Lopez Blogs

Important things in the world of pop (and pop culture) that i really couldn't be arsed to write about this week...

• Hurrah! I can (non) exclusively reveal (i.e. I read it in Music Week) that the title of the first Same Difference single is very possibly but not guaranteed to be called "Pop". Assuming it's not a cover version of the lacklustre N*Sync single from some years back, it's either going to be a work of post modern genius or very possibly the tale of another of Jamie Tinkler's failed attempts at stardom...
• I had assumed that Alphabeat would go with the perky as nipples on a cold day pop classic GoGo as their fourth delightful single from the This Is Alphabeat album. I assumed wrong. Instead it's the perky as nipples on a cold day pop classic What Is Happening. I am quite pleased with this turn of events.
• Isabel Guzman is making her UK debut appearance courtesy of the mighty Popjustice. I am rather pleased that she seems to be receiving top billing too. Surely it cannot be long til Britain falls prey to the charms of songs like Mysterious and Kill The Boy? Please?
• An effing plethora of albums hit my mp3 player this week that i meant to blog about but frankly none lived up to the brilliance of William Young's album or Killers/Girls Aloud singles. They can be categorised as follows though ~ Good (Kaiser Chiefs; Lenka; Monrose), Quite Good (Travis, Jennifer Hudson, Ben Folds), and Oh Dear (The Pretenders; Snow Patrol). I've linked to other blogger's album reviews where possible :)
• It's the only album of hers I've liked this millenium, but Mariah Carey seems to have given up on E=MC2. There seemed to be about 8 choices for the third single, but to me a fourth and final single was clear ~ I Stay In Love is a gem of a midtempo ballad and rather lovely with it too. Again, miles ahead of the new Leona songs :(
• BWO are now a bit like Steps aren't they? They won't really change their sound very much, but are rather good at what they do. Case in point - a rather funky remix of Barcelona (by ) is doing the rounds and the Gormenasai promo cd is jampacked with floorfiller bodypopping interpretations of the Fabricator track. Brillo - eyecatching vids to follow no doubt...
• Golly, Popjustice surely do hate(ish, then partially like) Luigi Masi don't they? To be blunt, he was not very good at opening for Girls Aloud but i figured he was just out of his depth. I guess not - but perhaps he is saving the best stuff for the album. If Strobelight is a hit in England over far more talented folk like Darin or Simon Curtis, then everyone involved in his career deserves to be hunted down and given chinese burns. This is parental pandering at it's very worst!
• Why on earth The Feeling would bother releasing a fifth single to an ungrateful Britain from their aces Join With Us album I don't know, but I'm still hankering for a video to Won't Go Away. It has the best sax solo in a song since 1989's Should've Been The One by Debbie Gibson...
• Is it me or is it bloody 1990 again? NKOTB are ruling the album charts (well for a week before a McFly like plummet) ; 90210 is on tv again and Tiffany is still milking the fact that she chose a good cover version 20 years ago and playing at a club literally round the corner to my house! I am going to Ruthiepoos instead
• Finally, how remiss of me would it be to not point out that Simon Curtis and Victoria Justice have done some really cute behind the scenes thingies for popstar magazine. Check out the VMA one here and the Teen Vogue one below...