despite the fellini-like video for "light my fire", where will young and assorted boho friends frollic pool-side at a communal bath (?), i've still not paid proper attention to the song which currently straddles the charts; in fact it has just made me wonder what kind of audience he's looking for as he enters the second phase of his career, where the romantic narrative of pop idol is done; the one where he might have to put out a genuinely loveable tune for people to care (it ain't gonna happen)! there's been a lot of squandering of goodwill lately, what with atomic kitten releasing another lame rehash of "whole again" (still rocking that "bonita applebum" beat!) and ronan keating weeping into his new indie trousers (perhaps i was the only one who had any goodwill for him anyway - i mean how quickly has "life is a rollercoaster" been forgotten?!). but it's ok because it could mean an exciting changing of the pop guard!

only other new entry of note: "punk" by ferry corsten would appear to be the the first foray from excellent bubblegum dance label positiva into electroclashy sounds (i'm probably wrong), suggesting ruffer synth+vintage-drum-machine textures will become more common on the radio till all euro-dance tracks adapt and use it to their money-spinning advantage. it's still quite boring though.

dj otzi's "hey baby" (re-released for the world cup! cheers!) can be noted as an excuse to mention the outkast remix of the other "hey baby" (b-side to "hella good" - out now!), which is refreshingly like an early nineties heavy native tongues mix! its got the kind of drums (you know, like on "scenario") that even undie producers are afraid to revive, automatically making it daring and brilliant and giving gwen's intact vocal an unusual feel in the current neptunes/irv gotti-dominated climate. listen!