This weekend I watched both of the big documentaries Take That have made since their break-up. First was For The Record which told the story of the band’s first six years, how it ended and what happened next, and showed the four permanent members reuniting after ten years apart. Second was Look Back, Don’t Stare,… Continue reading What I learned from Take That: For The Record and Look Back, Don’t Stare
Category: The Wanted
The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2011 – Part 2
The 20th Most Poptastic Single of 2011 Parade – Louder Tie-dye is back! (maybe) Released: 13th MarchWriters: Alan Sampson, Kuk Harrell, George Hannides, Anthony HannidesTrivia: This isn’t Jessica’s first experience of being in a girlband. Neither is it Sian‘s. Or Emily‘s!Best bits: 1. Turn it up louder, louder, louder-oh-ohoh2. Hold that bass under my feet,… Continue reading The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2011 – Part 2
The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2011 – Part 1
Another poptastic year is almost complete, so it’s time for my annual countdown! To qualify the song must have been released somewhere in the world as a single this year, and must not have featured in the top 100 of a previous year. Now, let’s begin! The 25th Most Poptastic Single of 2011 September –… Continue reading The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2011 – Part 1
My Songs of the Week
Every day I post an amazing pop song on my Tumblr and call it my Song of the Day. Here are this week’s picks: Oh My! – Dirty Dancer Cher Lloyd ft. Busta Rhymes – Grow Up The Wanted – Last To Know Miss Li – You Could Have It (So Much Better Without Me)… Continue reading My Songs of the Week
Popping The Question: Can a British Boyband Make It In The USA?
Take That, Westlife, Five, Busted, McFly, JLS. They all tried to replicate their British success in the USA and not one of them succeeded. I’ve decided to investigate why the Yanks don’t care for British boys, and why the Brits keep trying regardless. Last night I chanced upon some clips from the TV series America… Continue reading Popping The Question: Can a British Boyband Make It In The USA?
New Pop on the Block
Martin Rolinski – Blame It On A Decent Matter (Listen) The fact that Martin’s debut solo single has been online for a few weeks now and I haven’t yet written about it says it all really. It’s not bad enough that I’d be ranting about how disappointing it is, but it’s not exciting enough for… Continue reading New Pop on the Block
Boybands, and another one…
I’ve been predicting for a while now that the prominence of pop is going to be imminently overturned and it looks like my fear that (despite being generally brilliant) The Wanted are the unwitting ringleaders, as Busted were eight years ago, is sadly coming true. Although The Wanted’s songs, even more so than Busted’s, are… Continue reading Boybands, and another one…
Tweets Of The Week
1. Love this statement from Lee Ryan – boyband wars of words are serious business you know! http://bit.ly/eSCHhT 2. Getting excited for The Wanted tour! Check out this recording of a very poptastic new song they’re performing: http://youtu.be/gKcsxT0-XKg 3. Last night’s American Idol made up for the series being boring so far. It was so… Continue reading Tweets Of The Week
Tweets Of The Week
This week’s top 5 most poptastic tweets! 1. Had a break from #Melodifestivalen to watch The Wanted on Let’s Dance. Shame they’re not in MF, they’d blow EMD out the water boyband-wise.2. The new Sky Ferreira song (http://bit.ly/gQxP9N) is so close but so far from this supreme pop masterpiece http://youtu.be/2FrTA8Xi4SY3. What a poptastic lunch –… Continue reading Tweets Of The Week
The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2010 – Part 3
The 15th Most Poptastic Single of 2010 Tove Styrke – Million Pieces Released: 25th June (Swe)Trivia: Tove’s music is basically a mainstream version of your typical Swedish indie-pop, and considering mainstream and indie Swedish pop are both amazing then of course a combination of the two will be great! Million Pieces was written by Lykke… Continue reading The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2010 – Part 3