Captain Cheese

Friday, October 17, 2003

Dear Reader,
It's been a long time, and I humbley acknowledge that I shouldn't have left you without a dope beat to step to for so long.
Sorry,
Scott


Look at Moooi, Kyloi

So, the reponse to "Slow" has proven to be a bit ... slow ... and now the video is a bit ... slower ...
It's a shame because she looks gorgeous and and the whole video is very pretty - but nothing happens. She's 'singing' about dancing - the least she could do is dance (and no, the Pilates clam-like moves she and her pals do on the towels doesn't count).
Meanwhile I am getting even more annoyed now that I've found out she's performing a huge FREE concert in London to launch her new album "Body Language". Of course, it will be filmed for a TV special and will be filled with comp winners, but I do fell like I'm missing out rather a lot.

Bros Day - When Will They Be Famous ... again?

I loved Bros. They were tops. They had millions of hits (well, at least six) and were twins - plus Craig Logan - and all in the world was well. Then Craig left and Matt and Luke Goss were by themselves. And despite the fact that that left them with just a vocalist and a drummer then were still a "band". But soon they ended up hating each other and broke up.
Luke wrote his autobiography, starred in Grease with Sonia, moved to America, got engaged to Daisy Fuentes and was in Blade 2.
Craig - after getting over a strange leg virus and suing the other two leaving them broke - dated Dannii Minogue, Geri Halliwell and signed Robbie Williams to EMI (clever boy).
And Matt had a solo album only one person (whom I happen to know) ever heard.
But now he's back! He's supporting Mariah Carey on tour in the UK this month.
Good on him!
Hang on, which one is engaged to Daisy again?

Top 10 Bros Hits
1. "When Will I Be Famous?" - How can you go past this brilliant pop gem? You can't! They even mention Karl Marx! Nuts!
2. "I Owe You Nothing" - I watch you crumble/like a very old wall; one of the best/worst pop lyrics ever!
3. "Too Much" - First single as a duo, the video features them running around some Mediterannean island in leather jackets. As one does.
4. "Chocolate Box" - I loved this song so much that I listened to it about 5000 times a day at the time. I was correct to do so. Awesome. Miachael Hutchence even announced he thought it was tops at the time.
5. "Cat Among The Pigeons" / "Silent Night" - There were pigeons in the video. Just as well. Oh, and this song is actually very beautiful. "Silent Night" was the Christmas carol - released as a double a-side as a Christmas single - and was all very high pitched and performed by Luke in a church with Craig and Matt looking glum in the background.
6. "Drop The Boy" - They're men now, okay? etc. Plus fun references to gel. The best part of the video is that they're bouncing on trampolines and kicking their legs in the air ... or was that ...
7. "I Quit" - About, um, quitting a dodgy job at Sainsbury's (possibly). They were very grrr angry young men back in the day. But then they became pop stars and hung out with Jason Donovan and Mel & Kim.
9. "Madly In Love" - Sounds just like "Too Much", because it was part of an odd musical trilogy or something. The video features them popping out of giant sunflowers. They were so ahead of Faith Hill.
10. "Sister" - This song is awesome, and touching, and dedicated to their sister who died in a car crash. Papparazzi and fans turned up to the funeral. Very wrong.
NB: I haven't mentioned any songs from the last album "Changing Faces" because I only had room for 10. And nobody knows those songs. Where oh where is a Greatest Hits album please?

Robbie sees the light
My pal (*cough*) Sir Bob has come to his senses and, instead of releasing the God-awful "Me And My Monkey" as a single, is instead releasing "Sexed Up".

Here's a squiz at the video!

Bob wrote "Sexed Up" ages and ages ago for his ex Natalie Imbruglia (she denies they ever went out - despite the fact that there are plenty of photos of them together from 1996. Maybe they just did it). Anyway, she said it wasn't to her taste (though less politely) and he should record it himself. And so he did. Yay!

I'm lurvin' it, ploise

In America, where people are crazy, they usually don't release singles anymore.
Instead they just release videos to TV and the tracks to radio and you have to buy the album. So, to go along with this craziness, they are now releasing videos from DVDs.
And this is exactly what we have with Justin Timberlake's new 'single' "I'm Lovin' It". However, in countries outside the US where we recognise this as foolishness, it appears it will be released as a proper single too. Yay!

You will already know it from the bastardised version in the McDonald's ads. Thankfully he doesn't sing "McDonald's" at the end of this one.
'Tis a tops song. In fact, Just might insist, it's the dime.
*cough*

Millsy
Have you noticed how nobody knows how to spell Millsy's name? This is my spelling.
Anyway, even though I used to think he was tres tops, he is soooooooooo out of his depth now along with the other Australian Idol's who can sing. It's time to cut him loose, kids. He'll be alright.
If he doesn't get an STD first.