It's Friday! And the world of pop is still reeling from the shock news that
Lee Ryan's throat has been sorted out and the Best of
Blue tour will be going ahead after all. Truly there is no God. Still, never mind, let's try and gee up and deal with this tragedy as best we can, and what better way is there to forget some painful, heart-rending news than to watch
Top of the Pops? Hmmm. Anyway, here's what we learnt:-
- Fearne and Reggie are on holiday, so this week we're treated to the presenting 'talents' of Richard Bacon and Margherita Taylor.
- They don't get off to a good start as they introduce Melanie C as an "Amazing artist".
- Mel C's new single, Next Best Superstar, offers us the earth shattering revelation that being a popstar isn't all it's cracked up to be while somehow expecting us to care.
- After her performance, Richard took the opportunity to mention that she's the one preventing a Spice Girls reunion. "Well done", he commented. We want Tim Kash back.
- Feeder have failed to realise that the wave of public goodwill they rode following the suicide of their drummer has run out and that they've crashed on indie no-mark beach once again.
- The Bodyrockers' singer looks like the sort of person your parent warned you about. An image which isn't helped when he's on stage telling an audience consisting mainly of teenage girls what he likes about them.
- Maroon 5 were live from Montreal performing Must Get Out. We've been to Montreal and, had they been in town at the time, we'd have been thinking similar thoughts.
- In Garbage's new single, Why Do You Love Me, Shirley Manson is a bit miffed about something, but that's about as surprising as the sun rising in the morning or Rooster being a bit shit.
- She's worn better dresses in the past as well.
- Speaking of rubbish indie bands, Jonny Borrell of Razorlight reckons that his band being successful in the US would be a good thing for Britain, rather than making us a laughing stock which any normal person would realise.
- Faith Evans, performing new single, Again, looked like a little girl dressed up in her mum's clothes.
- Tony Christie is still number one. Thanks once again go to Wil and his all knowledgeable copy of Heat for letting us know that the bloke who'd not Peter Kay in the Tony Christie segment is, in fact, a Peter Kay look-a-like. To be honest, we're slightly dubious about this, mainly because they only thing they seem to have in common is that they're the same sex and aren't what you'd call svelte. Oh well. Heat never lies.
