Lily Allen's new video for her second single from the fantastic It's Not Me, It's You hit the web today. "Not Fair" is a delightful ditty, a snarky diss to a boy who is a great guy, except in the bedroom. The only problem, it's not really single material. Radio briefly accepted the shimmery "The Fear" but this country and western sex talk will never get past the gatekeepers in US radio. I would have tried "22" or "Back To The Start" for radio promotion.
Anyway, the video is a goofy tribute to the C&W stand-by The Porter Wagoner Show. Lily performs in a stereotypical '70s set and sassy jumpsuit. It's glossy and fun, but again not really gonna blow up the VH1 either. Watch anyway:
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Agree with you on all points Paul. I actually thought "Everyone's At It" was the next single. I heard rumors of a video being filmed. This song will impact British radio, but not here unfortunately.
As for the video, it was cute, but I wish they would have really gone for it and had all the old school camera angles. It still felt a little too contempo. But Lily looks fantastic and in my utter "Dynasty" obsession, she is totally channeling Fallon Carrington. It's uncanny.
Since I'm a bad gay and have never seen an episode of Dynasty, I'll just agree with you. Her hair looks glossy and fabulous, like a 1970s shampoo ad.
"Everyone's At It" would have made a great choice for second single, too. Either Lily or her team really dropped the ball with singles choices here!
Because I understand that not everyone is obsessed with "Dynasty" I'll provide a visual aid:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BcAhLr85Pvs/Rr7ajcyfQEI/AAAAAAAAKq4/UHeO2zo93-g/s400/fallon.jpg
Lily could play her in the movie!
Oh my, just add some curls and Lil's her evil, potty mouthed twin!
Are you kidding? Programmers don't want to play Lily because her music doesn't play to 17-34 YO, uneducated, heterosexual males. This just plays even more to their fears of inadequacy.
Mary, you may be onto something. Radio pandering to young, uneducated heterosexual males would explain the massive amounts of spins T-Pain gets.
Haha. Okay, let me qualify that: programmers who think they play artists with "cred."
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