Under peer pressure, I've decided to start a blog about pop music (in the loosest sense). I'm not setting any rules, so expect old or new, good or bad.
The Freelance Hellraiser - The Strokes vs. Christina Aguilera
Firstly, I know I'm late on this bandwagon. Really late. Even worse, I didn't even find out about it trawling other blogs or from my friends... I read about it in The Guardian. The very moment at which a broadsheet newspaper (especially a namby pamby liberal rag) covers something is the point at which it becomes uncool. The author of the piece asserted that this mashup was profound in its negotiation of twenty-first century pop music, but I just think it's hella good.
Owing more to my contrariness than anything, I was never a big fan of the Strokes when they emerged, though I've since grown to love Is This It. Still, Christina gives us some breathy vocals over the insistent Hard To Explain, and the result is very decent.
