EUROSTAR - FOR TOMORROW!

Another fab-ad!

with fab music . . .

The ad features the soaring "Heroes Symphony" by Philip Glass.

Eurostar - For Tomorrow


Hello to tomorrow . . .

Natalie Imbruglia - Glorious: the Singles 1997-2007

Sometimes you buy a "best of" CD but never quite get around to listening to it (cause you know them all already). Big mistake!

She does seem to have a bit of the "Kym Marsh" about her on the CD cover!

Natalie Imbruglia's Glorious the Singles 1997-2007 is truly amazing and only serves to remind you of her awesome array of singles. We at PP Towers have been fans of Natalie since she was Beth in Neighbours! Since the release of her first single "Torn" (one of the UK’s Top-100 best-selling singles of all time) she has gone on to release numerous hit singles including "Smoke", "Big Mistake", "Shiver" (the Number 1 airplay record of 2005), "Wrong Impression", "Wishing I Was There" and "Counting Down the Days".

Here's just a couple of our favourites from Australia's most talented soap to pop star ever (bar none) . . .

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn


Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down The Days


Is she still with Brad . . .

GIRLS ALOUD - CALL THE SHOTS!

The G'Aloud are about to release their 17th single - "Call the Shots"

“Call the Shots” is the second single to be taken from their fourth album Tangled Up. Cheryl Cole said it's her favourite track from the new album, and said it "gives me goosebumps". It's a slower paced track, more "Whole lotto History" then "Sexy, No, No. No!" It's sure to be a hit - We love it!

Call the Shots will be released on the 26th of November.


Girls Aloud - Call The Shots


Just cause you’re raising the bet and call the shots nowowow on me, oooh
It really doesn’t faze me how you spend your time, oooh . . .

POPCORN!

Sometimes you hear a tune and just think it's a piece of incidental music but it turns out to be a proper track! Bonus!

This is the story of Popcorn!

A 1999 Superdrug commercial featured a really upbeat popy tune which went down well at PP Towers and YES it turned out to be a proper track - POPCORN! (Thank you AndyPop)

"Popcorn" is a famous early synthpop instrumental. Composed by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 for his album Music to Moog By. He recorded it again in 1971 (and why not) for his new band the First Moog Quartet (was there a second). The most famous early version was recorded in 1972 by "Hot Butter" which included Stan Free, one of the original Mog Quartet members and was the first electronic based track to chart in the USA. Since then there have been over 500 cover versions of Popcorn and the track also featured as the background music in the 1982 arcade game Pengo. What a font of knowledge we are here at PP Towers!

It even has a website dedicated to - Popcorn

Here's a couple of recent cover versions. Perhaps the best version ever has to be Marsheaux's, it's just . . . popcorn!

Marsheaux - Popcorn


and there was the Crazy Frog's unforgivable version . . .

Crazy Frog - Popcorn


Listen to the original and other versions here




Once you pop you can't stop . . .

AS THE WORLD TURNS!

Why oh why do we not get As The World Turns (ATWT) on TV in the UK!

It's like Sunset Beach only better, is that possible! ATWT is a CBS daytime drama with some awesome story lines. We're all hooked on the Nuke storyline here at Popplastic Towers!

Popplastic are petitioning to have ATWT's brought to our screens in the UK!

Click on the link and sign the petition. We've had to make do without ATWT's for too long!

Sing here!

It might not have a lot to do with ATWT's but Chris Doran's, "If my world stopped turning" (Eurovision 2006) has a similar title and we had to have a song in there somewhere!

Check out ATWT's online!

Chris Doran - If my world stopped turning


A tenuous link but you have to have a song . . .

STARDUST - TAKE THAT - RULE THE WORLD!

OMG! What a film and what a soundtrack! How did this get by without appearing on the Popplastic popdar!


Stardust - Trailer



Take That's soaring new song entitled ‘Rule The World’ is the soundtrack to Paramount Pictures latest epic entitled, ‘Stardust’. This is the first time Take That have written and recorded a song specifically for a film.





The single has been available for download since October 19th and was released physically on the 26th.

It has to be 2007's top ballad.

Take That - Rule The World (Stardust)


Popplastic, celebrating 100 posts . . .

SPICE GRLS - HEADLINES!

The Spice Girls have been making the headlines with their new single "Headlines". The single will be available for download on Monday 5 November and commercially available from Monday 19 November. Every copy of the song sold will help BBC Children in Need in its aim to top last year's total of £33million.

Spice Girls - Headlines


Buy Headlines and support Children in Need!

Viva Forever the Spice Girls . . .

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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Support the Matthew Shepard Foundation

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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 . . .