Bitter Fingers
A blog about popular song by Mark Higgins.
Archive for the ‘Innocent Pleasures’ Category
“David Austin, the biggest star of 1984″
9 Jan 2012There are a number of things about this video that are excellent. Let’s go through them, together, like we used to. Like a family.
This video is taken from Cheggers Plays Pops. Never mind sodding Top Of The Pops, when are we going to get a complete re-run of all the tapes of that? Just think [...]
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- Tags: David Austin, George Michael, Wham!
Innocent Pleasures: Ten Sharp – You
31 May 2011Ten Sharp – You (Youtube)
Here’s a song that’s amazing: You by Ten Sharp. They’re Dutch you know, which in addition to making very good music means they also put chocolate sprinkles on toast and call it food.
Anyway never mind that because here’s the latest in a very occasionally recurring feature I like to call Innocent [...]
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Panic at the Disco – That Green Gentleman (Youtube)
I realise Panic aren’t the coolest of bands unless you’re a fourteen year old girl, but I hold a special place for them in my heart, and in particular this song.
A firm favourite on my Summer Jams ‘08 mix CD, this song sums up nicely the huge [...]
t.A.T.u. – All The Things She Said (Youtube)
Eventually there will come a time where I will post an Innocent Pleasure that might not be innocent by anyone else’s standards. In fact, by most standards this is one of the grubbier ones I could post, but as my love for it is pure it gets a [...]
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Innocent Pleasure: Wham! – Wham! Rap
1 Feb 2011Wham! – Wham! Rap (Youtube)
After detailing what Innocent Pleasures was all about the other day, I figured it was time to put my Youtube clips where my mouth was. And for this first one I couldn’t have picked a better song don’t you even try and disagree with me I will fight you.
Maybe “amazing” isn’t [...]
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It’s time for me to weigh in on a subject that’s been bothering me for a while – the subject of so-called “guilty pleasures”. You hear them referred to a lot in passing, with people referring to TV shows, films or songs that qualify. There’s even CD compilations and club nights devoted to them. Last [...]
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- anmari: I remember Cheggers Plays Pop, and 1984 - can't remember the 'biggest star of 1984' though? [...]
- Gabi: Gosh, I loved this post. I t really made me LOL. Brilliant!!! (from a Wham!/GM fan!). [...]
- Peter: My favourite is M.A.G.I.C. by The Sound of Arrow. Makes feel like a child again. http://www.youtube. [...]
- Grace: What about Nick Drake?? [...]
- Gareth: In fact there's so much magic involved I got the title a bit wrong. [...]
- In a rare non-George Michael related post, here’s Amanda Mair
- Hey so this new Kavinsky track is pretty choice
- “David Austin, the biggest star of 1984″
- The top five songs by Wham!
- Azealia Banks – 212
- Bitter Fingers Radio Volume 18: Quite Good Songs Of The Year
- I CAN’T STOP LISTENING TO SELENA GOMEZ
- The top five music videos where they’re driving a car, for some reason
- I rather like We Show Up On Radar and here’s a song of his
- I’ve mentioned that I quite like The Sound Of Arrows before right
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