Archive for October, 2005
October 9th, 2005
D.H.T. - Listen To Your Heart
Dance/ Oh my. A remake of Roxette’s 1989 classic song, ‘Listen to your heart’. Clearly the most important re-release of our generation. It’s by some Belgian dance group and it sounds, well, like Roxette with HARD BEATS. It has been a huge hit across the dance clubs of Europe and the U.S.
Posted on Sunday 9th October | No Comments »
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Rock / Wake me up when September ends? Get up boys, September has well and truly ended. It’s time for you to pack up this ballad and pick another song off American Idiot to release. With their new album, Green Day have shown that they have phenomenal staying power that other bands would just die for. Keep on truckin’ boys. A clip of Wake Me Up When September ends is below.
Posted on Sunday 9th October | No Comments »
October 8th, 2005
Weezer - Beverly Hills
Rock / Weezer are here with their latest (although it’s been out for an age now) and are threatening to split up ‘at any moment’. While they are still together, they continue to whoop the ass of all their clones. Yes this is typical Weezer, and it’s about wanting to live in Beverly Hills and then not wanting to live in Beverly Hills (deep lyrics, man) but it is still strong, unlike the weak bands that are breaking out like a bad case of zits all over the face of pop-rock in the U.S. Check the Weezer site below for the obligatory clip and video.
Posted on Saturday 8th October | No Comments »
October 6th, 2005
T-Pain - I’m Sprung
R&B / There’s a lot of vocoder nonsense going on in this track. Just to warn you of that. It sounds like an Usher song that’s been put in a room with Daft Punk and told to get jiggy. The radio and video stations are going to love this up, and you know you’ll be unleashing the dance moves to this at your local discotheque, even if the lyrics don’t make a whole lot of sense. That guy on the right is Akon. You can listen to the song below.
Posted on Thursday 6th October | 1 Comment »
October 5th, 2005
Skateboard P (a.k.a. Pharrell) feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
Hip-Hop / Holy shit, what the hell is with that name? Does he really expect us to start calling him Skateboard P now? Are you fifteen years-old? The song is clumsy, silly even. This is coming from someone who likes almost everything Pharrell looks at just because it’s Pharrell. But this is too much. Hey… maybe it’s a grower.
Posted on Wednesday 5th October | No Comments »
Chris Brown - Run It!
R&B / What have we here? Another Scott Storch produced R&B track, except that this time, it doesn’t suck. Chris wants to be Usher right now (doesn’t everyone?) and in that comparison, he’s always going to come out the loser. Forget about the comparison and you are left with a catchy tune. Good enough to launch a career? We’ll soon find out. Video below.
Posted on Wednesday 5th October | No Comments »
Ricky Martin - I Don’t Care
Pop / Ok so the don from San Juan is finally back with what is unfortunately a very poor song (featuring Fat Joe and Amerie). Blame the producer, that’s what I always say. Sorry Ricky fans. On the upside, he is looking great in the video. Check the official site below.
Posted on Wednesday 5th October | No Comments »
October 4th, 2005
Howie Day - She Says
Hip-Hop / The latest from young singer-songwriter Howie Day’s album ‘Australia’. This song is acoustic as you would expect, but what gives it its power is, as always, the strength in Day’s voice. This will be a big one for him. Check it out below.
Posted on Tuesday 4th October | No Comments »
Lifehouse - You and Me
Rock / The return of Lifehouse began with this track, which has gone down a storm in the U.S. This is pop-rock sweetened so much that excessive listening will rot your teeth. Their fans loved everything about it though — people are playing this at their weddings as we speak. Check out their site below (Lifehouse’s, not the people getting married).
Posted on Tuesday 4th October | No Comments »
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
Hip-Hop / OK, let’s get these lyrics out of the way.
All that junk inside your trunk?
I’ma get, get, get, get, you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump,
My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little lumps.
Look, it’s the peas. These are the kind of lyrics they write. It’s not Shakespeare. On the other hand, the beats are OK, not the best they’ve ever done, but you can bounce to it. Like Fergie is in the video. Check out the monkey business below.
Posted on Tuesday 4th October | No Comments »
