So the Ting Tings excellent "Shut Up and Let Me Go" has been all over US TV, making them the latest act that nobody in the US would pay any attention to until Apple gave them a commercial and Voila! made them cool. They join Feist, CSS, and Yael Naim in that club.
The always insightful Popjustice made an interesting point today about "Shut Up and Let Me Go." Namely, that the opening guitar bit seems to be exactly the same one that Ali Love used in his incredibly unappreciated "Late Night Session"
Ali Love, despite being a really fun artist, is probably best known for doing vocals on the Chemical Brothers' modest hit "Do It Again". That would be because his own songs don't even register as modest hits. Why? No other reasons than these most likely:
1. Gay people only have so much money to spend on records
2. Radio 1 only had Late Night Session on the C list. Radio 1 can pretty much make whatever songs successful they want.
3. NME and the indie cool brigade snobs didn't decide that Ali Love is uber cool and hip and indy.
4. Apple didn't put "Secret Sunday Lover" in a commercial with dancing silhouettes.
Despite all that, both Ali Love and the Ting Tings remain Quite Good (TM Popjustice) and worth your time. I encourage everyone to illegally download or, if you must, buy the Ting Tings' "We Started Nothing," which is on iTunes now and should be in stores soon. Or you could just hit up vampydoesntstopthemusic.blogspot.com or letshavetext.blogspot.com and download it. Your choice.
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