40
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Wolfman feat. Pete Doherty - For Lovers
No of votes: 8, Score:
52, Highest vote: 1st
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39
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Scissor Sisters - Mary
Whilst the halcyon days of watching kids tv are well and truly behind me (inspite of the dogged persistence of all and sundry endeavouring to remind me via the medium of DVD), slabs of other aspects of the 1970s keep on returning. "Mary" to my mind sounds almost as if it could BE Elton John, ludicrous glasses and all, delicately twinkling the ivories of some grand Steinway piano, no doubt in Madison Square Gardens, about 7.42pm, July 14th, 1975. Dame Elton made a megabucks fortune in the States, becoming one of the biggest American acts of the 1970s. The SS (may need to reconsider that abbreviation) are from New Yoik, and similarly have had bigger success on foreign shores. I can't help but feel us Brits are the winners here.
Jason M
No of votes: 9, Score:
51, Highest vote: 1st
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38
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Ian Brown - Keep What You Got
No of votes: 9, Score:
52, Highest vote: 2nd
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37
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Snow Patrol - Chocolate
No of votes: 9, Score:
53, Highest vote: 1st
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36
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Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath
Well, it's a song that doesn't really go anywhere. But it doesn't have to in my book. Not so sure about the OTT gyrations on show from the once squeaky-clean queens of pop but this song rattles along. Keep up.
Jon B
No of votes: 9, Score:
55, Highest vote: 1st
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35
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Maroon 5 - Harder To Breathe
Given their current ubiquity, it's hard to believe that a little over a year ago Maroon 5 were virtual unknowns. Then, with only the machine-gun rim-shots of the intro as warning, this song exploded, and they rose without trace to become the band the whole country loves, even your slightly deaf grandmother, who previously would only listen to Perry Como. They've succeeded where groups like Matchbox 20 and Lifehouse have failed, by sneaking their strange southern states fusion of rock, soul and R&B past UK immigration and onto the nation's airwaves, accomplishing the unbelievable feat of making Terry Wogan sound cool and funky along the way. And never has having an asthma attack sounded sexier.
Greg B
No of votes: 9, Score:
56, Highest vote: 2nd
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34
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The Streets - Fit But You Know It
Review from the perspective of the younger element: fkn l! D Strts r bk innit. Mike Sknnr iz so a chv 4eva bt stl wkd n mkng gr8 trks ;-)
Review for those more advanced in years: Ah the vicissitudes of youth! Holidays abroad with one's beer-addled mates, clocking onto a gorgeous young popsy whilst queuing for high-cholesterol food, but losing out to a rum cove far more likely to add her to the domestic violence statistics - we've all been there.
I'm still pushing my 'This Is Folk Music For The Noughties' theory. Any takers?
P Shoo
No of votes: 9, Score:
56, Highest vote: 1st
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33
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Beastie Boys - Ch-check It Out
Signalling the return of the mouthy Noo Yawkers after a lengthy absence, this single has the greasy thumbprints of MCA, Ad Rock and Mike D smeared all over it. Loud and stompy beats? Check. Bonkers rhymes? (‘like caprese to the basil' – sounds familiar? Have a listen to ‘Licence to Ill') Check. Role playing video with chases, fighting and naughty boy humour? Check. Okay – it's hardly a groundbreaking return, but the Beasties don't have to worry about any competition from the host of imitators of the BB genre that have popped up in their absence. This single proves that they can still cut it and can easily flick away their imitators like a bogey on the end of a finger.
Liza H
No of votes: 9, Score:
58, Highest vote: 1st
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32
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The Rasmus - In The Shadows
"Is that a car alarm going off outside?" "No, it's the intro to the surprisingly catchy new single by The Rasmus." So went the conversation up and down the country when In The Shadows first hit the nation's airwaves. Goth-pop has had a bit of a mini-revival of late, what with The Cure coming out of semi-retirement and Evanescence angling for world domination. These four guys from Finland have definitely benefited from being in the right place at the right time, but the follow-up singles weren't quite as memorable, so whether they prove to be more than one hit wonders remains to be seen. In the meantime they've revitalised the market for black hair dye in Helsinki and beyond.
Greg B
No of votes: 9, Score:
58, Highest vote: 1st
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31
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Estelle - 1980
Who does she think she is? '1980, year that God made me', that makes everyone over the age of 24 bitter about the fact that they don't have a hit record and probably never will have. Apart from this, I like it, It's catchy, and yes, I sing along to the radio with this one, but only the chorus. '99 I started to write rhymes'. Well, I suggest you don't read the lyrics, they're pants, but I hadn't noticed till now, so job well done.
Lisa G
No of votes: 10, Score:
49, Highest vote: 1st
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A MASSIVE THANKS also to all those who slaved over a hot keyboard to produce the write ups: Danny G, Paul M, Kat H, Andrew S, Isaac H, P Shoo, Jon B, Liza H, Derek K, Harley R, Karen G, Spencer G, Emyr I, Greg B, Claire J, Lisa G, Nelson, Veronica M, Kaz, Talia K, Emi H