There are many things about 2020 that we'll all be quick to try and forget about once it passes. But one positive thing is that for the first time in a very long while, where pop music is concerned, it has caused everyone involved to pull their socks up a little. In short, this year … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Little Mix (@LittleMix) – ‘Confetti’ / Kylie Minogue (@kylieminogue) – ‘Disco’
Taking you back in time with the hugest UK chart hits of the turn of the millennium, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: the biggest selling single of 2000 in the UK not to make number one... It can't have escaped your notice that, over the course of this series, many of … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 46)
As soon as October rolls around every year, there is some sort of inner instinct in me that is probably only shared with a dormouse, that wants to nest and make things as cosy and calming as possible. It's that blissful moment when the tealight holders which have been sat gathering dust all summer are … Continue reading The power of a scented candle.
Take yourselves back now, to a time when the Spice Girls were just a twinkle in their creator's eye, and when Little Mix were but mere specks in the pop constellations. The year is 1979, and childhood friends Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward have just moved from outside Bristol into the YWCA in London. Little … Continue reading #CrazyStupidBook: Bananarama – “Really Saying Something”
Taking you back to the chart toppers and shakers from the top of the 21st century every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And one of Ireland's biggest boybands write themselves further into the record books for this week's entry... In a year of such rapid chart turnover, there was one … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 45)
Offering up more hits from the turn of the new millennium then you could shake a stick at, every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: a ninth - and divisive - number one for the biggest girl group in the world... Anyone who's followed both this series of blogs … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 44)
Time as always to kickstart a new week on the blog with a gentle proffer in the direction of another bright corner of the social media sphere with #PositiveInstagramPeople. It's where you can get to know more about another brilliant social media account to follow that's bringing something positive, uplifting or inspiring to other's feeds … Continue reading #PositiveInstagramPeople (26/10/2020)
If you had said to anybody this time 20 years ago that the Spice Girls would still be a bankable interest - whether in group or solo efforts - they would have laughed in your face. That's not meant in a glib way, you understand. Next week's The Story of Pop: 2000 entry will cover … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Melanie C (@MelanieCmusic) – ‘Melanie C’
Bringing you all the biggest hits from the UK charts at the dawn of the new millennium, every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And in the words of the chorus this week's classic chart topper once said, "Everybody clap your hands, get on up and dance..." Here's a question to … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 43)
Bringing a bit of light and uplifting energy to your social feeds as I do every Monday (with the exception of last week, as was a bit exhausted and wanted a break), this is #PositiveInstagramPeople. It's our opportunity to shine a light on another brilliant social media account to follow that's bringing something positive, uplifting … Continue reading #PositiveInstagramPeople (19/10/2020)
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