{"id":307,"date":"2006-10-03T23:30:06","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T22:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=307"},"modified":"2006-10-03T23:30:06","modified_gmt":"2006-10-03T22:30:06","slug":"all-saints-rocksteady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=307","title":{"rendered":"all saints &#8211; rocksteady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">is it so very wrong of me to love this?  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">has this been given the all clear by the  <STRONG>mia<\/STRONG>\/<STRONG>sugababes<\/STRONG>\/<STRONG>rachel  steven<\/STRONG>\/<STRONG>annie<\/STRONG> loving pop judges?<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">if not, i care not. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">you see pop music is all about the opera of soap.  whether that involves the rotating fallouts for the sugababes, or the celeb  magazined desperation&nbsp;for fame from ex<EM>-&lt;instert your own  manufactured pop band here&gt;<\/EM> there is nothing like pop music. and of all  the lot, the <STRONG>all saints<\/STRONG> (or is it now all joined up  <STRONG>allsaints <\/STRONG>as the cover implies &#8211; what a crap idea that would be  &#8211; ahem) really took the prize home. the legendary egos, the rock star weddings,  the tv documentaries, the out and out obvious nature of the interband distrust  and possibly in some cases hatred.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so, following the natural decline in star status  that follows solo album failures (<EM>shazny<\/EM> solo album in fopp now for \u00c2\u00a33  anyone), someone somewhere has managed to get the saints all in one room and get  back to doing what they do best, <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">make pop music.  however factuous the relationship is, they all still obviously crave that  limelight, want to experience the joy that is mtv saturation, and even  (according to the details) go on tour.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the lead track, b-sides&nbsp;not provided on the  promo,&nbsp;is gloriously timestamped for 2006 with a hint of pop reggae in its  step,&nbsp;and having greg kurstin doing all the widescreen production studio  extras, it&#8217;s sure to be a winner.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">no fake crunk, no plastic r-n-b, no electro  bootlegging. just straight to a-playlist hook heavy simple and direct pop  music.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">and i am loving it.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">even if we only get the one album (<EM>&#8216;studio  1&#8217;<\/EM> &#8211; a subtle reference to the dubbed up productions from the same named  studio &#8211; or is that just me being wishful) from this adventure in ego  management, if this track is an indication of whats on its way, we can but hope  for a rather wonderful pop album to finish off the year with.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.allsaintsofficial.com\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; is it so very wrong of me to love this? 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