Hey

The superstar popstrel played two sold-out gigs at the Gabba at the weekend (we could hear her from 10k away). That’s 120,000 people – the population of Winchester, roughly. Two gigs each in Sydney and Melbourne, one in Adelaide and three in Auckland to come, presumably also sold out. Add in the one she’s already done in Perth, and you have to figure that she will have sold well over half a million tickets on this one tour.

Why? What is it about her that makes her so yuuuge? I listened to her stuff for about an hour this morning before I’d had enough, and I’m none the wiser. She seems like a nice woman, and she obviously has a talent for making her fans feel that she’s her mate. Her voice is ok, but doesn’t seem to bring anything to the party that Annie Lennox didn’t. Her songs, those I’ve listened to anyway, are all cut from the same mould – arpeggios, bit of quiet then a bit of bellowing (can belto not bel canto as our choir leader says), then back to quiet. I was surprised to discover she didn’t win X-Factor or Britain’s Got Talent, because she » Continue Reading.

I was compiling the playlist for my radio show earlier today (link below, since you asked), which included this track from The Yardbirds, and it occurred to me that back then in the sixties lots of songs had “hey” or “hey hey” or in extreme cases “hey hey hey” as part of the song.

OTTOMH I can think of The Kink’s “Dead End Street” and The Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin’”. And of course Zep’s “Black Dog”. I thought maybe I could compile a whole 90 minute show of songs with guys saying “hey”.

And, are there any songs with girls saying/singing “hey”? I can’t think of any myself, but I’d love to include them, maybe even do a whole show of girls singing “hey” if there’s enough suggestions.

http://eastsidefm.org/onesizefitsall/%20

ATM: Adele

Guys shouting “hey”

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