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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 6, 2020 17:59:04 GMT 1
Robbie Williams - Tripping This is an interesting one - it was Robbie with a more reggae-fied sound than we had heard before, and probably one of his least remembered singles now. However, I actually found it to be more appealing than many of his bigger singles and I'm equally enjoying the revisit of it today. Yeah I really like it, even though I feel like I probably shouldn't.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 6, 2020 18:05:32 GMT 1
Oasis - Let There Be Love Nothing to do with the Nat 'King' Cole song, this is pretty much what you'd expect from an Oasis ballad at this point - very Beatles/Lennon-esque. It's no 'Wonderwall' or 'Half The World Away', and wouldn't trouble my Oasis top ten, but it's pleasant enough.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 6, 2020 18:11:55 GMT 1
Westlife Featuring Diana Ross - When You Tell Me That You Love Me Jeez, I had forgotten all about this! I suppose I should be glad to see a rare noughties chart appearance for Diana Ross, but I don't really know what she was thinking being involved in this massacre of one of her all-time classic ballads. Even her parts sound flat and like she's just going through the motions, and the sudden key changes really don't work. There's never going to be a single occasion when I would opt for this version over the original so it just seems pointless to me.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 6, 2020 18:23:43 GMT 1
Chris Brown Featuring Juelz Santana - Run It! This was Chris Brown's debut single, which I must admit had completely been erased from my mind, but it's not too bad actually. It uses part of the Waitresses single 'I Know What Boys Like' from 1980 (which is worth checking out if you only know 'Christmas Wrapping' from them). Yeah, it's a pretty good hip hop single really - I don't know why I had forgotten it!
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 6, 2020 18:29:45 GMT 1
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On It's only the end of february, but this is a really summery sounding song. It's quite soulful too, and just so laid back that you just want to lay down and chill while you're listening to it. I adored the song at the time, and even bought the album on the strength of it - although I'm ashamed to say now that I can't remember any of the other songs from it! Even if she's only remembered for this though, it's a really great song to be remembered for.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 6, 2020 18:34:18 GMT 1
The Pussycat Dolls Featuring will.i.am - Beep This is a brilliant song by the girls, and one that has aged really well too. I think I may even slightly prefer it to 'Don't Cha' - I don't know if it's the 'beeped out' bits or the 'Evil Woman' sample, but it's just such an infectious tune.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 6, 2020 18:41:31 GMT 1
Embrace - Natures Law Embrace's previous album 'Out Of Nothing' was (and remains) one of my favourite albums of the noughties - literally every song on there was single-worthy, so I was eagerly anticipating this first single from the next one. Apart from the fact 'Natures' should have an apostrophe it didn't disappoint too much and it's a pretty appealing song with a decent melody, although I still don't think it's as good as anything from that previous album.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 6, 2020 18:48:07 GMT 1
Mary J. Blige & U2 - One I probably won't get too many people agreeing with me, but I actually think this song works much better as a soul song than a rock song, and I much prefer the solo Mary J. Blige version from her 'Reflections' album to either this or the original U2 version. My favourite of all though is probably Mica Paris's 1995 version.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 7, 2020 19:41:38 GMT 1
Shayne Ward - No Promises I have to say that I really like this song by X-Factor winner Shayne. It was the follow up to #1 'That's My Goal', and I remember thinking at the time that this was such a better song. It's along the lines of Westlife's very best original songs (and they did do the odd few good ones).
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 7, 2020 19:45:15 GMT 1
Rihanna - SOS One of Rihanna's early hits, this wasn't covering ABBA but it did sample Soft Cell's 'Tainted Love' which doesn't detract too much from the song. It's just a really good, catchy little pop song that is still up there with my favourites of hers.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 7, 2020 19:50:52 GMT 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California Well they could do no wrong at this point could they? This was the lead single to their 'Stadium Arcadium' album and it quickly became their joint highest charting single, with 'By The Way'. The song is typical of the Chili Peppers' sound, but no less appealing for it. Another winner.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 7, 2020 19:56:41 GMT 1
LL Cool J Featuring Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself I'm afraid I have absolutely zero recollection of this single, and listening to it now isn't jogging any memories either. It's OK, I mean it's not bad but it's not really smacking me in the face either. I'm pretty sure I'll forget it just as quickly as I discovered it.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 7, 2020 20:00:30 GMT 1
Infernal - From Paris To Berlin Ah, now this modern disco track had been hovering around the top five for several weeks in the Spring of 2006 before finally settling at #2, behind Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy'. And it's what's known as an absolute banger, which demands to be heard at the loudest volume possible! I absolutely love it.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 8, 2020 19:40:51 GMT 1
Rihanna - Unfaithful Rihanna did go on to do the odd decent ballad, but for the most part I think she was best when she did the full-on pop dance numbers. This one is ok but it's never been one of hers that I really go back to, although it's nice to know she 'doesn't want be a murderer'!
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 8, 2020 19:46:54 GMT 1
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man There was quite a long gap between Christina's excellent 2002 'Stripped' album and the follow-up 'Back To Basics' in 2006, of which this was the lead single. I can remember being extremely disappointed, because this is quite frankly nowhere near the standard of the in-your-face dance hits like 'Fighter' and 'Dirrty' from that previous album. If I'm hearing this as a stand alone song, without comparing it to previous songs, then it's quite a feisty little tune and pretty infectious - It's still no 'Fighter' though!
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 8, 2020 19:54:02 GMT 1
Cascada - Everytime We Touch This is typical noughties chart Eurodance fare. If you like your dance music to be innovative and experimental then this won't be for you, but if you just want something fast and catchy that you can just sing along to then this is up there with the best of them!
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 8, 2020 20:00:06 GMT 1
Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone - Ridin' Well I only know who Krayzie Bone is because of his duet 'I'm Not Sleeping' with Tiffany, on her 'The Color Of Silence' album from 2000, but I know not of Chamillionaire at all. On hearing the song though, I do instantly recognise it, so it must have struck some sort of a chord at the time. I actually really like it right now - I can't remember if I did at the time, but who cares! If they still made rap songs this good then I would have no problem with the genre at all!
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Post by Roo. on Dec 8, 2020 20:11:18 GMT 1
Everything from Mary J Blige to Cascada is a winner for me, what a bunch of great songs! Shame Chamillionaire came along to ruin it.
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Post by Good Old Days on Dec 8, 2020 20:15:16 GMT 1
From Xtina albums "Back To Basics" is my favourite and "Stripped" was her worst work.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 8, 2020 20:16:20 GMT 1
The Killers - When You Were Young The lead single from the Killers' second album was arguably as good as anything from the first one, especially 'Mr. Brightside' which, despite it's enormous continued appeal, is probably my least favourite of their early singles. That's not to say I don't like it - I just think they've done better, and this is a prime example of something that I would consider to be streets ahead in every way. It's just an almighty brilliant rock song, and one of the best of the noughties I'd say - Just fantastic!
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