May 13, 200916 yr I can't see this song being #1, to be honest. :) So, I voted for top-10, 'In For The Kill" is much more catchier.
May 14, 200916 yr La Roux blasts mainstream chart pop Singer isn't keen on Top Ten company she's keeping May 14, 2009 NME La Roux has blasted the state of the UK singles chart, despite riding high in it herself. The fast-rising electro star is currently at Number Two with her single 'In For The Kill', but in an exclusive video interview with NME.COM she said she has little time for most mainstream pop. "I must be honest, I'm not overly positive about it," she said. "To me, pop music has always had two sides. It's always had the Backstreet Boys side, music for kids, the novelty tracks and one-hit-wonder side. And the other side is the classier side such as David Bowie, The Beatles, Prince and Michael Jackson. "I just feel like this side is missing too much, and have a lot of this boy/girl band, novelty song, one-hit-wonder going on. And I'm not gonna lie, I am not a massive fan of R&B as you can hear by my music, and there is a lot of that in the charts at the moment, so I don't listen to the charts that much."
May 14, 200916 yr So she publicly states she's not a fan of R&B after being at number 2 behind and R&B/pop crossover song. I wonder if there's a slight hint of bitterness there...
May 14, 200916 yr So she publicly states she's not a fan of R&B after being at number 2 behind and R&B/pop crossover song. I wonder if there's a slight hint of bitterness there... Oh come on, just let her think what she wants to think. xP
May 14, 200916 yr I went for Top3 with this song, I love it and I hope it gets to Number 1, I hate "In For The Kill" but this is much much better!
May 20, 200916 yr Just top 10 I think, between 7-9. Not as good as In For The Kill. TBH I borderline hate it :cry:
May 21, 200916 yr Everyone will kill me, but only top 10 :heehee: Agree. It's not as good as In For The Kill.
May 21, 200916 yr La Roux just can't stop slagging off other acts can she. :lol: A Girl named Roux leads 80s revival Daily Record.co.uk Electropop trendsetter recaptures the style of New Romantics for a new generation of music fans Electropop songstress Elly Jackson - known as La Roux to her friends - and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid narrowly missed out on a No.1 with the single In For The Kill release the follow up single Bulletproof and self titled debut album next month. The song had been competing with Acceptable In The 80s dance star Calvin Harris's chart-topper I'm Not Alone, although both were pipped by Tinchy Stryder ft N-Dubz tune Number 1 where it remained at Number 2. However, the rival tunes have helped return the glamour of the New Romantics' style to an increasingly stagnant pop scene. Elly - who came up with the name La Roux after finding out it meant "red-haired one" in French - has one of the most distinctive looks of today's British music pack but isn't impressed with the majority of the acts around at the moment. The 21-year-old pop sensation said: "I like dressing up. There is far too much normality at the moment. People are trying to sell themselves on being normal, looking like girls next door, in high heels or not wearing very much. I just think, if you are going to be a pop star, do it properly, for f***'s sake. "There should be an element of drama and character and creating a persona or at least exaggerating one that is already there. "I reference people such as Prince, David Bowie and Annie Lennox. Everything should be combined. You shouldn't just be someone who is a singer, or just someone who dresses up. "There are many elements in being that kind of character or pop star. I think you should create something rather other-worldly and mysterious." However, she isn't expecting an army of fans to kickstart a new fashion trend by adopting big-shouldered jackets and gravity defying hair-dos. "I do naturally dress like this," she said. "But I make clothes with a friend, Nova Dando, who is an up and coming designer in London. We go shopping together and find things and have fun in her studio making things. "There is a leather jacket I wore, a cream jacket with antique buttons we found in a Paris market.We don't buy anything in the High Street. It's all vintage designer and I really enjoy finding things. "I am not sure if people are strongminded enough any more to look at their idols and dress like them. Also, the clothes I wear are hard to find. In the 80s, it was the style of the time and you could buy High Street versions of what people were doing in pop.You can't just find the clothes that I wear in the shops. "I don't think people have the time and patience to seek the stuff out and it's not cheap, either. "I'd love to start a trend but, unfortunately, when all that was going on the 70s and 80s and music inspired style, there was more than one person doing it. I feel I am the only one doing it. "There are too many girls taking their clothes off and that is influencing people more than what I am doing. "We'll have to wait and see. Young people seem too scared to do stuff that's a bit different. Everyone is too influenced by magazines. It would be great if people dressed up a bit more." Elly also has one of the most distinctive voices in British pop, drawing immediate comparison with Scots singing legend Annie Lennox. "The fact I'm compared to someone of Annie Lennox's stature, who is obviously a great influence to me musically and is obviously a complete legend, is pretty cool," Elly admitted. "It's very flattering. "I don't want to copy anyone else and I have never tried to sing like anyone else. It's weird. The men are doing more singing in bands, people like the frontmen in White Lies and Editors and Kings of Leon, than the girls. There are so few females actually singing nowadays. "With girls, it's either empty, hollow girl pop like The Saturdays or the half-speaking-halfsinging mockney thing or Lady GaGa, which I don't think you can call singing. "Florence, of Florence & The Machine, is a great singer and Adele is as well and, obviously, Amy Winehouse, if she is going to be able to sing much longer.Who knows? But I think we need a few more people in the music industry who are singing and feeling what they are singing. "There's always been two sides to pop. There have always been novelty acts. There is too much manufactured stuff at the moment and not enough of the good stuff. Hopefully, that will change." I caught up with La Roux as she relaxed in San Francisco's Adagio hotel, ahead of a show in the US city - and a couple of days after she had rubbed shoulders with a plethora of big-name stars including supermodel Kate Moss and Blondie legend Debbie Harry. Elly explained: "We were supposed to be in Austria snowbombing then based a little North American tour around the launch of the Top Shop launch we got offered, for Peter Green. "The launch was in a mad place designed like a mini Moulin Rouge. It was beautiful. Kevin Spacey sang a cabaret song, Adele played and I played. There were weird midgets though I realise that's not a PC word. Anyway, there were these little guys. There were burlesque half-naked women doing tricks with swords. And I was there with my sister who is my PA, sitting on a sofa next to Kate Moss, thinking, what's going on? "I was a bit drunk and a bit nervous about speaking to her. I met Jennifer Lopez and Debbie Harry there, which was quite weird." Scots fans can catch La Roux when she headlines Glasgow's King Tut's as part of the NME Radar tour on May 10, although she's just had to cancel playing T in the Park due to other touring commitments. Explaining the live set-up she said: "La Roux definitely is a duo and it is like Goldfrapp. I didn't know Goldfrapp was two people until a few years ago. I and Ben are a band in the studio but I am La Roux, as it were, just like Goldfrapp is Goldfrapp but they are a band in the studio. Ben doesn't come out live. It's just me and two synth players. "Ben and I are really good mates. There is an element of mystery because I am the face of things. We weren't a duo to start off with but working with Ben is what made it. We're both hands-on with every aspect of making the music."
May 21, 200916 yr Well isn't she the delightful character. Boring bitter cow. :/ Anyway I think this'll go Top 5 maybe? I'm not really sure. I agree with Slick, I'd much rather see Paloma Faith at #01. :wub:
May 21, 200916 yr nice swipe at The Saturdays, Lily Allen, Kate Nash and Lady GaGa all in the same sentence there...:lol: she's hardly the queen of originality herself
May 21, 200916 yr she's hardly the queen of originality herself Indeed: zQ9zycElysU Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983 UK#2 USA#1) bCHEO477u44 Toyah - I Want To Be Free (1981 UK#4) fBkvcQEGq9k Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day (1980 UK#5)
May 22, 200916 yr Stupid cow. :manson: I knew there was a reason I disliked her initially. All this "I'm such an innovator" talk is pure poppycock, given that as people have highlighted she is far from being original herself.
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