Gabriella Cilmi has come seemingly out of nowhere to have chart success in her native Australia, as well as New Zealand, the UK, and Ireland. And she’s done it with this brilliant song called Sweet About Me.
The other day I reviewed a song by an Australian band called Pendulum, who have moved to the UK […]
I’ve had a mixed view of Rihanna since she burst on to the scene last year with the hugely successful Umbrella. I know she’d been around before that (figuratively speaking) but I’d never heard of her.
At first, I rallied against the popularity, and found the song dull, and highly unoriginal. But it grew on me, […]
Duffy is back, releasing her second single, Warwick Avenue, as a follow up to the huge hit that was Mercy. And even more than her début, this song transports me back in time to the 1960s.
Not that I was ever alive in the 60s, I’m old but not that old, but it gives me a […]
Adele and Duffy both seemed to come from nowhere and burst on to the music scene in the wake of the success enjoyed by Amy Winehouse on both sides of the Atlantic.
In terms of first singles, Duffy was more successful, with Mercy making it to number one in the British singles chart. I personally preferred […]
If I see one more R’n’B/Rap video which just follows the same plot, and ticks all the necessary boxes without offering anything different from all the other similar songs, I think I’m going to go mad.
Oh hang on, it’s too late as I’ve just watched Sexy Can I from Ray J and can already feel […]
Any regular readers of this site (if there is any, I’m not sure judging by the lack of comments I get) will know that I’m not a big fan of the current generation of Rap/R’n’B artists around.
It’s just that most of them are generic and pretty untalented, just putting the same crap out there as […]
Oh dear. Am I starting to like R’n’B? This isn’t a good development. There’s so much I hate about this song yet I find myself liking it despite myself.
It’s the normal fare, with lyrics describing women as mere sexual objects, and nothing that takes it from the decidedly average to the inspired.
In actual fact, I […]
I’ve been waiting what seems like ages to finally get the chance to review this song, and accompanying video, but haven’t had the chance until now.
Because the song was leaked online prematurely, it was then released digitally, and has been and gone at the top of the US Billboard charts. It did however mean that […]
It seems that Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z have finally got married, after having been dating for six years. So to celebrate we’ll look back at one of Beyonce’s biggest and best hits of recent years.
I can’t decide if this song is anti-man or just pro-women. There’s a big difference between the two.
In the end I […]
There is a fine line between being subtle, and having just too God damn much going on with a song. And this, The Way That I Love You by Ashanti is a fine example of that line being crossed.
Both the song and the video have far too much going on, and here’s why.
However strong Ashanti’s […]
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