Aah, a new year.

Yes kids, it's that time again. New Year's. Let's just go on record to say 2006 teetered dangerously into the borders of Crapsville. There were a few great songs this year. "Something Kinda Ooooh". "Easy". "From Paris to Berlin". etc etc etc. There were a few shit songs this year. "London Bridge". "Wind It Up". "London Bridge". "Wind It Up". "P Diddy". "Danity Kane". etc etc etc.

What will 2007 bring upon us? Will Fergie mysteriously lose her "voice" and suddenly never be able to "sing" again? Will Gwen Stefani realize that The Sweet Escape is selling dirt and magically reunite with No Doubt to put out the best pop record of 2007 by Christmas time? Will Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" spend forty weeks at No.1 and re-establish her as the biggest pop star on Earth? God that would stink...at least in 2003 her songs were somewhat likeable.

Already some good news is on the way. My lovely Kimberley from Girls Aloud tells the Sun that their new album will be out at the end of the year- awesome. They're also doing a tour in the spring/summer....not that it does much for me considering I don't live in Britain :(

Here's one thing I have to bitch about- Girls Aloud AND Sugababes- the two currently greatest pop groups- are doing a single together. Guh. GUH! HOW FUCKING AWESOME WOULD THAT BE?

But.

They're doing "Walk This Way", as originally by done by Aerosmith, then lamely rehashed for the Super Bowl five or six years ago with Britney before the C-scars and 'N Sync before Lance Bass liked it in the ass (hmm, that's questionable...moving on). Why? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? How about commition Xenomania to write a completely original, completely AWESOME song, make it sound like "Biology" and "Easy" if they were tossed into a blender together. I would wet my shorts worse than Fergie did at that one Black Eyed Peas concert.

But no. They're doing a lame cover. At the VERY LEAST, Xenomania better be producing it. Because I think somewhere in the Laws of the Universe, Girls Aloud are hereby forbidden to work with anyone else other than Mr. Higgins and friends, and the Sugababes just realize Higgins and friends produce the better of their sons. Or maybe Richard X could be in charge, and turn it into some completely freaked out electro-mash-glam-what-the-fuck slice of orgasmic genius. I like that idea just as well.

Anyway, I'm glad it's the new year. Christina Aguilera's album has failed to produce another hit single (no, "Hurt" is not a hit. Sorry.) Gwen Stefani's album fell two thousand places on the US chart. It could be a good year.