Ok, That's helpful! Thanks, Nick.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Monday, 18 October 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
just been looking at the weird career of the guy who produced the peter godwin stuff, a norwegian guy called georg holtgreen who started out in the uk acid folk band eclection in the 60s, went on to front the horrific 70s band sailor, then in the 80s went weirdo synth pop in a duo called data who made this awesome tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYcMjxhIlF8
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 18 October 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
Sailor were not horrific!
― Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Monday, 18 October 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
There's good sailor!? I just remember 'girls, girls, girls' making me feel queasy when I was a child. I know that the 'down by the docks' 12" has become a minor cosmic disco classic but even that's dodgy as hell
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
I remember "World wide traffic jam"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 06:51 (two years ago) link
Sailor's "A Glass Of Champagne" remains fantastic.
I saw Data in early 1982 - I think they were supporting Kid Creole - and they were delightfully idiosyncratic and odd.
Virginia David, who joined Sailor in 1980, made a fantastic single in early 1983 called "Am I Normal?", produced by Andy Hill (Bucks Fizz) and co-written by Julian Marshall (Marshall Hain). I only knew about it because a friend was working in Andy Hill's studio at the time - he wrote to me and said it was the best thing that Hill had done. The lyrics are batshit crazy though:
Comes aliveDriving auto fastExhastaventLoves to driveShifts away from thatWhat's got her pendWaiting for the stop lightNerves are very nearAsks herself a questionSuddenly sincereAm I normal?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyWPChIR9ss
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 09:18 (two years ago) link