Friday, November 14, 2003

The pop bit:

So apparently at the N.E.R.D. gig in Brixton the other night, Justin joined them on stage and among other things sang the lead vocal on 'Run To The Sun'. Which makes soooo much sense. Hey man, do us all a favour and put a studio version of that out instead of a song about tasty cheeseburgers or whatever...

Tonight is ICFTS and I am psyched, despite the fact that my weekend promises to be ridiculously crammed. My only concern tonight is: I want them to play 'Hey Ya', and yet if they do, I shall have to dance in a certain way. It is a way of dancing that has already earned me a slight amount of ridicule from my nearest and dearest - like Crunchy says, it's all about wanting to move like Andre 3000 does in the (jaw-droppingly good) video.

Speaking of the montezboy, he is totally on the money about 'Flip Reverse' by Blazin' Squad. I have always liked the idea of Blazin' Squad: we need more groups who resemble a gang of scary 14 year olds hanging around the swings or the shopping centre in a shit, provincial English town. But prior to this their music didn't do anything but annoy me: 'Flip Reverse' on the other hand is magnificent, the best UK pop response to American r&b/hip-hop since Liberty X's 'Just A Little'. Just one thing: I read somewhere that it's about sodomy... Which would surely mean that Missy is also on about sodomy on 'Work It'... Nah, that can't be right, surely?