Gloriously Emo

Here is the cover to Natalie Imbruglia's forthcoming "hits" collection:



It looks she is trying to create a haircut as emo as Rihanna's, except it doesn't really work, does it?

Calling your greatest hits album 'Glorious' when most people would only be able to name two singles off the top of their head is a bit much, don't you think? I'd have called it "Prematurely Released: The Singles" or "You may only know torn but you'll probably like wrong impression as well: The Singles"

And here is the full video for her gloriously titled new single 'Glorious'



Things to note:
1. I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that Frith Street was in the heart of London and was surrounded by dodgy backstreets featuring scantily clad women and many homosexuals. Apparently not. Frith Street is in a desert with cactuses. Hmmm.
2. Her hair looks less emo in the video and more lesbian.
3. There's a guy who looks like Tom Cruise in the video. Perhaps he is trying to recruit Nat into his cult of scientology... or just impregnate her with his midget sperm.
4. The fact that Natalie isn't walking during the "Keep walking" verse is a wasted opportunity
5. She has a sexy back
6. The sparks coming out of the drum kit are slightly scary

This is still my song of the summer.

Gloriously Joyful

Well, strike me down with a kangaroo testicle, it's the return of everyone's favourite Neighbours pop starlet who isn't Kylie Minogue... that Natalie bird whose surname no one can spell.

After ten years in the music industry, she has decided to release a greatest hits collection.
I say SHE has decided. One would assume someone from her record company said something along these lines:
"'Ere love, your last album may have got to number one and all, but it didn't make much money for us. So erm... lets release a greatest hits or you can fuck off home"

Despite only releasing nine singles, which is an average of less than one a year, Natalie's 'Glorious: The Singles' hits the shelves in September, and will be in bargain buckets everywhere by Christmas.

Don't get me wrong, I do love Natalie. She has the ability to make music so joyful, all you want to do is wear a tank top and pretend its the '80s again, as well as make music that is so depressingly beautiful, you just want to cry forever realising the '80s are over. This whole thing just screams "pointless", don'tcha think?

Thankfully,she has decided to go for the former for her new single 'Glorious'... and what a result it is! Even though we are in the middle of floods, earthquakes and whatever else Mother Nature chooses to throw at us in these summer months, this effort from Nat makes you forget your troubles and want to go sunbathing despite the potential risk of drowning in the rain.

Here is a clip of the video:



I'm calling this "Song of the summer" after Mutyamarda's 'Song 4 Mutya' has begun to grate on me!