There are some utterly delicious moments in the human experience that can't quite be accounted for in words alone: bare feet sinking into gloriously soft shagpile carpet, the smell of bacon frying on a Sunday morning, and the sound of your favourite band or artist releasing the album they were born to make. It's the … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Busted (@Busted) – ‘Half Way There’
ARTIST: Busted SONG: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Rare is the pop band who chooses to cover one of the best loved seasonal carols that tells the story of the first Christmas. But then, Busted have never been most pop bands. After all, their biggest hit ('Year 3000') references Back to the Future, does it … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 6
ARTIST: Busted SONG: Nineties SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? There's been many a critic of late arguing that nostalgia is exclusively rose tinted, looking back at only the good parts of a previous time, neglecting to remember the lesser parts to be convinced it was all so much better 'back … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Busted – ‘Nineties’
Hello all! Welcome to a (slightly later than scheduled) #ThrowbackTunesday, your weekly blast from the UK chart's past to five huge hits from this exact week in the last 25 years. So let's see which songs are on the playlist before we get to our featured hit this week... 1993: The Breeders - Cannonball 1998: … Continue reading #ThrowbackTunesday: Episode 30
It's Tuesday, which means it's time for us once again to throw it back with #ThrowbackTunesday - our weekly blog and Spotify playlist with five songs that were huge hits on the UK charts at five points in the last 25 years this week. Shall we see which songs we're throwing back to this week, … Continue reading #ThrowbackTunesday: Episode 3
Pop music is a funny old game. One minute, you're top of the charts and all over the radio waves and music video channels. The next, you're in the folder marked 'Where are they now?'. And it only takes you to hear a song from the distant past to sit and work out how long … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: 15 Turning 15
Hello all - and happy Easter! Today's blog post is being powered to you on these bad boys... (*with mouthful of egg* I digress.) It's been a busy couple of weeks, so firstly a few things - I've gone a little bit more upmarket as you can see, and now have a full domain name … Continue reading #CrazyStupidGig: McBusted (@mcbusted) – Most Excellent Adventure Tour (O2 Arena, London, 4th April 2015)
