Ooh lordy, it’s Sugababes
[photopress:heidi.jpg,full,alignright]Regular readers will know that I’m prone to hyperbole when it comes to pop music, but – is the new Sugababes single (and video) the pinnacle of human achievement, or what? The answer is, of course, yes.
Here’s why.
* It’s about sex. Sure, most good pop music is about sex, but this is clearly about the kind of sex that’s likely to cause psychological scarring, scare the neighbours and put your back out. Excellent!
* The lyrics are hilarious and involve a “pretty kitty”, a postman and a landing strip.
* The video’s gone for a BDSM/fetish theme, and as a result you see Heidi – one of the most beautiful women in pop – in a latex pencil skirt and killer heels. I was so shocked I dropped my pipe and burned a hole in my favourite slippers.
* The new Sugababe, quite splendidly, appears to be detective Rita Ortiz from NYPD Blue.
Of course, creating a video that’s custom-built to make thirtysomething men think rude things is all well and good, but it’s been teamed with a tune that’s probably the best thing the Sugababes have ever done. The bridge into the chorus does the tension/release thing, so you get some doomy chords – very gothy – before the song breaks into a chorus that’s so utterly joyous it could make an Easter Island statue crack a grin. Amazingly, some people would rather listen to the Arctic Monkeys than to this precision-tooled slice of pop magic. The fools!
10 Responses to “Ooh lordy, it’s Sugababes”
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Stephen on October 31st, 2006
What, exactly, does BSDM stand for? Is it the opposite of FreeBSD?
david on October 31st, 2006
Black Shiny Dressed Miss, obviously.
Stephen on October 31st, 2006
Obviously. Although Bloody Stupidly Dressed Minx was in the running there for awhile.
david on October 31st, 2006
Minx. Damn. That was the word I was trying to think of earlier. ;-D
Gary on November 1st, 2006
What, exactly, does BSDM stand for?
I prefer “black shiny dressed miss”, but rather tediously the real answer is bondage, discipline and sado-masochism.
david on November 1st, 2006
Unfortunately that’s BDSM not BSDM. ;-D
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Gary on November 1st, 2006
Ah balls, it was a typo. And now it’s fixed, so I WIN.
Stephen on November 1st, 2006
Gasp! Computers can do that???
Tony Kiernan on November 1st, 2006
“Killer heels” never have raised soles. Tsk. Do your homework man.
Gary on November 2nd, 2006
Damn. Time to rethink my weekend outfit :-D