Category Archives: Originality is dead

Garbage is back and Blood for Poppies sounds like Laura Branigan’s Self Control. I once had an army crush on Shirley Manson, the original goth chick with flames in her hair. The emotion we all feel most entitled to is … Continue reading →

Were both Katy Perry’s ‘Part of Me’ and Britney’s ‘Till the World Ends’ written by the same people? Check out the carbon copy beginning of each.

The intro from My Chemical Romance’s The Kids from Yesterday reminds me of David Bowie’s Heroes.

The first time I heard this I instantly recognised the Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive riff. What a fuckin rip off. It’s practially a remix of this:          

No there’s nothing bad about the song itself, in fact, if I wasn’t around when the original Lambada hit the airwaves, I may have even tolerated it. What bugs me about J Lo’s version is how she turned what’s been … Continue reading →