Saturday, December 31, 2011

2011 in rewind

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So I'm sitting here at home on the last day of the year. Time for a quick (or not so quick) rewind through 2011..... TV : Big stuff happ...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

The 2011-50: the full list

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Here's the list of my top 50 tracks of 2011 in full: 1. Me and My Drum - Swingfly 2. Like Suicide - Christian Walz 3. Moves Like Jag...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

The 2011-50: No.1 - Drama, drama, drama, drama like a soap opera

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"Me and My Drum" - Swingfly. And so to my no.1 song. It was always going to be difficult compiling the chart this year due to the...

The 2011-50: No.2 - I guess I love the way it burns

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"Like Suicide" - Christian Walz. The offputting title/lyrics and bizarre styling at Melodifestivalen probably contributed to him n...

The 2011-50: No.3 - If I share my secret, you're gonna have to keep it

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"Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera. So, I made it through a week of extreme weather conditions, heavy sn...
Tuesday, December 06, 2011

The 2011-50: No.4 - I got this high without taking a pill

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"Higher" - Taio Cruz featuring Kylie Minogue. Although the prolific Taio has also reached a certain level of ubiquity, he at least...

The 2011-50: No.5 - It's Friday night, I barely made it through this week

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"In The Club" - Danny Saucedo. OK, what I'm about to say may sound contradictory, but I hope you understand what I mean. ...
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Monday, December 05, 2011

The 2011-50: No.6 - I wrote it for you, you're the title of my song

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"Me and My Microphone" - September. And the title of her song was originally Mikrofonkåt, which came out of the original (and best...

The 2011-50: No.7 - I rule my world like great men do

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Get You - Alexey Vorobyov. One point was proved in 2011: that Eurovision has no regard for superstar reputations. Just as my no.22 song by L...

The 2011-50: No. 8 - There's too much worth living for, baby I'll show you

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Solid Ground - Pnau. Whilst we wait for the return of Empire of the Sun - which is gonna happen, folks! - Nick Littlemore’s other project fi...

The 2011-50: No.9 - With you I won't be, a better man

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"Let Me Go" - Maverick Sabre. One of the very few good things to come out of the otherwise tedious ‘urban’ music trend of the las...

The 2011-50: No.10 - Don't let me show you how weak you are

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"Bullets" - Rebecca & Fiona. Into my top 10 with one of the brightest new musical finds of the past year or so, and needless ...
Sunday, December 04, 2011

The 2011-50: No.11 - Judged once but on trial for a lifetime

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"Good Intentions" - Bressie. If someone asked me to name my favourite new solo artist of the year, I wouldn't hesitate to name...

The 2011-50: No.12 - Into the wild Serengeti hills of Himalaya

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"The Moment I Met You" - Vincent. He's a huge talent and his comeback was long-awaited and very welcome. Yet Mr Pontare is in...

The 2011-50: No.13 - Like a teenage dream it's a love supreme

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"Oh My God" - Le Kid. They brought an almighty fun-filled candy shop explosion to this year's Melodifestivalen, but despite da...

The 2011-50: No.14 - Your love is real but I just feel suffocated

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"Hot Mess" - Chromeo featuring Elly Jackson. No, it wasn't a cover version of the fab Sam Sparro song, but this collaboration ...

The 2011-50: No.15 - I just wanna see your face again

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"Coming Home" - Sjonni's Friends. Still on the Eurovision 2011 theme....sometimes you just get a simply delightful song which...

The 2011-50: No.16 - And your weapon is your voice

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"New Tomorrow" - A Friend In London. Several months down the line, Eurovision 2011 seems a bit strange and disappointing, marked ...
Saturday, December 03, 2011

The 2011-50: No. 17 - Du kan få bli min idiot

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"Idiot" - Lena Philipsson. I've been a big fan of this true Swedish music legend for almost 25 years, and she remains totally...

The 2011-50: No.18 - A king with no crown

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"Judas" - Lady Gaga. In the rewriting of the Gaga history book, if reviews are anything to go by, it appears that "Judas...

The 2011-50: No.19 - Kanske det mest omaka paret

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"Jag e frågan, du e svaret" - Earpony. This song probably caused more controversy in my head than any other this year, purely bec...

The 2011-50: No.20 - But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you

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"Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster The People. I may (or may not) have mentioned at some point during the year that Foster The People was...
Thursday, December 01, 2011

The 2011-50: No.21 - Johnny, la gente esta muy loca

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"Loca People" - Sak Noel. Now I know you may be wondering at this point why something so utterly nonsensical merits a place in my...

The 2011-50: No.22 - You're a fool if you think that my night's on the brink

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"Dance Alone" - Love Generation. So...RedOne + Melodifestivalen = foregone conclusion? Apparently not - reputations, not even tha...
Monday, November 28, 2011

The 2011-50: No.23 - We're not listening and we're not blind

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"Called Out In The Dark" - Snow Patrol. Back in 1997 I blamed this band for their role in 'dreary-pop' thanks to the drea...

The 2011-50: No.24 - You're at the gates of human evolution don't you understand?

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"Love Love" - Take That. The all-conquering legends continued to prove they're still a force to be reckoned with, although if ...

The 2011-50: No.25 - One to a hundred, multiplied by you

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"Love In Rewind" - Dino Merlin. We're at the halfway point of the chart already - doesn't time fly! The Bosnian music leg...

The 2011-50: No.26 - I thought I'd save my breath for you

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"Rope" - Foo Fighters. At a time when guitar bands/rock bands appear to have become extinct in the eyes of TV and radio, it’s nic...

The 2011-50: No.27 - Why does your love hurt so much?

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"Don't Know Why" - Soundgirl. The summer hit which inexplicably never was. This is just a great pop record which joyfully plun...

The 2011-50: No.28 - Nu är allt sagt och gjort och jag kommer aldrig att få tillbaka dig

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"Kärlekens Tunga" - September. She was the breakthrough artist from last year's "Så mycket bättre" of course, and ...

The 2011-50: No.29 - I've had it with shame, I've had it with sorrow

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"Breaking Up With God" - The Ark. This year we said goodbye to one of Sweden's greatest bands of the last few years - no, mak...

Melodifestivalen 2012: remaining acts announced today

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The remaining artists appearing in next year's Melodifestivalen were announced this morning. Here is the line-up for semi finals 3 and 4...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

The 2011-50: No.30 - Det e fest nu, hos Mange Mange Mange

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"Fest Hos Mange" - Mange Makers. In a year characterised by bad music, some may think this is among the worst. You probably wonde...

The 2011-50: No.31 - Don't you spoil my sweet charade

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"Lifeline" - Jamiroquai. Ideally I'd have had the title track of "Rock Dust Light Star" as it was one of my most pla...
Saturday, November 26, 2011

The 2011-50: No.32 - This is the end of the rainbow

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"Hollywood Hills" - Sunrise Avenue. Good to see this Finnish band are still around. Although I didn't really like the song to ...

Retro Saturday (revisited): Fredericks Goldman Jones

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It's been a while since I listened to this multinational trio whom I loved in the 1990s, and I decided it was time to rediscover them al...

The 2011-50: No.33 - I know the sun's set to rise

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"Paradise" - Coldplay. You'd think that I'd be very familiar with the long-awaited and recently released Coldplay album f...

The 2011-50: No.34 - Will we be together, will it be now and forever?

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"Something In Your Eyes" - Jenny Silver. Or as I like to call it, "the great lost Abba song". It took me a long time to...

The 2011-50: No.35 - Kill me with killer kiss

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"Angel In Disguise" - Musiqq. Contemporary (in a pleasant sense of the word) Latvian Eurovision entry which I liked from the firs...
Friday, November 25, 2011

The 2011-50: No.36 - Stranger things are starting to begin

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"Taken By A Stranger" - Lena. Ms Meyer-Landrut returned to the Eurovision stage to represent Germany for the second consecutive y...

The 2011-50: No.37 - Fear is like your best friend

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"Warrant" - Foster The People. In a year where exciting new musical discoveries were extremely rare, and bands seemed to become an...

The 2011-50: No.38 - That's good enough for me

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"Good Enough" - Father McKenzie. They're a Finnish-Swedish band who caught my attention earlier this year when they supported ...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Melodifestivalen 2012 - Semi-Final 1 & 2 act announced

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This morning SVT revealed the names of the acts who will be singing the songs in the first two MF semi-finals. Semi-final 1 - Växjö 04.02.20...
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The 2011-50: No.39 - Sleep, baby sleep, stars are shining above you

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"Depend On Me" - Babel Fish. Yes it was slushy and over-sentimental, but this father-to-son lullaby surprisingly thawed my hard he...

The 2011-50: No.40 - You always come through, you always stay true

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"No One Else Could" - Sebastian. It was one of my most long-awaited moments of the year: the return of Sebastian Karlsson to Melo...

The 2011-50: No.41 - Everyday I'm shufflin'

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"Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO feat.Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock. Yes I know. At this point you're probably thinking that I...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

The 2011-50: No.42 - You'll never catch me on the Jeremy Kyle Show

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Traktor - Wretch 32. One of the few rap songs I could really be bothered with this year. It's one of those records which I've never ...

The 2011-50: No.43 - We'll be OK, just keep the faith

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"Fade Into Darkness" - Avicii. You will probably recognise the riff here. Yes, this is the original vocal version of the song whic...

The 2011-50: No.44 - Hello, hello, remember me?

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"What You Want" - Evanescence. A rockin' comeback which immediately grabbed me from first listen, but predictably missed out o...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

The 2011-50: No.45 - And now we are slammin'

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"Wall of Sound" - Bressie. First (but not last) appearance in my chart for one of this year's brightest new solo artists. Of ...

The 2011-50: No.46 - Save it for someone who likes it like that

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"Not A Love Song" - Wonderland. On paper, this girl band formed by Westlife's Kian Egan and Louis "you made that song you...

The 2011-50: No.47 - Jag är "Lucy in the sky", jag är högt över molnen

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Jag Kommer - Veronica Maggio. Veronica made her long-awaited comeback this year to both critical and popular acclaim. This catchy pop song w...
Friday, November 18, 2011

The 2011-50: No.48: Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall

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"Feel So Close" - Calvin Harris. Did someone mention Calvin Harris???? 'Disappointment' was one of the most appropriate wo...