All Those Lonely Nights Down By The River- The Singles Review 23/10/06- Part Two

McFly- Star Girl
It feels almost pointless criticising McFly. They've got a rabid fanbase, who've got parents with too much money, which is always okay if you're a band, and at least three of their singles were quite good. This is almost quite good, but then again, it isn't. It sounds like a song I've heard at least seven different versions of, none of which I care for.
4/10- Worst Single of the Week

The Kooks- Ooh La
For a wonderful thirty seconds from reading the title to finding the song, I thought this might be a Goldfrapp cover. Then i found out that it's actually a cover of Naive, which was shit in the first place. Which is good for Radio 1 listeners, but bad for anybody with ears.
5/10

Gym Class Heroes- New Friend Request
Curiouser and curiouser. The only way to describe it is Myspace hip-hop-pop with lots of emo fans. I'm not allowed to give GCH a bad review because Sarah will hunt me down with dogs. Itr's a good job that it's a witty little song, and whilst it is about Myspace, it doesn't make you want to vomit up you own spleen. So hooray for that, then.
7.5/10

Rhianna- We Ride
Oh, this is dross. Well produced dross, but dross nontheless. Is it written by Ne-Yo? Hold on, I'll Wikipedia it...it's written by the people who write for Ne-Yo. I thought he wrote his own stuff. Hmm. Anyway, the only thing we can really be thankful for is that she's not threatening to kill somebody. She really needs to use more 80's samples.
5/10

Nylon- Closer
If Girls Aloud only did ballads, they'd sound like Nylon. Scary thought, no? Actually, the ballads are alright, still, does anybody listen to pop bands purely for real emotion? It's coupled with a fucking horrible cover of Sweet Dreams. which is probably the worse thing to happen to Annie Lennox since her ginger hair.
5/10

Alesha- Knockdown
We know the video's classy. The song's bloody brilliant though. It's a Xenomania song that sounds nothing like a Xenomania song, and the laughing bit, and hip-hop breakdown are both ridiculous, so therefore brilliant. I might actually buy the album.
8/10

Amy Winehouse- Rehab
There's a period for two weeks a year when Radio 2 becomes listenable, purely down to one song. Last year it was 'King of the Mountaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnn', this year, it's Amy. Whilst 'Frank' was an above average stab at hiop-hop. this shows no signs of chasing any trends. It doesn't need to. This time next year, there'll be at least 20 watered down versions of this performed by X-Factor finalists. Lets enjoy it while we can.
9/10- Single of the Week