1001 POP CLASSIC YOU MUST DOWNLOAD # 3 - Spin Doctors " Two Princes "

Spin Doctors
Two Princes
UK # 3 , April 1993

Ok , so this long forgotten US one hit wonder are'nt necessarily pop but this gem has had much rotation on the Dirtypop Ipod recently.

One of the great one hit wonders of the early 90's , the Spin Doctors only major chart impact came with this classic. A Top 3 smash in the UK , back home the track reached # 7 on the Billboard charts.

A trashy , rock intro and the lyrical genius of the couplets like ' if you wanna call me baby , just go ahead now , and if wanna call me maybay , just go ahead now ".

Alastair Campbell may've been the most famous spin doctor in recent years , but he never fed Tony Blair such advice.

Apparently the band still play live , but the height of their powers came with this classic one hit wonder

DIRTYPOP DOWNLOADS -This Weeks Most Played

KE$HA -Take It Off

KATY PERRY -Teenage Dream

EMINEM & RIHANNA -Love The Way You Lie

BRANDON FLOWERS -Crossfire

FLO RIDA feat DAVID GUETTA -Club Cant Handle Me

ALEXANDRA BURKE -Start Without You

KYLIE MINOGUE -Get Outta My Way

SCISSOR SISTERS TAKE IT ANY WHICH WAY

Scissor Sisters have confirmed that the camptastic Any Which Way will be the second single to be lifted from their brilliant new album Night Work.
The follow up to Fire With Fire is released on September 20th. The single's artwork , as seen above , is from the same photographer whose work makes up the current album sleeve. The New York band tour the UK from November.

LADY GAGA SET TO CONQUER MTV AWARDS

Lady Gaga is poised to claen up at next months MTV Video Music Awards in LA after landing a record breaking 13 nominations , the most in a single year. Having scooped the Best New Artist gong for Pokerface last year , Gaga has 2 nods in the prestigous 'Video Of The Year ' category for the mini epics Bad Romance and her YouTube smash Telephone with Beyonce.

In the past female icons like Madonna and last year Beyonce have dominated the awards and 2010 looks set to be GaGa's night.

Hot on her skyscraper heels is comeback kid Eminem , a VMA veteran who takes 8 nominations for Not Afraid.

Other major artists in therunning come September 12th are Taylor Swift , Beyonce , Katy Perry , B.O,B , Ke$ha , Jason DeRulo, Justin Bieber , Pink , Florence And The Machine , Muse , Jay Z and Usher amongst others.

The 27th MTV Video Music Awards take place at the Nokia Theatre , LA on September 12th. As yet no acts have been confirmed nor a host announced.

Some of the major categories are as follows

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

30 Seconds To Mars -Kings And Queens

B.O.B feat Hayley Williams -Airplanes

Lady Gaga -Bad Romance

Eminem -Not Afraid

Florence And The Machine -Dog Days Are Over

Lady Gaga feat Beyonce -Telephone

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Katy Perry -California Gurls

Taylor Swift -Fifteen

Lady Gaga -Bad Romance

Ke$ha -Tik Tok

Beyonce feat Lady Gaga -Video Phone

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.