No sight is more assuring in the winter TV schedules this year, then that of Michael McIntyre's Big Show being back on the box on Saturday evenings. Already two episodes in, and the new run on BBC One is proving to be its best yet. As usual, a lot of the old favourite slots in … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One, 25th November)
ARTIST: Dannii Minogue SONG: Galaxy SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's been 10 years since Dannii Minogue last released a single proper - a collaboration with Jason Nevins that didn't do much here or in Australia called 'Touch Me Like That'. In the time since, she's been a judge on … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Dannii Minogue – ‘Galaxy’
Just as, at one time, Leigh Francis in a rubber mask on 'Bo Selecta!' ruined Craig David for a large number of people, so too, did Ant & Dec and Cat Deeley, wearing black wigs and affecting Irish accents and proclaiming that they were 'beeeautiful' on Saturday morning kid's TV, ruin one of the Emerald … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: The Corrs – ‘Jupiter Calling’
ARTIST: Tom Chaplin SONG: Under a Million Lights SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? For those that like keeping count, Friday 17th November 2017 will go down as the date, and thus the point, I first mentioned the C word on this here blog this year. No, not that C word … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Tom Chaplin – ‘Under a Million Lights’
ARTIST: Rita Ora SONG: Anywhere SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Rita Ora has always been something of an enigma wrapped in a riddle for me. Chiefly because I can't think of any one artist from the last 20 years who has remained so omnipresent on the charts and in the … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Rita Ora – ‘Anywhere’
ARTIST: Andy Brown feat. Crissie Rhodes SONG: Landslide SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Bit of a landmark this. After being crowned with his first #SongoftheWeek back in August, former Lawson frontman and solo star Andy Brown is the first artist on this here blog to win the accolade twice. Much … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Andy Brown feat. Crissie Rhodes – ‘Landslide’
ARTIST: Melanie C SONG: Room for Love SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? For her 28th solo single (yes, it's that many now for those keeping count), the artist formerly known as Sporty's offered up one of the best cuts from her seventh studio album, 'Version of Me', that came out … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Melanie C – ‘Room for Love’
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)’
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’
