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Vid has made the song grow on me quite abti which is great :)

Popjustice: A positive review of Cheryl Cole's 'Fight For This Love'. How odd, but how brilliant to be reviewing a Cheryl Cole single. It feels wrong but surprisingly right. So here's the thing to get out of the way: 'Fight For This Love' is not a Girls Aloud single. It's a fresh-sounding modern pop record, but it's not Girls Aloud. It's not supposed to be Girls Aloud. Brian Higgins has talked of Xenomania's big flashpoint at the start of the decade coming as a reaction to the R&B-styled pop tuneage that dominated the charts and was, at that point, 'the sound of pop'. 'Fight For This Love' is, if anything, almost an 'anti-Xenomania' record - Cheryl Colo's debut solo single is an R&B-styled pop tune. Most significantly, very importantly for Cheryl's first solo tune outside Girls Aloud (but also, from the way it sounds, quite unselfconsciously) 'Fight For This Love' is very definitely not just a Girls Aloud single with one person singing it. Anyone thinking of doing a Shirley Valentine after hearing about Leona's new single (general idea: I'm not picking up your socks any more, I'm off) might have faith restored by 'Fight For This Love' with its belief that "anything that's worth having, sure enough worth fighting for, quitting's out of the question, when it gets tough gotta fight some more" and a fairly clear chorus message: "we gotta fight (fight), fight (fight) fight for this love". In spirit it's either a lot less or a lot more mature than the Leona track; either way it's f***ing brilliant. It's one of those songs you can have on repeat for an hour and a half without getting bored. One thing that hits you is - well, is this really what Cheryl sounds like? Vocally it's a big surprise. It's so usual to hear Cheryl through the Xenomania filter. As it turns out, she sounds really great - strong, confident, direct. Like a proper pop singer. We suppose being a member of a pop group for the best part of a decade should have been a fairly strong hint re the whole 'proper pop singer' thing but you know how it is with members of bands - they're just members of bands until, er, they're not any more. (This paragraph might need a bit of work - Ed) Like some of the best pop tunes 'Fight For This Love' is a very simple affair without bells, whistles or kitchen sinks, but there's more going on than is initially obvious and the production's certainly a cut above. The song doesn't start with a big fanfare - it eases itself into view and suddenly Cheryl's singing and the song's started - and it ends not with a bang but with a gradual fade. It's a sleek, powerful production and while we were walking across a bridge yesterday evening it was unexpectedly this, not the Leona single, that we found rattling around in our head. GET THE CHAMPAGNE OUT POLYDOR, IT PASSES THE BRIDGE TEST. Worst Line/Best Line » "Every day ain't gonna be no picnic, love ain't no walk in the park" (outdoor pursuit double negativeometer explodes) » "Just know that united we stand alone" (amazing) The Best Four Motoring References In This Tune » "Makes it hard to know which road to go down" » "Is it better is it worse are we sitting in reverse?" » "What I don't wanna do is crash" » "We've been driving so fast we just need to slow down" Additional Data » There's a breakdown clap along bit after the middle eight. Oh yes. » The middle eight is the best bit. » This would be a good Whitney track - in fact at times there's a bit of a Whitneyish tone to Cheryl's voice. » If this song was walking down the street, they - and by 'they' we mean general passers-by - would say 'hey sexy'. Sadly the street in question would be one outside a mental hospital following a large-scale breakout because in real life people in total control of their mental faculties do not pass people in the street and say 'hey sexy' to them. » It's better than all Thom Yorke solo material ever. http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option...&Itemid=206 The attached picture is so amazing! Sounds like its going to be pretty good, I am going to die waiting for Monday to come!

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72+ Call The Shots 36- Untouchable

I'm so excited, this is going to be amazing! :wub:

Oops, just posted this in the single thread :lol: Hopefully we'll have heard the single and may have even seen the video by the end of the month? :)

HMV have album listed on their site for a November 2 release. Exciting! :D

71+ Call The Shots 37- Untouchable

So will artists/record companies be paid by Youtube now, as in for views? :lol: Yes I'm slow.

She's done so well here :cheer: 5 Top 10 Singles, a Platinum album that's still in the Top 30 (it'll probably end up going Double Platinu - 140,000 copies). Radio absolutely loves her too. Is there any chance of her trying to crack the UK? I reckon she could go down alright over there...

EDIT: Ok I read that totally wrong :lol: How often are these predictions right? It looks like Johnopia may struggle to qualify :'(

This Morning was so funny, Heidi really reminded me of Kimberley (smiling at innapropriate times, shoddy vocals :lol:) but Amelle was awesome, she's definetely my favourite by a miiiile.

She's done so well here, it's phenomenal :wub:

This will be Top of the Music DVD Charts for months here, I bet :lol: I'll probably get a copy, it was amazing! Absolutely loved Bohemian Rhapsody in particular :D

Johnopia has voted! ;) Hopefully we can qualify haha, seems to have had a mixed reaction so far :P

Cheryl will be filming the music video for her 1st solo single this weekend and we hear there will be lots of dancing! The rumour is that her debut single will be a collaboration with Taio Cruz and feature a rap by him. His discription of their track together as a ‘club banger’ certainly fits in with the idea of a dancey video, and we all know how hot Cheryl’s dance moves are! Apparently the casting for her video happened yesterday and they were looking for male dancers. Cheryl is sticking with Girls Aloud’s usual choreographer Beth for the video, but the dance moves are apparently a lot more intricate than anything we’ve seen in Girls Aloud before. We will be hearing her debut single before the end of September, so exciting times all round! The latest issue of Q magazine has a feature on Xenomania and confirms their involvement (and Will.I.Am’s) on Cheryl’s solo album. There’s also a little info about the album here: While we wait with bated breath for Cheryl Cole’s first solo album, I spoke to a music insider this week who’s already had a sneak peek. He told me: “Everyone’s been saying her stuff is r’n'b based with a lot of hip hop but that’s rubbish. It’s a pop album. Cheryl’s stuck to her roots.” I can’t wait to hear it! http://totalcherylcole.wordpress.com/2009/...lo-single-info/ Sounds very promising! :D

Kabul $h!t is alright, not up to the standard of INMIY though imo. To be honest I remember when I first got this off iTunes and was quite worried that the whole album was going to be like this :lol: It's not that it's bad, but I'm not a huge fan of the whole 'political message in song' thing and while I can stomach it in moderation I wouldn't want too much of that. I'd say KS gets around 6.5/10, which really is quite low for Lily, probably in my least fave 3 Lily songs :P I'd say only songs that are around the same level or lower are U Killed It, Fag Hag and Friend Of Mine. In other words, I believe B-Sides are B-Sides for a reason usually. :lol:

So has this been confirmed yet? *crosses fingers* :lol:

1. Little Boots - Hands (1) 2. Daniel Merriweather - Love & War (2) 3. Pet Shop Boys - Yes (3) 4. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (4) 5. Alesha Dixon - The Alesha Show (5) 6. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts (6) 7. Girls Aloud - Out Of Control (7) 8. Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (8) 9. Kate Miller-Heidke - Curiouser (9) 10. Katy Perry - One Of The Boys (10) :)

Tell me about it :lol: It's looking as though 'I Will Be Here' will probably get Top 5, and that certainly would have been an amazing first result for Johnopia. Still, hopefully we can qualify for the final and see how we go from there! :cheer:

I jusr realised that The Dolly Rockers' entry should actually be Gold Digger, not Je Suis Une Dolly. Epic fail me! :lol:

:cheer: Wow, thanks so much! Hopefully it'll qualify :lol:

2 (NEW) Lady GaGa - LoveGame [2] 3 (NEW) Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas [3] 5 (NEW) Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone [5] 7 (NEW) Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling [7] 8 (NEW) Agnes - Release Me [8] 9 (NEW) Michael Jackson - Beat It [9] 11 (NEW) Pixie Lott - Mama Do [11] 12 (NEW) Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire [12] 13 (NEW) Jordin Sparks - Battlefield [13] 14 (NEW) Sugababes - Get Sexy [14] 15 (NEW) Little Boots - Remedy [15] 16 (NEW) Girls Aloud - Love Is The Key [16] 17 (NEW) P!nk - Funhouse [17] 18 (NEW) Freemasons - Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer (feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor) [18] 20 (NEW) Lily Allen - Not Fair [20] 21 (NEW) David Guetta - When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland) [21] 22 (NEW) La Roux - Bulletproof [22] 23 (NEW) Alesha Dixon - Let's Get Excited [23] 24 (NEW) The Saturdays - Work [24] 25 (NEW) The Veronicas - Untouched [25] 26 (NEW) Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy [26] 27 (NEW) 3Oh!3 - Don't Trust Me [27] 28 (NEW) Michael Jackson - Bad [28] 29 (NEW) Girls Aloud - Untouchable [29] 31 (NEW) Girls Can't Catch - Keep Your Head Up [31] 34 (NEW) Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) [34] 35 (NEW) Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor [35] 36 (NEW) Kasabian - Fire [36] 37 (NEW) Lady GaGa - Paparazzi [37] 38 (NEW) Britney Spears - Radar [38] 39 (NEW) Lily Allen - 22 [39] Great chart! :D

Oh yeah I'm sure :lol: So is this official now? If so, they're going out with a bang aren't they! HH;HH has been aaaabsolutely massive [/lame sarcasm].

I'll be kicking myself if Johnopia doesn't qualify and Tiesto/SSS do - I had 'I Will Be Here' reserved and I let it go! :lol: