When the new single by Nelly (bling blinging "R&B" star) uses a sample of True by Spandau Ballet, you know somethings not quite right. I mean, was the song really any good the first time round? Not really. Does it adequately prop up Nelly singing about some woman with man trouble? Not really. For that matter, do R&B stars sing about anything but men with women trouble, or women with men trouble? Not really. But I digress. The song is terrible, and the sample only lends further lameness to it. As a
Radio 1 listener this morning pointed out, it sounds like something
Goldie Lookin' Chain might attempt.
Kylie Minogue has breast cancer. Which sucks for her. It looks like she'll make it through pretty easily though, as they've caught it early. Call me a cynic, but I suspect this will garner a lot of attention from middle aged men praying that her beautiful figure stays intact.
The real big news, of course, is
the Iraq soldiers Amarillo parody video. You may have heard about it on the news last night. The Amarillo single by Tony Christie, released for comic relief with a quality video by
Peter Kay, is clearly loved by the British public if the charts are anything to go by. Since when do singles stay at number 1 for seven weeks? What is this, 1993? Anyway. Apparently some squaddies out in Iraq decided they liked the song too, and recorded themselves re-enacting Peter Kay's video. Only it's called Armadillo this time around, because apparently there's a few of them in Iraq. Anyway. They then sent the video to all their friends and so on, which crashed the MOD's e-mail system. Awesome! After some scratching around on the 'net this morning, I have managed to find
a site where you can download the video in full, but by the looks of things it's getting clobbered so you might still have to hunt around the 'net if you want to see it. It's quality. I'd put it up on this site, but I'd like my bandwidth to last to the end of the month, not just the hour! Enjoy.
