Good Old Days
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Post by Good Old Days on Jul 3, 2020 9:22:41 GMT 1
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Jul 3, 2020 13:48:54 GMT 1
The actual title is "Its 'Orrible Being in Love When You're 8 1/2"
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TheThorne
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Post by TheThorne on Jul 3, 2020 14:16:31 GMT 1
Its horrific sometimes I wish you were trolling.
Possibly the worst song in the charts in 1986 yes worse than 'Lady In Red'
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 3, 2020 14:31:22 GMT 1
Please can you stop posting in the Retro Lounge, and just stick all your "favourite songs" posts into Personal Charts, where they don't clutter up an otherwise interesting forum.
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Post by greendemon on Jul 3, 2020 14:50:21 GMT 1
To be fair, people do post their retro charts in here...
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Post by Whitneyfan on Jul 3, 2020 14:54:29 GMT 1
Maybe it would be suited to the 'Nearly Forgotten Hits' thread?
I actually don't hate this song, even though I feel like I'm meant to. There were a few novelty hits which were quite endearing, and I found this to be one of them.
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Good Old Days
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Post by Good Old Days on Jul 3, 2020 15:05:21 GMT 1
At least it's interesting to know her real age. If she really was 8 and half years old, that why 10 years old Lena Zavoroni and Demi Holborn were named the youngest girls with top 40 hit in UK chart ?
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Post by Whitneyfan on Jul 3, 2020 15:20:55 GMT 1
At least it's interesting to know her real age. If she really was 8 and half years old, that why 10 years old Lena Zavoroni and Demi Holborn were named the youngest girls with top 40 hit in UK chart ? Weren't the St. Winifred's School Choir only about 7? |
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Good Old Days
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Post by Good Old Days on Jul 3, 2020 15:40:42 GMT 1
At least it's interesting to know her real age. If she really was 8 and half years old, that why 10 years old Lena Zavoroni and Demi Holborn were named the youngest girls with top 40 hit in UK chart ? Weren't the St. Winifred's School Choir only about 7? From Everyhit.com
Suprisingly the girl from St.Winifred's School Choir even wasn't mentioned in their post.
www.everyhit.com/record3.html
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vastar iner
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Post by vastar iner on Jul 3, 2020 16:14:27 GMT 1
Funny the mention of St Winifred's School Choir. Guess which school Claire Usher went to.
And guess who wrote it.
This single was a mashup of two of the worst one-hit wonders ever. The kids were all St Winifred's School Choir kids, and the writers were Brian & Michael. And Claire wasn't 8 and a half. I think she was 11 by the time it came out.
What makes it even worse, is it was a prime example of how talent shows are rigged. The act and song were in the Saturday Superstore Search for a Superstar contest, on kids' Saturday morning telly. So you basically had music industry professionals using their clout to get in the contest and get their work on national television. At the expense of actual kids who had a talent that they wanted to show off.
So, it is one of the most morally repugnant singles ever to chart.
There was a follow-up and an album (the modestly-titled Superclaire). If you want to go even more disturbing, the Stephen that Claire is mooning over in the performance is her brother...
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