ChrisJK

Might have to be For You now. This is very hard.

I've only listened to this once. It's good but I prefer Azizam. This is a bit "Ed by numbers". With how things are going chart-wise this era, I think we need to stop expecting huge things. I would imagine Ed is starting to think the same way.

Sticking with Will Young and expecting it to go now

Busy personal week kept me away from BJ this week a bit so was expecting a bigger drop. Wrong week to "release my CDs" the previous week as my 54 posts would have taken me to #12 this week but only #17 last week!

Ride on Time is one of my favourite songs. Still love it to this day and played it obsessively back in the day. Became a fan of Shakespear's Sister. Wasn't the name spelt incorrectly because of an error creating the logo for the band or something?

I pondered on I Want You Back, but ended up going for Bag It Up first.

Bucks Fizz (twice - 1991 (Cheryl, Mike and Boddy) , 2011 (Cheryl, Mike and Jay) Scooch - 2023 Swindon Pride Sonia - 2024 Swindon Pride Supposed to be seeing Blue as support to Olly Murs later this month but looking likely I might have to miss it now.

The theme of the song is anger in a relationship and moving away from it. It needs the beat etc of the original. This new version just doesn't fit the sentiment. The swear words even less so. One play was enough.

So this is going to be tough from here on in, but going for Rain on Me

I became a Martika fan immediately and bought her albums and all subsequent singles. Toy Soldiers is an absolute tune!!

Love Torn. Such an amazing track that has stood the test of time and still sounds brilliant today. And then there's Peter Andre...

I went for Spicy. Never heard either before but Say You'll Be Mine is one of my least fave Spice Girls singles and the voice on the cover is whiny and horrible.

I like Wouldn't Change a Thing and always have. The cover image is not great and the video was a bit pants, but the song itself isn't bad at all.

It's got to be Muse. Lighthouse Family were one of my least favourite bands ever. Pedestrian rubbish.

The Bros song is definitely a step down from their first as album, but it still wasn't bad. Lil Louis was a dreadful song. And Jive Bunny was just hideous. Absolute tosh that ruined the charts at the time.

I've thought about this for a while... If TikTok hits do well, is it because after hearing the song on TikTok people then actually seek the song out to listen to, ask Alexa to play it, or put it on their own playlists. Which means it is genuinely a popular song rather than just being something that is passively listened to through a playlist? That's better, isn't it. Because it means they are hits because people want to listen to them.

Will Young next.

Pink. I didn't go for her to begin with, thinking it would be a wasted vote, but it's the worst of what is left.

I think Mae did okay. She got an album out there and a Top 10 single. Olly Alexander seems to still be in the media a lot. They still get the attention for a short while. Otherwise, why would anyone even consider giving Remember Monday a big gig when Eurovision will be done by then?

I guess the UK Eurovision entry usually becomes a bit of a "national treasure" for a few months after the contest, regardless of how they do. This looks like an impressive line-up, but I am surprised anyone thought Mariah was relevant enough to be a "big" name on this anymore

This sounds good. Could be a (very) early summer banger. He certainly needs to get something out there and move on from Smoke...

I wonder who thought putting a single male dancer, about a foot taller than Sonia, on the stage to dance awkwardly around her? Always seemed odd to me. I like the Gloria Estefan track.

I guess the pre-order will be up throughout the summer and then release it when the shows are about done. But it's another delay and there's only so many songs you can release before an album. I guess some might not be on it in the end - thinking Midnight Cowboy and maybe even Fantasy could get relegated to a deluxe? Or maybe vinyl will end up with a different tracklisting (as it's apparently already finalised) and that would boost sales with die-hards buying multiple copies?

This sounds pretty good. Guessing it's going to be more Ed & Guitar rather than having an uptempo beat behind it.

Oh that sounds okay. Kinda keeping the country vibe but making it more pop. Wouldn't have blamed her for dropping country after her last single didn't make the Top 40 (but did okay for an Ella solo track)