A Touch of Pink

19 May 2015

Show 510 / 23 May 2015

Welcome to A Touch Of Pink, your home site for a look at the fun side of modern pop. Lots of new tracks tonight, from pop artists including BLx2, Sia, Leona Lewis, Conchita Wurst, Zyan Luxe and indie artists East India Youth, Hot Chip, Nate Ruess (FUN), and a great cover of Sabina’s Boys, Boys, Boys hit from 1987.

My Single Of The Week is “Good Luck” from Bright Light Bright Light featuring Ana Matronic. It’s an update of a track from his latest album Life Is Easy, and will be featured on the forthcoming remix album Life Is Hard due out on 15^th June. Regular listeners may be aware of my man crush on Rod Thomas (aka BLx2), but he does have a great voice, catchy tunes and great friends such as Elton John and Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters) in this case. He also looks good in boxing gear as in the video below.

Here follows tonight’s playlist. Tune in this Saturday on JOY 94.9 from 6-7pm for a bakers dozen of fab-u-lous tracks. Your host is Dick.

Playlist for Show 510 to be broadcast on 23^rd May 2015

Bright Light Bright Light ##	Good Luck ft Ana Matronic
Lion Babe	Wonder Woman (Seamus Haji edit)
Giorgio Moroder ft Sia ##	Déjà vu
Leona Lewis	Fire under my feet (Pitron & Sanna radio edit)
Conchita Wurst ##	You are unstoppable (Rich B and Phil Marriott edit)
Zia **	Sunshine (Beaten Bass remix)
Almighty Showgirls	Boys (Almighty Anthem radio edit)
East India Youth	Beaming White
Hot Chip	Need you now
Nate Ruess	Nothing without love (Discotech remix)
Nathen Sykes	Kiss me quick (Dave Aude radio edit)
Andy Grammer	Honey I’m good (DJ Mike D remix)
Zyan Luxe ##	Look me in the eye

AUSSIE Content * GLBTI Content #

What have I seen at the theatre/multiplex lately?

Film : A Royal Night Out : Light and fluffy British feel good film based on the premise that Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth were let out on V.E. Day to celebrate on the steets of London with their subjects. It’s a very sentimental look at the Royal Family and the UK in wartime, but if you like that sort of thing, as I do, it’s a pleasant hour and a half’s entertainment.

Film : Mad Max Fury Road : It’s really as good as they say it is. For a film with minimal dialogue and all the action happening on the run, it is amazingly good. You’re cheering the goodies along, hissing the baddies, and being blown away by the on-screen action and pyrotechnics.

Film : Clouds Of Sils Maria : Excellently and tensely performed play charting the mood-swing as the mature actress playing the older woman role in this play within a play, in which she had originally played the young ingénue, gradually realises that she is no longer young. And there’s a valuable lesson in there for all of us. Brilliant.

SHOW : The Greatest Love Of All The Whitney Houston Show : Belinda David sang all the Whitney classics flawlessly, and the backing singer was excellent too. However up in the upper circle the sound was a little muddy, and the backing band was more rock than r&b. Nevertheless Belinda’s professionalism and energy shined through to put on a great show and a fitting tribute to Whitney.

Dick’s Top 6 Videos This Week

Conchita Wurst : Unstoppable (exactly!)