Rolling 2004 Europop Thread

he'll obv be here in person to comment soon, but hey

Who's blog do you think I was reading when I decided to set this thread up?

its a small world

for fans of Special D:

Mandaryna - Here I Go Again

Alcazar - This Is The World We Live In
Danzel - Pump It Up
Daan - Housewife (The Conversation)
Luka - To Nem Ai
Royal Gigolos - California Dreaming
Brothers - The Moon
Haiducii - Mne S Toboy Horosho (Gabry Ponte Remix)
Gabry Ponte - In The Shadows (yes, THAT tune fully italo-fied)

and the prize track:

Hellen - Vedo e Sento (Gabry Ponte Remix)
Amazingly powerful vocal performance. Get this immediately.

Does Rachel Stevens' Some Girls count?

Seelenluft - You Come Along
Kings Of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You

Dom: The rapper on "Modern Times" is a US Rapper called Johnny Five, but the track is, I'm fairly sure, French-created. It doesn't appear on Johnny's album, anyway.

I am on the fence about Kaleidoscopo song. On one hand, I think the intro is awful, but when it gets going it's quite smoove.

The most searched-for Europop single that leads people to my blog is "Femme Like U" by K-Maro, a fantastic French single that should be translated and covered quickly.

Irrespective of whether I have blabbed about them elsewhere or not, here are some others:

Farolfi vs Gambafreaks - Subtravel
Magnifica and Turbolenza - Hir Ai Kam Hir Ai Go
Antti Tiusku - Yrita Ymmartaa
Drengene fra Angora - Team Easy On
Outlandish - Man Binder Os Pa Mun
Stefan Raab Feat. Spucky, Kork & Schrotty - Space-Taxi
Vesna Pisavoric - Ti Si Kriv
Lena Philipsson - Delirium
Tess - The Second You Sleep
Jacques Houdek - Neka Bude Zauvijek
Novaspace - So Lonely

And here's a non-definitive list of singles not released in the US or UK that are on my Singles of the Year list:

The Mo - Nostalgia Locomotive
Caparezza - Fuori Dal Tunnel/Venga Dalla Luna
Loto - Back To Discos
David Bisbal - Buleria
Pay TV - Trendy Discoteque (C64 Mix)
September - September All Over
Edo Maajka - No Sikiriki
Kaksio - Tytto Taansii Vaan/Ajatellen Sua
Sasa, Tin & Kedzo - 365
Schiller - Leben (I Feel You)
Edguy - Lavatory Love Machine
Singuila - C'est Trop
Pearl - J'ai Des Choses a Te Dire
Groove Coverage - Poison
Boosta Iconoclash - Rock'n'Roll Robot
The Preluders - Hotter Than You Know
Bosson - A Little More Time
Ivana Brkic - Njezno Njeznije
Autolove - Bulletproof Heart
Paps'n'Skar - Mirage (La Luna)
Disco - Toiseen Suuntaan
Bodies Without Organs - Living In A Fantasy
Erika - I Don't Know/Right Or Wrong
Natalia - Higher Than The Sun/I Want You Back
Marieke - I'm A Fool
Aleks Syntek - Duele El Amor (actually, is Mexican. But the techno version is pure Euro)
Etienne Daho/Charlotte Gainsbourg - If
Vanilla Ninja - Don't Go Too Fast (written by the guy who used to be E-Rotic, i.e. Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex)

I found Gabry Ponte's version of "In The Shadows" a bit of a letdown. But it's better than the Meadows remix that came with the Finnish version of the album.

""Femme Like U" by K-Maro, a fantastic French single"

He's actually from Quebec.

Well, it's at least IN French, isn't it? Has he done anything else?

Oh and for a real trainwreck:

Mixtery - Bring Me To Life

O-Zone, "Dragostea din Tei". The inferior cover by Haiducii has been in the charts at the same time.

I actually prefer that disco follow-up O-Zone have.

I think Chewing Gum by Annie can be (slightly tenuously) mentioned again here also because it is maybe genuinely the greatest record of all time (NOT A DRILL)

I've been eyeing this record by a girl duo called So Watt! for the longest time, cuz it's in every record shop here but never cheap, anyway, finally gave in and bought it.

Apparently they're portuguese, which surprised me because they don't have any sort of hit single or the slightest bit of media attention or anything here.

Sample titles: "My Reflexion", "Funcy Flame", "I Already Know That!" and my personal favourite, "Hey! Respect My Mind".

The cover features the two girls laying about. The dark skinned one is wearing a black t-shirt which has the words "White Power" on it. This puzzles me.

no mention of The Knife 'Heartbeats' yet then - the album's great too

Probably because we all knew Heartbeats last year :) Great to have it cross over though.

Anyone interested on being on a Square Table-like Europop panel, email me! You'll get sent lots of Europop you've never heard of and have a chance to be bitchy.

e-type - paradise

take the best of the a teens, mix it with the flying trance attack of kate ryan's "libertine" and voila!

I don't see O-zone's follow-up single "Despre tine" here yet. Not as great as "dragostea din tei", but still very cheesy and amusing ;-)

Oh, and Edward, that panel sounds interesting!

Drop me an email and I'll send you a ballot.