Monday, December 16, 2002
25. "freak like me," sugababes
the unlikeliest #1 hit anywhere in the world in '02 (let alone the u.k.), which is the perfectly nice (and previously, somewhat bland) femme pop trio sugababes covering a bootleg - that's covering a bootleg, folks. the boot in question is richard x/girls on top's "we don't give a damn about 'are friends,'" a masterstroke matching/mashing up gary numan's "are friends electric" and adina fucking howard's "freak like me": dodgy in theory, genius in practice. suddenly, the 'babes go from sub-tlc popsters to evil mutant robot spawn (that's a compliment, mind you) and deservedly conquer most of the world in the process, except of course for the states, 'cause we apparently just don't get it. our loss. if timbabland and aaliyah were digital, this is what their records would've sounded like.
the unlikeliest #1 hit anywhere in the world in '02 (let alone the u.k.), which is the perfectly nice (and previously, somewhat bland) femme pop trio sugababes covering a bootleg - that's covering a bootleg, folks. the boot in question is richard x/girls on top's "we don't give a damn about 'are friends,'" a masterstroke matching/mashing up gary numan's "are friends electric" and adina fucking howard's "freak like me": dodgy in theory, genius in practice. suddenly, the 'babes go from sub-tlc popsters to evil mutant robot spawn (that's a compliment, mind you) and deservedly conquer most of the world in the process, except of course for the states, 'cause we apparently just don't get it. our loss. if timbabland and aaliyah were digital, this is what their records would've sounded like.
# posted by Thomas : 8:06 PM
