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The playlist overall is dull and predictable, but I'm pleasantly surprised there are *some* pop/dance clips there that they haven't aired since the 90s. Going by the blurb on the website and the first hour of it on Saturday morning, I was expecting it to be entirely 'alternative', all-male, Triple J c r a p.
Jason, your suggestions would have been brilliant.
Instead we're getting one that veers between the mediocre and the bland same old same old we always get. What a wasted opportunity, but not unexpected.
Highlights include 'The Emperor's New clothes' by Sinead, 'In Your Room' by Toni Pearen, 'Weak' by Skunk Anansie, but there's nothing that will tempt me to watch.
Black Box with Everybody Everybody is one of the decent selections among the commercial Dance they chose.
No doubt it's going to be the Le Freak mix that they've aired a couple of times in recent years, rather than the original European version where Katrin runs through a field etc., which I much prefer.
What bugs me also are the repeated pop/dance clips, like Zhane's 'Hey Mr DJ'. Couldn't they have dug out 'Groove Thang' or at least something different?
I prefer You belong To Me from JX and not a fan of Son of A Gun
They did air 'You Belong To Me' last year in one of the 90s dance Vault episodes; albeit with overscan lines.
One thing I learnt recently is that the blonde woman lipsyncing in the 'Son of a Gun' video is the blonde woman appearing in Womack & Womack's 'Teardrops' video! She is actually a singer/sang with Womack & Womack, but for whatever reason, was lipsyncing in the 'Son of a Gun' video.
I knew Headless Chickens' 'Cruise Control' wouldn't be the 1994 remix version that became a hit, but would instead be the 1991 version they regularly air... and lo and behold, it was