The weekend has been and gone already, and that means Monday night and Juke Box Judge time!
First up this week is ‘Baby Please Don’t Stop’ by Emma Bunton. Yes – Baby Spice. All I can say is “Oh dear”. You know when someone used to do something and made a load of money out of it, and still keeps going even though the stuff they do is now fucking terrible and not even worthy of lining the cat’s litter tray? Well, this falls into the very category. Still, at least the Spice Girls are getting back together for a bit… This is a MISS.
Next up is ‘It’s Over’ by former Smiths frontman and now really creepy old vegan dude, Morrissey. It’s a shame that Morrissey has become such a twat, because his music is still really quite good. His voice is still pretty good too (at least on record) and so this is an enjoyable song to listen to. I’d love it to be a hit, but we all know that it’s not chart-worthy. Thank God. An enjoyable MISS.
The third song of this week is ‘I Wanna Know’ by Norwegian duo Royksopp. Now twenty one years after their formation, this is their first new music since 2016. Apparently they have uncovered a load of old B-sides and unreleased songs and have collated them into a playlist for music streaming called Lost Tapes. The big question is, is it any good? And my answer to that is, it’s not bad. It sort of melts into the background, allowing you to concentrate on whatever you might be doing, and that can be a good thing. It won’t trouble the charts though. MISS.
Next up for your listening, um, pleasure, is ‘Now That I Found You’ by Carly Rae Jepsen. Yes, her that told you to call her maybe. This is more of the same, which if you liked the old one, is a good thing, However, if you were quite annoyed by it, then you really won’t like this either. I don’t know what else to tell you. Either “You’re welcome”, or “I’m sorry!” I’m going to throw caution, and my own sense of good music, to the wind, and go for MAYBE on this one.
The final new release for this week is ‘Superstar’ by Marina. She’s Welsh, you know. This is the second single from her upcoming album Love + Fear. I’m bored. This song is quite dull and boring, if you ask me. And yet I can see this being a HIT.
Right, on with the real fun – the classic chart hit. From this very day back in 1992, on top of the charts were Shakespear’s Sister with ‘Stay’. It was in it’s third week of eight at Number One, and it’s pretty fucking good.
Ta-ta for now!
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