KYLIE MINOGUE AND SCISSOR SISTERS TAKE 2

Ok , so we were meant to upload this yesterday. But , hey , better late than never. Once again , here's Kylie Minogue and the Scissor Sisters on stage together in Melbourne the other night.

In other Scissor Sisters news , it looks likely that Any Which Way will be the next single lifted from NightWork. We shall be doing an update on that in due course. Now for the love of Dolly Parton , hury up and do a duet. Or at least team up at some major awards ceremony an dblow us all away in a sea of flamboyance and hot pants

1001 POP CLASSICS YOU MUST DOWNLOAD # 2 - Eternal " Just A Step From Heaven "

Just A Step From Heaven

Eternal

UK # 8 , April 1994

Before the juggernaut that was the Spice Girls exploded onto the charts in the summer of 1996 , Eternal were the UK's ultimate girl band. Led by the Bennett sisters , Easther and Vernie , Kellie Bryan and sole white member , 90's lad mag icon Louise Nurding.

Like a UK version of En Vogue meets TLC , Eternal were credible , hip , could sing and had the sassy , RnB -pop hits to sustain a chart run that would eventually stretch over 6 years. A lifetime in girlband years.

Eternal stepped onto the scene in 1993 with Stay debuted inside the Top 10. Debut album Always And Forever woukl earn them 2 BRIT nominations and a support slot with Take That. Other hits during that era included Crazy and the sumptuous ballad Oh Baby I.

But it was Just A Step From Heaven that was the most striking and memorable moment from that album. An epic looking Americanised video , with a song that could 've been sung by any of the US divas of the mid 90's. It was a brilliant pop moment , that only the Sugababes have since mirrored or eclipsed. Easther Bennett was one of the great female voices in UK pop at that time and the track itself was a huge radio hit and the band a ubiquitous fixture in Smash Hits and on Saturday morning telly.

Just A Step From Heaven peaked at Number 8 whilst Always And Forever topped close to a million sales. It would be another 3 years before they would claim their only UK Number 1 in May 1997 with I Wanna Be The Only One.

But by that time Eternal were well and truly overshadowed by the Spice Girls , with All Saints waiting in the wings. Louise Nurding who left in 1995 was now enjoying considerable success as a solo artist.

Eternal eventually fizzled out at the start of the new milliennium with the Bennett sisters sliding into obscurity , only Louise Nurding mamaging to maintain any media profile , albeit a low key one.

But Just A Step From Heaven remains one of their and UK 90's pop's most defining moments. Rumours abound that JLS will ressurrect this long lost gem on their forthcoming 2nd album. But how theytop the original is anyone's guess. As long as they dont murder it and put the spotlight back on the original and this seemingly forgotten pop force , we'll be just a step from pop heaven.

MCFLY GET NAKED.........AGAIN

Its a slow newsday today , hence the gratuitous nude magazine cover featuring McFly. No strangers to getting their sweeta sses out , the pop punks have done it again for this months Attitude Magazine.
And we are certainly not complaining.

In casr you're interested a new album is , ahem , slotted in for later in the year.

KYLIE AND THE SCISSOR SISTERS -THE LOVE IN CONTINUES

The love affair between Kylie Minogue and the Scissor Sisters continues apace. The Aussie pop princess made a triumphant hometown cameo during the Sisters show at the Melbourne Festival Hall. Once again they teamed up for a rousing version of Any Which Way , complete with camp disco arms choreography.

Kylie also stuck around for an impromptu acoustic , bluegrass version of recent comeback smash All The Lovers , as viewed below. With Jake Shears after already penning her classic I Believe In You from 2004 , the gorgeous White Diamond and now more recently Too Much from the Aphrodite album.

Isn't it just about time they went the whole hog and released a duet.

AREJOICE , ITS THE BRAND SPANKING NEW ROBYN VIDEO

So the new Robyn video for Hang With Me has premiered online. Cue much excitement at DirtyPop HQ. Anticipating some sort of moody , intense , fluorescent avante garde pop promo , the actual result is a whole lot different.

Yes , its one of those behind the scenes , backstage and on the tour bus , up close and personal videos. Cheap then. Maybe so but the joyous nature of the song fits well with Robyn in relaxed mode throughout the clip. Clips of the star on rollercoasters and motorways fit the music better than you'd imagine. And she looks effortlessly cool throughout. Now we just need it to be absolutely massive.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK - Plan B " Prayin' "

Its fair to say that Ben Drew a.k.a Plan B is having one hell of a year. His album , the epically titled The Defamation Of Strickland Banks has already hit Number1 , providing two of the anthems of 2010 in the form of Stay Too Long and the Winehouse-esque She Said.
The hat trick is completed then with 3rd offering Prayin. A soaring , soul ballad of redemption and pleading.
Plan B's transition from grimey wideboy to soul man has been one of the years revelations.
His album on eof the definitive soundtarcks to the year in music. Oddly omitted from the Mercury Prize shortlist , a heap of awards surely await Plan B.
Prayin is already lodged in the lower half of the Top 20 and gaining huge airplay, although it may not eclipse the conquering glory of the previous two singles , its every inch as anthemic.

RATING 8/10

CHARTS HIT " ALL TIME LOW "

A huge DirtyPop introduction to the delectable Max (especially ) , Siva , Tom , Nathan and Jay , otherwise known as The Wanted. In short your new favourite boyband. And Max George surely giving Aston Merrygold a run for his money as the UK's biggest pop hearthrob.
This gorgeous lot are just days away from storming to Number 1 wuth their debut single " All Time Low " , in much the same fashion , soon to be pop rivals JLS did with Beat Again just over a year ago.
All Time Low is still growing on us , but The Wanted are most definitely a different proposition to JLS.
A debut Number 1 for any pop act thats not an X Factor winner/finalist /judge or Lady GaGa is very rare these days. And The Wanted look set to live up to that name in the coming months. Expect them to be huge. The boyband is back!