Guilty Pleasures

I'm going to let you in to a secret.......i like to think i have fairly decent taste in music, pretty varied, but i would never ever let anyone see my full collection. Hidden away amongst the modern classics and the golden oldies are my guilty pleasures........S Club 7, McFly and so many more shameful songs!!!! My name is Moo and i am a pop-aholic!!


Everyone has them, right? The songs that you listen to when nobody is around.....please tell me you do, surely i can't be the only one. I need cheesy pop, i need to dance like a loon, i need to listen to songs purely for the fact that they make me smile and, most importantly, i need to sing along at the top of my voice!!!!

Ok, here goes......my top 5 guilty pleasures:

1. McFly, Obviously

2. S Club 7, Don't Stop Movin'

3. Take That, Shine

4. Kelly Clarkson, Because Of You

5. Girls Aloud, Sound Of The Underground.



I can't tell whether to run away and hide in shame, or be proud of myself for admitting my pop problem. You know what?, i am proud, i will hold my head high and proclaim ...... " MY NAME IS MOO AND I AM A POP-AHOLIC!!!!"

Keren Ann

This week , whilst flicking through Q magazine, i came across an artist that was new to me, Keren Ann. I am always on the look out for interesting girl singers.....it seems to be my music of choice at the moment, am i getting old? Has my interest in loud, shouty music disappeared? Lets hope not!!!!




Anyway.......quick Keren Ann biog:

Keren Ann (born Keren Ann Zeidel in Caesarea, Israel on March 10, 1974) is a recording artist/singer/songwriter/producer based largely in Paris, New York and Israel. She plays guitar, piano and clarinet, engineers and writes choir and musical arrangements. She is descended from Russian Jews on her father's side and is Javanese and Dutch on her mother's. She lived in Israel and in the Netherlands until the age of 11, when her family moved to France. She retains her Dutch and Israeli citizenship.
In 2000 she began her solo career with La biographie de Luka Philipsen — produced by Lionel Gaillardin and Benjamin Biolay, who also co-produced its follow-up, La disparition (in return, she helped write his debut album, Rose Kennedy). The pair also wrote several songs for Henri Salvador's best-selling, prize-winning 2000 comeback album, Chambre avec vue, including the hit "Jardin d'Hiver".
Her third album Not Going Anywhere was released worldwide 2003, but her American breakthrough came with its follow-up, Nolita (2004). Recorded in Paris and New York — it is named for Nolita, her neighborhood in lower Manhattan — it is sung half in French and half in English.
Lady & Bird is a collaboration with Baroi Johannson, of the Icelandic group Bang Gang.
"The Isis Project" is a concept album that she wrote with Guy Chambers and was sung by Sophie Hunter.
Keren Ann's fifth solo album, the eponymous Keren Ann, has been released April 23rd, 2007 in Europe and May 8th, 2007 in the United States. ~ Wikipedia



"Lay Your Head Down", taken from the album "Keren Ann"


If you haven't heard of Keren Ann before i would seriously recommend you give her music a try, if you have, then i commend you on your good taste. Please visit the Keren Ann website.

New Moo!!

Dark Side Of The Moo is due a change, as i look at my blog i realise it is in desperate need of a revamp!!!! Dull does not begin to describe it!! It is true that i love my photos but it certainly needs an injection of life!

I have decided to make my blog more of an informal diary containing music i have come across, new photos i have taken and any general thoughts i may have, that could potentially be of interest...or not!!!

So please come back soon and have a look at the new, and hopefully, improved Dark Side Of The Moo

Thanks x