Rolling UK Pop/Chart/"Few people would dispute that Elbow have given us the album of the year" Thread 2009

also, wherefore the summer anthems?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKEtHp-qJxc

;)

surely it's a prerequisite of a summer anthem that it has to be halfway decent

that is one lame stock photo cover

It's a bit like one of those enormous wallpaper mural things.

Xpost to Lex: I've *loved* this year's run of Number Ones - best in years! Comic Relief and Pixie Lott have been my only duds.

lily allen accidentally stumbling on her first and so far only good song and the black eyed peas on autopilot have been the only NON duds. i really hate the cheapo electro trebly sound that apparently is the hallmark of "pop" now. i wish taylor swift had got to no 1.

i like the ~idea~ of dizzee and tinchy being no 1 artists, the latter totally unexpectedly, but it's with material which is just so shoddy compared to what they're capable of

Ah, OK, that explains it - I'm a total sucker for those cheapo electro noises.

They appear to have permeated almost everything this year to an almost unprecedented level. I think the industry has cottoned onto them as the ultimate faux-unifying force.

'Bonkers' doesn't seem particularly trebly - probably why i quite like it now

'bonkers' is lame for difft reasons - actually it's not even that bad, there's the hint of an amazing banger in it, except it just sounds like all concerned gave up 5% into the process

^^^^ Such a spot on description.

Apparently this scottish band might be denting the charts with the summers big novelty hit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-Z_psXODw

think its got a chance?

Jacko still dominating the top 40?

"Man In The Mirror" is at #3, every other MJ track has slipped down 10-15 places from last week. Still ten songs in total, plus a Jackson 5 cut.

As for Alestorm, they might just be the Joe Dolce in a chart full of MJ tributes, MJ re-releases, and other acts who are just treading water.

What might prevent it doing well is the vocals. But ilm will always get behind a keytar.

"Man In The Mirror" is at #3, every other MJ track has slipped down 10-15 places from last week. Still ten songs in total, plus a Jackson 5 cut.

― how wide is a lawnmower? (snoball), Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:47 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"They don't care about us" is up places, the rest are down.

Still, the top ten albums are dominated (6 albums are MJackson)..

Of the wall the lowest position?

"Who's Lovin' You" is also up from 118 to 36, following repeated mentions/archive footage at the MJ tribute show.

Other post-tribute bounces (outside the Top 40, in descending order): "Heal The World", "I'll Be There", "Will You Be There", "Human Nature", "Smile", "We Are The World".

just wait for the Alestorm cover version of Beat It.

Beat It, Wench