The UK Top 40 14/11/04 - LIVE! (ish!)

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This week's chart looks to be A Bit On The Boring Side. So I'm going to be doing a 'live update' thread this week, cos I've not done it like this in ages and ages and I just feel like it, really. Then I'll reformat it all for Stylus, and... yeh. It all kicks off in ten minutes or so, anyway.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

cool!

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Sunday, 14 November 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Bring us the rock and non-rock.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 November 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Radio turned on, here's Keane. Dunno if the chart programme has started yet.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, their album is number 20.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Wes has a competition in the album chart which he is plugging. Like a twat.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

19-17 - Maroon 5, Busted, Phil Collins. And so what comes next?

It's the Kings of Leon. Here's 'The Bucket'. World of toss.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Wes makes me irrationally violent. It's partly the way he constantly name-checks himself and partly the way he affects to pronounce Busted.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

At #14 we find Green Day, and here's 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams'. Slower, more radio rock style number... Billie Joe's voice is surprisingly well suited to this sort of thing.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

This is a half-decent little tune, yeah. Nothing obviously great about it, but they've got some kind of knack for this from somewhere or other, and it's working fairly well.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Wet Wet Wet are the first new entry, a greatest hits thing at #13.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Daniel Bedingfield new at #8, pain-inducing interview precedes it. Man from downstairs asks if I fancy going for a drink and I have to decline so I can hear 'Nothing Hurts Like Love' instead. Grr.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd've took the drink.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Shania Twain best of #6. Westlife 'do' Rat Pack at #3. My internals are feeling really fucking strained by this.

NV. I really should have. This is... beyond bollocks.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Britney's best of is #2, and Encore is yr #1. 'Just Lose It' played in full. NOW IS NOT THE TIME.

Fans of my anger will be in for a right old treat this afternoon, I can feel it...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Spoony wants you to get Freeview.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"Nas, bless him, has never made the top ten..."

Later: Win a date with Lemar!

Rachel Stevens #40, and the first song we hear in full will be 'Come Get Some' by Rooster. Humour sinking.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Rooster are playing a series of 'proper' gigs at 'proper' rawk venues next year. If I could blag my way in, I'm seriously tempted to go and laugh at them. But I know I'd be drown out by the bunch of 14 year olds at the front.

― jellybean (jellybean), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

AND HERE'S THE NOISE NEXT DOOR!

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:31 (twenty-one years ago)

For christ's sakes. I would say 'at least I'll never have to hear this again', but it just feels like tempting fate.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

'Radio' is the best song that's been played so far this afternoon. Lemar will be open to meeting men, but not in a 'date' sense.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

My son will be happy to hear that about Lemar.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Lemar has a song surplus, perhaps the EU will give him a subsidy. I'm unsure if jokes of that variety are allowed to be made by anyone other than Jeremy Clarkson, to be honest.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, Angel City at #36. I do like this one, plus I've just eaten one of those individual apple & blackcurrant pie things.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Ashleeeeeee is yr #35, and that's getting played in full too. Guessing there's not many new entries this week, then.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Here's a live update from the recording of Band Aid III.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey! "Feed The World" still sounds as great as it did 20 years ago.

Straight in at number 26 then.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

NEW: The Finn Brothers, 'Nothing Wrong With You', #31.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I can go for this.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Loses it a bit toward the end, though.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

This Tyler James single is very good. First instance of dancing in the chair this afternoon.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

IT'S MA$E!!! (new at #29)

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

This is brilliant. The kids love Ma$e. The women love Ma$e. The whole of the South loves Ma$e. "Wel Come Baaack."

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Twista is new at #28, 'So Sexy' (ft. R Kelly).

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Bit disjointed, somehow. There is definitely something to be said for him slowing down a bit every now and then.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Dannii! Hooraii!

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"As long as you live!"

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"PUMP EDD UP! YOU GOT TO PUMP EDD UP!"

Danzel has, indeed, got his groove on. Do not touch his radio.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Can you do the same thing for the Radio 1 schedule fri-evening/saturday night?

It's been unbearable for as long as I can remember (and I LIKE dance music...) and in dire need of a good kicking.

― latetotheparty (latetotheparty), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

'Flashdance'. Oh yes.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:14 (twenty-one years ago)

And now, Happy People. I cannot help but feel I should be bracing myself for a sudden and violent dip in quality.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Sho 'nuff, here's Jay Sean.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Not that this is actually bad, it's just numbingly competent.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:22 (twenty-one years ago)

A U2 interview so fucking important it takes 3 separate DJ's to trail it. Super.

THE UK TOP 20: THE EXCHANGE STUDENTS ARE LOOKING AT ME SUSPICIOUSLY

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

20) JAMIE CULLUM – Everlasting Love (NEW ENTRY)

Cullum tries to turn ‘Everlasting Love’ into a David Gray song, removes all the verve and swing and vitality from the tune then tries to stuff it back in. He fails, and it all sounds horrendously weak and watered down. Though I didn’t have any hopes for it at all, it really can only be described as disappointing.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

19) STERIOGRAM – Walkie Talkie Man (NEW ENTRY)

iPod-pimping Kiwis simultaneously say “Hello” and “Goodbye” to the top 20, presumably. But anyhow – half-decent standard-issue punking but with backing vocals done in the style of Ride and lead vocals done in the style of 28 Days. Yet not really quite as good as that sounds.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)

18) NAS ft. OLU DARA – Bridging The Gap (NEW ENTRY)

Nas pays tribute to his dad, and his dad simultaneously pays tribute to him. In the background, the blues and hip-hop get crammed together awkwardly on the back seat of the bus, but it feels just so very sweet somehow. I really do like this an awful lot. Sentimental in the sort of way that just kind of gets to me a bit. Innit.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

17) KELIS ft. ANDRE 3000 – Millionaire

“I woke up early this morning – I Don’t Think Y’All Heard Me! Said I woke up early this morning – I Don’t Think Y’All Heard Me!” This song probably wouldn’t work quite so well without 3000 on it, but really – not his best work. And that’s not mentioning his closing verse, either…

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Lemar phone-in competition hijinks. Put the kettle on.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

16) EYE OPENER – Hungry Eyes (NEW ENTRY)

‘Dirty Dancing’ tune gets Northern House going-over. No thanks.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

15) KHIA – My Neck, My Back (Lick It)

Football? Go on then. Southampton won yesterday! 2-1 against Portsmouth! Dexter Blackstock scored!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40522000/jpg/_40522427_dexter_pa.jpg

This puts us above West Brom in the table (i.e. We Are 17th)! Not that I’m clutching at straws or owt.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

14) DIZZEE RASCAL – Dream (NEW ENTRY)

There are people out there who apparently reckon this song is not a good idea. Bollocks to they. Dizzee does a sort of ‘story of my life thus far’ type thing, samples ‘Happy Talk’ by Captain Sensible, and does a track that sounds immensely light and happy. Bouncy. Fluffy? Dizzee? Well, yeah. And bloody good at it an’ all. Plus, as has previously been mentioned in this column, the video looks something like this:

http://www.xlrecordings.com/images/broadcast/posters/dream.jpg

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

13) MICHAEL GRAY – The Weekend

The video to this, however, is pish. ‘Sexy photocopying’ is not the new ‘sexy beefeaters’.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

12) V – You Stood Up (NEW ENTRY)

It’s their ballad, and fuck me but the boy at the start can sing. In fact, they all can. This, if you’ve not guessed, is their ballad. And… it’s really good. There’s a choir, and they don’t sound shit. There’s also a worrying over-extension of the theme of “standing up and stealing it” (where ‘it’ is presumably ‘(his) heart’ or ‘(his) love’ or something), but the whole effect is oddly ethereal, dreamy even. There’s the odd bit of overcooking, and yet it doesn’t matter. It just works. The ending is a bit rushed, true, but this really is very intriguing.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

11) JA RULE ft. R KELLY & ASHANTI – Wonderful

At no point in this song is anything described as being ‘wonderful’. Such a hater.

(yes, I've noticed the error in the previous entry too...)

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

U2 r yr download #1.

10) JAMELIA – Stop/DJ

Reacquainted myself with the original this week. It is better. Jamelia’s being far too subtle.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

She isn’t yowling “go-and-break-my-heart!” anywhere near painfully enough.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Here's Wes interviewing Delta Goodrem. Turned the sound off.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

9) DELTA GOODREM – Out Of The Blue (NEW ENTRY)

So how much has Celine Dion got to answer for, then? Cos Delta’s got her piano out again… oh hang on, here’s a portentous guitar… and here’s some unnecessary high notes inserted at random… oh go on, it’s not so bad. It feels like everyone wants to tell me about what they’ve been going through lately today. Her “eyes were wide shut”, apparently. It’s just a bit meandering, though, like most of the new entries today with the exception of, er, Dizzee. He’s gone and out-popped them all. But here’s some strings, they’re good, here’s several (i.e. two) layers of backing vocals, and some trumpets, and they’re all really nice, but this could just do with being a bit more jarring is all.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

8) ERIC PRYDZ – Call On Me

Outside The Boy In The Seafood T-Shirt and his girlfriend get something out of the glovebox of their car. God, I need to sort myself out.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

7) BRITNEY SPEARS – My Prerogative

Word confirms I have spelt ‘prerogative’ right. Seriously, there are points that do sound like they have actually been cut and pasted straight from The Backstreet Boys. As in, not re-recorded, just ported straight across, random notes. I’m looking at the bottle of ‘Raspberry Rippleade’ that’s a bit to the left of me, and it looks tempting, but I should probably finish the ginger beer first. There’s only two new entries to come, so I may well be keeping you up to date on further developments in this field. Unfortunately.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

6) CHRISTINA AGUILERA & MISSY ELLIOTT – Car Wash

They mercilessly shear the “This is, A Shark’s Tale, exclusive” bit this week, which mercifully absolves me of any responsibility to care about this.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I am thrilled to hear that you like "You Stood Up", William. Because I thought NOBODY else on here would.

― edward o (edwardo), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

5) USHER ft. ALICIA KEYS – My Boo/Confessions part II

This actually almost sounds… good. I mean, even taking into account Usher’s nasty habit of subbing shouting for charisma. It’s like it’s from some alternate dimension. Wes again reminds us that Radio 1 is massive. God, I want to punch him.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:28 (twenty-one years ago)

4) BLUE – Curtain Falls (NEW ENTRY)

To commemorate Blue not splitting up, here’s a single about how “(they’ve) done it but (they’ve) done it (their) way.” Blue are bitter about their struggle to get to this point. Lee Ryan grunts impassionedly. There is some sampling of the thing that ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ sampled. The voice effects on the chorus and the rubbish rap thing are the same as they were on ‘All Rise’, not that Blue are doing some kind of self-reflexive career retrospective type thing, because Blue aren’t splitting up. Not if Duncan’s solo single’s anything to go by anyhow.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

3) EMINEM – Just Lose It

Sounds a little bit better now. But… not very good. Yer bored, yes… and so am I now. Which is probably what you wanted. So, erm, you win. Oh well.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

2) DESTINY’S CHILD – Lose My Breath

It is possible to get bored of floods of electric noise. No, really. Take that away, it just feels like a less good version of Christina Milian’s last single. And that had Joe Budden on. This is just a bit boring, lacking in hook, like some sort of early demo for ‘The Show’ or something. Destiny’s Child ‘Go Electro’, Ben Affleck ‘Does Comedy’. Same difference.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

They're counting down to the 1000th official number one. Five left to go. It therefore won't be Band Aid.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

1) U2 – Vertigo (NEW ENTRY)

Erm. Right. So… this is great, then, is it? Well, no. What it isn’t is ‘Beautiful Day’, which is always quite the relief. This is… OK, isn’t it? It doesn’t sound quite as try-hard as it could have done. But equally, I really don’t give much of a shit. I do like ‘Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me’, though.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

ANd that, pretty much, is that. Next week - McFly, The 411, Girls Aloud and some other records also. Hopefully not involving Westlife.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave Pearce is playing 'Flashdance'. However, because he is live in Swansea, it has some people whistling and cheering alongside it. Doesn't quite go.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)

THat was going out to the 'Kwik-Fit crew... we had a bit of a breakdown outside Ellesmere Port...'

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Bloke asks for a tune for his mate 'who's got a bit of babe action in Arbroath'.

There is something quite lovable about Dave. He's just so adorably useless...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I went for the Rippleade in the end, by the way. Bit too fizzy as it turns out.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Here's Michael Gray live. It sounds quite terrible.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 14 November 2004 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

The "Everlasting Love" cover -- is that the Andy Gibb forgotten almost-ballad song, or the one that gets trotted out every five years (Robert Knight, Love Affair, Carl Carlson, Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet, U2, Gloria Estefan ...)?

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 14 November 2004 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

the latter

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 14 November 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

You forgot the worst version of all (the cast of Casualty)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 14 November 2004 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 15 November 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

best (and only good) bit in the Eminem song: "yeah boy, shake that ass! oops I mean girl, girl girl girl."

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 15 November 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, but that makes it one of his best. Just for that bit.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 November 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

it's swiftly countered by "augh augh augh augh" though.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 15 November 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

it's his best video though.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 15 November 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I have been wondering... what is the Dizzee clip an actual pastiche of?

Is it Play School with that lady at the piano and wooden dancing characters?

Can someone please let me know?

Regards,
herbz

― herbalizer12 (herbalizer12), Monday, 15 November 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

It's supposed to be Annette Mills, isn't it?

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 15 November 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

(making Dizzee Muffin The Mule)

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 15 November 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

The sample on Gangster's Paradise was from Stevie Wonder's Passtime Paradise on Songs in the Key of Life. I much prefer the original.

I don't think I want to hear what Blue have done with it.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Erm, they've sampled it. That's about the long and the short of it. The rest has them in slightly aggressive/slightly sentimental mode. It sounds a bit like One Love, but with that sample in it.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmmm... I'm not changing my mind about not wanting to hear it...

Isn't it about time they made a 'serious' record and split up? V are so much more visually appealing.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I'd imagine this is a serious record. They sound quite pissy.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Who is Annette Mills? I'm from Australia! Is she sister of Julie Mills or Mrs Mills?!!!

― herbalizer12 (herbalizer12), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i *think* she was John Mills' sister.

― GB05? (robin carmody), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

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