We have a small confession to make, dear readers. Regular viewers of our retro pop series of posts titled The Story of Pop: 1999 (back this Thursday at midday as always) will remember we featured a lovely if lesser recalled top 10 hit from Catatonia two weeks ago. The reason for this might have seemed … Continue reading ‘Thank ABBA for the Music’ at 20: a defining pop moment of 1999
ARTIST: The Veronicas SONG: Think of Me SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Cast your minds back if you will, to 10 years ago. Remember 'Untouched', the barnstorming electro rock masterpiece from sisterly Aussie duo The Veronicas? It was absolutely huge that spring, peaking inside the UK top 10 and achieved … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: The Veronicas – ‘Think of Me’
This is The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly series that transports you back two decades ago to the movers and shakers in the UK charts from the last year of the 20th century. If it was big in 1999, we'll be featuring it here. This week: we revisit one of the year's biggest floor … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 16)
The covers album seems to be that most frequent hot potato to bash where pop music is concerned. Somehow, years of elitist rock critics have had open season, pouring scorn on such releases for being a mark of coasting on a 'safe' or more commercial banker at the expense of being 'cooler' or more worthy … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Emma Bunton (@EmmaBunton) – ‘My Happy Place’
Revisiting the UK chart hits from the year Jamie Oliver made his TV debut in The Naked Chef, and when Zoe Ball got engaged to a certain Mr Fatboy Slim, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week - a former resident of Britain's most famous town square bursts the soap bubble and pops … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 15)
ARTIST: Donel SONG: Planets SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? With another series of The Voice UK drawing to a close tomorrow night, it only seems fitting that one of last year's finalists should be behind the totally stonking new single we're digging this week. Though it's common percieved wisdom (and … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Donel – ‘Planets’
Welcome once again to The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly series where we set the musical Wayback machine to 1999, and revisit the stars and the hits that were making the UK charts. And this week - if you've been waiting for some good old, honest rock music from the Valleys, then boy you're … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 14)
ARTIST: Westlife SONG: Better Man SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I think before we go any further, it's worth having a customary refresh of my words twelve weeks ago, back when we had Westlife's last single 'Hello My Love' as my #SongoftheWeek. Chiefly, that I said I could see it … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Westlife – ‘Better Man’
Flashing back to the UK chart hits of a time when wrap around skirts and trousers were an in thing and when The Blair Witch Project haunted cinema goers with wobbly camera angles and bobble hats, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week - a monster chart topper courtesy of a well known … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 13)
If there's one thing you can be guaranteed of with Dido, it's that you're usually in for a long wait for new material. 2013 was when we last heard from her, with her fourth studio album 'Girl Who Got Away'. And the album before that, 'Safe Trip Home', arrived in 2008, a whole five years … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Dido (@DidoOfficial) – ‘Still On My Mind’
