Take That with a pinch of Stardust

Posted by Stevio in Pop, Soundtracks on October 3rd, 2007

I can’t say I’m a fan of Take That, but they’ve released a very nice pop song for the movie ‘Stardust’.

‘Rule the World’, which oddly doesn’t appear on the movie’s soundtrack, is apparently only available via a new version of the band’s album ‘Beautiful World’.

The video below is the full version, enjoy!

Get the Party Started!

Posted by Stevio in Pop on July 14th, 2007

I first heard this track on an advert late last year. It’s a cover of Pink’s ‘Get the part started’ sung by Dame Shirley Bassey.

Bassey - who looks amazing and sings better than ever at 70 years-old - is best known for singing the theme songs to James Bond movies ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Diamonds Are Forever’.

Talking of Bond, this video has a James Bond feel to it, and serves the song well.

Bittersweet Symphony

Posted by Stevio in Pop on May 18th, 2007

After yesterday mentioning The Verve’s ‘Bittersweet Symphony’, it had to be today’s video.

I have to admit that I’m a massive Verve fan and still hope, and pray, that one day the band would get back together. Sadly, it has now been eight years since they split, so I doubt that will ever happen.

‘Bittersweet Symphony’ was from the Wigan band’s third and final album ‘Urban Hymns’. The song is actually credited to Rolling Stones duo Keith Richards and Mick Jagger as it was supposedly based on their song ‘The Last Time’. Despite this, Richard Ashcroft wrote a fantastic song, which is surely up there with the best songs of all time.

If you’re in North London, you can visit the very same street featured in the video. The street is called ‘Hoxton Street’ which is suprisingly in ‘Hoxton’.

Oh and by the way, the people Richard Ashcroft bumps into in the video are actually extras, so don’t worry!

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