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 […]
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 […]
I have very mixed feelings about James Blunt. It’s like having a devil on one shoulder who hates him vociferously, and an angel on the other who thinks he is a genius. I’m somewhere in the middle and flit between the two.
He IS a genius, but probably only for earning shed loads of money for […]
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 […]
With a title like Love Song, this track needs to tick certain boxes for me:-
1. It needs to be a song - SCORE
2. It needs to be about love - SCORE
3. It needs to be good enough to warrant such a generic title as Love Song - MISS
This isn’t really a bad song, but it’s […]
The last time I reviewed an Alicia Keys song, I loved the actual song but ripped the video to pieces for its lack of anything happening in it. It was a real visit to dullsville!
Fortunately, Ms Keys seems to have taken the criticism on board. Not mine of course, I’m not stupid enough to think […]
Amy Winehouse is such a mass (or should that be mess?) of emotions and talent. Her album Back To Black is one of the best albums to have emerged from the UK, not only last year, but of the last five.
But then there is the other side of her, with her drug addictions, and […]
I can’t stand this guy. There, I’ve said it, in the interest of full disclosure, because that inscrutable fact affects the review of this, his latest single, and video.
There’s something inherently creepy about Enrique Iglesias, a quality he shares with his more talented, and more famous dad. He’s smug, and makes me want to vomit […]
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