londonrain
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The AC/DC T-shirt had me dying.
Sugababes - "Weeds” + 9th Album
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Okay I just caught the Stronger performance and cried a little. I didn't know how it was possible but those harmonies sounded better than ever? Thank god they never gave up. Imagine telling a 2017 MKS stan in the trenches that in 2025 they would perform Stronger live together on Comic Relief in 2025?
Amazing vocals across both performances. The crowd were genuinely popping off at Jungle!
Many years ago, I did radio industry training. I didn’t pursue it in the end because it was near impossible to break into. I don’t know how different the landscape is today. There used to be pluggers, who would be employed to persuade radio stations to playlist songs. I remember speaking with said plugger and she would tell wild stories about how record companies would fly her out to amazing locations for intimate gigs and listening parties. I remember her mentioning a particularly generous Mariah Carey offer. This was 20 years ago and the landscape is so different. I think now there are particularly amazing PR companies that have the edge over others in terms of getting traction.
It has always been harder for independent acts without the big cash, contacts and industry machinery behind them - but equally, now some acts are opting out of big companies and using independent professional services like the company Absolute label services, to do it themselves, largely to retain control (mainly of the cash because the spending/profit margins are insanely weighted towards the record companies rather than artists) and artistic freedom.
It has to be said though, the BBC really shouldn’t get up to the shenanigans that indie radio does. Jungle is perfect for Radio 2. There is still time for it to be playlisted. The pace has changed.
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Mutya could sing the phonebook and still sound effortlessly cool.
Siobhan and Keisha sounded 100% better here than in the studio version of Jungle.