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Post by vastar iner on Dec 31, 2021 12:29:26 GMT 1
From late 1983, the World Famous Lobster Allstars, with "Working For Love Again". And a single sleeve with WFLA on it. Coincidence that the title and group both share those letters? And the lyrics including things like "who's for leftover armadillos?"
Of course not. This is an advert jingle turned into a full tune by Andy Morahan, who has been a video director for a while - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" was one of theirs. And this was for a way-ahead-of-its-time advert for a flavoured milk drink. The drink is forgotten but the advert is vivid.
And as a single...it's a surprisingly credible jam. Thomas Dolby meets Malcolm McLaren.
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Post by Good Old Days on Jan 7, 2022 10:46:00 GMT 1
Erotic Dissidents - Move Your Ass And Feel The Beat (1988) (# 39 in Belgium)
Andrew Denton - I Don't Care as Long as We Beat New Zealand (1992) (# 38 in Australia)
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Post by Mark on Jan 22, 2022 13:47:08 GMT 1
Just heard this 1950s novelty song played on the excellent Chuck Shorter's Charting In The USA which counts down US Chart countdowns a different year every week, this week 1957. The show airs on Dazzle FM (Saturday 11am-2pm) and Solid Gold GEM (Satuday 9pm-12)
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Post by vastar iner on Jan 23, 2022 1:19:25 GMT 1
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Post by Mark on Feb 10, 2022 1:56:12 GMT 1
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Post by vastar iner on Feb 15, 2022 23:42:52 GMT 1
What's better than a BBC snooker theme?
Four of them!
An EP that became a minor hit in 1984, credited to Various Artists, but actually The Douglas Wood Group (actually Doug Wood doing some library music in his bedroom and used as the main theme), The Limelight Orchestra (shot of the championship), Vangelis (frame of the day), and Winifred Atwell (Pot Black).
^ track two, used for the shot of the championship thing.
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Post by vastar iner on Mar 11, 2022 1:32:05 GMT 1
Not sure what the market for this was. Recuperating soldiers? Worried mothers wanting to share the sounds? Battalions that had lost their buglers? Whatever, this is a 1915 release on HMV of various army bugle calls. A genuine bit of history though.
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Post by Robbie on Mar 13, 2022 1:03:41 GMT 1
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Post by Mark on Mar 24, 2022 15:25:04 GMT 1
Zero info online about this forgotten track from 1982 It's on Raiders of the Pop Charts Part 2
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Post by vastar iner on Mar 24, 2022 19:59:26 GMT 1
Precious Little = Trisha O'Keefe, who produced Sue Wilkinson's hit "You've got To Be A Hustler", with which it shares a distinct lineage. The single was on KA Records, whose only charting hit was "Audio Video" by The News.
And would you believe there was a recent cover...
...with a guest appearance at the end.
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Post by vastar iner on Mar 31, 2022 20:31:51 GMT 1
To prove that Simon Cowell has never had an original thought in his mind, and that anyone who buys into his sh*t has even less imagination, his promotion of Wonder Dog was just reviving an idea that had happened a quarter of a century before...
...a Christmas hit in 1955.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 3, 2022 22:55:28 GMT 1
Spotted in the boondocks of the 1983 chart...
...yep, this is a ska-ified version of the Coronation Street theme.
Even more bizarre, 2 years later, it was re-issued, but the act name had changed from The I-Royals to Izzy Royal. And it had moved from the Media Marvels label (for which it was the sole release) to the might of WEA. It did have one fan; John Peel. A copy was in his sacred record box when he died...
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 12, 2022 9:31:11 GMT 1
Tears For Fears got their start doing what was basically an extended advertising jingle for a number plate. Tony Hill, who made his money trading personalized plates, bought the number plate MAD 1 and started up Blue Hat Records to put out a single about it. And the band he commissioned to perform it was Graduate. Which included Curt 'n' Roland.
Hill put out a few singles in his own name, which sold in the single digits...
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Post by Whitneyfan on Apr 14, 2022 15:00:11 GMT 1
Spotted in the boondocks of the 1983 chart...
...yep, this is a ska-ified version of the Coronation Street theme.
Even more bizarre, 2 years later, it was re-issued, but the act name had changed from The I-Royals to Izzy Royal. And it had moved from the Media Marvels label (for which it was the sole release) to the might of WEA. It did have one fan; John Peel. A copy was in his sacred record box when he died...
I'd never heard that before! I actually think it's better than Anita Dobson's version of the Eastenders theme.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 19, 2022 23:00:10 GMT 1
You might recognize the tune. But not the lyrics. This song is not actually a cover version per se - the backing is the exact same backing on the Plastic Bertrand track, but the words are emphatically not a translation. This made the top 40 in Australia, and then it got banned for being obscene. The UK version had cleaned up lyrics, which is probably why it was not a hit. Elton Motello was Alan Ward, a former bandmate of two of the Damned.
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Post by Robbie on Apr 25, 2022 23:16:16 GMT 1
I've not heard the Elton Motello song for decades. Back in the late 80s there was a pub in Earls Court in London that had this and other obscure (to me) singles on the jukebox and I remember this one being played quite a lot. The pub was full of Aussies which possibly explains why this single was on the jukebox and why it got played so much.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 28, 2022 16:34:09 GMT 1
Two sides of the same single; the only one ever released on Horrible Records.
I think the only possible description is "indescribable".
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 22, 2022 19:26:58 GMT 1
The owners of the small indie Shell wrote a novelty song and had three grads from Adelphi University from Long Island record it. Became the label's only top ten hit in the US.
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Post by Good Old Days on Jun 29, 2022 17:05:36 GMT 1
Spoken word charity version of "Fairytale of New York" from 2000 year. Peaked at # 7 for two consecutive weeks in Ireland.
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Post by Good Old Days on Jul 4, 2022 10:07:01 GMT 1
Viral Youtube hit from 2016 year by Japanese comedian Daimaou Kosaka. Only 45 seconds long. Peaked at # 77 in Billboard Hot 100.
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