{"id":514,"date":"2006-07-17T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-17T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2006\/07\/lily-allen\/"},"modified":"2006-07-17T07:11:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-17T07:11:00","slug":"lily-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2006\/07\/lily-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/funk.co.uk\/blogpix\/lily_allen.jpg\" align=left \/>I&#8217;m never one to despair at the current state of music and bemoan the insipid paper-thin constructions that masquerade as contemporary pop stars, because I am too damn optimistic. If I need to hear good music, I make my own, and anyway, very little of the sounds I listen to these days are in the charts. London is constantly buzzing with a rich and vibrant underground music mix, and the best tunes will never be broadcast. But for the first time in more than ten years, someone has <a HREF=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/entertainment\/5185408.stm\" target=_blank>kept a hold on the Number One chart position<\/a> who I can recommend wholeheartedly to everyone who has ears. In fact &#8211; why be prejudiced against deaf people? They deserve this music too.<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lily_Allen\" target=_blank>Lily Allen<\/a> &#8211; daughter of actor Keith Allen and producer Alison Owen &#8211; has produced a debut album which soars high above the skies of Islington. She has a timeless observational humour, rhymes which I have been waiting for since Ian Dury died, and above all else the kind of originality you don&#8217;t get anymore. Except, here she is right on my doorstep, doing a natty two-step.<\/p>\n<p>The album <i>Alright, Still<\/i> is a winning combination of pathos, wit, melody, underpinned by the easiest dance beats in the world, faithful to early ska, but minted in the now. All the tracks I have heard are simply brilliant, but the one I most love right now is the ode penned to her little brother Alfie, berating him for spending too much time smoking weed. These are the words of a concerned big sister:<\/p>\n<p><center><font SIZE=4 COLOR=BROWN><i>&#8220;Oh little brother please refrain from doing that,<br \/>I&#8217;m trying to help you out so can you stop being a twat,<br \/>It&#8217;s time that you and I sat down and had a little chat,<br \/>And look me in the eyes take off that stupid fitted cap&#8230;&#8221;<\/i><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<table WIDTH=200 ALIGN=LEFT>\n<tr>\n<td><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk\/e\/cm?t=funk02-21&#038;o=2&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000FMGWRS&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000ff&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=ffffff&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/omm\/story\/0,,1776732,00.html\" target=_blank>Here&#8217;s a Miranda Sawyer Observer article about Lily from May,<\/a> here is Lily&#8217;s self-constructed <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/lilymusic\" target=_blank>MySpace site<\/a> &#8211; you&#8217;ve missed the entire album, which is released today but there are some good tracks to hear still. Search out &#8220;Nan, You&#8217;re A Window Shopper&#8221; which is hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>Thank the God Of Music for her shameless wit, her natural profanity, the truth, and for melodies you can sing after one listen. I get the impression that this may be the tip of her creative iceberg, and if so I sincerely hope Lily makes ten more of these albums. If she does, I will be a very very happy man.<\/p>\n<p>Buy her record and improve your life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m never one to despair at the current state of music and bemoan the insipid paper-thin constructions that masquerade as contemporary pop stars, because I am too damn optimistic. 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