The Ting Tings ‘Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)’

While going about War Child business last week, I had the pleasure of Mike Smith’s company. A doubly good thing. First he’s a top chap, but also his company happens to be Columbia Records.

As well as his evident and infectious enthusiasm for Mark Ronson to get his deserved nod at the following night’s Brit Awards – he was effusive in the recommendation of his new recruits, Salford duo The Ting Tings. He was clearly excited.

His previous latest loves take up much space on my CD shelves. Mike signed Blur, The White Stripes, Teenage Fanclub, Arcade Fire, to name a few.

Add in that The Ting Tings are a group already so hotly tipped they rank somewhere between a mid-drag Marlboro Light and a rocket re-entering earth’s atmosphere.

And this post has a disappointingly, twist-free conclusion: They really are great.

Great fun. Great image. Great tunes. And ‘Great DJ’ is their new single.
Oz Clarke would swill it around, and say ‘I’m getting hints of Girls Aloud, mmm, a slight aroma of Blondie. Then there’s a clear top note of Gossip disco, with a bottom note of Supergrass chorus. Very nice, with only slight aftertaste of Republica.’

I’ll wager that this time next year, The Tings Tings will be the onomatopoeic sound Mike’s champagne glass at the 2009 Brit Awards.

More hear…

- Watch the proper not remixed version of the single now… and aswrexham0emma comments: ‘OMG i forgot to say people that don’t like this song are jus smelly old people that obviously don’t understand new music.’
- Usual tracks and info at ver MySpace. Will all band names from now on be chosen to ensure your MySpace url is available? Discuss.