Dear Channel 4,
Oh how you love to toy with my emotions. On one hand employing lovely, moral compasses such as John Snow & creating Channel 4 news which for me (although ITN) has overtaken BBC in terms of news because watching Snow argue & have the ability to have an actual opinion is much more interesting than the bland impartialness of traditional BBC news. And then on the other you present a show like Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags which frankly oscillates wildly between love & hate for me. Love because of the clothes & because I've always had a big soft spot for Lily Allen, & hate because it's simply not fair that they have the ability to do it.
But then you have ability to create something great, & unplastic & showing all the wonderful things about fashion with a show like The Model Agency, that involves real people who are nice. I especially am fond of Aiden who remains all but silent with the occasional smile until he gets pissed off & then suddenly unleashes a tyrant of profanity. It is literally beautiful.
I guess what I'm trying to say, is how on earth can a channel produce both Supersize vs Superskinny Kids & the laugh-until-you-cry-every-time Friday Night Dinner? A complex perhaps most clearly put across in a show I'm still undecided about but always seem to see every week, 10 O'Clock Live. How how HOW can you put the genius of David Mitchell & Charlie Brooker at the same table as Jimmy Carr & fucking Lauren Laverne. I coped with her because at least she wore nice dresses (until last week) & you didn't give her that much to say, but having to fast forward through Carr every week is getting annoying. I never hated him before, I had a small fondness for late night 8 out of 10 cats, but here he is lost, juvenile & inappropriate. Why not let Krishnan Guru Murphy & the frankly lovely Faisal Islam from Channel 4 to have a go instead?
So close. Rant over.
ISSUE±9 OF SWEAT IS HERE!
& it's a fashion only affair. A trend forecast, my reviews of the best shows from New York, London, Milan & Paris as well as Mr Rob Jones' opinion on what menswear was on offer. Literally immerse yourself in next autumn/winter just as the suns coming out...*ahem* Who ever said it had to make sense?
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SONG 13: A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF A FORMER FRIEND
I Want Your Girlfriend To Be My Girlfriend - Reel Big FishI knew I wanted to use Reel Big Fish for this one but it took me a while to decide on the song. I chose this one because I actually think it's my favorite (apart from She Has A Girlfriend Now) & it also reminds me of another former friend, who once played this vindictively when my boyfriend of the time was there, nice. But really this is for a couple of people who have drifted out of my life. One of them is a guy who was a complete head fuck & the other is a girl who stole dreams from me. I don't particularly want to go into either of them, but my life is better without the negative energy. I'll keep the song though.
SONG 14: A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF YOUR BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND
Underneath It All - No DoubtI once did this song at a gig with a band I was temporarily singing with, when he was there & he went all sheepish & embarrassed. It was pretty cheesy, but in my defense he had surprised me by being there. Made all the more as a crystallized memory because the song we did after (I Won't Share You) made him run out & think I was trying to break up with him or something. Needless to say we sorted it out & let's just chalk it up to experience & the effect of my awful singing. This song pretty much sums up my first thoughts on him & the reactions to us.
SONG 15: A SONG THAT YOU LOVE SINGING ALONG TO
A Rush And A Push And The Land That We Stand On Is Ours - The SmithsMany a boring car journey has been made bearable by a mix tape of my favorite Smiths CDs. If you get in my car, you will be forced to sing to something, or listen to me sing something. This is the best because of one horrible drive, with rain & traffic when me & Jesus kept playing this song over & over so I could learn the lyrics for something & we could practice our rolling rrrs. I still haven't quite it down to an art form like Morrisey. How's your rrrrr?
SONG 16: A SONG THAT HAS MADE YOU CRY
Sorry About That - Alkaline TrioThere are a lot of songs that have made me cry, or I remember listening too when I was crying. But this one is probably the best one to share, because I haven't done Alkaline Trio yet & whenever I talk about this song no one seems to have heard about it. I only really love about 4 of their songs but this...it's just so perfect in it's self obsessed misery.
SONG 17: A SONG THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO DANCE
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - White StripesAnother hard one, I was gonna do Wild Thing, but...this is better. I have probably danced to this song about 100+ times, including whilst singing it in the street on our way home. And the White Stripes over any of the other versions because of, well, Miss Moss...
SONG 18: A SONG THAT YOU LOVE BUT RARELY LISTEN TO
He Hit Me - The CrystalsEveryone looks at me weird when I try & explain why I love this song so much. I don't listen to it often because you really have to be in the mood for The Crystals, the mood being kind of unfeminist & screwed over by the male sex. Or just when it strikes. I also heard that this is Amy Winehouse's favorite song so I sort of stopped listening to it then. But I don't advocate domestic violence. I like this over their other songs because sometimes you want someone to tell you just how the fuck they feel. Sometimes so much you could hit them. & no it's not healthy...but I also love Florence's Hit With A Kiss, which maybe more people can relate too. If you overlook all the bullshit & think of being in love & passion & being hurt then it's beautiful. Luckily, I just don't feel like that too much anymore.
READ SONG 1-6 HERE & SONG 7-12 HERE.
All images from weheartit.
Music is my best friend.
