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How an Illegal Mash Up Reignited British Pop (Sugababes - "Freak Like Me") | New British Canon

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British Pop at the turn of the century was in a state. Spice Girls had been and gone, All Saints were still on top, but for the most part the focus was on personalities being used to sell the songs rather than the actual music. There was an overreliance on covers and trying to cash in on what was popular. Compared to the slinky American R&B of Destiny’s Child, TLC and Aaliyah or the Max Martin-backed confections of Britney Spears, N*Sync and The Backstreet Boys, Britain's crop sounded undeniably cheesy. But in 2002 Richard X appeared. A producer with a thing for synergising classic synth-pop with 90s R&B, and he, along with the Sugababes, a teen-girl group on the edge of collapse, revitalised British Pop with his ice-cool underground sounds. This is New British Canon and this is the story of Sugababes “Freak Like Me.”
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0:00 Introduction
01:06 Richard X & Girls on Top
05:25 How to Save the Sugababes
12:01 What Richard X Did Next
15:33 The Unstoppable Rise of Xenomania
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@sensor.mellow 3 года назад

Finally British girl bands getting the critical analysis they deserve

@EdgyNumber1 4 месяца назад

The Sugababes were the only ones I had any time for. Their sound and writing was a cut above anything else that was out there.

@KestrelTown 3 года назад

I think it’s so lovely that Gary Numan thought Sugababes’ Freak Like Me was better than Are Friends Electric? He chose not to be petty, but recognise when these new artists had made something great.

@ThreadBomb 3 года назад

Or maybe after performing the same song for 30 years he was happy to hear a fresh version.

@megamanmuppet 3 года назад

He was probably glad of the money. He would have been broke at the time.

@MunkiZee 3 года назад

He is always humble in interviews, he is credited for bringing the electro-pop sound to the masses but is always keen to point out that he took inspiration from what was around him and that he feels very lucky to be seen as a pioneer

@mjg239 3 года назад

I'm not sure if Gary actually meant that. Sure, he said it on TV and it can be quoted, but he's all coiffed and chatty on a popular British talk show. Their song was a hit on the charts *at and around the time he said it* (and he was getting money for it), plus, he was still eager to promote his career. I'm curious to know if Gary still feels that way, when he's not all dolled up for the camera and just talking with a beer in hand or off-record.

@WromWrom 3 года назад

@@megamanmuppet He wasn't broke, but he got a buttload of money from the mashup. He's said the mashup made him more money than the original ever had. And he's and incredibly friendly and nice person, always surprised anybody would want to listen to his music, let alone use it in a top charting hit.

@youmakemeblah 3 года назад

This was the sound of my teens. There's no substitute for good upbeat pop, regardless of creative background. The crap I got from my peers in school for openly loving Sugababes and Girls Aloud was a lot to take but I stand by it to this day.

@danpreston564 3 года назад

I still adore Girls Aloud. The greatest pop music of the era.

@noelleelizabeth9991 3 года назад

Yeah same, I found them back at the height of my emo/scene days when I felt like I wasn't suppose for like pop music. I'm not from the UK so they were almost like some underground alternative pop group to me.

@danpreston564 3 года назад

@Fur Q that would be a valid comment if that incident had anything to do with their music. But it doesn’t.

@danpreston564 3 года назад

@Fur Q so I see. Well, congratulations to you. I hope you get a small sliver of self worth from it.

@danpreston564 3 года назад

@Fur Q I think we’ve won the Internet.

@daviddalby6217 3 года назад

3 things: 1. Freak Like Me is great, but One Touch is a bloody brilliant album, and the Sugababes I return to the most 2. Siobhan Donaghy's solo albums are great. More people should listen to them. 3. Biology by GA is the greatest pop song of all time.

@challalla 3 года назад

Seconded on Siobhán's fantastic solo work

@sm00thsubz81 3 года назад

Revolution in me is such of an amazing album

@slushpuppie19 3 года назад

*Biology by GA is the greatest 4 songs stitched together of all time haha Nah it's a good song but I definitely prefer Sound of the Underground/ No Good Advice

@whatever5922 2 года назад

Biology is amazingggg

@djlunaticdreyfuss7562 Год назад

Shiv is and was such a talent...her solo work....sublime

@gardenboydon 3 года назад

This is what I love about this channel. As an American, I do not get to peak into the cultural music movements going on in the UK. This channel does an incredible job of documenting these movements. Thank you! 🙏

@devenscience8894 3 года назад

Totally. I've never even heard of Sugababes or Girls Aloud, so it's kind of a trip to hear about how big they were somewhere else, and how imprinted they are to many people's childhoods, or whathaveyou.

@merlinmediagroup 3 года назад

@@devenscience8894 Freak Like Me was specifically the biggest hit and summer hit of 2002 in the UK. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing it, it's entrenched into my memory so much that for me it's pretty much synonymous with that period of time. Whenever I hear the song I think of summer 2002 and whenever I think of summer 2002 I hear that song.

@jxy566 3 года назад

One of the best groups of the 2000s. Sugababes were a collosal singles band.

@Joshyboy1928 3 года назад

I'm sure the Sugababes and Girls Aloud will be remembered as two of the defining British pop acts of the 2000s. I don't think they were taken as seriously at the time as they should have been. Their music was actually brilliant.

@douglastaggart9360 3 года назад

Girls aloud are you serious another teeny pop group

@StoutProper 3 года назад

@@douglastaggart9360 nah some of their stuff was actually alright tbh. Plus they were a lot fitter then the spice girls

@bengolious 3 года назад

They were hugely commercially successful and pretty well regarded critically at the time so I don't know how much more seriously they could've conceivably been taken.

@eoin2 3 года назад

Hahaha, Lol

@j.c7719 3 года назад

Sugababes definitely, ‘Round Round’, ‘Overload’, ‘Too Lost in You’, ‘Denial’, ‘About You Now’ classics.

@douglasjardim_ 3 года назад

freak like me & round round are undoubtedly two of the most quintessentially British pop songs.. raw, gritty, unapologetic stuff

@dxfifa 3 года назад

I think Overload is at least as good too

@douglasjardim_ 3 года назад

@@dxfifa 100%

@MFLimited 3 года назад

Perhaps, OF the early 2000’s. But The most quintessential British pop songs of all time? Oh dear Lord NO. We do have actual musicians you know

@Jamesharveycomics 3 года назад

What do you mean by “unapologetic”

@4everinamood 3 года назад

@@eightiesmusic1984 doesn’t take away from the greatness of the track..

@sarahott 3 года назад

Just to correct a couple of errors in this video: 13:34 Liberty X were runners up on ITV's 'Popstars' (not Pop Idol, that was a soloist competition which crowned Will Young, Gareth Gates was runner up here). 17:16 Girls Aloud won 'Popstars: The Rivals' (not Pop Idols The Rivals).

@mattyn94 3 года назад

I'm a metalhead through and through, but this song is an all time classic. There's a handful of pop songs that are just untouchable in terms of quality, and this is one of them. Fantastic video also!

@olika8 3 года назад

I love your videos so much and your Mutya stanning in this video hasn't gone unnoticed - thank you for recognizing her talent and integrity to the group as it's what she deserves!

@GlennDavey 3 года назад

Mutya my favourite, that collab with Groove Armada after she left was fire

@pauljohn.zac23 3 года назад

Mutya is the best

@InnocentMan99 3 года назад

@@pauljohn.zac23 - agreed. Was a shame when she left.

@GF-pk4uj 3 года назад

Mutya and George Michael “This Is Not Real Love”. Gorgeous vocals

@misslangleysoryuisiconic 3 года назад

_I’m still a Mutya Buena stan here_

@acetate909 3 года назад

I'm not British and I'm not familiar with any of these mash ups or most of these artists yet I still found this video extremely entertaining. Good stuff, as usual.

@linusfotograf 3 года назад

Even tho I was a metal head at the time (and still am in some ways) I loved Sugababes and Girls Aloud, but don't tell anyone!

@jellyfishtrifle7883 3 года назад

"Sound of the underground" has a pretty sick riff I've gotta admit.

@danpreston564 3 года назад

Quite a few Girls Aloud tunes sample metal songs. You’d be hard pushed to find the samples, but they help to set the style.

@JonnyInfinite 3 года назад

@@danpreston564 _Hair of the Dog_ in Sexy No No No is an obvious one..

@ladydontekno 3 года назад

Why are metalheads like this? You’re allowed to like music that isn’t metal.

@linusfotograf 3 года назад

@@ladydontekno I was not being serious though. Don’t care what people say.

@noelleelizabeth9991 3 года назад

So as someone from the US where they've been relatively unknown, Sugababes are my favorite hidden gem group. Stumbled on them on iTunes back in like 2006 and been introducing them to friends ever since.

@natsohigh5552 3 года назад

I always introduce Mutya to Americans as I think she just has that sound that I personally think Americans will love

@andrewmark2783 3 года назад

@@natsohigh5552 It's a shame Mutya doesn't have more higher quality solo work - she has one of those rare voices that is so distinctive and yet can sing almost anything!

@natsohigh5552 3 года назад

@@andrewmark2783 I'm not saying she's lazy, but she most definitely hasn't "tried". I think she deals with a lot of anxiety though

@andrewmark2783 3 года назад

@@natsohigh5552 i think it might be more than that. I think she just had a really difficult time recording her solo album - the label rushed her and gave her no freedom. The experience put her off trying to make another record. It's just a shame she didn't sign with a smaller label when she left Sugababes.

@flatandsplat 3 года назад

I have such a soft spot for Sugababes. Love their first album but Freak was at a whole new level

@nikkili8944 3 года назад

Me too! I remember when their debut single "Overload" came out in 2000 when I was 11 years old. That song just sounded so unique at that time. Even later on when I started listening to more alternative and rock music (metal, goth, alternative rock etc.) I always had a soft spot for the Sugababes. Occasionally I still listen to their music. They were such a unique girl group in the UK pop music scene. They also had many fans in continental Europe. Those were the days 🙂🙃

@xamalion7334 3 года назад

Stronger is still one of the best songs ever made.

@nikkili8944 3 года назад

@@xamalion7334 Stronger is awesome! The style of the song is very reminiscent of Massive Attack.

@R.B.564 3 года назад

Back then, I actually discovered Sugababes' version before having ever heard the original by Adina Howard, and have only recently found out it was a cover, thanks to Todd in the Shadows' wonderful 'One Hit Wonderland' RU-vid essays. At first, since I'm an eighties kid, I thought it was a bit 'heretic' to use Are 'Friends' Electric? in this manner, but now, I can safely say it's a fantastic mash-up for the ages.

@johnindigo5477 3 года назад

I also found out about the song through Todd in the shadows. And Kendrick Lamar's backseat freestyle

@danpreston564 3 года назад

The amazing thing about Girls Aloud's songs is that almost every song is different in every verse. They never repeated melodies, outside of the chorus. Each verse brings a new melody, different line lengths. It’s genius song writing and endlessly interesting. Their albums changed styles every time, mining a different seem of pop music each time. I saw them live five times and they were the best live shows I’ve ever been to. I was never as big a fan of the sugababes, but I liked their disinterested vocal styles.

@douglastaggart9360 3 года назад

Sorry I didn't get all the fuss about girls aloud if your a teeny bopper yes but serious music no .

@danpreston564 3 года назад

@@douglastaggart9360 and what is 'serious music'? Apart from some arbitrary standard applied by elitists who believe that nothing popular can be of artistic value.

@CharlotteEarney 3 года назад

Both Biology and The Promise were such incredibly weird singles but worked SO well - even in my worst music snob days I was always fascinated by those songs' structure

@danpreston564 3 года назад

@@CharlotteEarney both are great examples. The Promise, after the opening verse that just sits on one chord, just cycles between a chord progression in the verse and chorus (Bm, E, A) and a pre chorus progression. Yet the chorus sounds nothing like the verses, the melody is totally different, and the verses sound nothing like each other. You get the 'maybe next time' verse, the 'here I am, walking primrose' verse and the 'maybe it’s not that hard' broken down verse, all with the same progression as each other and the chorus, all with totally different melodies. The pre chorus has the 'had enough of looking into windows' version and the 'got my hands all ready to touch your soul' version. Again, the same chords with different melodies. So you get 2 progressions giving a chorus, 3 different verses and 2 different pre chorus'. Your ear, outside of the repeated chorus, is never sure which bit of the song you are in. It’s a brilliant piece of writing.

@ddjr6673 3 года назад

@@danpreston564 Totally agree - I remember when Biology came out... I thought, hang on they've started the song 2/3 of the way through... that's genius...!

@michaelscarnscott 3 года назад

informative & nostalgic. As an American, during these days I had to have online friends from the UK send me (through dial up) mp3s and videos of all of this.😭 Sugababes and Girls Aloud are the groups that I still listen to today. Kylie Minogue too.

@NathanWind99 3 года назад

This makes me nostalgic for the era of Napster, mash ups and pop groups. These UK groups are all new to me, we never got most of them over here in the US.

@brandonpage7087 3 года назад

Yeah, i've only heard of Sugababes, & that's only cause I briefly regularly read Q magazine, in the early 2000s. All the other british pop groups mentioned here, I've never heard of, & i am unfamiliar with any of these mashups. However, this was really creative & unique music. I wish U.S. pop music could be half this creative & challenging, instead of the utter shit that it currently is.

@ladydontekno 3 года назад

IIRC Sugababes made a half hearted attempt to break into the US market, somewhere in my CD archives I have a domestic single of Round Round. But for whatever reason the British girl groups who weren’t the Spice Girls never gained any traction in the US.

@TimmyTickle 5 месяцев назад

@@ladydonteknoTheir 2004 single “Hole In The Head” only just missed the US Top 40

@TheJenSolo 3 года назад

I was an American living in London from 2002-2007 as a dance music promoter and event producer. Sugababes and Girls Aloud were in my headphones regularly. I'm glad to see them finally getting the respect they deserve for creating catchy, dance-y earworms, and being incredibly sexycool. Girlpower indeed. Edit: And RichardX was the underrated king of mashups.

@nathorpe 3 года назад

My favourite part of this is when it suddenly pivots into a Girls Aloud appreciation video and tbh I wish that would happen more often.

@pbravovega 2 года назад

girls aloud's sound of the underground was truly revolutionary

@DukesMusic84 3 года назад

The late 90s and early 2000s were a great time for electronic music, with Fatboy Slim, Moby, Miss Kittin, Daft Punk, etc. This scene was what inspired me to start making bomb beats.

@krapincorporated 3 года назад

I misread this "bomb threats" and had a mild heart attack until I read it again.

@MunkiZee 3 года назад

@@krapincorporated lmao

@Artersa 3 года назад

@@krapincorporated lmao same. It was quite a rise in stakes.

@optiquemusic6204 2 года назад

Truly Golden Years for Electronic Dance. While I didn't care for most Pop of this time, I do concede that there were some diamonds in the rough, like 'Round Round' and 'Freak Like Me'. On that note, I wondered if another track that sampled 'Are Friends Electric' from around the same time would be brought up. 'Feel Alive' by Pure Orange was not, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was created on the back of the Sugababes.

@JordanGrimmer 3 года назад

This is an amazing video and a story I'm glad was told.

@Doooooooooooood 3 года назад

Sugababes were underrated. Vocally and harmonies were great.

@Dextrous 5 месяцев назад

Back in the day as a teenage boy, Sugababes were always guilty pleasure of mine. Their videos would play quite regularly on all the music channels and I would always be quietly hypnotised and enthralled. This wasn't the music I was 'supposed' to be into, but the songs was catchy as hell and the girls sounded amazing - Mutya with the husky, seductive lower range, Keisha with the angelic but sassy higher end, and Heidi/Siobhan tieing it together to form a beautiful vocal texture. Not to mention they were all stunning, of course. I'm so happy that the OG lineup is back and their comeback is going so well, they deserve it! Can't wait to see them live, and I have absolutely no shame in proclaiming my love for them this time around 😄

@katzicael 3 года назад

I *Adore* Sugababes, their sound is timeless and Freak like Me will always have an extra special place in my heart, as will Stronger.

@jameshowes9716 3 года назад

I never click on anything as fast a ‘New British Cannon’ vid

@lordgemini2376 3 года назад

Same!

@ThreadBomb 3 года назад

-cannon- canon

@brandonpage7087 3 года назад

Same here!

@VedranCro 3 года назад

"Freak like me" is one of the most badass pop songs

@Bradley_Lute 3 года назад

They were a fitting group to pull it off. They were some of the pop that I liked most around that time.

@waynegoldpig2220 3 года назад

I always think that 'Freak like Me' bookends well with Atomic Kitten's "Be With You", which heavily samples 'Last Train To London' by E.L.O.

@jeffrejr1 3 года назад

Adina Howard's version is 1000 times better

@Bradley_Lute 3 года назад

@@jeffrejr1 agreed. You really feel her version. It is a true sex jam. The Sugababes version is very sanitized. Richard X is not doing anything that interesting and by that point he is just doing random mash-ups that just happen to work.

@TaylorMadeCori 3 года назад

@@jeffrejr1 I agree. Having heard her version first...was it for me.

@Bodyknowledge77 3 года назад

Quite edutaining as usual. Fischerspooner popping up here sparks a memory for me doing security for some of their performances in Soho NYC in 02'. David Shwimmer lifting his bucket hat to gain access and most notably Lou Reed's attendance etc

@RedSkylinex60 2 года назад

As an American I’m so glad I discovered the Sugababes after hearing them on a Top Gear special from 2005 a few years back. It still baffles me that they didn’t become huge in the U.S. even though a few of their songs did chart and made in into a few American films.

@MrDsbh1 3 года назад

No mention of Bootsy Collins's I'd Rather Be With You? Haha That melody is the original.

@JermaineJagger 3 года назад

YESSSSS!! 👏🏾 revision necessary?! haha

@LukeOranje 3 года назад

Whoa - excellent job shedding light on that highly influential deep-cut!

@Aepus 3 года назад

I was waiting for it to come up in the video too haha

@Bradley_Lute 3 года назад

Oh yeah, freak like me. Sometimes it's hard to hear those influences hiding in plain sight! I make a spotify list I call the source.

@tosh_is_me942 3 года назад

Bootsy baby!! Check out s2 of the Mike Judge series "Tales from the Tour Bus".

@LacsiraxAriscal 3 года назад

Great vid. This really is one of the most satisfying eras of British pop to revisit today. So many many fantastic songs you barely even got a chance to dip into! I do think you’ve got to point something of a finger to William Orbit’s trip hop inspired stuff with All Saints as well as something of a primer though, especially Black Coffee, which feels a lot like a smoother softer version of what was to come.

@LiliInSomnia 3 года назад

Omg, when I saw the thumbnail I clicked immediately! I knew you would talk about Xenomania and Girls Aloud. Thank you! Most of my friends used to say pop sucked just because it was pop but man, they didn’t hear Girls Aloud’s ‘Biology’. That song is schizophrenic in a good way!

@ingridbmangubat 2 года назад

Sugarbabes was the perfect group for those who naturally outgrew the Spice Girls. I was around 8-10 years old when the Spice Girls reigned. Listening to the Sugarbabes made me feel grown up. It is upbeat and catchy and the vocals are so smooth. To me it was that perfect transition from pop to pop / alt rock. This video reminded me how glorious and talented the Sugarbabes are.

@NicolasPetrosLanning 2 дня назад

There’s no R in their name

@facerip2222 3 года назад

I'm american, I certainly wasn't listening to british pop music in 2002, but a few years later I got obsessed with the Ricky Gervais, Steve Merchant, Karl Pilkington XFM London radio shows, and they always played Sugababes, they called it "Are Freaks Electric?" So one day on my own I looked the song up, and then listened to it 500 times. I love that song and I never knew this whole story. Good video.

@apeirogon9289 3 года назад

Its crazy too because even the Adina Howard track is actually heavily adapted from Bootsy's Rubber Band's "I'd Rather Be With You", which adds an extra layer of abstraction!

@omardj13 3 года назад

We need a doc from Girls aloud, and an a vídeo about "come and get it" that records is amazing pop gem.

@juve9le4cs 3 года назад

Just smoked a blunt and got this in my recomandation, long live the recomandation algorithm.

@rbb2984 3 года назад

Great to cover this awesome moment in British pop music. It was an incredible idea and worked so well for a pop band that was at the time still a little bit different to most of the others. Props to this channel for going with something that isn't the direction it seemed to be heading with some fairly obscure stuff recently.

@laurisaarinen1126 3 года назад

Man, i love this mashup. I remember hearing this on MTV as a child and just thinking "wow this is so cool but it's a *girl group* i'm not supposed to like this" 😂 I was surprised how a pop song sounded so alternative. "Hole in the Head" was also good but sadly i didn't care much of the rest they did...

@Djungelurban 3 года назад

I would never have guessed that someone could, or would, ever make a 21+ minute video on Sugababes' Freak Like Me...

@mohamedanisferchichi2071 2 года назад

That's not the point LOL

@Ernie1978 3 года назад

The mashup and Heidi Range joining the Sugababes made all the difference in the world. The one thing in common that the 6 No.1 hits the Sugababes got is Heidi Range.

@maritta2504 3 года назад

Literally all #1 of the Sugababes were with Keisha too. After Keisha was pushed out, the Sugababes faded pretty quickly, even though they still had Heidi, sooooo.....

@dasXperiment 3 года назад

Best 20 minutes of the week. These videos are getting better and better. Happy to be a patreon!

@SetsAndTheCD 3 года назад

Criminally underrated. Great work as always!

@vollsticks 3 года назад

That track "Some Girls" was *kind* of a rip of Goldfrapp's "Strict Machine", though, and it definitely didn't go un-noticed at the time!

@Nolina99 3 года назад

Ugh I love the Sugababes!!! Their artistic excellence is overshadowed by their everchanging lineup which is a shame, they are massively underrated

@stellaVista 3 года назад

Fantastic video! I really adore Richard X. He really has the mdias touch, when it comes to producing amazing pop. The fact that he is sort of flying under the radar and that he preferred to keep a low profile makes him even more likeable.

@djjc9782 3 месяца назад

have u heard his whitney houston vs kraftwerk tune?

@iannumanfanwright1743 3 года назад

as a Huge Numan fan it was really refreshing to hear Freak like Me on the radio and Gary loved it :)

@depalapili-pala4859 3 года назад

I could hear you struggling a bit but you nailed the pronunciation on Siobhan Donaghy, much love from Ireland. Ps we don't know why it's spelled that way either.

@adymode 3 года назад

Gaelic doesnt use V cause its roman perhaps, anyway 'bh' makes the v sound. As exemplified in the big hit "Engine, tractor agus bhan" ;)

@dreddguy6454 3 года назад

I was impressed by Gary Numans candour. Credit where credit's due.

@ashy1587 3 года назад

The sugababes, girls aloud and the Saturdays were the soundtrack to my childhood

@SamR1995 3 года назад

Freak Like Me, Being Nobody and Some Girls are excellent songs. Richard X really had a great ear for putting together iconic pieces.

@djjc9782 3 месяца назад

wanna dance with numbers is the best. whitney vs kraftwerk

@arronwright9830 3 года назад

Thanks. The video the wholesale rejuvenation of British pop music deserved. Both Sugababes and Girls Aloud were - frankly, ARE - brilliant.

@beebsbubbles 3 года назад

I don't know if anyone said anything previously, but I will point out, that Girls Aloud's "Sound of the Underground" did actually need to be a cut above, because they hadn't actually won Popstars yet at the time. The winner would be determined by who had the bigger opening sales week between Girls Aloud, and the boyband One True Voice. OTV went with the obligatory corny ballad, while GA went to Xenomania. The rest is history.

@GavinKurtz86 3 года назад

Brilliant video. I grew up with this. I remember hearing ‘freak’ and buying the album straight away because I had to know who the producer was.

@jsmooth2400 3 года назад

A dry long form and incredibly well structured analysis of early noughties girl pop? Comforting to know there are other men of culture out there. Would love to grab a beer with you and talk J-Lo

@Octobre1986 2 года назад

Well, I believe Siobhan now claims, it wasn't bullying but miscommunication. The original members reunited and Keisha talks about her reputation.

@3358records 3 года назад

Rachel Stevens is very underrated imo. Both of her albums were pretty good. Sophie Ellis Bextor and The Freemasons video?

@jdorecouture16 3 года назад

I love that this video is on Sugababes, definitely my favourite girl group and I still desire new music with the original lineup. P.S. The mashup is superior and the only version I play!

@stephenpalmer9375 3 года назад

Great vid! I'm all about guitar based indie and electronic music, but you've totally 'got' why Sugababes and Girl's Aloud have always had a place in my music collection. One thing though, and you aren't the only person to do tnis. The phrase is 'change tack' not 'change tact'. It's from sailing, tacking being a term to use the wind to change direction. 'tact' ia about your skill in dealing sympathetically with difficult people/situations

@kildogery 3 года назад

This is my favourite series on RU-vid. Keep up the great work.

@AloudSpiceMinogueBextor 3 года назад

I love and enjoy so much the Brits Pop Female acts and Bands... i dont understand why the british people dont appreciate their own music and the female pop singers are no longer succesful... My favourite 2000 song is GIRLS ALOUD - CALL THE SHOTS. Love from Chile 🇨🇱

@alexandergeorge1367 3 года назад

I feel like the mystery of why I love all music that I do has just somehow come together! Awesome video.

@jmckenzie962 3 года назад

Ah, back when mashup artists could still make chart hits, rather than being relegated to niche internet micro-celebrity status

@mrkd2k10 2 года назад

Incredibly late to this but this is one of the best RU-vid music documentaries I’ve seen in a long term, excellent work and a fantastic summary!

@gagaluver83 3 года назад

This videos was so interesting. This sort of mixing songs together is exactly what’s happening right now on tik tok

@dafunkester 2 года назад

Heard this today on Radio 2, what a banger this tune was.

@huggalon 3 года назад

Overload is still my fave Sugababes song.

@erokology 3 года назад

same! one of their classics

@slushpuppie19 3 года назад

Overload was great and their first album was probably the best, but I *loved* Freak Like Me!

@lucyk.5163 3 года назад

Mine is Push the button lol Edit: and About you now!!

@miked1869 3 года назад

@@lucyk.5163 Push the Button is an unapologetic example of a perfect pop song.

@rbdriftin 3 года назад

Does anyone remember Osymyso? He was the guy that got me into "bastard pop" and mashups back in 2001-2005ish, guided me towards 2 Many DJs, Freelance Hellraiser, Richard X, Go Home Productions etc etc.

@heavy-lifting 3 года назад

did he do an eastenders mashup??

@heavy-lifting 3 года назад

found it lol, thanks for reminding me of this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HELofmbpDM0.html

@rocketbackhander6280 3 года назад

I remember that Dr. Who mashup. I did not know it was the KLF but it makes total sense. Those guys were lightyears ahead of their time.

@saftpackerl 3 года назад

Well, its not like that was the time of the rise of sampling or anything....:D

@fajarzakri4936 3 года назад

I get an absolute KICK watching this video. This was MY era of pop music and boy was it an absolute thrill to live through it all. The first (and current) and second Sugababes lineups are just the absolute best. I think what made 00s pop music so thrilling is how polished yet also raw it was, you would find this tension and push and pull in a lot of these records, including those you mentioned throughout the video. You don't really hear that in present day pop records, because production has gotten too slick and refined. I was thinking of Calvin Harris as an example because there truly is a stark difference between his present day incarnation (Funk Wav Bounces) versus his earlier stuff (I Created Disco) despite operating in similar sonic terrains. That sense of rawness you find in a lot of 00s electronic or electronic-inflected stuff isn't quite there anymore, I'm afraid. At the same time, that's what made it so very special.

@tysparks598 3 года назад

You're becoming one of my fav channels... I've always been fascinated with British musical influences & how it all fits together. Thanks, bro.

@nootheralexis 3 года назад

I wish Mutya Buena were a bigger star than she is. Her voice and tone comes few and far between. We need another Mutya album... or more.

@sprint955st Год назад

In 1992, I was deejaying and mixing the a cappella side of Public Enemy ‘Bring the Noise’ over the instrumental of Kajagoogoo ‘Too Shy’. The crowd went mental. Does that make me a pop pioneer?😊

@annnee6818 Год назад

Gary Numan sounds like a cool dude. Freak like me is one of the best songs of the 00s, hands down

@phillipseaton9389 3 года назад

I'm from the us so I had no idea this cover existed. I'm a big fan of the 1995 original Adina howard track and the arrangement with the Gary Numan sample.really does make the cover all its own even though melody wise for the vocals it's the same . I really dig this cover. Thanks for introducing this cover to me

@InvincibleJ 3 года назад

Freak Like Me was released when I was 18. I was already beginning to explore new music genres and had a casual interest in new wave and synth via TOTP2. But Freak Like Me got me really interested! In particular The Human League and Gary Numan which were featured on an electro compilation album around May/June 2002. The latter who is a firm favourite and have seen live about 10 or so times over the years.

@Brosenbrose 3 года назад

Dude you love all the same things about music that i love... every topic, every video, either reinforces my love of something or reminds me of my love of something. Keep em coming!

@theant2651 3 года назад

I ADORE xenomania's edit of saint etienne's burnt out car

@dnikkithatsame5990 3 года назад

I’m from the US, but when I heard Round around back in the day I became an instant Sugarbabes fan.

@stingersplash 3 года назад

Great little documentary here! And here is a freaky coincidence...I'd never heard of Adina Howard until yesterday night when I watched the movie "Relaxer" which saw her appear briefly. The booklet that accompanies the bluray stated she was an R&B singer in a rare acting role. The next night I randomly see this video in my recommendations and I see her name again.

@c.brogansavage3385 2 года назад

I love the comparison of Mutya and Dusty. Both incredible vocalists. Mutya’s duet with Amy Winehouse is such a great tune 💕

@josephyn89 3 года назад

You should do a video about Bittersweet Symphony! I love your content, very thorough and interestingly presented

@MarkPentler 3 года назад

As someone who used to make a few mashups back in the day and was active on that old forum (what the hell was it called?) where folk like Freelance Hellraiser and Poj Masta used to hang out, this is a properly good video. I miss those days. I miss XFM having The Rinse where you may well hear an hour long mega mashup mix. Regular Radio Soulwax releases. Man, happy memories.

@mikaelizabeth 3 года назад

omg i didnt know how much i needed this, i love both versions of freak like me so much, its like theyre a part of me at this point

@Stephneechan 3 года назад

as a kid growing up in belgium I didn't know the sugababes were british XD I thought they were american, same with Girls Aloud

@bitzbox 3 года назад

Another great video as always, I was all into Nu Metal and Pop Punk during this era but it was good to see pop go from cheese into something more badass. Whilst on the subject of mashups, one of my favourite Mash Ups is "C'mon Everybody Drop It Like It's Hot". Well worth checking out.

@FF-bs6hy 3 года назад

This serie is so damn fine! Hope you're once gonna lay your hands on The Time Is Now from Moloko or Temptation by Heaven17. Or bands like Japan, Talk Talk, or even Lewis Taylor...

@queenyblahblah 3 года назад

i would LOVE to see a video about Japan. There were some interesting moments in there career.

@cheaptoons 3 года назад

I wonder what Damon Albarn was thinking, when all this was happening ?? I know he's got nothing to do with this or whatever, but when Gorillaz came out, his option was to submerge pop music and etc, but the process of how these tracks came into the industries is like how you said MUTATED POP SCENE ! but correct me if I'm wrong

@jinbee2627 3 года назад

People loving these need to find "Raiding the 20th century" by Strictly Kev, its an hour long mash up of the history of mash ups.

@FeelinErie 3 года назад

The original trio of Sugababes went to my secondary school (Kingsbury High). They were in the year above me, so whilst I was there, they were most likely recording their first album. I never saw them on-site, but I bumped into Mutya outside a sweet shop in the area :) A few years later, I won a competition on CDUK to attend an AOL Sessions with the Sugababes (Heidi had joined). So I brought one of my good friends along, and upon showing them my yearbook (to sign), Keisha and Mutya got all excited and we started talking about school life at Kingsbury High. It was such a lovely day! ^^

@Koalatronic 3 года назад

This was a great video. So informative and interesting. I hope Keisha from Sugababes sees it as she releases videos on RU-vid regularly.

@realfingertrouble 3 года назад

Nice video, but Girls on Top - Warm Bitch was released in 2001, I know because I got into bastard pop bootlegs that way, hearing it in Sister Ray in London - Autumn 2001? I was already downloading bastard pop by Kylie's Brit performance via Boom Selection and a bit later GYBO. Check it on discogs, it was on Black Melody in green vinyl. Freelance Hellraiser's Stroke of Genieus was also 2001 (mid year, August?). And indeed I Wanna Dance With Numbers was released on 12" much earlier in 2001. And how do I know all this? I run the Bootleg Archive, mashup podcast Radio Clash since 2004 and making mashups as they are now known since 2003 as Instamatic and DJNoNo!