this week: what rocked..., what sucked...

• Jamie T 'if you got the money' - brilliant track, much more haunting (in that positive way only purely genius songs are) than 'sheila'. in fact, his tales of modern surburbia are some of the best lyrical contributions to what is currently being played on the radio in this country. im disappointed in the general record-buying UK public since this track only went to #13 while My Chemical Romance spend a 2nd week at #1 and Razorlight stayed in the top 5...

• Razorlight 'america' - love, love, love the guitar riff. hate, hate, hate the poor lyrics that completely ruin this track's musical promise. johnny borrell, i blame you...

• My Chemical Romance 'welcome to the black parade' - i just don't get the fuss over this track... it is so incredibly unoriginal. it sounds like 4 songs crammed into one and conjures up comparisons with everyone from Blink 182 to Queen but it just doesn't work. MCR seem to want to embody all things emo but i can't help but feel that they are too aware of the emo-trend in popular music today and offer nothing beyond catering to that specific market. bring back musical originality, i say...
  

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