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Would You Like Extra Cheese With That?

• 26th Apr 2010

Why is nineties pop so cheesy yet so good? Back then the boyband was king. It is, in my opinion, perfect barbeque music. Well at least it was for me and my friends this weekend. It was the soundtrack to our sunshine basking, outdoor eating, playground frolicking Saturday and what a Saturday it was.

I definitely think that music sets the mood for an occasion and if we had been listening to something else we probably wouldn’t have got nearly as giddy and thought it was a good idea to decamp to the playground opposite the house. Swings, slides and roundabouts on a belly full of barbequed food and copious amounts of cider and wine, what could be a better idea?! I am pleased to inform you that there were no injuries sustained and we all made it home with the contents of our stomachs firmly in place.

Hanson, (early) Backstreet Boys and 5ive were some of the highlights of the superb DJ set (by me, might I add) thoughtfully bought to the garden by virtue of Spotify (how did we cope before it?). Maybe it’s a girl thing that we found reminiscing and caterwauling along to the tunes so much fun but it did make me think that today’s pop acts don’t get us nearly as excited by the rubbishness of it all! We knew then, although we didn’t want to admit it and are fully aware now that back then pop was so cheesy and ridiculously awful (Adam Rickett anyone?) but it was fun. Pop is just a bit too serious now and acts like The Saturdays don’t seem to be able to take the Mickey out of themselves like Steps could.

*Sigh.*

Anyway, back to the here and now…

This week on Glasswerk we have, an interview with Bombay Bicycle Club, competitions to win tickets to see Felix Da Housecat, The Drums and The New to Q tour as well as a Drop Dead T Shirt and to top it all off Black Mountain, Roachford, Hip Parade and Devil Sold His Soul are on tour.