Unaccustomed as I am to posting a second "stab" at whipping up the party mood towards the weekend, but...
The utterly marvellous Miss Sophie Ellis-Bextor (house fave here at Dolores Delargo Towers) has been inexhaustable all through lockdown, posting a weekly "Kitchen Disco" live video podcast, singing and dancing with her family at home. Sounds cheesy, but Sophie appears so utterly genuine that we forgive her anything.
At the culmination of this project, she decided to release an album (mostly a "greatest hits" compliation of her more upbeat numbers) of the same name - buy it here - and from it, the new single is a faboo Alcazar cover!
The song is just what is needed by way of a further pick-me-up, but I must admit that the video made me a bit teary...
Thank Disco It's Friday (pt 2)!
One day, dear reader, this will all be over - and we will be laughing at a discotheque again.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor is just... Lovely! And carrying off "Crying at the Discotheque" - one of the greatest songs ever written - is just the icing on the cake!
ReplyDeleteIt is a rather sad and lonely video, though...
She's the British version of Kylie - one of the very few singers about whom nobody really has a bad word to say. A rare breed indeed, in this era of prima donnas and social media trolls... Jx
DeleteIndeed, I've always had a soft spot for Sophie - especially because she prevented Posh Spice getting to no. 1, didn't she? Or something like that! And her mum was one of my favourite Blue Peter presenters.
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I've met her mum! She's just as lovely... Jx
DeletePS The very thought that Mrs Beckham could be considered in any way a "singer", let alone a contender for the #1 slot was always ludicrous. Her first one was held off by Sophie, and the second one by Kylie. She never had much of a solo career; quel surprise. I'm sure she doesn't give a hoot, what with being a multi-millionaire and all.
We Love Dame Sophie of Bextor
ReplyDelete"Crying at the Discotheque" is just Brill.
She should be a Dame, indeed. However she hasn't even been awarded a bloody MBE yet - and even Dizzee-fuckin'-Rascal got one of those... Jx
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