I was hoping to finish writing about The Honeycombs’ “Have I The Right?” today in order to put it up on Popular, but no luck. Then I remembered that the mighty Dr C. had written about that song (and others) for us a few years ago, s[…]

The Honeycombs, by Dr C
I’m in love with Honey Lantree, and anyone who cares about pop should love her too. Look at the cover of The Honeycombs ‘I Can’t Stop’ – she’s above the boys, looking to the left and slightl[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
97. The Beat – “Save It For Later”
So, do lyrics matter? Well, what we have here suggests not – a charming parade of colloquialisms adding up to… what, exactly? What’s “Save It To Later&#[…]

I believe this is pop music’s equivalent of the board having a vote of confidence in the current management.
so
a) bye-bye Busted!
b) Do not buy any Fightstar records to tell Charlie the error of his predicted ways.[…]

Things you never hear on the radio any more
1. People Announcing Who The Song Is By
This started as a sarky comments box dig at 6music, who may well be playing rub new band The Bravery day and night but frankly I wouldn’t know, because it&#8217[…]

TOP 50 SCOTTISH BANDS EVAH!
List drawn up by (meta alert) The List. Belle & Sebastian are unsurprising winners considering all their twee fans live to artificially raise their favourites position on any poll going. They came in at Number Three i[…]

Vacuum Energy
Rachel Steven’s new single is written/produced by Swedish electro group Vacuum according to popjustice’s top showbiz links. So here’s an link to all you need to know about that secret Army of Lovers plan to rule pop by[…]

Radio: “You love us! Uh, don’t you?”
The bit about ‘we really break thousands of new artists and songs, no really’ makes me think of the various claims being advanced about how US Social Security is really in the toile[…]

Those Landmark No.1s In Full
(as requested by Alan T)
1st No.1 – Al Martino – “Here In My Heart”
100th No.1 – Anthony Newley – “Do You Mind”
200th No.1 – The Beatles – “Help”
300[…]

First order of business is obviously the total farce that the 1000th No.1 has descended into. Midweeks are out showing that it’s going to be Elvis again, with a reissue of the not-particularly-great “One Night”. Underwhelming to say[…]