McFly – All About You
What’s the best thing about this video? The fact that Simon Amstell is in it. Obviously! I mean… it’s all about him! Luckily the song is not as bad as my jokes but it’s nowhere near their best (Room On The 3rd Floor!). Still it will inevitably sell heaps cos it’s for Comic Relief and I guess whatever they release is gonna be huge so it might as well go to a good cause! There’s also a video for the b-side, a cover of You’ve Got A Friend, which shows the boys on their trip to Africa to see the suffering children who benefit from Comic Relief.
65% Poptastic!
Beverley Knight – Keep This Fire Burning
Bev’s Robyn cover finally becomes a single and it’s about time cos it’s just as good as Robyn’s version. The video is a bit like George Michael’s Amazing with cool-looking people dancing around a house, which Beverley is walking through and more and more of these cool dancer types follow her until they’re all doing the dance routine together. So the video is a bit cheesy but it is a brilliant song which really deserves to do well.
87% Poptastic!
VS – If You Leave Me Now
Good news! I don’t fancy Marvin anymore. This video is really bland and even less original than the one for Love You Like Mad. Even hot tubs in the middle of nowhere (aka a London studio) or sharing a motorbike with a supposedly famous action movie star would be better than this. The song however is not too bad. It’s a cover of the Chicago song which if you don’t know in it’s original form you may recognise from that weird advert with the little Chinese girls and singing fruit in it.
75% Poptastic!