September 22, 200816 yr Author http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark10.jpg Let's play it from the start And pause before we part We'll lay it down again This arabic-tinged number from Three has a deliciously frantic chorus and it's fair share of lyrical hyperbole. Are there really a million different ways? How can they be so sure? Have they counted and noted down each individual method? Something I must find out. http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark11.jpg You came up, I swear that it was just like Something from a movie scene When we met we connected, I never expected You'd mean everything to me Absolutely the most beautiful song on Change and the girls' second-best ballad, this showcases the Babes' timeless, perfect harmonies at their best. As ever it features a lovely dollop of oooh-ooohs too; I bet that's Keisha's sex noise. This is just practive for it evidently. http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark12.jpg I've been dropping so many hints And you're still not getting it Now that you've heard everything I have to say Where are we gonna go from here? What's there to say about this sheer classic? Until About You Now came along it was probably their best-known song and certainly their most-successful. The bouncing beat is instantly addictive and the song is a work of art, from Heidi's wonderful line about her 'hidden looks' (and how frickin stunning did she, and the others, look in the vid?! Perfection!) to Keisha's masterfully seductive spoken section, the lyrics to which she aimed my way during the Manchester concert of the Change tour [/boast]. This will always be a masterpiece. http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark13.jpg You are an obsession You're my obsession Who do you want me to be To make you sleep with me? Who'd have thought such potentially awful lyrics could be so genius in the context of a big, swooshing electropop song? This takes the 80s original with it's weak male vocal and gives it some oomph. Endlessly wonderful, and it could've been massive if it had got released instead of the floptastic Follow Me Home (in summer of all seasons)!
September 27, 200816 yr Author http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark14.jpg I'll make it through the rainy days I’ll be the one who stands here longer than the rest When my landscape changes, rearranges I’ll be stronger than I’ve ever been Stronger is one of those beautiful ballads which truly feels like an event each time you listen; beginning with a sparse, pulsating beat and gradually building up to a dramatic and genuine chorus, it remains a fan favourite, and it's my favourite ballad of theirs. Like Cher, it just doesn't age! http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark15.jpg If you hate me, I will show you How to break me into something new If you want me, run away now If you stop me, then I'll hit the ground A career highlight not only for the girls but also for producers Xenomania, Round Round gave the girls one of their greatest assets; the discovery that standing singing whilst twiddling the mic stand around with one hand is actually quite fun! Basic choreography aside, it's a stomping tune with a lovely, subtle, building verse and a bopping, hugely memorable chorus. It's not all light-hearted though; Heidi gets the last laugh as she solemnly questions how her ex could even consider moving on from her during a cold bridge section. And how could he?! http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark16.jpg From the start a work of art, A perfect picture painting that I stored in my heart Sticking with Xenomania, track two from Change just misses out on a Top 5 placing. I firmly believe it was the greatest mistake in the history of the group to bypass this as a single and instead release the album's title track second; whilst that song is a thing of great beauty, this holds the commercial appeal to become a smash hit and would've propelled Change back into the upper tier of the charts. Alas, what's done is done. From the tempo switch mid-verse to Heidi's masterfully delivered final bridge, this is a pure classic. http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark17.jpg It's your serve baby, But the ball's in my court I got a landing strip clear for you at the airport $l*t-orama! On the surface anyway. My personal interpretation of Easy is that it's a slick parody of-sorts on the whore culture within modern society, but who knows. What I do know is that Keisha's leather-ified thighs in the music vid are enough to turn the strictest gay man straight! Easy actually took about a year for me to truly appreciate; the strigs in the final bridge are all kinds of manic and lush. Edited September 27, 200816 yr by Jark
September 27, 200816 yr Author I've always loved Round Round. :o Although it used to be my favourite and it's slipped lately; I don't listen to it much for some reason :heehee:
September 27, 200816 yr I've always loved Round Round. :o Although it used to be my favourite and it's slipped lately; I don't listen to it much for some reason :heehee: Why aren't you on MSN :o
September 28, 200816 yr That's just mean, why would you be so mean :cry: Excellent for NGDA though :D
September 29, 200816 yr Author http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark18.jpg You were never supposed to be Part of what I would call amazing I knew back when we saw the girls perform this before Change came out at the Album Chart Show that it'd be amazing; for once Heidi got to dominate a brilliant uptempo! Indeed it was brilliant and was an wonderful single choice with a truly amazing video. The bopping clap beat, like Standing In The Way Of Control for a 2007 pop audience, is hurrendously addictive. I couldn't decide whether to put this as my #3 or not, but in the end that position went to... http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/Jark101/sugajark19.jpg And if you don't respect it I'll kick with my Jimmy Choos Cos boy if you don't love me Then I got nothin' to lose Ahhh, this song is such a slice of pop heaven! That amazing, subtle horns sample compliments the fabulous dose of summery popto perfection. It's gone down in the history books quite rightly as one of their best singles and is also a landmark, obviously, in that it saw Amelle's introduction into the group! Despite having been singing the lyrics wrong for 3 years, turning a song about female empowerment into one about desperation, I do adore this and always will. But what are my top 2? :o
September 30, 200816 yr Red Dress is brilliant and one of their best Got bored of Denial by the time of its realese though.
