Friday, January 16, 2004
All New Thoughts of the Pops
It's an all new year, but does this mean that All New Top of The Pops has magically improved? Alas, no, but here's what we learnt from watching this weeks show, anyway:-
- Blazin' Squad's entrances are far, far better than their actual songs. They should just enter, then bugger off again, everyone would be happy.
- Everything about Maroon 5 should point to them being almost Stereophonics-like in their rubbishness, from the fact they are a Soul-Rock band, to the singer's leather jacket via the guitarists shaggy long hair and beard combo, but somehow the song isn't as utterly hateful as you'd imagine. It's still rubbish, mind, just not as rubbish as you'd expect.
- Thanks to the Boogie Pimps we see that Pan's People have aged well.
- The pop genius of Crazy in Love was very much a one-off judging by the mediocrity of Me Myself and I
- Dido fancies herself as a comedienne, as was proved when she announced, totally straight faced, that her new album is a completely different sound to her old one.
- As The Rush Comes by Motorcycle is sung by Mr C from the Shamen in drag.
- When not singing their lines, Liberty X look as bored with Everyone Cries as the rest of the Great British Public.
- Some girl called Michelle McManus is at number one, can someone remind us who she is again?
