Guilty Pleasures

Ok when I'm down the pub and Dale or George or Richard say what you listening to then of course i drone on about  Bill Fay, Saturday Looks good to me, Tales from Turnpike House, Maria Taylor and anything that seems to turn up on Tangents or Spolit Victorian Child. and loads of others.

But, of course I'm actually listening to these. A lot.

1. 1. Nine to Five -Ordinary Boys feat Lady Sovereign

I saw this first on MTV2 and only looked up as the video seemed to have been filmed in Super 8 and was inevitably set on Brighton beach, underneath the West Pier. The 'normal' version with 19 year old Lady S is a no no and its only the boys Bad Manners skapop version thats worth trying out. A great rip off of some Ghost Town high pitched la la las and the obligatory nice button down shirts. As 9-5 goes then better than Sheena Easton but not as good as Dolly Parton.

2. Fix You - Coldplay

I'm so very very very sorry. But I love this.

3. The Importance of Being Idle - Oasis
Oh dear. Oh dear. But I love this too. I'm a sucker for a falsetto which also explains

4. This town ain't big enough for the both of us - British Whale.

A terrible terrible cover version of the 1975 Sparks No.1. But the Pinky and Perky nonsense of lead singer Justin Darkness is good enough for me. Steve Wright loves this record. How low can i sink ?

5.One Word - Kelly Osborne

Pastiches of Visage in 2005. Kelly's no fool. Glorious Propaganda fuelled pop in admirable attempt to distance herself from the disastrous avril lavigne rawk of the first album. A triumph. and i even have a sneaky preference for that Bad Day one too.

After all that. I feel terrible. I'm going out to buy the news that new Lucksmiths album and Decemberists albums to make amends for these outpourings.

Comments

[Dale]

The video for The Whale thing is absolutely incredible. Hawkins v Phil 'The Power' Taylor in a darts-off.

[George]

ugh. Are you ill?

:)

[Jem]

Yes. V.poorly. But at some point i was even liking the Kaiser Chiefs.

[Paolo]

You sad sad man. My wife just bought the kaiser chiefs.