number one for 5 weeks, wasn't it?
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
In late 1991 I was reading a review in a computer magazine of a particular high end laptop. The reviewer was really enthusiastic and said that if they had the money they'd buy one straight away. However they then talked themselves out of it because 'in six months it'll be just another Chesney Hawkes amoung computers'.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
It would be the one and only?
― Mark G, Saturday, 3 July 2021 12:47 (two years ago) link
Rolling Stones doing a strong entry in the "vague protest songs that are about nothing really" subgenre I discussed above.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 5 July 2021 09:42 (two years ago) link
The Wonderstuff's 'Size Of A Cow' - guaranteed to cause chaos on the dancefloor of the twice weekly student night in your nearest town's 'free entry with student ID all drinks 50p all night' toilet club.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 9 July 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
I’d totally forgotten Lana Pillay was on this Gary Clail track! A small highlight.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 9 July 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
cheesy wotsit
― koogs, Friday, 9 July 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
two more very skippable shows. but the charts are strangely full of things they still play - losing my religion, sit down (never liked this), whole of the moon...
hate the holes in the chart rundown though
― koogs, Saturday, 10 July 2021 05:43 (two years ago) link
Why holes?
― Mark G, Saturday, 10 July 2021 07:57 (two years ago) link
they are only reading out the new entries and climbers
― koogs, Saturday, 10 July 2021 08:09 (two years ago) link
Oh right, ta
― Mark G, Saturday, 10 July 2021 09:46 (two years ago) link
Nicky Campbell just read out ZZ Top which was a non mover this particular week.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 16 July 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
still not doing fallers though
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 16 July 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
You forget Blur were new on when Delasoul were up to “Ring ring ring” and the KLF were on the Train to Trancentral etc
― Mark G, Friday, 16 July 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
Oh Propaganda are on!
(Sky arts)
― Mark G, Friday, 16 July 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
Hah, just caught “Duel”… Claudia Brucken seemed a bit nervous and unsure, but still a delight to stumble across.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 16 July 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
whilst also single handedly destroying the ozone layer
(lol 80s hair)
― koogs, Friday, 16 July 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
psycho candy era Mary chain too, from the tube. nice matt black guitar Jim has, unplayed.
some talk from Ian Mac, and now the cocteaus...
― koogs, Friday, 16 July 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
is that one of fuzzbox playing with klf? and Harold from the Halifax?
― koogs, Friday, 16 July 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
That's Cressdia who was married to Jimmy Cauty at the time.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 17 July 2021 08:26 (two years ago) link
Haha, wow, that Frances Nero song - I was totally convinced it was a cover of Sister Sledge Thinking of You to begin with. A bigger rip-off you could not find.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 17 July 2021 08:48 (two years ago) link
gosh yes! it's that song with 90s naffcore production and a load of 60s motown elements (strings, horns, backing vox). i do vaguely like it, but it is kind of awful. don't thing i've ever seen a bargain bin without a copy?
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Saturday, 17 July 2021 09:14 (two years ago) link
Frances Nero's line "Faith hope and charity, love is the greatest of the three" had the distinction of being quoted in Private Eye's "Colemanballs" column!
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 17 July 2021 10:39 (two years ago) link
It's an Ian Levine production, by the way, hence the tinniness (he was known for it).
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 17 July 2021 10:40 (two years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Levine
his wikipedia is peak "wrote their own page" material
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 17 July 2021 10:52 (two years ago) link
Was that horrible Eurovision song Samantha Janus' first glimpse of fame?
― chap, Saturday, 17 July 2021 11:45 (two years ago) link
think so. aged 11 I did not grasp quite how crass and stupid it was but it's shocking now
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 17 July 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
I have no memory of it from the time.
― chap, Saturday, 17 July 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link
Yeah, let's rewrite a Phil Collins song, but not as good.
― Mark G, Sunday, 18 July 2021 08:28 (two years ago) link
Thanks to the link to the Ian Levine wiki for alerting me to the existence of the single 'Doctor in Distress'. 😱
― Piedie Gimbel, Sunday, 18 July 2021 08:40 (two years ago) link
When I started buying second gand Hi-NRG records a few years ago, Ian Levine was the first producer I would recognise to be very careful to listen to before buying the records. Not to say he didn’t do a few good ones, but…
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 19 July 2021 08:18 (two years ago) link
*second hand
"High Energy" and "So Many Men So Little Time" are great singles but it's not because of the production
― boxedjoy, Monday, 19 July 2021 09:04 (two years ago) link
"Senza Una Donna" is a divorcecore classic. Zucchero whispering "even doing my own cooking" like it's taking all he has to admit he has been reduced to such a shameful condition is chef's kiss.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 19 July 2021 09:25 (two years ago) link
― Piedie Gimbel
"The music was played by Hans Zimmer on a Fairlight II synthesizer" lol.
― chap, Monday, 19 July 2021 09:31 (two years ago) link
Ian Levine and Hans Zimmer collaborated on quite a lot of tunes in the late 1980s, bizarrely enough.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 19 July 2021 10:01 (two years ago) link
hans zimmer produced the first krisma record!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5a9Tx_GCS
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Monday, 19 July 2021 10:04 (two years ago) link
oops dud dink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5a9Tx_GCSE
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Monday, 19 July 2021 10:06 (two years ago) link
I had no idea of Hans Zimmer‘s earlier career. I like that Krisma track.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 19 July 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
He was briefly The Damned's producer too.
― Mark G, Monday, 19 July 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
Would be quite confident in putting tonight's first up as the worst edition in the history of the show
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 30 July 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
The second show tonight was pretty bad as well.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 30 July 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
brambles not mingling with the proletariat, i notice.
― koogs, Friday, 6 August 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
Yeah, weird greenscreen experiment tonight, and they've found a new way to ruin the chart rundown.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 6 August 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
kenny thomas looks like a cross between shrek and barry from eastenders
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Friday, 6 August 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
Rebel MC though! Best tune for weeks. "People Are Still Having Sex" very enjoyable too.
― chap, Friday, 6 August 2021 22:26 (two years ago) link
Conversely Any Dream Will Do is even worse than the first time round. I seem to have erased from my memory that horrible plinky sound that's all over the arrangement.
― chap, Friday, 6 August 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
It won't be long before we get 16 weeks of Bryan Adams.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 9 August 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
well 8 weeks
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 9 August 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
yeah, you can probably outrun the police in your flash car, but those personalised plates are going to make you easy to track down.
― koogs, Friday, 13 August 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link