Monday, August 09, 2004
Chart Attack
Not even an angry e-mail from a Soul Asylum fan after last weeks Chart Attack. Never mind, lets see who's moving and shaking this week.
- 1 to 10 - The Pop Success Zone
Busted hold on to the top spot for a second week, unsurprising really as the main theme that runs through this week's new entries is unbearable shiteness. 3 tracks have limped into the top ten, first up at number 4 is Anastasia with Sick and Tired, a track that sounds like a good Anastasia song, but is still unable to overcome the drag factor of it actually being an Anastasia song. Next up is Avril Lavigne, who's Happy Ending is probably not as joyful as she was hoping for as it only just scrapes into the top 5. Once again her cute factor makes us like this song far more than it actually deserves. Finally, at number 8, we have Ana Johnsson with her Spiderman theme song, We Are. In this she attempts to pass on responsibility for this horrible nonsense of a song onto the general public. We say that we're not responsible, you are.
- 11 to 20 - The Pop Failure Zone
At number 14 we find Stellar Project Featuring Brandi Emma with Get Up Stand Up. Alas, this is nothing to do with the Bob Marley and the Wailers track, not that it'd be any better if it was - it would still be quite, quite poor - but it would have given us the opportunity to mention that our Grandad claims that he thought the lyrics to Jammin' were "Pajamas". While his music is certainly quite laid back, we didn't think it was quite horizontal. Next up is DT8 project with The Sun is Shining (Down on Me) which is yet another dance track that could have been released at any time in the past 5 years for all the new ground it's breaking.
- 21 to 30 - The Pointless Zone
Clogging up the rear end of the top 30 are Switchfoot at 29 and Departure at 30. Switchfoot's Meant to Live is a moany slice of bass heavy angst rock which doesn't appeal to us, mainly because we're not thirteen. The Departure's All Mapped Out, on the other hand, is quite enjoyable in a "not as good as Radio 4" kind of way, but this may only be in comparison to the rest of the rubbish released this week.
- 31 to 40 - The Indie Success Zone
And finally, at number 31, we have Angie Stone featuring Snoop Dog doing I Wanna Thank Ya, presumably dedicated to the handful of people who actually went out and bought it. Let's hope next week's chart is a bit more exciting.
