It was great to see new faces at my Xmas gathering as I never know how many people will turn up or manage to persuade them to come, but I am glad they did. We usually gather at the Spaghetti House and afterwards we go to the pub for more drinks and more talk. This year the food was great and the company of the old and new friends was in a great harmony. This is part of my events that I usually do during the years, and I will keep doing more of them. Will the following people please take a bow... C. Johnson, M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen, S.Wilhelm and M. Storleer. Together, they created one of the most amazing pop anthems of not just this year, but of the last few years. Sure it took 'Only Girl (In The World)' a little while to really gel with us, but boy when it did, we realised fully that the lead single from Rihanna's latest long player 'Loud' was a complete and utter screamer. A subtle verse structure leads into an altogether spectacular chorus section that just seems to build and build, as Rihanna turns on the diva power-vocals to jaw-dropping effect. And if all that aural goodness wasn't enough to send you into shimmering puddles of pop delight, the video (below) was divine, with subtle warm desert hues that were splashed with colour courtesy of poppies and oversized balloons. And the lake scene? Well that's just pure visual sex on a stick right there The stratospheric rise of this pop phenomenon throughout the last couple of years hit an incredible new high just over nine months ago when she revealed the video clip for her eighth single 'Telephone'. After bursting onto our pop radar just two years earlier with the iconic 'Just Dance', Lady Gaga had been slowly ascending the ladder to megastardom. But it wasn't just Gaga that made this single great. Oh no. With 'Telephone', you were getting two A grade popstars for the one price, with a bootylicious Beyonce thrown into the mix for good measure. And let's face it, we were all hooked on that 'eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh stop telephoning me' line - one of those stealthy little bundle of lyrics that buried its way under your skin like a botfly (don't Youtube it) and wouldn't let go. But it was with the song's epic nine and a half minute video that Gaga really wriggled her way onto a pop pedestal far loftier than any of the other fluffy pretenders. |
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