...aka actor Bill Nighy from the movie "Love Actually", in a cover of
"Love is All Around", and not a very good one but it's for Comic Relief or
Children in Need, or something.
Blue: Guilty
11 Blue - Signed Sealed Delivered
It says "featuring Stevie Wonder", but it sounds more like he and a woman
are singing all the vocals (which is true) and Blue are doing very little
indeed (which is also true)
Sugababes: Three
10 Sugababes - Too Lost In You *
Surprisingly, this is a brilliant single and by far their best thing to
date. Perhaps they're finally making the grade from cheesy pop artists to
more serious artists?
Pop Idol: Living The Dream
5 The Idols - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Dreadfully trite, and it was such a fix that Michelle won Pop Idol 2, but
then Mark was incredibly dull and she was just... a bad karaoke singer.
There was a request for people to write in to be on Pop Idol 3 in 18 months
time, at the end of the show, except will there be another one? I can't see
it coming back. Maybe they thought they could turn things around with 'sequel
series' such as this and "The Rivals" but while the series get massive ratings
and a fair bit in phone revenue, I doubt that pays for the production and
promotion of intending to get a new star to have a long-term music career,
especially since the decreasing credibility of the show will put the nail in
their career coffin early on, however good their intentions are, and I doubt
Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller are a charity.
Bo Selecta: Series 2
4 Bo Selecta - Proper Crimbo
Leigh Francis' Avid Merrion creation has been going for far more years than
is good for it. However, this (hopefully) last throw of the dice is worth a
watch of the video if mainly for the pairing onscreen of Matthew Wright and
John Leslie.
The Darkness: Permission To Land
2 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
OTT, but reasonably enjoyable as seasonal nonsense.
Gary Jules: Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
1 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules - Mad World *1st Week at No.1*
The surprise Xmas hit, and taken from the soundtrack of 2001's sleeper
movie success,
Donnie Darko
This is a cover of the Tears For Fears single, and excellently haunting it is
too. Glad to see it came to the fore after being picked up on by radio stations
playing it rather than the likes of Pop Idol force-feeding their tripe down
our throats.
This is the 52nd single in a row to go straight into the Top 40 at No.1 :
1. Aaliyah - More Than a Woman
2. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (R)
3. Enrique Iglesias - Hero
4. Westlife - World of Our Own
5. Will Young - Anything is Possible/Evergreen
6. Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody
7. Oasis - The Hindu Times
8. Sugababes - Freak Like Me
9. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss
10. Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes
11. Liberty X - Just a Little
12. Eminem - Without Me
13. Will Young - Light My Fire
14. Elvis - A Little Less Conversation (remix)
15. Gareth Gates - Anyone of Us
16. Darius - Colourblind
17. Sugababes - Round Round
18. Blazin Squad - Crossroads
19. Atomic Kitten - The Tide is High
20. Pink - Just Like a Pill
21. Will & Gareth - The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds
22. Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song
23. Nelly - Dilemma
24. DJ Sammy - Heaven
25. Westlife - Unbreakable
26. Christina Aguilera - Dirrty
27. Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not the One
28. Eminem - Lose Yourself
29. Blue & Elton John - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
30. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground
31. David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie
32. t.A.T.u - All The Things She Said
33. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
34. Gareth Gates and the Kumars - Spirit in the Sky
35. Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv
36. Busted - You Said No
37. Tomcraft - Loneliness
38. R Kelly - Ignition Remix
39. Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
40. Beyonce - Crazy in Love
41. Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side
Alistair Griffin - Bring It On/Lover's Prayer
CJ Stone - Don't Look Back
Craig David - You Don't Miss Your Water
DMX - Get It On The Floor
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams
Ocean Colour Scene - Golden Gate Bridge
S Club 8 - Don’t Tell Me You’re Sorry
Sophie Ellis Bextor - I Won't Change You
Stacie Orrico - I Promise
Victoria Beckham - Let Your Head Go/This Groove
January 5th:
Basement Jaxx featuring Lisa Kekaula - Good Luck
Beyoncé - Me, Myself And I
Boogie Pimps - Somebody To Love
Fight Club - Spread Love
Flip & Fill featuring Junior - Irish Blue
Kelis - Milkshake
Kujay Da Da - Young Hearts
Liberty X - Everybody Cries
Luther Vandross - Dance With My Father
Matt Darey featuring Marcella Woods - Voice Of An Angel
Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes
NG3 - Holler
Peaches featuring Iggy Pop - Kick It
Pop Idol Winner - TBA
Queen + Vanguard - Flash
REM - Animal
Scott Brown - I Would Stay
Sean Paul featuring Sasha - I'm Still In Love With You
So Solid Crew - So Grimy
January 12th:
2-Play - So Confused
Air - Cherry Blossom Girl
Amy Studt - All I Wanna Do
Amy Winehouse - Take The Box
Damien Rice - Volcano
David Kitt - Me & My Love When Doves Cry
Easyworld - 'Til The Day
Finley Quaye - Something To Say
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Grandaddy - I'm On Standby/Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake
HIM - Funeral Of Hearts
Jimmy Edgar - Access Rhythm
Lil' John - Get Low
Lowgold - Same Way
Metallica - The Unnamed Feeling
POD - Will You
Richard X featuring Javine - You Used To
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Mister Mental
The Strokes - Reptilia
Zutons - Pressure Point
January 19th:
DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide
Fountains Of Wayne - Stacey's Mum
JC Chasez featuring Dirt McGirt - Some Girls
Junior Jack - Da Hype
Lorna - Papi Chulo... Te Traigo El Mmmm
Mr On vs. Jungle Brothers - Breathe Don't Stop
Offspring - Hit That
P Diddy featuring Lenny Kravitz - Be Yourself
Pet Shop Boys - Flamboyant
Pink - God Is A DJ
Razorlight - Stumble And Fall
Ryan Adams - So Alive
Si Begg - Buss
Tali - Blazin'
Tender Trap - ¿Cómo Te Llamas? (Tell Me Your Name)
The Bandits - The Warning
The Delays - Long Time Coming
January 26th:
Beats For Beginners - When Robots Attack
Blazin' Squad - Here For One
Brand Violet - head
C & C Music Factory - Sweat
Celebrity Squares - King For A Day
Clea - Stuck In The Middle
Courtney Love - Mono
DJ Pezario vs. UB40 - Food For Thought
Eberg - Plastic Lions
Emma - I'll Be There
Hundred Reasons - What You Get
Incubus - Crow Left Of The Murder
Jaimeson - Take Control
Joss Stone - Fell In Love With A Boy
LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above
Lostprophets - Last Train Home
Louise - TBA
Modey Lemon - Predator
Snow Patrol - Run
The Mars Volta - Roulette Dares
Tim Deluxe - Mundaya
Vinny Peculiar - Replica Shirt
Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
February 2nd:
Blueskins - Change My Mind
Busted - Air Hostess
Calvin Richardson - I've Got To Move
Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock
Hilary Duff - Why Not?
Holly James - Touch It
Longview - Still
Sia - Breath Me
Span - Papa
Summer Matthews - Little Miss Perfect
The Distillers - Hunger
Triple Eight - You And I
February 9th:
Alex Parks - Cry
Armin Van Buuren - Blue Fear/Burned With Desire
Despina Vandi - Gia
Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Man Bites Dog
Fatman Scoop - It Takes Two
Holly Valance - Desire
John Mayer - Bigger Than My Body
Liars - There's Always Room On The Broom
Outkast - The Way You Move
Stereophonics - Movie Star
February 16th:
1000 Things - Food Chain
Junior Senior - Coconuts
Stellastarr* - My Coco
The Stills - Lola Stars And Stripes
February 23rd:
Airbiscuit - Lately
Eastern Lane - Saffron
Jamelia - Thank You
Starsailor - Four To The Floor
The Vines - TBA
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Jan 2011: Intel Quad Core Dell XPS 8100, i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz, 8Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 240, Windows 7
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
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