Friday, February 06, 2004
Thoughts of the Pops
Well, our prediction about February being the start of lots of exciting pop related things has, sadly, been proved pretty wrong. The only things that have happened this week of any note are that the Scissor Sisters album has been released, which is so obviously ace we don't really need to mention it and that Janet Jackson flashed a breast on television. Something which, to be honest, is pretty dull in and of itself, but also serves only to remind us of the rubbishness of the new Top of the Pops logo. Speaking of which, here's what we learnt from this weeks show:-
- Despite being a pop star for many, many years Britney Spears has yet to learn how to mime convincingly.
- The TotP producers clearly believe that Exclusive means Something No Other Bugger Would Touch With a Ten Foot Barge Poll, given the use of this tag for a Blink-182 performance.
- Lost Prophets should really have dressed up smart for their performance, after all, it was for the telly, like.
- Due to the amount of jumping around Fatman Scoop does, he really shouldn't be living up to his moniker quite as well as he does. We reckon he's on an even less healthy version of the Atkins Diet.
- Emma Bunton got a free holiday to Detroit thanks to the BBC, she also seems to believe she's on a song-writing par with Smokey Robinson.
- Despite being involved in what will no doubt be the highlight of their career, i.e. appearing on Top of the Pops, not the song itself, Snow Patrol looked and sounded as bored as someone watching Graham Norton's new chatshow.
- LMC vs U2 are number one. Come back Michelle, all is forgiven.
