There will be a curiously late 90s/early 00s feel to the top end of the UK album chart this coming Friday, if the current midweeks are anything to go by. Not least because of the spectacle of a George Michael album currently leading the way to be number one (albeit a heavily repacked one), but … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Niall Horan – ‘Flicker’
ARTIST: Pet Shop Boys SONG: The Loving Kind (Monitor Mix) SO, ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I hear you loud and clearly, those that are reading the title of this week's song and thinking 'Hang on a minute - haven't we been here before?' Because you're...well. You're sort of right. I … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Pet Shop Boys – ‘The Loving Kind (Monitor Mix)’
This week's blogging DeLorean hop comes via the recent celebrations that it's 50 years since the BBC Light Programme on the radio was split into two new stations: Radio 1, for a younger audience and Radio 2 for an older one. As part of these celebrations, weekend before last saw the broadcast on digital radio … Continue reading #BlastfromthePast: Radio 1’s Official Chart (The Mark Goodier Years)
Much of the music industry is a-buzz at the moment regarding the autumn TV schedules. The reason? BBC One is putting pop music back at the heart of Friday night telly for the first time in 12 years, with a new six part series, Sounds Like Friday Night. Hosted by BBC Radio 1's current Chart … Continue reading Why the BBC stopped getting primetime pop music shows right
ARTIST: Marvin Humes and A-Minor SONG: Girls on the Floor SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? So whilst Aston Merrygold storms the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom, JB Gill tends to another turkey flock/films for his CBeebies farming show Down on the Farm and Oritsé Williams beavers away on new material, where … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Marvin Humes and A-Minor – ‘Girls on the Floor’
ARTIST: Craig David SONG: Heartline SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? He makes it look easy, doesn't he? Winner of our Comeback award in last year's end of year prizes on this here blog, pop's very own Phoenix from the flames, Craig David, has had another stellar year by all accounts, … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Craig David – ‘Heartline’
ARTIST: Louis York SONG: I Enjoy You SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's been a little shy of two years since I last mentioned Louis York, the collective name for songwriting legends Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony - who between them have been behind hits for Whitney Houston, Olly Murs, … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Louis York – ‘I Enjoy You’
90s and 00s pop fans the land over (present writer included) jumped for joy last week when one of its biggest names, Louise Redknapp, announced her return to music after a break of almost 15 years, with a (now sold out) comeback show scheduled for London in December. https://twitter.com/LouiseRedknapp/status/907892789488312321 Perfecting the fine art of 'pulling … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: Louise
Again, I've been somewhat slack with weekly trips in my blogging DeLorean. Rest assured, even with Strictly live blogs returning next Saturday, things are back to normal where #BlastfromthePast is concerned. Ready or not, here comes today's one... As a pop kid at heart, there is a place in it - and a fond one … Continue reading #BlastfromthePast: A1
ARTIST: Niall Horan SONG: Too Much to Ask SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I come to write the blog about my favourite new song of the week this week with a small sense of trepidation. Largely on account of who's behind it, and thus, on account of what I say … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Niall Horan – ‘Too Much to Ask’
