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Last Post 8/16/2007 5:25 AM by  stephen
Your favorite slice of POP from the last couple of months
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8/2/2007 12:58 AM
    This is as much an excuse to see if I can figure out how to post gootube vidjos as anything else, but what's your fave slice of unashamed poptastic goodness from the last couple of months?

    For me, this has to rate pretty highly. From P. Diddy (of all people!), seems his time hanging aroung with DJ Hell and Felix Da Housecat hasn't been totally wasted. There's a very "euro" feel to this I think. Shuffling beat and synth lines with just a hint of New Order / Kraftwerk.


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    8/2/2007 2:21 AM
    It came out a while back but I really liked that track by Mason featuring Princess Superstar, the one with all those lovely young women dancing and jumping around in leotards in the vidjo. Absolutely brilliant. Downloaded it from itunes an' all!
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    8/2/2007 2:33 AM
    Posted By Quint on 02 Aug 2007 2:21 AM
    ...the one with all those lovely young women dancing and jumping around in leotards in the vidjo...



    Any chance of posting a YouTube clip of it here?
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    8/2/2007 2:45 AM
    Can't access YouTube here at work, but will in the next few days along with a few other guilty pop pleasures...!
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    8/2/2007 4:26 AM
    Posted By Quint on 02 Aug 2007 2:21 AM
    It came out a while back but I really liked that track by Mason featuring Princess Superstar, the one with all those lovely young women dancing and jumping around in leotards in the vidjo. Absolutely brilliant. Downloaded it from itunes an' all!




    really like the one with paul draper on vocals too
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    8/2/2007 5:28 AM


    really like the one with paul draper on vocals too




    Mason, not Mansun you loon
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    8/2/2007 5:40 AM
    This is number one in France - the guy's name is Christophe Willem; he looks like Jarvis and sings like Michael Jackson. The song is called 'Double Jeu', a bit of disco-pop, and it's brilliant:
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    8/2/2007 5:46 AM
    Posted By Binokular on 02 Aug 2007 5:28 AM


    really like the one with paul draper on vocals too




    Mason, not Mansun you loon






    nice one Binokular, but as an erstwhile Mansun fan, am well aware who the lead singer of Mansun was
    Sadly Mansun are no more after imploding spectacularly a few years ago, but PD is still around and contributed vocals for one of Mason's tracks last year and have to say I really like it
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    8/2/2007 6:25 AM
    Posted By aidan on 02 Aug 2007 5:40 AM
    This is number one in France - the guy's name is Christophe Willem; he looks like Jarvis and sings like Michael Jackson. The song is called 'Double Jeu', a bit of disco-pop, and it's brilliant:




    Aceness.

    Quite a volatile combination though, I wonder if he attempts to punch himself everytime he gets drunk and sings at the same time?
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    8/2/2007 6:27 AM
    Posted By alameda on 02 Aug 2007 5:46 AM

    Sadly Mansun are no more after imploding spectacularly a few years ago, but PD is still around and contributed vocals for one of Mason's tracks last year and have to say I really like it




    Try and find a video or audio clip of it and post it up, I haven't heard that one before.
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    8/2/2007 10:14 AM
    I have to say, I'm a sucker for Calvin Harris - 'The Girls'. Also 50 Cent and Justin, 'She Wants It'.
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    8/3/2007 2:18 AM
    Timbaland's Give it to me - dance, pop. Class.
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    8/3/2007 2:51 AM
    I'm diggin Umbrella(Rihanna) and My Love(JT).
    Deadly synths in both of em.

    That Diddy song is s**te.
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    8/3/2007 4:59 AM
    Posted By ishrink on 03 Aug 2007 2:51 AM
    I'm diggin Umbrella(Rihanna) and My Love(JT).
    Deadly synths in both of em.

    That Diddy song is s**te.




    That Umbrella-eile-eile (Production by Jay-Z, lyrics by Richie Kavanagh) tune is getting really old, but I think everyone agrees on My Love, absolutely brilliant (and not just "cos Pitchfork says so")
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    8/3/2007 2:22 PM
    Not a recent song but we seem to have moved on to guilty pleasures, of which I have several.

    The LastFm entry for this act is superb. Well, the intro is.

    "Charles Pettigrew and Eddie Chacon allegedy met on an NYC subway train, and formed band Charles & Eddie. In 1992 they had their first major worldwide single with "Would I Lie To You?". Sadly, Charles is now dead"



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    8/4/2007 8:12 AM
    They have broken up but this is one of the finest pop songs i have ever heard.

    The Upper Room

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty0JyTG7YEU
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    8/13/2007 8:45 AM
    I know I shouldn't, and it's probably only because I find her oddly attractive but Kate Nash 'Foundations' is quite a catchy little tune.

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    8/14/2007 1:21 AM
    Posted By Idiot Kid on 13 Aug 2007 8:45 AM
    I know I shouldn't, and it's probably only because I find her oddly attractive but Kate Nash 'Foundations' is quite a catchy little tune.





    It's quite catchy alright, and I really like her voice, but it sorta grates after a while for some reason I can't quite define.
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    8/14/2007 3:03 AM
    ALL of FutureSex/LoveSounds is amazing. I listen to that album constantly. Love Timbaland's 'The Way You Are' and Rihanna 'Shut Up And Drive'. Not really feeling the new Girls Aloud one, but haven't listened to it enough methinks.
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    8/14/2007 7:16 AM
    Mark Ronson's "Version" is constantly on in the car. Albarn's "The Good, The Bad & The Queen" is stuck in the stereo at home.
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    8/14/2007 7:19 AM
    And for a slice of indie-pop.. The Tiny Masters of the World fairly kick ass. Them, and Fight Like Apes.
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    8/14/2007 7:32 AM
    only tracks I can listen to on Version are Stop me and Oh My God. Everything else annoys me. Love the Teenagers remix of Simian Mobile Disco - 'It's the Beat'. Awesome.
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    8/14/2007 7:49 AM
    Both great tracks alright.. the Kasabian, Radiohead & Maximo Park ones, I f**king love, but Robbie Williams doing the Charlatans in just wrong, wrong, wrong.

    Not much in the charts this week.. apart from the Gossip of course, in the Irish charts & the new Amy Winelake one in the UK charts. Still haven't hears the new Richard Hawley one though.
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    8/14/2007 8:26 AM
    Posted By starbelgrade on 14 Aug 2007 7:49 AM
    Still haven't hears the new Richard Hawley one though.




    Do you mean that "Tonight the Streets are ours" single? Phantom play it a lot in the mornings and it's a wonderful way to start the day, I really like it. If you didn't know better, you'd nearly swear it was the Divine Comedy though.
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    8/14/2007 8:58 AM
    Aha! I think I might have heard it so.. sounds like a decent Divine Comedy alright - nice description! I generally listen to 6music these days. Must give Phantom a spin again tomorrow.. I always have it on when I'm in the car in Dublin, but it goes out of coverage usually somewhere between Mullingar & Longford which is a pity.
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    8/15/2007 2:10 AM
    I know you all probably hate it but I just love the chorus in that new Kate Nash song.. very Postal Service vibe off it..
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    8/16/2007 4:24 AM
    Rihanna's only alright, can't see why everyone's going crazy about her - although 'Shut Up And Drive' is better than 'Umbrella'. Anyway, here's a song I only heard for the first time on the radio last night and it sounded great ("Don't panic panic/don't get too manic manic")- this girl had some cracking singles with her ex-group and these guys she's teamed up with made some fun tunes in the past too:

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    8/16/2007 5:25 AM
    I think the new Coral album has some lovely pop music on it.

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