Best and worst for week ending 28th March 2010
Best. Number 1. LADY GAGA FEAT. BEYONCE - "TELEPHONE"
The video for this track is highly enjoyable; total melodrama the likes of which can only be completed successfully by Haus of GaGa. What is especially impressive is that Beyonce, to her credit, gets fully involved in GaGa's twisted presentations within the video narrative, where they create for themselves two sadistic, psychotic, Tarantino style lesbian killers. The track is yet again catchy pop of the greatest quality, and the melody gives both divas opportunities to flex their talented vocal chords. I'm not sure if it has the same uber catchy qualities of say "Poker Face" or "Just Dance", but that maybe simply because I haven't heard this one enough yet. Yet again, Lady GaGa proves that she is not only creating the best pop out there at the moment, but she is continuing to commit to the laborious up keep of "GaGa" visually and thematically. True entertainment from the truest entertainer.
Worst. Number 25. GLEE CAST - "DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'"
Ugh. I am so tired of Glee. It is just not in anyway impressive, enjoyable or worthy of my attention. Essentially a televisual musical, Glee is sort-of tolerable as a stand-alone programme, but as soon as people start to extend its usage into the realms of legitimate music the whole thing is just exposed as weak and soulless. There are actually nine other tracks from the Glee album in the charts this week, for shame. This is one of the unfortunate side effects of downloads being include in the official charts, for when people watch programmes such as Glee they often simply download their favourite tracks, not the entire album. "Don't Stop Believin'" is the highest of their tracks in the charts this week, and in my opinion the absolute worst because it is yet another nail in the Journey coffin. Cheese is only really acceptable when a minority of people "re-discover" it, once it become popular again it re-crosses the boundary into just being shit, not ironically shit. And the Glee Cast attaching themselves to so many songs is just increasing the proliferation of shit in the charts.
