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Post by thehitparade on Apr 24, 2017 0:38:31 GMT 1
"And now, by popular demand," quoth Kid, suggesting that Modern Romance were not by popular demand. Yeah, I can buy that. It's Madness with Chas Smash on lead vox for once. Which makes Madness part of a very select group of bands who have had top ten hits with a) two different lead singers and b) instrumentals. Them and the Mac. Anyone else? This is GLORIOUS. Shame we don't get the whole lot. Hmm.. did all the vocal hits by the Shadows (as opposed to Cliff & The Shadows) have the same singer? As I'm sure you know, Madness had been in this club for some time already as Chas Smash is also the lead vocalist on 'One Step Beyond'.
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Post by thehitparade on Apr 23, 2017 23:35:31 GMT 1
Desmond and Molly in Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, especially the line where Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face (which apparently was a slip of the tongue when The Beatles recorded it - Marmalade kept the line in their version). But didn't Marmalade claim to have learnt the song from a demo without realising who wrote it?
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Post by thehitparade on Apr 23, 2017 20:29:48 GMT 1
I think if somebody's name was Maria you could legitimately call them Marie. Not without asking them first, obviously.
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Post by thehitparade on Apr 23, 2017 10:35:58 GMT 1
I think the Marie/Maria references in the Tony Christie songs became intentional at some point - she's also in 'Drive Safely Darling' and then Jarvis Cocker wrote her into 'Walk Like A Panther '98'.
Tommy and Gina in 'Livin On A Prayer' are supposedly based on Desmond Child and Maria Vidal of 'Bodyrock' fame.
Feel like I should mention Blur's 'Ernold Same' here. It's not their best song but you get to hear Ken Livingstone talking for almost three minutes without mentioning Hitler.
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 23, 2017 14:13:25 GMT 1
Subterranean Homesick Blues of course.
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 22, 2017 21:33:13 GMT 1
Yeah, I would agree that 'Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt 3' resembles rap, as does 'Pop Muzik' by M - but neither of those was a Number One single. 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick' is, at most, Sprechgesang, but it doesn't have the strong meter of actual rap.
Of course, some would argue that anything recorded in Britain before 'Rapper's Delight' could only coincidentally resemble rap, but I know Dury was picking up on some of the same influences that early rappers were, and possibly Robin Scott was too.
Incidentally, the old Guinness books used to claim that I Feel For You was the first UK Number One with rap elements, so presumably they were in denial about New Edition. Can't say I entirely blame them.
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 22, 2017 12:55:53 GMT 1
Did it actually suggest that you would enjoy hearing New Edition though? I can see that it's a significant record (the first UK Number One to feature rapping) that it's worth having heard and having an opinion on, even though it's not actually any good.
Although Bobby Brown is the most successful act to emerge from New Edition, there's also Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill and Bell Biv Devoe (I guess they count as one choice, as the book club catalogues used to say).
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 22, 2017 0:05:23 GMT 1
For good or ill, Paul Weller obviously made a point of making the four Style Council singles that came out in 1983 as different as possible from each other.
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 20, 2017 13:27:01 GMT 1
Very tempted to vote tactically against Oasis but I went with my actual favourite in the end.
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 20, 2017 2:00:01 GMT 1
same for Zayn, Pillowtalk was a one-off, all the next singles flopped, he's doing well now 100% cos of Taylor To be fair, that's pretty much true of the UK as well.
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 10, 2017 14:05:22 GMT 1
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 10, 2017 0:09:52 GMT 1
To be fair to Spotify you can add songs you've downloaded onto it - so I have the option to stream all the KLF hits there for example. Oh wow, I didn't know you could do that. Is that only with a paid-for account? No, I have a free account too and I can do it. It only works with the desktop app though, IIRC, not on the website. Although there are still a few acts holding out who don't approve of streaming (and a few like Dave Clark 5 who allow streaming but not on Spotify) I think the bulk of what's not there now is due to rights issues. You might recall De La Soul mentioning last year that most of their back catalogue is now unavailable because of sample clearance.
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 8, 2017 13:01:25 GMT 1
You have to search for "Official Charts" to find it, searching by the name doesn't work. Indeed no KLF or Timelords, no Billy Connolly, and only three of the six Slade Number Ones are available. I daresay there are a few other gaps I didn't think to look for. Also, some odd versions of tracks and I notice they've only picked one song from double A-sides or EPs. On the other hand, some people will be pleased to know that they've included Gary Glitter and Rolf Harris.
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Post by thehitparade on Mar 4, 2017 13:37:59 GMT 1
Kissing the Pink is excellent, I have that on 12", adored it and it still sounds great, and the performance was excellent! Do I dare to search YouTube for "Kissing The Pink 12 inch"?
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Post by thehitparade on Feb 9, 2017 0:06:21 GMT 1
I'd thought about posting this one before but it seems especially topical since one of the writers has just died:
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Post by thehitparade on Jan 18, 2017 22:36:10 GMT 1
I believe Adele is cup-tied because she can't be nominated twice running for the same release. I susepct her nomination for the video is because that's the only one she is still eligible for.
The British Single award is literally done on sales (of single with British acts as lead credit) remember.
I bet this is the first time that International Male has had a majority of Canadians nominated.
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Post by thehitparade on Jan 6, 2017 10:52:40 GMT 1
Just catching up on the last couple of episodes from 1982 which were shown last week. Paul Weller just sort of mumbled something instead of singing the line "bullshit is bullshit" in Beat Surrender, and the subtitles (I always have them on!) said nothing at all. The radio edit (which you never hear now!) says "bullfrogs are bullfrogs". You can hear it in this official clip which uses the TotP visuals: ...But I'm not sure whether that's been overdubbed - it seems a bit out of sync.
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Post by thehitparade on Dec 27, 2016 21:39:36 GMT 1
I know I'm in England but there didn't seem to be a lot of publicity for that. I did vaguely know there was some plan for a charity Dels covers album though.
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Post by thehitparade on Dec 20, 2016 11:47:33 GMT 1
Bowie might be a place or two lower were he still alive. But the album got unanimously positive reviews.
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Post by thehitparade on Dec 20, 2016 11:45:37 GMT 1
And sticking with incredibly cool hip-hop singles which were inexplicably minor hits even though they were by big names, on Bound 2 the ever charming Kanye West says... "So hey, maybe we can make it to Christmas She asked me what I wished for on my wish list Have you ever asked your b**** for more bitches?" Imagine people being out off by those lyrics, eh? I don't think 'No Xmas For John Quays' by the Fall is a particularly festive song. It's nearly topical now because John Keys has recently resigned as Prime Minister of New Zealand.
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