tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post2758488190143049927..comments2023-09-06T02:38:57.320-07:00Comments on Music Sounds Better With Two: Sugar Rush: The Sweet: “Co-Co”Lenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04912525192415808946noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-5794167460914682082012-07-03T12:20:51.697-07:002012-07-03T12:20:51.697-07:00Good post Lena. The Sweet were my first &quo...Good post Lena. The Sweet were my first "favourite band" (73-78) and of course you have another 4 of their singles to cover. I doubt any Sweet fan would nominate this as their favourite and the band themselves wanted Chinn and Chapman to write them material that was harder-edged which they did after the next two singles fell short of the Top 10.<br /><br />In partial defence of David Hepworth he was editor of Smash Hits during its classic era and it's unlikely we'd have the Pet Shop Boys without him but he's been the cheerleader for reactionary rockism for the past 20 years.MikeMCSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225624258826057505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-28212949599748823882012-07-03T07:19:33.458-07:002012-07-03T07:19:33.458-07:00The pull between the album and single as something...The pull between the album and single as something to lust after is interesting; the immediate gratification of the single vs. the vast expanses of the album. I got my first album when I was eleven (ABBA's <i>The Album</i>) but spent far more time listening to singles on the radio. One thing <i>The Word</i> editorial tries to refute is the essential quality of music at any given time; not to mention how one song can change an entire scene, seemingly overnight.Lenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04912525192415808946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-22774972902754652832012-07-03T07:05:49.370-07:002012-07-03T07:05:49.370-07:00For me, 1971 was the year I became a teenager and ...For me, 1971 was the year I became a teenager and immersed myself fully in the popular music that would sustain me for forty years and counting. Not singles, but albums - with James Taylor and Led Zeppelin at two extremes. I still bought singles but it was albums my friends and lusted after I and 1971 was a very good year. Bowie, the following year, would make singles seem more cool again but it wasn't until punk that they returned to being essential. Sad but true (says the man who's typing this in front of his 2000 + 7"s collection).David Belbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942904101462561169noreply@blogger.com