vastar iner
Member
I am the poster on your wall
Posts: 17,427
ONLINE
|
Post by vastar iner on Jun 29, 2013 16:35:47 GMT 1
A subsequent investigation showed that there had been an attempt to 'buy-in' the single but it had been nothing to do with the record company or anyone associated with it - hence the single was cleared for a re-release whereupon it stuttered into the bottom end of the Top 40 and then sank, a waste of a rather fabulous single. Wow, who was behind it then? Some sort of betting syndicate?
|
|
|
Post by thehitparade on Jun 29, 2013 20:53:11 GMT 1
That Straw song's even slower than I remembered. And it just looks odd to see him trying to smoke.
|
|
|
Post by Milliways on Jun 30, 2013 2:17:32 GMT 1
I remember Straw (in fact, even now when I hear "Lufthansa" I think of the song), Girls@Play (I seem to recall that this was played on The Box a lot), Sacred Spirit and Spacehog.
Here's my nomination. This was a top 40 hit (summer of 1997), but seemingly so forgotten that the video has never been uploaded to YouTube:
|
|
Roo.
Member
Posts: 17,856
|
Post by Roo. on Jun 30, 2013 5:55:28 GMT 1
Girls@Play 'Airhead'. It isn't all that bad, but sounds like two or even three different tracks. Some decent enough hooks, dubious wardrobe arrangement and very short-lived pop career. My mum actually owns this single, so I remember this one all too well.
|
|
Roo.
Member
Posts: 17,856
|
Post by Roo. on Jun 30, 2013 6:02:04 GMT 1
Two related ones
Mero - It Must Be Love, which got to #33, but the dark haired one still managed to get a solo single...
...which also got to #33. Oops.
|
|
|
Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 30, 2013 6:23:23 GMT 1
theres more love for the straw song than i thought
|
|
|
Post by thehitparade on Jun 30, 2013 11:09:34 GMT 1
I thought 'Moving To California' was the best Straw song. I don't know whether they did jump out of a window on either of the occasions they were dropped though.
I actually bought the Strangelove album, mainly because I liked 'Another Night In' (which probably doesn't count as forgotten because it was largely ignored at the time). The album version wasn't as good though.
|
|
TheThorne
Member
*Hillside, slip and slide, feel the pain, it's no surprise!*
Posts: 27,514
|
Post by TheThorne on Jun 30, 2013 11:13:31 GMT 1
I liked 'Sailing Off The Edge Of The World' that was my favourite Straw song.
|
|
|
Post by raliverpool on Jun 30, 2013 11:21:00 GMT 1
A good idea for a thread....
I bought one single by Straw that I felt should have been massive From 2001:
... and two members of Straw went on to form The Jeevas with Crispian Mills of Kula Shaker who produced this UK#35 BritPop smash hit:
|
|
|
Post by Wanderlust on Jun 30, 2013 11:39:12 GMT 1
Sinclair 'Ain't No Casanova'. Pleasantly unmemorable.
|
|
|
Post by Wanderlust on Jun 30, 2013 11:44:35 GMT 1
CJ Lewis 'Sweets For My Sweet'-resurrect old hit with confectionary-esque content, use a likeable male rapper, women singing rousing chorus=big hit Copy formula for Duke Baysee=slightly less sizeable hit.
|
|
vastar iner
Member
I am the poster on your wall
Posts: 17,427
ONLINE
|
Post by vastar iner on Jun 30, 2013 14:58:04 GMT 1
This was a top five back in the day when you had to sell six figures to have a sniff of it...and is there anyone who remembers it?
|
|
|
Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 30, 2013 15:16:11 GMT 1
A good idea for a thread.... I bought one single by Straw that I felt should have been massive From 2001: ... and two members of Straw went on to form The Jeevas with Crispian Mills of Kula Shaker who produced this UK#35 BritPop smash hit: Straw's second album "Keepsakes" which was never released is brilliant, they gave away free copies at gigs shortly before they split and 'Sailing Off The Edge Of The World' is not the only gem on the album when Dan and Andy joined the Jeevas i think Straw's keyboard player used to play live with them, i saw The Jeevas in 2003 for £7 and again in 2003 at T in the Park
|
|
|
Post by Smurfie on Jun 30, 2013 18:48:14 GMT 1
Airhead and Love Scenes are both excellent songs.
|
|
|
Post by Milliways on Jun 30, 2013 18:48:17 GMT 1
I'm listening to the UK Top 40 (which I used to do every week almost without fail, but now it's a rarity).
Really, are more than a quarter of these samey, unremarkable songs going to be remembered by anyone in ten years' time?
Anyway, here's one in a similar vein to Girls@Play. This was a top 20 hit, believe it or not, back in '99. Possibly for the best, the video seems to have been lost to the mists of time...
|
|
|
Post by Earl Purple on Jun 30, 2013 19:00:34 GMT 1
I've seen a few big hits from my chart here, including one #1.
Of course there are a lot of forgotten UK top 40 hits from around 1997 because hits had a short chart-life back then, especially britpop ones, and they didn't stand out quite as much as they did later on when there were no other indie ones about.
In the period just post britpop there were loads of great indie-pop bands like Straw about who were shelved from playlists simply because it was considered not cool anymore. I remember when "Sailing Off The End Of The World" was rejected by the BBC.
This song was the only top 40 hit for this band, who deserved to be a lot bigger:
|
|
|
Post by Wanderlust on Jul 2, 2013 19:25:41 GMT 1
UK Mixmasters 'Bare Necessities' Rather fun
|
|
|
Post by Wanderlust on Jul 2, 2013 19:29:26 GMT 1
The unexciting followup to 'Achy Breaky Heart' by Billy Ray Cyrus
|
|
|
Post by Wanderlust on Jul 2, 2013 19:34:16 GMT 1
Bellefire were a more watered down B*Witched with a whiff of The Corrs. 'Perfect Bliss'
|
|
|
Post by Wanderlust on Jul 2, 2013 19:38:40 GMT 1
I defy anyone to wake up one day and think 'You know, I really fancy hearing Mad'Donna Wheels On The Bus today'. Hideous beyond belief.
|
|