It's midday on Thursday, which can only mean it's once again time for our revisit of all the big UK chart smashes of 20 years ago, with The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: an Aussie pop legend begins her second phase of success... The 90s had been an interesting decade for Kylie Minogue. She … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 26)
Taking you back to the sights and sounds of the UK charts as they were two whole decades ago, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And would you believe it - we're at the halfway point of the series already, so let's crack on with this week's entry... A collaboration of two Italian DJs … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 25)
Now here's the thing. Under old circumstances, this review would have been up when this album came out three months ago. Alas, with its release coming just as the world literally stopped, old circumstances have given way to new ones since then. Ones that I haven't really coped with all that well on a wider … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) – ‘Heartbreak Weather’
This is The Story of Pop: 2000, our week by week revisit back to the sights and sounds of the UK charts and the acts behind the hits from the turn of the new millennium. Let's crack on with this week's huge hit... 2000 had a lot in common with 1999. Chiefly - as we'll … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 24)
Needing a midweek mood booster and a reminder that are still great people doing great things in uncertain times? Then you've come to the right place, for this is The Good News Week. If you enjoy the stories we've found this week, let us know - remember this is a place for you to share … Continue reading The Good News Week (10/06/2020)
Hello there, and welcome to this week's #GoodTimeScrapbook, our series of weekly posts with little 'scraps' - ideas - of positive things to see, do and enjoy whilst we're all still in these strange times, whether that's a new podcast to listen to, a new show to watch, an Instagram live stream to follow, a … Continue reading #GoodTimeScrapbook (08/06/2020)
ARTIST: Four of Diamonds & Mr Eazi SONG: The Writer SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? By rights, the Four of Diamonds girls should be, if not globally huge, then at least of consistent top 10 hitting heights levels of success. That they remain slept on by Joe Public in 2020 … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Four of Diamonds & Mr Eazi – ‘The Writer’
Always here every Thursday at midday to revisit the sights and sounds of the UK chart as it looked two whole decades ago, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. Onto this week's entry then - and by my reckoning, it's time for a bit of an S Club party... The new millennium had undoubtedly … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 23)
ARTIST: Izzy Bizu SONG: Faded SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Unlike most people, my knowledge of Izzy Bizu came prior to her break through as a solo artist in 2016. Prior to that, she was a member of SoundGirl, a clever if not quite big pre-Little Mix who supported Pixie … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Izzy Bizu – ‘Faded’
Revisiting the UK chart smashes from the year France won the Euro football championships and when Sir Michael Caine received his knighthood, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: the tale of a UK club smash that found fame Stateside before topping our charts for three weeks... We saw earlier in the series … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 22)
