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Pop Conspiracies
Weird stuff happens in pop from time to time, it's enough to make some of us paranoid...


1Sugababes: Amellegeddon
Sugababes: AmellegeddonOne minute she's leaving to bring up her daughter, the next Mutya is planning a solo career, the next, she's gone! But without any real evidence to say one way or another, we've concluded that Mutya has been mind-wiped and relocated to somewhere out of the way. Meanwhile, Amelle, or according to our research, Amellebot 1.9 is free to beam record label suggestions directly into Heidi and Keisha's brains when they're not looking, and oversee the re-recording and re-releasing of all four Sugababes albums with new Amelle-ised vocals. Now then, all we need to do is tell some meddling kids...

2James Blunt Cold-Ploy
James Blunt Cold-PloyPop experiments go wrong all the time (Hello Chico!), but none so wrong as Coldplay's ploy to introduce a fellow acousti-boy so drenched in wet, soppy sensitivity, he'd make Chris and co look like Fiddy's bouncers. Trouble is, if they'd run a proper background check on James 'Mad Dog' Blunt they'd have discovered that, while he might sound like a garden gnome on throat sweets, he's hard enough to jump into freezing cold water and set himself on fire in videos, and be a mega-hard army captain in the real world. D and Oh! Obviously, Chris is still a bit sensitive about it.

3Lee Ryan's Brain Dolphin
Lee Ryan's Brain DolphinNot a lot of people know this, but there is a perfectly logical reason for some of Lee's more peculiar behaviour. The now-famous statement about whales and dolphins, his love of all things lady, that weird clicking noise he makes when he's excited - it's all down to the tiny dolphin swimming around Lee's head. No, really! The little fella swam in during a family holiday years ago and lack of sunlight has kept him small enough not to be noticed. Of course, if Lee is dribbling beer everywhere, chances are there's a blowhole tantrum taking place. And whatever you do, don't go anywhere near him with hoops, brightly coloured balls, or fish.

4The Braun Identity
The Braun IdentityThink about it. He's got an eye for the ladeez. He's buffer than a lift full of wrestlers, and he can strip a handgun in the time it takes to say "Now let's sort this out over a nice hot cup of tea." Fiddy didn't get those bullet wounds on the streets of Queens. He got them doing spy stuff! And all that bling isn't for show. He's raising funds for a secret corporation to build a "giant laser" that could blow up THE WORLD! Uh! Uh! Yeah! Yeah! They won't use it of course, they just want to hold it a bit... in pop videos.

5The God Complex
The God ComplexBut you don't have to worry about the world blowing up. You don't have to worry about anything. Know why? Cos you don't exist. None of us do. Y'see, you, me and everything else on this planet is just a figment of a God-like figure's imagination. The only reason we're here right now is to suggest that the reason why all his songs are No.1 forever all over the world is because right now, he's feeling a bit paranoid. But you didn't hear that from us. Right, Kanye? Can you see us saying nice things about you? Please let us Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay...
Tae M
03/03/2006

 

 
The Complete List
 
  It's Party Time!  Go!  
  We're having a party to celebrate the end of TOTP Online and the start of the Chart Blog...look who's here!  
 
  Big Bother  Go!  
  The normal show's over for another year, but there's still time to get our requests in for the next Celeb Big Brother...  
 
  When Song Titles Go Silly  Go!  
  Abandon sense, all ye who enter here to see the strangest song titles in pop history...  
 
  Dream TOTP Presenters  Go!  
  If only we'd had these people on our side, history would have been VERY different *sniff*...  
 
  Web-Singers  Go!  
  Five acts whose very career can be blamed on modern technology.  
 
  Doing It For The Kids  Go!  
  What if pop stars were left in charge of kids' TV for a day? Won't somebody think of the children?  
 
  Who Sean Did Next...  Go!  
  We all know Sean Paul likes to collaborate, but this is getting ridulous...  
 
  Take Cover!  Go!  
  Some popstars aren't so much people as forces of nature. Watch out for this lot...  
 
  The 5 Stages Of ROCK  Go!  
  OR: Why the humble whistle is the ultimate factor in deciding what ROCKS and what does NOT ROCK.  
 
  They Are The Resurrection  Go!  
  This lot didn't just cheat career death, they laughed in its face...  
 
  Britain's Next Pop Model  Go!  
  Mariah's planning to take the fashion world by storm, but she'll have to watch out for this lot...  
 
  Drama Queens  Go!  
  Forget reality TV - how would popstars fare in a TV drama?  
 
  Pop Conspiracies  Go!  
  Weird stuff happens in pop from time to time, it's enough to make some of us paranoid...  
 
  I'll Show YOU!  Go!  
  Popstars who should have left their egos behind, not their careers...  
 
  Crapper Rappers  Go!  
  Next time this lot pic up the mic, it had better be just to sing...  
 
  Reality Pop Stars  Go!  
  They've braved the glare of wall-to-wall cameras and survived. Well, mostly...  
 
  Indie-lympics  Go!  
  They're skinny, they're whiny, and they're doing it for Blighty!  
 
  Daft Predictions: 2006  Go!  
  What will 2006 bring for this bunch of celebs? Are you sure you wanna know?  
 
  Secret Santa  Go!  
  If we were to give these popstars the perfect Chrimbo gift, we reckon these Xmas crackers would do the trick...  
 
  Xmas Turkeys  Go!  
  The kind of festive chart-toppers that would make Cliff Richard turn Scrooge.  
 
  Toy Story  Go!  
  Abandon your pressies! We bring you the pop toys you really wanted this Christmas, you lucky things!  
 
  Rock School  Go!  
  Girls Aloud are taking Biology, but who's got Double Maths, and who's hanging out behind the bike sheds?  
 
  Name Academy  Go!  
  Five acts whose names could've done with a re-think BEFORE the CDs got pressed up.  
 
  Food Fighters  Go!  
  As Snoop launches his own brand of Hot Dogg, we wonder who else will put their money where their mouth is.  
 
  Arty Popstars  Go!  
  They call themselves 'artists', but which pop stars would know one end of a gallery from the other?  
 
  Oi You! Outside Now!  Go!  
  If these chart rivals ever had to face-off in the pop ring, who would win?  
 
  Grow A Spine!  Go!  
  Some stars are wetter than others. Meet a few who you could wring out like a sponge...  
 
  Eaten By The Pop Beast  Go!  
  What's with all these bands losing members lately? Is it the work of some member-munching pop monster?  
 
  These Words...Are Bonkers  Go!  
  Never let a pop star sit down with a pen, they don't know what they're doing...  
 
  Too Long Titles  Go!  
  When it comes to picking short sharp song titles, this lot thought more was more...  
 
  Oi! Cheer up!  Go!  
  It's a case of one grump or two for these pop moodychops!  
 
  Charlie And The Mock-late Factory  Go!  
  The pop stars who narrowly failed to get a part in Willy Wonka (and not in a bad way...).  
 
  Parent Repellants  Go!  
  Playing your music loud is one thing, but bring home one of these bad boys and you'll be grounded into space dust.  
 
  Non-Stop Popsters  Go!  
  Rolling Stones are 40 years and still going. So, which of these pop gippers will be around in 2045?  
 
  Diet Hards  Go!  
  A cautionary tale for would-be dieters out there, in five easy to swallow pieces...  
 
  Bond Rocking Beats  Go!  
  Kanye and Robbie have sampled 007, but who else could remix a Bond theme?  
 
  Endorse-Mentalists  Go!  
  Is there ANYTHING that popstars won't sell on the side? Apparently not!  
 
  Y Kant U Spel Proply?  Go!  
  We asked a linguistics expert to mark pop songs for spelling mistakes. Just for fun!  
 
  Five acts we wanna see at Live 8  Go!  
  No doubt about it, there's little to top that Live 8 lineup. Except...  
 
  Crooner Eclipse  Go!  
  We don't mind rappers acting the big 'I am', just as long as they don't sing...  
 
  Tell It To The Judge  Go!  
  They fought the law, and the law won (except when it lost).  
 
  Welcome Back!  Go!  
  The pop acts who YOU'D like to see strutting their stuff one more time...  
 
  Britney's Auction Items  Go!  
  Forget collecting the albums, these days fans want something a bit more personal from their fave stars...  
 
  The People That Elton Wronged  Go!  
  You don't have to be an incompetent journalist to earn a tongue-lashing from Lord Pop Almighty...  
 
  Lord Of The Blings  Go!  
  This lot weren't in the Lord Of The Rings films, but they should've been. Here's why...  
 
  You Still Here?  Go!  
  The bands who went past their sell-by date, and then reversed...  
 
  Ice Queens  Go!  
  These frosty popstrels could give scary lessons to the Blair Witch...  
 
  Have-A-Go Heroes  Go!  
  Trouble called, they answered. These pop stars are all Super Men (and woman).  
 
  Cover Calamities  Go!  
  If you love the song so much, why do you treat it so badly, popsters?  
 
  Skinny Indie Kids  Go!  
  Your mum thinks this lot could do with a good square meal, and she's not wrong...  
 
The Complete List


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