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LESS TEDIOUS META, MORE GIRLPOP!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:44 (nineteen years ago)

I've never looked on that rolling teenpop thread - is it worth scrolling through, or will I regret it?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:45 (nineteen years ago)

Anyway, as I wrote elsewhere:

I think it sounds a bit perfunctiory to be honest - we know Xenomania can do the big pounding epic electro-rock thing with their eyes shut but the song they wrote with it could have been loads better (see also Wake Me Up).

Production-wise though, top-notch. I'm sure there's a Garbage vs Republica thread waiting to happen as to which forgotten and direded 90s act has had the biggest effect on 00s pop.

Incidentally, the last few seconds of this = Get On by 2002 French house types Moguai.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:45 (nineteen years ago)

marcello, frank shines on that teenpop thread, but it's a struggle to actually follow all the myspace-derived music.

"Ready to go" sounds rather contemporary at the moment doesn't it. it's being used in an ad over here and the republica album has been re-released to take advantage of it.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

garbage by a million miles!

― EARLY-90S MAN (Enrique), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:53 (nineteen years ago)

At least Garbage had the good taste to rip-off MBV.

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:54 (nineteen years ago)

The second Garbage single - "Vow" - was by some miles the best thing they've ever done. Why they didn't include it on their debut album continues to baffle me. Certainly anticipates "Wake Me Up," etc.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:56 (nineteen years ago)

Are 'Something Kinda Ooh' and 'Wake Me Up' not well written songs? If not, why not?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:56 (nineteen years ago)

b-b-but Vow IS on their debut album, just before Stupid Girl! I'm listening to it right now!

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:57 (nineteen years ago)

'Something Kinda Ooh' sounds like a badly written song, but I haven't head it, so.

xpost I wondered about Vow.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 18 September 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, my mistake, I meant "Subhuman."

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:00 (nineteen years ago)

xpost to a different thread:

Ah, a greatest Hits album.

They should call it "Goodnight Vienna" then.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

eerily familiar and strangely enjoyable at the same time.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:07 (nineteen years ago)

On Friday night in a tired and emotional state I seem to remember promising the Lex full moderator powers on ILM!

A PROMISE IS A PROMISE TOM

I AM WAITING FOR THE KEYS TO POWER!!!

Garbage vs Republica

garbage! first garbage album is really really good. the second has some even better songs but also some bad filler. everything from the third on is dire.

republica had 1 decent song.

there are many 90s acts more worthy of derision.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:11 (nineteen years ago)

18 Wheeler?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:13 (nineteen years ago)

who?

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:15 (nineteen years ago)

Wheeler.

Admittedly, I missed the other seventeen bands on his list.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

1 Heavy Stereo

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:22 (nineteen years ago)

What Marcello is forgetting is that I bring more to the table than his quasi-intellectual wanking ever will.

Like knob jokes, for example.

(Just between you and me, he probably thinks that I too am getting paid by Geffen...)

― Eazy-Esteban Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:55 (nineteen years ago)

2 Octopus

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:59 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

and not exactly breaking new ground but ech.

― the classic sounds of the seventh of january 1998 (Enrique), Friday, 6 October 2006 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

Alright, who the fuck locked the thread about the superawesome poptastic NEW GIRLS ALOUD 2CD GREATEST HITS!??!?!?!!??

Girls Aloud are the shit.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:51 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

i just got an email from nicola roberts!

― benrique (Enrique), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:13 (nineteen years ago)

an archivist, at tate britain.

― benrique (Enrique), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:13 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for sharing that valuable information with us.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:15 (nineteen years ago)

Esteban to post here in 5...4....3....

― ;_; (blueski), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:16 (nineteen years ago)

but surprised how well this did on downloads, even if GA's fanbase does include a large number of People. Like. Us.

― ;_; (blueski), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

it's their least good jump-off track, but still better for this PLU than xtina or beyonce's.

― benrique (Enrique), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

Number two in the midweeks!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

damn mcfly.

― danzig (danzig), Thursday, 26 October 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

Does this mean that the record company have given up on Girls ALoud then if they're releasing in the same week as McFly in the first place?

― Sadly, he will be the next Alexis Petridish. (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 26 October 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)

So are My Chemical Romance gonna outsell them or what?

― The Real Esteban Buttez (EstieButtez1), Friday, 27 October 2006 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

there are only 52 weeks in a year dom. you gotta release it sometime.

― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:25 (nineteen years ago)

'something kinda oooh' is a decent and solid and danceable single which has the effect of making me marginally less interested in what girls aloud do next. enough of the electrorock please.

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:32 (nineteen years ago)

do you like 'no good advice'?

― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:34 (nineteen years ago)

yes, it's probably the best GA song outside of 'whole lotta history' but it was also about five years ago!

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:40 (nineteen years ago)

you're not very consistent.

― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:40 (nineteen years ago)

who would want to be?

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:42 (nineteen years ago)

people who lay down iron laws of pop, probably should be.

― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:44 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe Lex would like them better if Timbaland produced their next album. Then he could 'phone in his chicka-chickas with Cheryl playing temptress then tempted etc etc zzzzz.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:45 (nineteen years ago)

that sounds okay, though. (lex would prefer scott storch.)

― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:47 (nineteen years ago)

both sound great!

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 27 October 2006 07:48 (nineteen years ago)

I would prefer Scott Walker.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 27 October 2006 08:04 (nineteen years ago)

how is timba a has-been and not scotty?

― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 08:08 (nineteen years ago)

Because you cannae change the laws of physics.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 27 October 2006 08:14 (nineteen years ago)

The Neptunes? Anyone?

― zeus (zeus), Friday, 27 October 2006 08:16 (nineteen years ago)

These days they could certainly be anyone.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 27 October 2006 08:26 (nineteen years ago)

girls aloud working with any of these 'yours for a million' R&B producers would be horrendous.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Friday, 27 October 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

heard the demo version of 'Love Machine' on the Popjustice CD? weird and quite ropey but funny for the chorus:

how can i feel this way
hang on to what you say
this is so very ~~gay~~ strange

― ;_; (blueski), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

listened to whole greatest hits all the way through woooooo sugar rush!!!!!

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 30 October 2006 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

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topical use of Aspergers as a slur upthread, kudos.

― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 11:47 (thirteen years ago)

a tiny infinitesimal (though admittedly rather pissed off) passing reference = a "slur."

Unlike, of course, the many slurs to be found on this thread:
they moved the aspie next to me at work

― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 13:49 (thirteen years ago)

shame on Neil S for all his posts to that thread five years ago tbh

― set the controls for the arse of your mum (sic), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 14:18 (thirteen years ago)

xp I tend to find never accusing anyone of having Aspergers on internet message boards is a good policy.

― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:04 (thirteen years ago)

Neither GA or Xenomania are particularly relevant nowadays but the alternative is Simon Cowell handing them over to Will.i.am or some Guetta-style hack and in that context I'm happy for them to keep plugging away anachronistically.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)

Skrillex would have been the "hip" choice.

― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:20 (thirteen years ago)

Considering Will.i.am is responsible for most of Cheryl's solo output, I'm relieved they went back to Xenomania.

There's a rumor going around that along with "Something New," there will also be a something borrowed (new cover song), something old (new version of one of their songs), and something blue (new ballad).

― !Alicia!, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:55 (thirteen years ago)

Xenomania - just had a look at their wikipedia discography. The last couple of years have really been paltry. The last thing that I could actually recall was the 2nd flop of the Annie album - 2009!

Really the only thing that would excite me is if Girls Aloud worked with the likes of Teddy Park (2NE1/Big Bang mastermind)

― danzig, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:23 (thirteen years ago)

Xenomania effectively split up a few years ago though - the three non-Higginses all left after Out Of Control / Don't Stop / Pet Shop Boys' Yes, and it (or because it) became Higgins pouring all his money down a desperate factory of in-house session writers and musicians and even artists*. I was surprised to see Cooper listed against that new GA track because of this, but they probably insisted on him having her back as she's effectively written all "their" lyrics to date.

* and Fred Falke six months of the year

― set the controls for the arse of your mum (sic), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 23:32 (thirteen years ago)

3 best GA singles IMO

Something Kinda Oooh
The Show
No Good Advice

― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 00:32 (thirteen years ago)

Where did you see the credits, sic? Do you have them?

― daavid, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 00:32 (thirteen years ago)

on your link!

― set the controls for the arse of your mum (sic), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 01:06 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsV_LMu8VZs&feature=share

― piscesx, Friday, 19 October 2012 07:18 (thirteen years ago)

"This live event will begin in 15:10"

ooh.

― Mark G, Friday, 19 October 2012 08:45 (thirteen years ago)

If they ain't announcing a trip to the moon, I ain't impressed.

― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 19 October 2012 10:36 (thirteen years ago)

Nadine, "I was expecting more noise". Facepalm.

― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 19 October 2012 11:16 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.girlsaloud.com/ten

GIRLS ALOUD have chosen their favourite singles for the main disc of TEN. Now, they want YOU GUYS to choose your favourite other singles, album tracks and b-sides for the special 2-CD deluxe edition!

*votes for Close To Love*

― piscesx, Friday, 19 October 2012 12:19 (thirteen years ago)

I hope everyone votes for all the b-sides so I have a good reason to buy this new best of, sadly I think people will more likely vote for Walk This Way. The first disc looks good although but Whole Lotta History or Wake me up should be on there instead of the covers.

― Kitchen Person, Friday, 19 October 2012 12:37 (thirteen years ago)

the unreleased jam with evan parker and spring heel jack should definitely be on there.

― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 19 October 2012 12:45 (thirteen years ago)

Opportunity missed. A greatest hits package with three or four specially recorded songs, call it "Something Kinda New".

― passive-aggressive display name (aldo), Friday, 19 October 2012 13:19 (thirteen years ago)

music video http://youtu.be/ZHSFTrcJYmM

Well.. the song grows on me. It's nothing big but it's enjoyable. Four new songs on the greatest hit, a tour and then they're done apparently .I have to say it IS kinda touching that they stick with xenomania for their last stint, years later and years after xenomania had any success or relevance, and the result could definitely be worse.

― abcfsk, Friday, 19 October 2012 13:22 (thirteen years ago)

i suppose so. they could have covered "on a mission" after all.

― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 19 October 2012 13:29 (thirteen years ago)

Given that you can get their previous Greatest Hits package in most branches of Poundland, i'm not sure how well a retooled version will fare, particularly when people are being encouraged to vote for songs they presumably already own for the Special Edition. More excited about the tour.

― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Friday, 19 October 2012 13:30 (thirteen years ago)

well it'll have "blankety blank" on it and presumably all their other memorable recent hits, like, erm, "greasy robots working in a coalmine."

― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 19 October 2012 13:31 (thirteen years ago)

That video is spectacularly awful! I can't believe somebody got paid to do that.

― daavid, Friday, 19 October 2012 13:35 (thirteen years ago)

set a reminder to vote every day for the teenage dirtbag cover

― nathey, Friday, 19 October 2012 13:39 (thirteen years ago)

For some reason I can't vote, but I want "Long Hot Summer" and "Singapore" in there

― daavid, Friday, 19 October 2012 13:53 (thirteen years ago)

"some kind of miracle" please

― prolego, Friday, 19 October 2012 14:03 (thirteen years ago)

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