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To stop both Darren and myself become too saturated in Abba goodness, we had to divert a bit into Abbaesque, Bjorn Again and of course Simon Curtis approved act, my beloved A*Teens. Now, I've seen a lot of A*Teen videos, but strangely don't ever recall seeing the marvelous little effort above for Gimme Gimme Gimme. I particularly like the bit where Amit casually fingers (!) the keyboard in the toy store to the melody that Madonna was so keen to pilfer and Dhani shaking the snow globe for no apparent reason! It's another reason to remain gleefully optimistic about the Same Difference album (who are number one on the PJ Almighty and probably quite rightly so!) and the return of pop. Which leads to me the weekly round up - there have been a plethora of amazingly well written posts on my fave blogs this week, as well as some healthy debates. Here's an overview of the best and most heated:

• The elegant Mr XO always has good posts, but debates about what should go on a greatest hits are my absolute favourite. Annie Lennox's tracklisting inspired a lot of interesting comments and suggestions. Marv. Plus lovely XO has the lovely cover to lovely William Young's lovely new single. It doesn't really get any better than that!
• Yuri (whom Olga loves) has the spin on all the latest new artists - i am shocked and appalled that Mr Yuri left out the lovely Red Blooded Women, but that was surely a drunken oversight on his part. Probably giddy from excitement that we are going to meet up in November when I'm in Flo-Rida. Aces. Mentioning the ubiquitous Lady Blahblah over RBW though? See the next bullet point down!
• Bobbypops takes on two of the most ubiquitous artists on the block in Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, and I responded in full in the comments section. I actually like Lady Gaga a decent amount. I don't think she's the second coming or anything and she's just so fucking everywhere isn't she? I mean Akon? Have some self respect woman! New Kids? You Think You Can Dance? That godawful promo video? Reel the promo back a bit love and go for a spot of mystery as Isabel Guzman and Ryan Ferrada have done (Congrats to Ryan for leaping to number 8 on the Music Weekly Club Chart with no promotional work done as yet, just sending out his music and letting it speak for itself! Marv!)
• And talking of Katy Perry, the Observer Music Monthly pissed me off royally today with their comment about "the small but vocal section of the gay community that seems to search for things to be offended by has accused her of exploiting lesbianism for straight titillation. Both sides [the Christian community] seem to have missed the point" Actually, OMM seems to have missed the point with some sloppy journalism but completely not mentioning Ur So Gay. Once again, either song is just irritating on it's own, but together with the odious Ms Perry, are just rank. Just replace the word "gay" with a racial slur or something similar and the whole "oh it's just a bit of fun" element of the song is shown up for what it is. OK, I'll get off my high horse now.
• Finally, DLuv ponders whether The Saturdays have done enough for ongoing chart success. Probably not, methinks. They are slightly too glossy for my tastes though I really like If This Is Love - give me RBW anyday. They did me a lovely Christmas card last year :P I think if "pop" is going to come back (i don't think it ever went away, it just metamorphasized into something else) it needs to be a bit more exciting than the Saturdays. Still time will tell...
• Oh and finally part two - Adem has done three fucking amazing posts recently. The VanShe album review, an interview with Matt Van Schie and the Lady Gaga review. While other sites mask their extended press releases behind glossy formats, Adem pours passion and excitement into his work and i just love it. And him!

DISCLAIMER: Opinions are like arseholes :P Everyone has them, and it doesn't mean mine are right or wrong. They are just my opinions! People in the blog world can be ever so touchy sometimes. Just look at D'luv's page whenever he posts about Clay Aiken :P

THE FIZZYPOP 21 TRACKS OF THE WEEK:

21 ~ Daniel Powter, Next Plane Home (NE)
20 ~ Keane, Spiralling (NE)
19 ~ David Jordan, Set The Mood
18 ~ Jason Mraz, Lucky
17 ~ Jack McManus, You Think I Don't Care
16 ~ Jesse McCartney, It's Over
15 ~ Madonna, Give It 2 Me
14 ~ Jonas Bros, Burning Up
13 ~ McFly, One For The Radio
12 ~ Kylie, The One
11 ~ Infernal, Downtown Boys
10 ~ BWO, Bells of Freedom (see video above)
09 ~ Sophie Ellis Bextor, Heartbreak Makes Me A Dancer
08 ~ William Young, Changes
07 ~ Alphabeat, Boyfriend
06 ~ Little Jackie, The Whole World Should Revolve Around Me
05 ~ Bryn Christopher, The Quest
04 ~ The Feeling, Join With Us
03 ~ Regina Spektor, The Call
02 ~ Lily Allen, GWB
01 ~ Miley Cyrus, 7 Things (5 fucking weeks!)

Coming this week:

1. Monday: Christmas Single Career Counselling
2. Monday: Little Jackie album review
3. Tuesday: Noah and The Whale album review
4. Wednesday: VanShe album review
5. Some other stuff....