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Post by raliverpool on Feb 1, 2017 23:37:21 GMT 1
We have a brand new song from 2017, and .... goodness me it is very, very, very ..... different by this 1990s/2000s Canadian female angst singer/songwriter former output:
It is certainly jaw-dropping, but not in a good way.
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Post by Laurence on Feb 1, 2017 23:50:36 GMT 1
Eurythmics - 'Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)' was a quite a bizarre single, especially for a lead single, but in a fantastically good way I love quirky female artists but never been a fan of Eurythmics/Annie Lennox but I LOVE this and one of the most intriguing singles of the 80s!
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Post by Laurence on Feb 2, 2017 0:09:43 GMT 1
Kate's brilliant bizarre single about the plight of Aboriginies with weird chants, animal noises and vocals through the shredder and Rolf Harris on digeridoo sadly failed to make the top 40. She really tried to make 'The Dreaming' a hit and from interviews around that time is almost uncharacteristically bitter about it being ignored by radio.
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Post by Laurence on Feb 2, 2017 0:18:29 GMT 1
But talking about genuine top 10 singles this one I just cannot fathom why - although I was only very casually following the charts when I saw this on Top of the Pops. I quite like it but just seems too different from anything else to be a hit - a bit like that O Superman.
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Post by vastar iner on Feb 3, 2017 22:43:55 GMT 1
"Hey, lads, I've got a great idea."
"What?"
"Well, we're all good singers, so let's do an a capella song."
"Great idea indeed. What song shall we sing?"
"Not sure. Let's write one, it can't be that hard..."
Several weeks later:
"No, still can't find any lyrics..."
"Let's try some inspiration. What are you reading at the moment?"
"Well, I'm swotting for my driving test..."
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Post by vastar iner on Feb 4, 2017 14:26:54 GMT 1
Of course, four teachers calling themselves punnily The Master Singers performing something mundane in an unusual context was a one-note joke, wasn't it? A novelty that was briefly amusing and diverting, but they could never parlay that into a second hit single, could they?
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Post by raliverpool on Feb 4, 2017 17:50:00 GMT 1
The 1975 UK #33 hit by Pete Waterman (yes that it is him "singing") on the World War 1 anthem, co produced by Peter Shelley:
Still arguably better than significantly most of his PWL productions....
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Post by raliverpool on Feb 4, 2017 17:52:53 GMT 1
And his "protegee" Simon Cowell as Wonder Dog on his UK #31 hit from 1982:
Still arguably better than significantly most of his Syco productions....
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Post by vastar iner on Feb 4, 2017 21:56:06 GMT 1
A similar pet sound:
Ray "The Streak" Stevens under a pseudonym. This is probably the better cut...
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Post by raliverpool on Feb 5, 2017 16:31:21 GMT 1
Keeping up the same theme here is a USA #1 record from 1976 by the American Radio DJ, "entertainer", & presenter whom the UK Radio DJ Steve Wright regards as his greatest inspiration.
Warning, this is pretty grim:
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Post by Panda on Feb 6, 2017 15:07:31 GMT 1
We have a brand new song from 2017, and .... goodness me it is very, very, very ..... different by this 1990s/2000s Canadian female angst singer/songwriter former output: It is certainly jaw-dropping, but not in a good way. Souleye's her husband so we can maybe, possibly, just about give her a pass on this one...
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Post by vya on Feb 6, 2017 23:56:55 GMT 1
I came across "Disco Duck" while watching the rescreenings of mid-70s ToTP shows; in fact I think their presentation - with their resident dance troupe of the time - Ruby Flipper I think - "interpreting it", with the Duck appearing an an apt moment - being rather more fun to watch that the straight live performance.
Another one I saw on TOTP from that time - - -Southend-on-Sea reggae from Joy Sarney "Naughty Naughty Naughty". She has a lovely voice. But it is all most peculiar, both in the concept and in some of the lyrics... But I really rather like it: blame the years I spent living in Southend.
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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 Earl Purple on Feb 9, 2017 16:50:14 GMT 1
On the subject of singles called Goodbye-ee I think there was a single of that title by Peter Cook & Dudley Moore that was not the famous world war 1 song and not in fact a song at all but a comedy sketch.
Yes, there is some singing on it... but it isn't just a straight sing-song.
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Post by vastar iner on Feb 9, 2017 21:24:26 GMT 1
I'd thought about posting this one before but it seems especially topical since one of the writers has just died: A rare comedy routine hit. Much more common in the EP and album charts, although since VHS people have preferred the pictures as well. This was recorded at the Royal Variety Performance and raised money for the Variety Artists' Benevolent Fund. Another spoken word hit: "Funky Moped" got the TOTP druthers, but everyone bought it for this...
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Post by raliverpool on Feb 9, 2017 22:17:22 GMT 1
If Channel 5 did a 3 Hours "Pop Pourri" show titled "When Pop Stars Go Wrong!" with numerous talking heads then this tragic record would surely appear on it.
Imagine Emma Willis narrating this:
"Originally a member of Scottish Youth Theatre, the ultra cool actress turned pop star got her big break whilst working as a waitress in a cocktail bar at the Spaghetti Factory restaurant in Glasgow, when spotted by film director Bill Forsyth. This led to her breakthrough acting role in 1981's Gregory's Girl as Susan.
After being championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, her band Altered Images garnered enough attention to be offered a recording contract with Epic Records, but mainstream success was not immediate; their first two singles, "Dead Pop Stars" and "A Day's Wait", failed to reach the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart. "Dead Pop Stars" was particularly controversial at the time, sung from the viewpoint of a "has-been" icon with irony, but badly timed in its release shortly after John Lennon's death, even though it was recorded earlier. It was absent from their studio album releases. However, her face grabbed the attention of the British music weekly papers to propel the band to greater success with hits such as "Happy Birthday" which was robbed of being a legitimate #1 hit; "I Could Be Happy"; "See Those Eyes"; "& "Don't Talk To Me About Love".
However, the band were falling apart by the time they recorded their third & final album "Bite" in 1983; so they decided to call it a day before the end of the year.
Rather than accept numerous offers of a solo deal, Clare decided to resume her acting career in Series such as Comfort and Joy; & Blott On The Landscape. But in 1987 the Scottish pop sex symbol & icon decided to make a triumphant return to music, but rather than go for a cool indie pop vibe and sound, she decided to go for the SAW produced Kylie Minogue meets Transvision Vamp sound with her late 1987 debut solo single "Love Bomb". Despite several high profile TV slots the single understandably failed to trouble the charts (despite being released twice); and her album Trash Mad was never released.
Oh well never mind it could be worse, she could have always ended up appearing with Chesney Hawkes, Toyah Willcox and Limahl on some bizarre TV performance of a song from the musical/movie Grease:
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Post by greendemon on Feb 9, 2017 22:48:58 GMT 1
Always thought this was a bit weird! Still it's Queen so they can get away with anything
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Post by Earl Purple on Feb 9, 2017 23:01:23 GMT 1
When you have an album where the tracks all run into each other with lots of different parts, what do you do for singles?
Still having managed a #2 and then a #5 hit they decided this album needed a 3rd single. Instead of the more obvious "Childhood's End" they decided to piece a few bits together and release this:
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Post by Milliways on Feb 11, 2017 1:03:17 GMT 1
An unlikely juxtaposition brought about a #24 hit in 1995: Johnny Mathis meets German happy hardcore
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Post by vastar iner on Feb 19, 2017 13:36:19 GMT 1
Mr TV Jackie Pallo, infamous villain in the ITV wrestling, once grappled with a hitmaker on television - John Inman, in an episode of Are You Being Served? But he tried to grab a slice of the chart action himself:
It's complete rubbish, of course, like a jaunty 1950s Ealing theme, probably sung by Tommy Steele. Songwriters Les Reed and Geoff Stephens had strong pedgiree as composers; together they "There's A Kind Of Hush", The Applejacks' "Tell Me When", and separately they had had oodles of success. Reed co-wrote number ones for Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdink, and Stephens was a member of New Vaudeville Band, as well as co-writing chart-toppers for David Soul and New Seekers. Perhaps they whipped it out of the bin when someone suggested Pallo cut a 45.
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