December 2011
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (10-1)
This is the final part where I count down from 10 to 1.
10. ’Toes’ - Lights
The best rhyming of “anticipating” and “waiting” since Madonna’s last four attempts.
9. ’Don’t Hold Your Breath’ - Nicole Scherzinger
A breezy, effortless, glorious song.
8. ’I Wanna Go’ - Britney Spears
I I I WANNA GO O O ALL THE WAY EH EH...
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (20-11)
This is part four of five, and the Britney songs were ON.
20. ’Till The World Ends’ - Britney Spears
Every Britney song from this era was amazing. There is no escaping this. Perhaps all four should have been The List and have done with it. But no, one had to place the lowest. It is most certainly one of Britney’s best ever ever singles though.
19. ’We Found...
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (30-21)
This is part three of five, and I am already regretting adding waffle to each entry as I am no music journalist.
We live and we learn.
30. ’Freedom’ - Sugababes
Gone are the days when we would all stan over the next amazing Sugababes single, and yet after the tacky Sweet 7 and despite no Keisha, this was something of a return to form for me. It’s not perfect and there’s...
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (40-31)
This is part two of five.
40. ’Yoü and I’ - Lady Gaga
The first of well, every Lady Gaga single released this year, I’m not going to lie: I love Lady Gaga. This Shania Twain-esque stompalong, wailalong was definitely a highlight, mostly because it’s her first non-wanky ballad. Hurrah!
39. ’I Follow Rivers’ - Lykke Li
It’s quite plonky and wonderful.
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (50-41)
I’ve barely used Tumblr since I posted my singles list last year, but it’s always great to keep a personal record of one’s favourite songs because you can guarantee there’ll be at least 50 more to obsess over next year.
As always with these things the ‘rules’ and such of singles in ambiguous at best, so I’ve picked what I consider to be songs promoted by...
July 2011
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February 2011
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Some thoughts on Lady Gaga
I’ve had very mixed feelings about Lady Gaga in the run up to the release of her new album, Born This Way.
Having been a fan since midway through 2008, I feel like I have followed her career — at least the one we have known since ‘Just Dance’ was thrust upon us — all the way from the very beginning.
And that’s why it pains me to feel unsure of her current...
January 2011
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December 2010
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A list of songs from 2010
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present my Top 40 Singles of 2010.
I’d love to be able to go into great detail about why I love each song and how it deserves its position on the chart, but a simple list is much less time consuming.
1. Dancing On My Own - Robyn 2. All The Lovers - Kylie Minogue 3. Telephone - Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce 4. Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna 5. Promise This -...
November 2010
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Disney Pixar: From Best to Worst
Ranking Disney Pixar films from best to worst is like picking a favourite child: nigh on impossible. The ninth best Pixar film is just as good as the best, and it’s only indescribable personal feelings about tiny aspects that edge one slightly above another.
But rank them is what I have done. In reality it’s case of ‘Cars’ being the only film to let Pixar down, and...
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Body Talkin'
Okay, so this is what I’m thinking with regards to the ULTIMATE ‘Body Talk’ by Robyn. Obviously there’s no issue of filler because EVERY SONG IS INCREDIBLE, but then you’re stuck with a lot of songs. However, this is not a bad thing (see: previous point about EVERY SONG BEING INCREDIBLE.)
I kind of picture my ‘Body Talk’ in acts.
ACT 1
1. In My Eyes -...
October 2010
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“All my underdogs, we will never be, never be anything but loud.”
– “Raise Your Glass”
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Somebody's going to make it
If you’d told me this time last year I’d be a Joe McElderry fan I would probably have laughed right in your stupid face, but — ‘The Climb’ aside — I’ve been mightily impressed with what I’ve heard so far.
Both ‘Ambitions’ and its b-side ‘If You Love Me’ have impressed me enough to actually purchase them legally, with actual...
Dust it off and try again
I haven’t used Tumblr for ABOUT four months, which is ridiculous really because it’s actually quite useful when Twitter fails you.
And now I’ve found a theme I actually like which gets major bonus points.
Now to find something I actually want to blog…
June 2010
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Time and Space →
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May 2010
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April 2010
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“‘Sexy! No, No, No…’ sounded ridiculously challenging because...”
– Brian Higgins interview
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Most badass theme tune on television? You betcha.
March 2010
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February 2010
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January 2010
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Sugababes Top 25, Alright?
Since we’re all arguing about which Sugababes singles are better according to which line-up we like the most, I’mma do a ranking of all the singles (except ‘Walk This Way’, which I always see as a Girls Aloud song anyway) and you’re all going to read it. Except those that aren’t.
25. Girls 24. No Can Do 23. Angels With Dirty Faces 22. Shape 21. Caught In A...
My Top 21 albums of 2009
I’m a little late for this but we can blame that on me not having access to a laptop before we left the decade behind.
I’d love to faff about making this pretty and giving detailed explanations using beautiful words about why each album is positioned so, but, y’know, ‘cba’.
So this is my personal Top 21 albums of 2009!
21. She Wolf - Shakira
20. Fixin’ To...