Madonna, GaGa and Christina Aguilera approve.
Frustratingly, it was a delightful Spring day today while I was stuck in the benighted office...
How about a little selection of the "newer" music that has caught my ear of late, to cheer things up a bit?
To open proceedings, here's a queen who's definitely overdosed on old Todrick Hall videos:
Next - quite a surprise, as the artist formerly known as "Sporty Spice" makes a very welcome return, more than twenty years since her last solo Top Ten hit. Why no video? It's a mystery. Great song, though!
Side-stepping a little bit from the mainstream, it's always good to know that the icon that is Iggy Pop can still be dragged out into the light to make new music. When it's the eccentric Anna Calvi doing the asking, I guess it's hard to resist...
Our absolute favourite Spanish goths-turned-dance-act Fangoria never fail to please - and I adore their new one! "A little bit of everything", apparently:
Miss Jessie Ware is rapidly becoming a firm favourite here at Dolores Delargo Towers, and for the video for her latest faboo (Ennio Morricone western-inspired) choon, she's only gone and roped-in [geddit?] the lovely James Norton as "The Cowboy". Lucky bitch!
And finally - saving the best to last, I am eternally grateful to our Blogger chum Mr DeVice for alerting me to this one! A meeting of true minds, where Neath's finest son and the legend that is Ana Matronic are concerned, methinks:
My kind of evening!
As ever, dear reader, I love to hear your thoughts...
STOP PRESS:
The UK's entry for Eurovision in May has been announced. I love it!
Um, later. We are about to sit back and watch our first (since we got here) Rugby. Ok, so it's local, not Y Ddraig Goch, but still...
ReplyDeleteAh, men playing with their odd-shaped balls. Jx
DeleteThat’s a lot of music for a morning (it’s just barely still morning). I liked God’s Lonely Man.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while since I did the last "pick of the pops" post, so you're lucky there's only six (plus the "stop press" this morning)... Glad you enjoyed one of 'em 😍. Jx
DeleteIggy! He's still the Iggiest. And I love that Ana Matronic one.
ReplyDeleteIggy! Iggy! Iggy! Oy! Oy! Oy!
DeleteI love anything Ana Matronic does!
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You definitely saved the best for last. What a fab combination of talent. Three cheers for Mr DeVice. That is what I remember Disco was like.
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I never expected too but I absolutely Love that !
He's an amazing man, that "Bright Light Bright Light" - he's been going for years, released so many great choons, yet barely a sniff of what laughingly passes for "the charts" these days. Hoorah for persistence! Hoorah for Ana Matronic!
DeleteYes, I think we're all agreed about our Eurovision entry this year - it's not what anyone expected, and bloody good! Jx
Quickly skipping past Blu Boy (Dreadful! - Those overly auto-tuned voices are just too much for me.) to the marvellous Melanie C. "What could possibly go wrong?" Well, nothing with this song, that's for sure. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI'm not an Iggy Pop fan, but I rather like his collaboration with Anna Calvi. (He played a Vorta in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine many years ago - a very distinctive performance).
I wasn't sure if I liked Jessie Ware's "Ride" the first time around, but now I've listened to it a few times it's grown on me. I love it! Those Disco Gays in Bright Light Bright Light & Ana Matronic's fabulous number could be dancing to it!
I must admit, I thought Look Mum No Computer was going to be rubbish, but it really surprised me. Although I do wonder if it might get annoying after several plays?
Thanks for the new choons, Jon! x
Almost a full house of IDV approval! Yay!
DeleteI do love Eins, Zwei, Drei - and as long as it get us some bloody points, I'm happy. Jx
Oh and the Madonna, GaGa and Christina Aguilera photo made me hoot.
ReplyDeleteIt was a photo crying out for a caption... 😄 Jx
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