8th September Girls (not) allowed

A middle aged man residing in Hucknall was made to feel even more middle aged over the past 48 hours after failing to recognise a single song recorded by Girls Aloud. 

Following the tragic death of Sarah Harding, TV and airwaves have been saturated by wall to wall songs performed by the 2002 winners of Pop Stars The Rivals. With clips of the groups most famous recordings being shown on news bulletins, played on radio programs, and widespead on various music youtube sites, this 57 yr old man failed to identify a single catchy chorus or hypnotic beat, despite having quite a large CD collection and being an average scorer on Radio 2's Popmaster.

Fearing that he might be suffering from an undiagnosed memory condition, the 57 yr old agreed to undergo an emergency series of medical tests. Brain scans and nerological investigations taken whilst listening to every song ever recorded by Girls Aloud showed no signs of recognition at all. 

Neither did exposure to material recorded by Little Mix, JLS, One Direction, Olly Murs or Joe McElderry, which has led neuroscientists to conclude that our middle aged man is not suffering from a case of terminal tune trauma but has in fact been diagnosed with a case of good musical taste. And that's not just 'the sound of the underground' apparently its 'biology'.

 

 

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