HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween from Popplastic!

Just to get you in the mood here's a few of Popplastic's top spooky toones!

AllSTARS - Things Go Bump In The Night


Aqua - Halloween


DJ Bobo - Vampires Are Alive




Trick or treat . . .

LEONA LEWIS - NUMBER 1!

As predicted by Popplastic Leona Lewis has topped the charts with the biggest week one sales this year. "Bleeding Love" outsold the rest of the top five put together, selling 218,000 copies. She beat Take That's Rule The World into second place and last week's number one, Sugababes' About You Now into fourth.

It's a bit Mariah/Whitneyesque but we love it . . .

Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love


and we loved her first single too . . .

Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This


Check out Leona's myspace or her official website.

Buy the single.

Wow . . .

TRANCE, DANCE, WHATEVER!

It's not Pop as we know it!

Is it ok to like this? What is it? It's all very glow stix and and whistle!

Will the Pop Police take away my Pop-card! Trance or Dance, what ever it is - it's great I want more of it.

Sharam Tayebi (Deep Dish) - PATT


DJ Sammy - Heaven


Where did I put that boiler suit and reflective vest . . .

POPPLASTIC AD'S!

Inspired by our love of the recent Vodafone commercial or should that read the music to the Vodafone commercial - Nancy Sinatra's "The End of The Rainbow". We at Popplastic Towers set about compiling a list of some of our favourite ad's (ad's with the best music). So many to choose from . . .

Vodafone (Nancy Sinatra - At The End of A rainbow)



Currently on our screens and getting a massive amount of online interest the current Vodafone ad from the "Time Theft - Make The Most of Now" campaign features Nancy Sinatra's "The End of The Rainbow".

Comfort Creme (Carla Thomas - Comfort Me)


From Comfort Creme's "Do the Moves" campaign, Carla Thomas's "Comfort Me" is available to download from itunes!

Ariston - And On And Ariston


The 1987 Ariston ad (And on, and on, and Ariston) so good we featured the full 2m 30 version. The Ariston ad is apparently loosely based on a piece called Tango by Zbignew Rybzinski.

Ferrero Rocher 2006 (Cilla Black - Something Tells Me)


Surprise Surprise it was Cilla's "Something Tells Me" (Something's Going To Happen) as covered by Emma Bunton that was used by Ferrero Rocher in their 2006 Christmas campaign!

T-Mobile (Röyksopp - So Easy)


Finally T-Mobile's Baby Face campaign of 2002 featured Röyksopp's "So Easy"

And on, and on and . . .

TURN YOUR RADIO ON!

OMG! What a pop-a-shocka! While recently tuning into Popplastic's official radio station RADIO SKONTO, we were horrified to discover that Radio Skonto had obviously undergone some type of a make-over, they had clearly made some alterations to their previously very unique playlist, what's more they had attempted to introduce an element of credible music. Listen up Radio Skonto - "If it's not broken . . . .

However after about ten minutes of listening we were very much relieved to discover that they were still playing the old hits, in fact we were particularly pleased to see the introduction of some new top popplastic hits including the No Mercy hit "Where Do You Go" and Shakespears Sister's "Hello".

Keep up the good work Radio Skonto!

Shakespear's Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On)


No Mercy - Where Do You Go


Our close shave with radio disappointment highlighted our lack of a back-up radio station so after much surfing of the online radio waves we were more than ecstatic to discover Svenska Favoriter! Within 5 minutes we'd already heard Shirley Clamp's Att älska dig and Magnus Carlsson's Live Forever.







Watch out Skonto you've got competition!

Magnus Carlsson - Live forever


Hello, hello turn your radio on . . .

CROCS - WHY WOULD YOU!

WHY?


Crocs!

Say No! to Crocs . . .

NANCY SINATRA - AT THE END OF A RAINBOW - VODAFONE COMMERCIAL

More like OAPplastic than popplastic, but we loved the song on the new Vodafone commercial. After a bit of Googling and YouTubing we discovered it was the Nancy Sinatra "At The End of The Rainbow". Turns out the Vodafone commercial created a bit of a buzz around the song online and everyone else was looking for it too.

So here it is . . .

Nancy Sinatra - The End of The Rainbow


and here's the ad . . .

Vodafone commercial - Time Theft


Vodafone, make the most of now . . .

AMY MACDONALD - L.A.

We don't normally do guitars but . . .

Popplastic loved the MacDonald Brothers and now we've discovered another sensational Scottish MacDonald - Amy MacDonald! The 20 year old Scot has been compared to the likes of KT Tunstall and Sandi Thom. L.A. is her latest single taken from her debut album This Is The Life (released on July 2007).

Amy MacDonald - L.A.



Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life


Maybe just a bit of those MacDonald Brothers . . .

The MacDonald Brothers - 500 Miles


Check out Amy MacDonald's website or her myspace page.

Buy the album and single.

na na na, na na na, lika lika lika lika lika laBut I would walk 500 miles . . .

DESPINA VANDI!

Yah SU - Popplastic's gone all Greek! and we've fallen in love with Despina Vandi. After a chance encounter and an ace discovery Popplastic are starting the "Despina for Belgrade 2008 (for Greece) Campaign" And she does apparently have some tenuous Eurovision link, we're just not sure what - answers on a postcard!

Popplastic's top Despina track has to be Ela!

Despina Vandi - Ela


It's got a bit of the Tales of the Unexpected about it!

Despina's biggest global success came with the song "Gia" topping the US Billboard Dance Charts and the UK Dance Charts.

Despina Vandi - Gia


In 2004 Despina sang the official Coca-Cola Olympic Sponsorship Song - Come Along Now.

Despina - Come Along Now


It just isn't possible to mention Greece and Eurovision with out playing Anna Vissi's "Everything" - Popplastic's winner for 2006!

Anna Vissi - Everything



Check out Despoina!

Popplastic's off to smash some plates . . .

MATTHEW SHEPARD

In memory of Matthew who died 9 years ago today aged 21.

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KYLIE MINOGUE - 2 HEARTS!

Kylie Minogue's first single (2 Hearts) since I Believe in You (2004) has been leaked on to the internet and is spreading like wildfire. It was scheduled to go on sale on November 10 (November 3 as a digital download). 2 Hearts is part of her upcoming album, X, which is scheduled for release on November 24 and will be her 10th studio album.

Popplastic are loving Kylie's new rocky sound!

Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts


Kylie Rox . . .

SPICE GIRLS!

Geri Halliwell lets slip the top secret name of the new Sice Girl's single.

She said, "I'm not too sure if I'm going to get in trouble for telling you this because I haven't discussed it with the other girls. The Spice Girls' new single is finished and it's out on 19 November and it's called Headlines".

A source said, "They will be furious Geri has let slip the name of their new single."


Geri, who do you think you . . .

UGLY BETTY!

OMG! Betty's back tonight at 9 on Ch4!

Ugly Betty


Justin's best bits


Check out Ugly Betty!

Jazz hands! as Justin would say . . .

APOCALYPTICA - THE UNFORGIVEN

More a case of classictastic than popplastic.

Having sat through the entire Eurovision Dance Contest the only stand out feature was the music that accompanied one of the Finnish performances. Originally by Metallica, The Unforgiven has been given a very Finnish makeover.

Apocalyptica is a Finnish group consisting of three, (there was a fourth) classically trained cellists and a drummer. Their speciality is heavy metal music on cellos, it could only happen in Finland!

Apocalyptica - The Unforgiven


Check out Apocalyptica

Finland won you know . . .

S CLUB 7 - BRING IT ALL BACK!

S CLUB 7 to reunite!

Following in the footsteps of Take That and the Spice Girls former pop group S Club 7 are set to reunite! Apparently Rachel Stevens is said to be envious of the success of Take That since they reformed last year and the Spice Girls, whose forthcoming reunion tour has generated massive media coverage. Speaking at Vodaphone Music Awards, Rachel said, "Pardon the pun...but bring it all back. We're all still in touch."

S Club were Rachel Stevens, Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo (Don't mention Celeb Big Brother or Shilpa Shetty) O'Meara and Hannah Spearritt. They sold over two million albums during their five year career before splitting in 2004.

Here's some of their best bits . . .

S Club 7 - Reach


S Club 7 - You're My Number One


S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin


Don't stop movin to the S Club beat . . .

SAMANDA TWINS - BARBIE GIRL!

Big Brother 2007 house mates, The Twins are set to release their very own version of Aqua's Barbie Girl! The girls have clearly tried to give their own particular take on the song, it's very . . . . pink! They're a kind of English version of the Cheeky Girls, without the cheekiness!

Samanda Twins - Barbie Girl


Cheeky, cheeky (but we love it) . . .

HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME!

Britney Spears has been charged with hit-and-run and driving without a valid licence and could face six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanour charges, more a case of, hit me baby one more time! Well she did say, sometimes I run, sometimes I hide . . .


Britney Spears - Baby one more time


Naughty Britney! she must confess . . .

KYLIE MINOGUE - TWO HEARTS!

Yah! Kylie Minogue (Princess of all things Pop) is back with her first new single in two years - "Two Hearts". The track is taken from her tenth album and is scheduled for release on November 5th! Two Hearts was written by British electro-pop band Kish Mauve.

And it's not a Phil Collins cover . . .

LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE!

OMG what an exclusive!

Leona's new single, Bleeding Love found it's way on to YouTube. Clearly not the official video but it's a great song destined for the top spot.

Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love


RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 29

Check out Leona

She got the X Factor, not sure he does . . .

YOUNG DIVAS!

Popplastic are just loving all things Australian at the moment, or at least Australian inspired. We're still playing The Sheilas on continuous repeat but even more exciting Popplastic's top correspondent, Popmaximus (of Lucky Twice fame)recently discovered the "Young Divas" whilst travelling in his ute through the outback!

The Young Divas are an Australian pop group consisting of former Australian Idol contestants with a bit of a thing for 80's pop, they're a kind of Liberty X meets Hazel Dean and Donna Summer. The Young Divas are, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Paulini Curuenavuli, Kate DeAraugo and Emily Williams, Emily was formerly a forklift truck operator in a factory - very Home and Away!

In 2006, the Divas recorded a version of the Donna Summer song This Time I Know It's For Real. The demo proved to be so successful that it was released for airplay in June, 2006 and since then the girls have gone platinum!

Here's some of their best bits . . .

Young Divas - This Time I Know It's For Real


Young Divas - Happening All Over Again


Young Divas - Searchin'


Check out the Young Divas!

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport . . .