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Gummy Bear – Jag är en Gummibjörn (Watch)This is one of the weirdest novelty songs I have ever heard. First there was a hideous song (similar to Crazy Frog) about gummy bears in the Swedish charts, and now it has been replaced by one in Swedish. It is rather surreal, but quite handy for practicing… Continue reading New Svenskpop On The Block

I am listening to some of the new Britney songs on YouTube, and I wonder if anyone else has the same problem as me with the song called Radar. In the parts where she repeats “on my radar”, I find myself absent-mindedly singing along “gonorrhea”. I hope this is not her attempt to use subliminal… Continue reading I hope no-one can hear me right now

MaeSharing their name with many British teenagers’ grandmothers is perhaps not the best start, and this lot are just as uncool (in my eyes), but in an entirely different way. They sound like Fall Out Boy, but a slight MOR version. Brink Of Disaster is like their version of Sugar We’re Going Down, but more… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?

Justin & Beyoncé – Until The End Of Time (Listen)So, two super-famous popstars, responsible for some amazing hits in the past, team up for a duet. Normally I’d be really excited, but looking back to other recent examples of this happening, it’s not really a recipe for brilliance. Think Walk This Way, or Beautiful Liar… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

I’ve always said that Shayne Ward would do very well to cover a Darin song, but it seems, rather unexpectedly, Leona has beaten him to it! Looking at the list of known tracks for her new album Spirit on Wikipedia, I saw the name Homeless, the same as a ballad from Darin’s last album Break… Continue reading A surprising twist of events!

I think The Streets’ version of Your Song is the worst cover I’ve ever heard. Absolutely awful!

Pay TV – Fashion Report (Listen (it’s not the real band in this video!))This is something of a new direction for Pay TV, although it still retains their distinctive sound, because it’s much more a serious electro-pop song than the cleverly witty pure pop they usually provide. If you are familiar with Cat5 or the… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

Best of September… 1. Robyn – Handle Me2. Britney Spears – Gimme More3. Those Dancing Days – Hitten4. Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love5. Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse – Valerie6. Mika – Happy Ending7. Timbaland ft. One Republic – Apologize8. Danny ft. Therese – If Only You9. Rufus Wainwright – Tiergarten10. Remi Nicole – Rock… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic!

1. Swedes know a good song when they hear it. Gavin DeGraw seems to be the most popular artist to sing songs by, yet if you performed one on X Factor you’d be met with blank looks. I’ve also heard Anouk (ace Dutch angst-poppet) and Nanne Grönvall (Melodifest favourite)!2. Whoever chooses the backing music has… Continue reading Observations on Swedish Idol

I just Googled ‘RyanDan’, a new band whose album is in this week’s top 10. I’d already guessed they weren’t mainstream Radio 1-type music as I’d never heard of them before, so to learn they were a classical act was no surprise. The only problem is I can’t take them seriously when they have the… Continue reading I think Britain might need me back after all…