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, […]
I’ve been quite scathing about both Dance and Hip-Hop on Killed By The Video Star up to now, and with reason too, as both genres tend to be quite shallow, and not very inventive.
However, I’ve hit a problem, as I kind of like this tune, Wearing My Rolex by Wiley, as even though it combines […]
Kylie Minogue is huge in the UK, Europe, Japan, and her native Australia, but America just doesn’t seem to have taken her to their hearts like the rest of the world. She’s the female Robbie Williams in that respect.
This song, In My Arms, is the third from her new album, X, which is her in […]
What the hell is happening with dance tunes these days? Is releasing them once not enough for anyone? It seems they all have to be released multiple times, often years apart.
We’ve already seen it happen with the Utah Saints re-releasing Something Good. Basically the same song as the original, just speeded up for the 2008 […]
Last week, I reviewed Taio Cruz Feat. Luciana with Come On Girl. I didn’t rate it very much, so I thought it would be fitting to go back and look at another dong featuring Luciana.
This song is by Bodyrox, although Luciana definitely takes centre stage and makes the song what it is. She also makes […]
Are you wondering why this song has the ‘08 suffix? Because it’s already been out about 4 times, and without the 08, how would us oldies (I’m 30) know how to tell the difference?
Actually I can easily tell the difference, as in an attempt to update the sound for the day and age (make pot […]
Have I missed something here? I mean, this song has been at the top of the US Billboard charts for ages, and everyone seems to be thinking it’s some kind of masterpiece. Are they on drugs or something?
I’m not denying it’s a good song, and catchy as hell, but it’s certainly not all that everyone […]
There I was, all ready and prepared to hate this song, because up to now I haven’t exactly been a fan of Rihanna’s music. But actually, I kind of like it. This woman must have some special powers of seduction.
I liked Umbrella as a song, at least for the first 50 times I heard it, […]
This is a niche video which seemed to cross musical barriers and find itself being championed by all and sundry, no matter what their first musical love was.
That’s because it came from nowhere, and was probably the best video ever made for a song of it’s genre, that being British techno music. The song […]
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