It makes no sense to discuss 200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane, the first album by Russian dance-pop duo Tatu, without focusing on the gimmick, since that gimmick is the band. And the gimmick, of course, is that the girls are teenage lesbians who sing songs with suggestive titles like "Not Gonna Get Us," "Show Me Love," and "All the Things She Said," while covering that perennial anthem of tortured unrequited love and lust, the Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?". It's heavy Europop, often helmed by Trevor Horn, and sung by two cute girls.
I love Kraftwerk's album 'Trans-Europe Express'. My favorite song is 'Showroom Dummies' (you can hear a sample on the right side of my mog page). The only problem is, everytime I listen to it, I hear two young Russian girls professing their plutonic love for one another over a killer europop track 'krafted' by the diabolical Trevor Horn, the mastermind behind some of my favorite guilty pleasure...
I love Kraftwerk's album 'Trans-Europe Express'. My favorite song is 'Showroom Dummies' (you can hear a sample on the right side of my mog page). The only problem is, everytime I listen to it, I hear two young Russian girls professing their plutonic love for one another over a killer europop track 'krafted' by the diabolical Trevor Horn, the mastermind behind some of my favorite guilty pleasure...
All the things they saidWith a sound reminiscent of Ian Van Dahl’s tech dance-specific approach combined with over-filled helium balloons, Russia’s controversial act t.A.T.u has tried, seemingly unsuccessfully, to make their long-awaited debut in America. Their debut album, 200 Po Vstrechnoy, sold more than one million copies in Russia and Eastern Europe, making them the first-ever Eastern Eur