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- Lily Allen has declared war on people who bought Paris Hilton's Paris, saying "People cheesy enough to buy albums like that should be killed." No word on whether or not people who also bought Alright, Still would get away with just being maimed. [Digital Spy]
- New rules for the UK singles charts go into effect on Monday; now, any song, regardless of whether or not it's been officially released as a single, can make the list based on how many digital downloads it's sold. Expect at least three deep cuts from the Crazy Frog album to vault into the top 10 as a result. [Telegraph]
- Chaka Khan is headlining New Year's Eve at BB King's, where James Brown had been scheduled to ring in 2007. We love you, Chaka, but that's a tough act to follow. We feel for you. [WCBS]
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Chaka Khan can hold her own. She's Chaka Khan! She can croon, wail, jazz scat and her name makes you happy when you say it out loud. Everybody's a winner there.
...who's Lily Allen, again?
Lily Allen had her dog nicked today.
She was in Jamaica, the dog was in London.
Why would you let your pet go to the West Indies on its own?
Come to think of it, half of her album was nicked off other people.
What was the name of her dog? Old Reggae Sample?
1) feign outrage about Paris Hilton in attempt to somehow prove self credible
2) ???????
3) Profit!
1. I am so looking forward to runing your 2007 poll by ranking Alright, Still as my #1.
2. U.K. charts have always been schizo because they're all-sales - no airplay component, a la the Billboard Hot 100. (That's what makes the H100 so durable: airplay = boring but stable/orderly; singles sales = capricious but wacky/fun; the two together = a sensible, representative chart.)
The big question on the U.S. charts next week: What dumb, disposable, teen-friendly-and-parent-unfriendly single sold so many copies on iTunes the week after Christmas (Apple's blockbuster week for post-Christmas iPod-filling sales) that it will be propelled to #1 for one week in the new year's first chart, a la D4L's "Laffy Taffy" last year? I'm betting on "Walk It Out" by Unk.
3. Chaka will be fine. Last I heard, she's every woman. It's all in her.
ahh, lily. I'm no supply-sider, but in this particular case I might suggest applying say's law (supply creates demand).
RE #1: Nah, they'll be forced to listen to 'Alright, Still' on repeat for eternity.
I'm with you Dennisobell. It's such a terrible thing that Lily Allen, a pop artist, can a) sing her own pop songs quite well, b) makes reference to and samples several older but unpopular music styles in her songs such as reggae, calypso and ska, c) is more intelligent, opinionated and level-headed than other celebrities her age and d) is not showing her cooter to the world. I'm guessing that the lesson we should learn from these comments is that we should all be grateful that there are such few pop artists like Lily, and so many like Fergie, Paris and Jessica Simpson.
alright, still is a fine record -- i just wonder if she's been taking pre-us release publicity tips from the game.
Calling someone out is the UK's national pastime. Their book review pages are basically well-worded character assassinations. I'm not too crazy about the practice, but then again, I'm North American Scum.
And folks can trash Lily all they want, but I just find it astounding that people are trashing her for trashing Paris Hilton. I thought it was universally agreed that Paris was one rung below Saddam.
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