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Fixed that for you, babe.
Mixed Pop Groups & Duos Rate • WINNER ANNOUNCED
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Fixed that for you, babe.
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My potential rate list currently stands at:
Mixed Pop Groups & Duos: The Sequel
Almighty Remixes
Love This Records & beyond
Louise
Boybands
Dubstar
I would be here for 4 out of those 6!My potential rate list currently stands at:
Mixed Pop Groups & Duos: The Sequel
Almighty Remixes
Love This Records & beyond
Louise
Boybands
Dubstar
A Love This rate has to happen, imagine all the glorious old tat that could be in that! Tracy Shaw for the win!
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This is a great listen (with rare Vanilla unreleased clips included too!)
Mega Music Memories podcast
In fact, the whole podcast series is great! Although the Daz Sampson interview is intense. Latest episode is with Maya of The Tamperer fame which I may listen to as I plan out the #2 and #1 announcements…eek.
Thank you! Perfect to listen to during the Xmas holidays. Will also check out the Lolly and Phixx ones.
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‘Just a Little’ must win.
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Our Trace appearing in the annual Rate Winners Rate would be an absolute scream.
Although there would be tough competition…
Add to the list of potential rate ideas:
Flop Girlgroups Rate pt. 2 (a follow up to the glorious @Remorque experience but this time featuring Clea, Dolly Rockers, Girls Can’t Catch, Parade, Bellefire, Cookie, Lemonescent etc etc)
Again - another celebration of pop
Flop Coronation Street pop gems of the 90s and 00s rate?
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What a niche turn this thread has taken (I’m fully on board!)
Let’s not forget:
Deuce ft Sherrie Hewson (Mauren Holdsworth) - ‘Life On The Street’
and the 1995 Top 40 SMASH HIT:
Johnny Briggs & Amanda Barrie - ‘Something Stupid’
Of course our Kym:
and Sarah Harding’s iconic for all the wrong reasons role!
Wasn’t there a Katherine Kelly (Becky) Pete Hammond remixed single planned and scrapped too?
All this may or may not be great publicity for the next round of PJ Retro I’m hosting soon…
Let’s not forget:
Deuce ft Sherrie Hewson (Mauren Holdsworth) - ‘Life On The Street’
and the 1995 Top 40 SMASH HIT:
Johnny Briggs & Amanda Barrie - ‘Something Stupid’
Of course our Kym:
and Sarah Harding’s iconic for all the wrong reasons role!
Wasn’t there a Katherine Kelly (Becky) Pete Hammond remixed single planned and scrapped too?
All this may or may not be great publicity for the next round of PJ Retro I’m hosting soon…
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Even Rita's had a go!
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Can't imagine it would be very poppers o'clock though... Think I'll wait for the Almighty remix album!
Can't imagine it would be very poppers o'clock though... Think I'll wait for the Almighty remix album!
Me defending this song's top 3 position (I'll stop with the Corrie references now but this was an iconic minute in the shitstorm that was 2021!)
#3
Karma, Karma
Cut the drama
Never satisfi-i-ied, oh-oh
Karma, Karma
Dalai Lama
Even had to do it twice
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Same Difference ft. Alcazar: 'Karma Karma'
Average score: 9.182
High scorers: @DJHazey (11), @Doodvid, @Ezz, @Sprockrooster, @Conan, @saviodxl, @Wezzo, @Untouchable Ace @idratherjack, @MilesAngel, @iheartpoptarts, @Markus1981 (11 x10)
Low scorers: @j267 (4.5), @AcerBenII (5), @Ana Raquel, @Remorque (2 x8)
Notable achievements:
The only album track in the top 10, and the only song from the 2010s. Achieved a #5 placing in the amazing Alcazar rate by @WowWowWowWow
This is truly one of the results I love the most, giving both the band and their amazing second album a moment to shine in the spotlight! Same Difference filled a pop-shaped hole in my life, making the X-factor exciting and producing such unadulterated tunes, with 'Karma Karma' being among their best. Maybe some of our resident Melodifestivalen / Eurovision experts can corroborate this, but apparently 'Karma Karma' was in the running to be Alcazar's entry to Melodifestivalen 2010, eventually losing out to Headlines. The demo subsequently made its way to Same Difference Towers and, as they say, 'The Rest is History' (sorry!)
Name a more iconic, camp and high drama lyric in the rate than the 'Karma Karma / Dalai Lama' line. This level of drama is sustained throughout the song, with the frantic, urgent delivery of the verses, the 'oh-oh' hooks and that piano backing track, all lifted to a new level by that momentous key change. What a shame the song never received the video treatment. As Sean has highlighted in several interviews, budgetary considerations meant they simply couldn't afford to film it with Alcazar. Together with a bit of 'we were the writers' blindness which meant they prioritised Shine on Forever (Photo Frame), this really does mark a lost opportunity. Still, with an amazing showing both in the Alcazar rate and outliving so many heavyweights here, we can be sure the song and act will live on in our collective Popjustice hearts.
Voters say:
@DJHazey 11
I made tons of discoveries in the Alcazar rate, including songs I would consider more than a 10/10, yet this is still my favorite song from that rate. Not a week goes by that I still don't play it at least once. That Dalai Lama line gets me every time.
@saviodxl 10
What a dream team!
@Ezz 10
Most innovative lyrics ever!
@iheartpoptarts 10
The rare collaboration that’s actually as amazing as I expect it to be.
@Doodvid 10
Just imagine this had been a UK Eurovision entry. Or even a single release with high-camp video, ridiculous dance moves, and subsequent huge Top Ten smash. Oh the missed opportunities.
@berserkboi 9.5
What fun!!
The line dancing (or is this Zumba?) association continues!
In the absence of remixes or live performances, here are a couple of their X-factor highlights.
#3
Karma, Karma
Cut the drama
Never satisfi-i-ied, oh-oh
Karma, Karma
Dalai Lama
Even had to do it twice
a
Same Difference ft. Alcazar: 'Karma Karma'
Average score: 9.182
High scorers: @DJHazey (11), @Doodvid, @Ezz, @Sprockrooster, @Conan, @saviodxl, @Wezzo, @Untouchable Ace @idratherjack, @MilesAngel, @iheartpoptarts, @Markus1981 (11 x10)
Low scorers: @j267 (4.5), @AcerBenII (5), @Ana Raquel, @Remorque (2 x8)
Notable achievements:
The only album track in the top 10, and the only song from the 2010s. Achieved a #5 placing in the amazing Alcazar rate by @WowWowWowWow
This is truly one of the results I love the most, giving both the band and their amazing second album a moment to shine in the spotlight! Same Difference filled a pop-shaped hole in my life, making the X-factor exciting and producing such unadulterated tunes, with 'Karma Karma' being among their best. Maybe some of our resident Melodifestivalen / Eurovision experts can corroborate this, but apparently 'Karma Karma' was in the running to be Alcazar's entry to Melodifestivalen 2010, eventually losing out to Headlines. The demo subsequently made its way to Same Difference Towers and, as they say, 'The Rest is History' (sorry!)
Name a more iconic, camp and high drama lyric in the rate than the 'Karma Karma / Dalai Lama' line. This level of drama is sustained throughout the song, with the frantic, urgent delivery of the verses, the 'oh-oh' hooks and that piano backing track, all lifted to a new level by that momentous key change. What a shame the song never received the video treatment. As Sean has highlighted in several interviews, budgetary considerations meant they simply couldn't afford to film it with Alcazar. Together with a bit of 'we were the writers' blindness which meant they prioritised Shine on Forever (Photo Frame), this really does mark a lost opportunity. Still, with an amazing showing both in the Alcazar rate and outliving so many heavyweights here, we can be sure the song and act will live on in our collective Popjustice hearts.
Voters say:
@DJHazey 11
I made tons of discoveries in the Alcazar rate, including songs I would consider more than a 10/10, yet this is still my favorite song from that rate. Not a week goes by that I still don't play it at least once. That Dalai Lama line gets me every time.
@saviodxl 10
What a dream team!
@Ezz 10
Most innovative lyrics ever!
@iheartpoptarts 10
The rare collaboration that’s actually as amazing as I expect it to be.
@Doodvid 10
Just imagine this had been a UK Eurovision entry. Or even a single release with high-camp video, ridiculous dance moves, and subsequent huge Top Ten smash. Oh the missed opportunities.
@berserkboi 9.5
What fun!!
The line dancing (or is this Zumba?) association continues!
In the absence of remixes or live performances, here are a couple of their X-factor highlights.
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As Dame Sharon Gaskell would say "AVE IT!"
I'm super happy this made it all the way to #3 seeing off many bigger acts and hit singles. It really is everything I love about pop music all wrapped up in the perfect package - it's camp, it's dramatic, it's ridiculous and it has a life changing key change. "Karma Karma, Dalai Lama" is sheer poetry.
I'm super happy this made it all the way to #3 seeing off many bigger acts and hit singles. It really is everything I love about pop music all wrapped up in the perfect package - it's camp, it's dramatic, it's ridiculous and it has a life changing key change. "Karma Karma, Dalai Lama" is sheer poetry.