Rated Blue Jeans

I love this song from Lana Del Rey's debut album Born To Die. I made it clear how much I love the album back in January and as time has gone on I've grown to love it even more. You can say whatever you want about her, but you can't deny her musical charm. Also check out 'Radio'.

Rated: We Want The Same Thing

I still remember the day my mum brought home the Belinda Carlisle Greatest Hits album on cassette. So much plastic and all that dark brown ribbon inside gave so much joy to a 6 year old boy, who tired of the 60s and 70s albums constantly blasted through the stone walls of his croft house. I didn't have music channels (it was 1993 and I was on an island) and I didn't really listen to radio, so I was completely musically ignorant. It's funny, how one song can bring you back to a specific moment in your past. The below song takes me right back to my kitchen, dancing about and singing with a broom handle, that towered about 2-3 ft above me. I was so talented. May I add, I was wearing a blue and green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sweater and matching trackies at the time. This is my song of the 80s.

Rated Girls Gone Wild

Madonna's new single misses the mark set by the infectious 'Gimme All Your Luvin', the first single from her upcoming MDNA album. 'Girls Gone Wild' has the production potential of a dance floor smash but it feels too commercial for a woman who once set standards in the pop music industry and has a history of experimentalism (Ray Of Light). The lyrics are mediocre, bordering on lame, with Madonna as vocally unimpressive as she's ever been, 'Girls just want to have some fun/fire me up like a smokin' gun'. For someone with a back catalogue containing some of the greatest pop songs of the 20th and 21st Centuries, this is a poor effort.

1.5/5

Rated Happy Pills

Loving this song right now

Rated Stooshe - Love Me

There's a big gap gaping in the soil of British girl groups. Girls Aloud have been on 'holiday' for what seems like a decade, which unfortunately hasn't reduced Cheryl Cole's presence even the littlest bit! The Saturdays are pretty much never going to get their first number one single, after what, 3 years of releases? Little Mix... I say nothing.

So how does the music industry fill this gap? With Stooshe. "Stooshe!?" I hear you splutter. Yes, I didn't make a spelling mistake, S-t-o-o-s-h-e. Awful name, things can only get better with the music, right? No, very wrong. Their debut single, 'Love Me' has a retro pop/soul vibe, but lacks any real punch. Considering how much front the girls put on show in the video I expected a pretty climactic ending. Things aren't helped by the annoying speaking parts and frequent giggles when something 'cheeky' is uttered.

There seems to be a buzz surrounding this group, but quite frankly they are obnoxious, irritating and their debut single, although catchy, is poor at best. A random appearance by Travie nobody cares about him McCoy and an infuriating 'attitude attitude attitude' music video, make this whole affair even more, well, infuriating.

0/5