2007 Countdown Part 2

Carrying on with my top songs of the year...

7: Måns Zelmerlöw- My Mistake

I only heard this one quite recently, but I absolutely love it. It’s got the right amount of balladness in it (that’s a new word) and it’s another one I love singing along to loudly in the kitchen. And it can’t be just me who thinks it’s a bit Michael Bublé sounding (can it?).

6: Albino Superstars- Popular

I heard this at the VG Lista concert as well (I make it sound like I was actually there, when in reality I was of course sitting in bed watching it and getting annoyed with the live stream cutting out every half a minute). It’s so so catchy, it’s fabulous. And the fact I’m sure they shot the video on the Oslofjord gives it bonus points too. I’ve heard their follow up song My Girls, but didn’t quite like it as much as this one.

5: Kurt Nilsen- Push Push

There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe Kurt, I love him. He’s been my favourite singer in the world for the last 5 years, so I was very excited (to put it mildly) when I found out he was going to be at the VG Lista concert doing his new song, which was this. It’s funky, it’s cool, it’s a bit different to the stuff on his first 2 albums, and hopefully the next one will be full of things like this (from what I’ve heard, I think it will be). I urge you very much to check out the videos on youtube that he did for VG, where he’s in a studio singing Silence and Come On. They’re sooooo good.

If there's a cure for what I've got,then I'm not taking my medicine

I'm taking a bit of a hiatus from Russian music at the minute.As much as I love Dima,Chelsi and,erm,Dima again,I've gone back to the spiritual home of fabulous pop: Scandinavia.These are my particular favourites of the minute,most of them appearing on the new compilation album I made (called Eurofabulous),and all of which I heard at the VG Lista concert in Oslo.

Kobojsarna- Sång om Ingenting

I'm sure Sång om Ingenting means Song about Nothing...I thought Kobojsarna were Norwegian,but evidently not.Mikael,Emil and Richard are from Sweden,and I'm not sure which one the lead singer is,but he's rather hot.There's another version of this song playing on their website,it's completely undancy,and I'm not sure if I like it so much...but this version kicks arse :)

Tone Damli Aaberge-Fever

I've never bothered listening to Miss Aaberge's stuff before,but it actually seems rather nice,especially this one.Kind of saccharin yet easy listening pop,it's rather super.I like the coat she's wearing as well,although I'm not sure why she's so enamoured with the guy,he's not exactly Andreas Thorkildsen.

Albino Superstars- Popular

The video to this is possibly the weirdest music video I've ever seen.I suppose 'camp' could be one word for it...but apart from that,I don't really know how to describe it.There's some nice men in it though,and the song is veeeeeeery catchy.Oh,and I'm sure that's the Oslofjord they're sailing around.Looks suspiciously like it anyway.