3 Words for Cheryl Cole... Lady GaGa Effect!

It's crazy isn't it!?! You wait a whole decade for an era defining popstar, and one comes along in the last 2 years! The world has gone GaGa for Lady G, and her iconic style has been copied and pasted all over the world!
Prime example today comes from Cheryl Cole and her new video feat. Will.I.am.

Wowzers... all the money they saved on the cheap scale début video Fight for This Love must have been saved for this rainy day! The song is just bland I think, maybe it will be a grower! I think it will have a fantastic remix that knock the pants off me!
However the video is just intense! I was transfixed throughout! Its so Swedish it hurts, so arty and beautiful!
Around the 1m mark though I think Cheryl looks a little Great Expectations-esc, like she's been sitting there for days. Looks a little ill!
Till 1m 40ish the whole thing is very GaGa chic... and then she just goes all out blatantly Lady G! It reminds me as a mix of Lady GaGa and Emma Bunton's Maybe video (how I heart that song!)!
2m10ish gets all Kylie Slow video!
2m27ish were back to Gaga... but a Sims Version or anime cartoon version of Lady GaGa.
Cheryl looks damn pretty in it though, and rocks the white hair better than Victoria did in Not Such an Innocent Girl!
As much as the song still drains on me... I can't stop watching the video... I almost want to do a Kanye and scream its the best video ever... but my common sense stops me!

P.s. I have watched the video many times for blogging purposes, and still forget Will.I.Am is in the video each time haha... he's like a human goldfish in this, so dull, and I forget him after 3 seconds!

A Classic For Eternity?

Have been crazy busy as of late so apologise for lack of update! While I'm not here though have a click around my other posts if you need time to fill haha!

Today I stumbled across this song, I Will by Eternity from Japan on Youtube. The lead singer is various blogs' favourite Jade Valerie who was in the band Sweetbox.



Sweetbox as a band never really hit it off with me. They were good pop, but lacked the glamour of Alcazar, or the music quality of Steps. Their niche was mixing classic music with pop, a la S Club 7 Natural.

However this song I have instantly fallen for! I Will samples the Spring section from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi (which took my AGES to work out even though its the annoying phone ringtone at work!) and from the start it's used perfectly!
As soon a the full scale classical blast ends, the song begins to sore higher!
The 'Monday, Tuesday' bit is goes much further than silly old Craig David, and mentions marriage! The chorus is like a princesses song from a Disney musical film.
The Viva La Vida style drum/violin combo just excels the song along even more!
We will ignore the 1m 50s mark 'Ohs' as the song is far to pretty to be ruined by an interesting choice of 'Oh' notes.
Overall it's just beautiful from start to finish!

Just as an add on I have found these guilty pleasure classical sins on spotify..

Flashdance.. What a Feeling by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra!
How magnificent? It has all the sparkle of the original, but with heightened drama! I love the glorious choir, and the surprise at 2m 50s makes my heart scream with joy!

Poker Face by the St. Martin’s Symphony of Los Angeles
It's just funny yet addictive. Once again their is a crazy amount of drama given to the song! Imagine Lady GaGa singing to this live... IMMENSE!

September Would Be Wild! M.I.A. Melodifestivalen Campaign!

After the Darin for Meldoifestivalen news, as blogged about here, I started to think who would be ideal for Melodifestivalen/Eurovision 2010!
It didn't take long for me to realise the obvious best choice for Sweden would be to pick the Dance/Pop Princess September!
As reported over at one of my favourite blogs, the legendary ScandiPop, September is currently in the studio working on her next domination of the international club dancefloor scene!

2008 was the year September took it global, raking up UK Top 5, Numerous Top 10's, and a US Dance chart Number 1 with the spectacular 'Cry For You'!

This catchy, danceable tune with substance is the definition of Septembers work. Her lyrics are not the usual throw away types you get in most dance songs. They tell stories and another level to her songs, which would be perfect for what rightly is the Eurovision SONG Contest!
The only Melodifestivalen connection I can find is her performance at the Lilla Meldofestivalen to promote 'Can't Get Over'. Not as strong a connection as Darin's has, but shows at least she is a supporter of the Meldoi formate!


Overall if she is busy making and album, she will have to promote it when its out. So one extra song for Sweden's biggest music show is easily done and great promotion.
Also if she made it to Eurovision, even if she fails like fellow Princess of dance/pop Kate Ryan, the success Kate has had after Eurovision is easily far greater than before. So much so she is rumoured to be trying again as discussed on Esctoday! And seeing as 'Je T'adore' is one of my favourite Eurovision tracks ever, I would definitely support a similar song by September! I would even accept a Velvet style The Queen from her!

As part of the Madam Im Adam campaign to get September to Meldoi, I have started this group... so show your support and join at: http://tiny.cc/sept4melodi

Melodifestivalen Is Starting To Get Wild for Darin!

A few days ago the first Melodifestivalen Wildcard was added to the 2010 list!
For those of you not on planet Schlager, it is the one, the only Darin.. as blogged about here!

Now as I talk about Sweden, Meldofestivalen and Swepop nearly all the time, I have discussed with people before the idea of Darin for Melodi!
He is spectacular, and when I get my ass in gear he will be made officially a MIA legend, but I am just not sure how his style will mash with Melodi!
Even though I was not fully impressed by his newest album Flashback, his efforts have been Swedelicious since his Idol exit!