Wednesday, October 20, 2004
A Lot of Love in TiaPL
We've been kinda putting off writing this post as, basically, we're a bit embarrassed about what we're about to reveal, but we feel that in this day and age what we're going to say is nothing to be ashamed about and we hope that you, our loyal readership and random people arriving here via google searches for "Girls Aloud tied up" and "Nicola Roberts topless", will stand by us and accept the position that we're taking, but we jut can't keep it a secret any more. So, here goes... We really like the new Darius single. There, it's out now and we feel a lot better without that weight on our shoulders and, besides, it leaves more room for the chips that we prefer to support there.
Fair enough, it's nothing earth shattering; it's not going to change the world and, as Darius is Scottish, it's unlikely to be looking for New England although given that the publicity courting relationship which Darius had with Natasha Henstridge, who starred in the video, has come to an end, he is looking for another girl, but it is a decent, fun, upbeat slice of ba-ba-ba based pop and it sounds fab on the radio. We're sure that in a few weeks time we'll have forgotten all about it and have moved onto something else, but right now it sounds ace and surely being right for the moment is a big part of what pop's all about?
In other Scottish pop based news it's come to our attention that Speedway have a fan who's actually upset that they've split up. Speedway, for those who are fortunate enough to have blanked them out of their mind, had a minor hit last year with their cover of the Stroke of Genius bootleg - mashing together Miss Aguilera's Genie in a Bottle with The Stroke's Last Night. The original lived up to it's name, the cover, however, was dog shit flattened into a disc and sprayed silver. Some people seemed to like it though, and it sold enough to get it into the top ten, just. Follow up single Can't Turn Back, was less successful and hovered just outside the top 11. Their final single, In and Out was released this summer to a disinterested public and they decided to split up, partly because everybody thought they were a bit crap, but mainly because singer Jill Jackson had the bright idea of trying to launch a solo career on the back of having a relationship with reality TV's favourite lesbian, Alex Parks, neither part of seems to be achieving much success; the former because "Speedway's Jill Jackson" isn't the sort of epithet which is likely to open any doors, even the automatic kind, and the latter because, prior to them being an item, Jill was happily saying in interviews that Alex Parks was rubbish because she was only known for doing covers. Apparently Speedway were different because they covered a bootleg, which presumably seemed like a good defence to her internally, even though ultimately covering a bootleg just means you're covering two songs at the same time.
Anyway, news of their split sent the sort of shockwaves through the music world that would barely trouble a feather, but it seems that they did have a fan in none other than Canadian 'rock' 'God' Bryan Adams who has persuaded them to reform to support him on his forthcoming tour. According to Jill, it was "too good an opportunity to miss", by which she presumably means it was an opportunity, and they leapt upon it like slavering dogs. They have a 45 minute slot to fill, which begs the question as to what they'll do to fill up the other 42 minutes after they've played Genie in a Bottle, but then, the same can be said for Bryan after he's played Summer of '69, so we're sure something will get worked out.
Fair enough, it's nothing earth shattering; it's not going to change the world and, as Darius is Scottish, it's unlikely to be looking for New England although given that the publicity courting relationship which Darius had with Natasha Henstridge, who starred in the video, has come to an end, he is looking for another girl, but it is a decent, fun, upbeat slice of ba-ba-ba based pop and it sounds fab on the radio. We're sure that in a few weeks time we'll have forgotten all about it and have moved onto something else, but right now it sounds ace and surely being right for the moment is a big part of what pop's all about?
In other Scottish pop based news it's come to our attention that Speedway have a fan who's actually upset that they've split up. Speedway, for those who are fortunate enough to have blanked them out of their mind, had a minor hit last year with their cover of the Stroke of Genius bootleg - mashing together Miss Aguilera's Genie in a Bottle with The Stroke's Last Night. The original lived up to it's name, the cover, however, was dog shit flattened into a disc and sprayed silver. Some people seemed to like it though, and it sold enough to get it into the top ten, just. Follow up single Can't Turn Back, was less successful and hovered just outside the top 11. Their final single, In and Out was released this summer to a disinterested public and they decided to split up, partly because everybody thought they were a bit crap, but mainly because singer Jill Jackson had the bright idea of trying to launch a solo career on the back of having a relationship with reality TV's favourite lesbian, Alex Parks, neither part of seems to be achieving much success; the former because "Speedway's Jill Jackson" isn't the sort of epithet which is likely to open any doors, even the automatic kind, and the latter because, prior to them being an item, Jill was happily saying in interviews that Alex Parks was rubbish because she was only known for doing covers. Apparently Speedway were different because they covered a bootleg, which presumably seemed like a good defence to her internally, even though ultimately covering a bootleg just means you're covering two songs at the same time.
Anyway, news of their split sent the sort of shockwaves through the music world that would barely trouble a feather, but it seems that they did have a fan in none other than Canadian 'rock' 'God' Bryan Adams who has persuaded them to reform to support him on his forthcoming tour. According to Jill, it was "too good an opportunity to miss", by which she presumably means it was an opportunity, and they leapt upon it like slavering dogs. They have a 45 minute slot to fill, which begs the question as to what they'll do to fill up the other 42 minutes after they've played Genie in a Bottle, but then, the same can be said for Bryan after he's played Summer of '69, so we're sure something will get worked out.
