Back to modern day,back to the products of reality singing competitions.Cher Lloyd with her new single,featuring the 15-year-old guest rapper, Astro from the USA X Factor...Want U Back Feat. Astro - Cher Lloyd Edited January 10, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Wow, I've never heard of the Coral ... Supergrass, yes, though they were never quite my favs. But yeah, Cast is from the same "Class of the Mid 1990s" which brought forth Blur, Oasis, Suede, Pulp, Ash, Elastica, Manic Street Preachers, the Verve, Saint Etienne, Sleeper, the Levellers, Happy Mondays, Ocean Colour Scene, Echobelly, Menswear, Kula Shaker, Mansun, Shed Seven, Dodgy, Super Furry Animals, the Divine Comedy and other names which have since dropped out of my head.Geez, I could never tell some of these groups apart actually,especially for Menswear & Shed Seven, what are their USP?Daydreamer - Menswear Chasing Rainbows - Shed Seven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 New single from the "Mama Do" singer-songwriter, dancer and actress...Kiss The Stars - Pixie Lott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 New single from the "Mama Do" singer-songwriter, dancer and actress...Kiss The Stars - Pixie LottThis song has a striking resemblance to...Push The Button - Sugababes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 This is one of my favourite British electronic music outfits from the late 80s...Pacific State - 808 State Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Was just listening to the 12" extended mix of the following song just now,taken from this 12"/80s CD series.Anybody here into 12" singles/tracks of the 80s too?Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibalshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMpjWxsPXOE Edited January 11, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 This Steve Winwood's cover version has been hanging around inside the UK Top 100 for a while now.This week, it finally leaps into the Top 40, coming in at #21...Higher Love - James Vincent McMorrow Its popularity could be due to it being used as the soundtrack for television advertisements by LOVEFiLM,a UK-based provider of home video and video game rental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) Here's this week's UK Singles chart...#1 (climber) Good Feeling - Flo Rida#2 (faller) Paradise - Coldplay#3 (faller) Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs#4 (climber) Earthquake Feat. Tinie Tempah - Labrinth#5 (climber) Levels - AviciiNothing exciting really, now that the Christmas rush is over...Just realised, I've actually printed out last week's mid-week singles chart above,whereas the actual one should look like this:-#1 (climber) Good Feeling - Flo Rida#2 (faller) Paradise - Coldplay#3 (new) Troublemaker - Taio Cruz#4 (climber) Levels - Avicii#5 (climber) Mama Do The Hump - Rizzle KicksAnyroad, that's history, and here's the current + latest mid-week status,and it's getting a little exciting again with Jessie J reaching the top out of nowhere...#1 (climber) Domino - Jessie J#2 (faller) Good Feeling - Flo Rida#3 (climber) Mama Do The Hump - Rizzle Kicks#4 (non-mover) Levels - Avicii#5 (climber) Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) Feat. Andre 3000/Lil Wayne - Lloyd Edited January 12, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Currently bubbling outside the Top 20 is a British soul musician of Ugandan heritage,who has also just won the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll last week...Home Again - Michael Kiwanuka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) The BRIT Awards 2012 nominations were revealed yesterday!Ed Sheeran leads the charge with four nominations including British Male Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act, British Single, MasterCard British Album Of The Year, while Adele and Jessie J have three each.Florence & The Machine picked up two (British Female Solo Artist and MasterCard British Album Of The Year), as did Coldplay (British Group and MasterCard British Album Of The Year).The full list of nominees is as follows:British Male Solo artistEd SheeranJames BlakeJames MorrisonNoel Gallagher’s High Flying BirdsBritish Female Solo ArtistAdeleFlorence & The MachineJessie JKate BushLaura MarlingBritish Breakthrough ActAnna CalviEd SheeranEmeli SandeJessie JThe VaccinesBritish GroupArctic MonkeysChase & StatusColdplayElbowKasabianBritish SingleAdele – Someone Like YouEd Sheeran – The A TeamExample – Changed The Way You Kissed MeJessie J FT B.o.B. – Price TagJLS FT Dev - She Makes Me WannaThe Military Wives w/ Gareth Malone – Wherever You AreOlly Murs FT Rizzle Kicks – Heart Skips A BeatOne Direction – What Makes You BeautifulPixie Lott – All About TonightThe Wanted - Glad You CameMasterCard British Album Of The YearAdele – 21Coldplay – Mylo XylotoEd Sheeran - +Florence & The Machine – CeremonialsPJ Harvey – Let England ShakeInternational Male Solo ArtistAloe BlaccBon IverBruno MarsDavid GuettaRyan AdamsInternational Female Solo ArtistBeyonceBjorkFeistLady GagaRihannaInternational GroupFleet FoxesFoo FightersJay Z / Kanye WestLady AntebellumMaroon 5International Breakthrough ActAloe BlaccBon IverFoster The PeopleLana Del ReyNicki MinajCritics’ ChoiceEmeli Sande (winner)Maverick SabreMichael KiwanukaBritish ProducerPaul EpworthFloodEthan JohnsThe Awards will take place on February 21.Do you have any clear favourites in the above categories? Edited January 13, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Here're 2 tracks taken from The Maccabees latest third studio album Given To The Wild,and this album is all set to debut at #1 in the UK albums chart this weekend...Feel To Follow - The Maccabees Pelican - The Maccabees (peaked at #87 last December) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 An Australian-Belgian singer and songwriter that's currently making waves in the UK singles chart,check out this song that has won him the Single of the Year, Best Male Artist and Best Pop Release in the recent ARIA Awards... Somebody That I Used To Know Feat. Kimbra - Gotye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xxr Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjdAiYbvz7wmassive tune from x factor 2008 winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Unfortunately though for Leona Lewis & Avicii, their new single Collide only made it to #4 on debut...Meanwhile, the dance act of the moment in the UK is Avicii, having scored a #4 hit Collide with Leona Lewis,he's on his own now in the top 5 with Levels!He will be heading our way for the coming Zoukout too!Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer Avicii has done it again,this time round sprinkling his magic dust to a UK #2 single of 2001 by iiO...Rapture (Avicii Remix) - Nadia Ali The original version...Rapture - iiO Avicii is in fact Tim Bergling,and also professionally known as Tim Berg, Tom Hangs, and Ashwin, Edited January 15, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) the song and video that made me fell in love with her: Check out her pre-solo days here...I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough) - TheaudienceA Pessimist Is Never Disappointed - TheaudienceI didn't know they collaborated on a tune together in 2010...Not Giving Up On Love - Armin van Buuren vs Sophie Ellis-Bextor Edited January 15, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) Anyroad, that's history, and here's the current + latest mid-week status,and it's getting a little exciting again with Jessie J reaching the top out of nowhere...#1 (climber) Domino - Jessie J#2 (faller) Good Feeling - Flo Rida#3 (climber) Mama Do The Hump - Rizzle Kicks#4 (non-mover) Levels - Avicii#5 (climber) Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) Feat. Andre 3000/Lil Wayne - LloydAs the mid-week Singles chart remained unchanged over the weekend,Jessie J has clinched her second Official #1 single with Domino... Edited January 16, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Releasing today...No Light, No Light - Florence + The Machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Jessie J is ruling the UK singles chart,here's one with her collaborating with James Morrison...Up Feat. Jessie J - James Morrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Though neither are Brits, how about Swedes?The Cardigans - CarnivalThe Wannadies - You and me songMore Swedes? We will be hearing more from this lot very soon...Antidote - Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) The names have been changed to protect the innocent...Back in 1987, the following tune from a Tim Simenon and his band,taken from the album Into The Dragon was big on the dancefloor...Beat Dis - Bomb The Bass Edited January 18, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) Here's the mid-week Singles update...#1 (non-mover) Domino - Jessie J#2 (new) Antidote - Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party#3 (climber) Titanium Feat. Sia - David Guetta#4 (faller) Mama Do The Hump - Rizzle Kicks#5 (faller) Good Feeling - Flo Rida Edited July 29, 2013 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Will this race up the singles Chart this weekend?One Time - One Direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Breaking into the Top 40 this week...Light Up (The World) Feat. Shy FX & Ms Dynamite - Yasmin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Ok, somebody might or gonna kill me for this,but here's an interesting (& lengthy) "thesis" (sort of) done about, a song...The Promise - Girls Aloud (released on October 2008) There will be a few people this morning maybe slightly disgruntled at the final result of the public vote for Best British Single at last nights Brit awards. Given that it had been showered with plaudits from many other sources (the Grammys, Record Of The Year) you could have been forgiven for assuming that Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’ was the automatic choice to win the award. It was after all the greatest song they have ever recorded and will probably remain that way, a lavish epic that deservedly gave them their first ever Number One single.Nonetheless I’m actually quite pleased, as the record that did win the vote is just as magnificent, lavish and heart-warming and at the same time stands scrutiny as a pop music masterpiece. Don’t believe me? Well check out the detailed case for ‘The Promise’ by Girls Aloud. Note that the timings referenced below are those of the original track and don’t quite tally with those in the video.Truth be told, the five ladies can’t really take much credit for the track. They are by definition just the hired singers on a piece of music crafted by the writing and production wizards of Xenomania – five of whom receive songwriting credits on the track. I’ve said before (as have many others) that what makes Girls Aloud such fun is that their producers are effectively given free reign to turn them into their playthings, using them as a chart-friendly means of exploring new concepts and at times playing around with the very idea of what makes a pop record.First let us deal with the production, for it seemed to go almost unremarked when the single was first released at the tail end of last year that ‘The Promise’ is a lovingly constructed pastiche of the work of Tony Hatch and the music he made for Petula Clark back in the 1960s. The song screams showbiz decadence, awash with trumpets and brass to give the whole production a warm, big band feel and one which you can only imagine being performed on a gigantic stage set under coloured spotlights and in front of an enthusiastic audience. This whole feel inevitably colours the the way the song is presented and their performance of it at the awards last night, caressed throughout by tuxedo-clad dancers wielding modesty-shielding feather boas is lifted straight out of the Vegas show of your dreams.The song itself is a revelation from the moment you hear it, thanks to the well worn but still never overused Xenomania trick of dispensing with the idea that a pop record has to be verse-chorus-verse-chorus with the same melody throughout. They first used the trick on ‘Biology’ a few years ago which won plaudits galore for actually being five different choruses all bolted together in one track. ‘The Promise’ doesn’t quite go that far but does during the course of the song fit the lyrics into as many as seven different melodies, only one of which (the chorus) is ever heard more than once.Best of all though, just like ‘Biology’ you could actually have constructed the entire song around any one of the melodies and it still would have been one of the best pop records of the year. The fact is that in one three and a half minute record Xenomania stirred in half an albums worth of ideas, just to make ‘The Promise’ as spectacular as possible.Count them up, just as the girls count themselves in at the start of the track. We start with the “Everything he does, better than anything ordinary” chant (0:06) which you could be forgiven for assuming was the basis of the song. Certainly it serves to lead us into the first chorus (0:27) and so far things seem just like an ordinary pop record. Then you realise that this was just the introduction, the first verse proper kicking in with the “Maybe next time I’ll take a ride on by” section at 0:49. Yet this tune is used for just four or five lines as the song immediately switches to the rising chord sequence of the “Giving up just looking into windows” segment (1:10). From a musical point of view this actually serves the purpose of dragging the melody back up to the key of the chorus, the initial verse having dropped to a lower register to properly convey the regret and longing of the lyrics. It is a wonderfully subtle point that will bypass most listeners, but if you listen carefully the song actually changes key with every new verse as the mood of the singers switches from joy to despair at the hold the man has over them.Once we reach the top of the ramp, we’re back to the chorus for a second time but instead of dropping back down a chord for the next verse at 1:53, we carry on up into a higher register for the plaintive “Here I Am” segment. Conventional rules of songwriting say you go back to the first verse and re-use the melody. Xenomania don’t, they discard it altogether to introduce a brand new tune. Even that is cast aside in fairly short order as the one consequence of the mournful tone of the verse means we are now “above” the chorus in musical terms – a bit of a no-no given that the one rule the track does stick to is that the hook has to be the climactic part of the music. Consequently we switch gears entirely for the bridge, dropping down to a lower level for the “I’ve got my hands all ready to touch your soul” segment (2:14) which not only takes the girls back through a sequence of rising chords but most notably does it twice. Listen carefully if you can, we could theoretically hit the chorus again after the first four lines (at “are you watching me baby?”) but instead we have to wait while the girls repeat themselves in the “cos my heart is turning to solid gold” stanza (2:25). It means that the chorus when it comes, although it will be for the third time, still sounds fresh and exciting.Following this third run through the chorus we inevitably shake things up with the middle-eight which as in all good songs features a different melody to the rest of the track. Except of course that is what we have been doing throughout, so the “maybe it’s not that hard to know you” verse is no less than the seventh different tune to which the girls have sung along (2:57).I’ve heard some producers bemoan the current ubiquity of the climactic key change in pop records, worrying that people come to expect such a musical device all the time and thus diminishing the impact it has when it is used more sparingly. Still, a song such as ‘The Promise’ which has shuttled up and down the scale several times already would be lacking something if it didn’t build to what I term The Great Key Change Of Joy. Yet we are made to wait for it at the end of the third chorus. Only briefly, but by the simple means of the drum fill at 3:15 all the emotions, all the joy that inevitably comes with bringing the song to a shimmering climax is put on hold. It is the musical equivalent of a delayed orgasm I guess, the moment of release all the sweeter by the fact that you’ve had to wait just that little bit too long for it to arrive. After that we can relax, the key change hits, fireworks go off, the wall of sound of brass is cranked up a notch and the song can play out to joyful renditions of the chorus.Except that it doesn’t. After they’ve sung it twice more, the music falls away and the girls utter one final pleading cry of “Babe!” which dies away in an echo to bring the track to an abrupt close. For all the joy conveyed by the instrumentation, for all the exuberance of the melody, the end of the song hammers home the point that the singer is a tragic figure, trapped by the hopeless irrational feelings she has for the man in the song, even though she knows he doesn’t believe in the kind of love she feels for him. “The promise I made, is starting to fade..”, she’s sworn herself off him but in the end can’t resist and so the song has to die at the end, just as she surely will of the broken heart that is going to result.So that’s why ‘The Promise’ deserves to be Best British Single. It is a three and a half minute pop record that bears close scrutiny, one which has been lovingly constructed by some of the best writers and producers in the business at the moment and who wanted to reward their charges for their loyalty with an enduring pop classic to mark the sixth anniversary of their association with each other. Sure, if ‘Viva La Vida’ had won it would have been possible to write just as detailed an essay about its strengths and appeal, but I won’t deny that of all the results last night, this was the one I was anticipating the most.Taken from the article, Everything He Does Is Kinda Necessary by James Masterton. Edited January 20, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 I really dunno what the British see in this lot,but here they are again, this time round fronting this year’s Sport Relief campaign...Proud - JLS I think they are the Fugliest boy band alive (for the 3 out of the 4 boys at least)!Give me Heather Small anytime...Proud - Heather Smallhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecklqEo9QQc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowingember Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 This is early 80s.Anyone else remember this song?Dolce Vita by Ryan Paris. After all, tomorrow is another day. ~ S O'Hara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowingember Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Where are they now?Fun Boy Threehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYNMAj5T9HU&ob=av2eHaircut 100 After all, tomorrow is another day. ~ S O'Hara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Where are they now?Fun Boy ThreeDunno about all the boys,but here's Terry Hall, its leading man...Terry Hall of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry Blair & Anouchka and Vegas fame... Walk Into The Wind by Vegas Feat. Siobhan Fahey Vegas = Terry Hall + Dave Steward (former Eurythmics)Siobhan Fahey = former Bananarama = former Shakespears Sister = Dave Steward's wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowingember Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Hi Steppenwolf, thanks for the update on Terry Hall.Just heard Jimmy Nail's Aint No Doubt over the radio a few days ago. This was a No. 1 song in 1992. After all, tomorrow is another day. ~ S O'Hara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) It's second week at the Top for Jessie J...#1 (non-mover) Domino - Jessie J#2 (climber) Mama Do The Hump - Rizzle Kicks #3 (climber) Titanium Feat. Sia - David Guetta#4 (new) Antidote - Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party#5 (faller) Good Feeling - Flo RidaI got a feeling that Rizzle Kicks are well on their way to take over Jessie J next week... Watch this space! Edited January 23, 2012 by steppenwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Matt Black and Jonathan More, the English dance music duo that's better known as Coldcut was responsible for the start of her career... Doctorin' the House - Coldcut Feat. Yazz & The Plastic Population The Only Way Is Up - Yazz & The Plastic Populationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtKADQnjQmc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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