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#soon! Part Un - The 60s-00s Girl Band Debut Breakthrough Rate
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I wasn’t as impressed by anything from The Saturdays but when I heard the Up snippet that someone looped twice to be a full length song I thought that they were ok.
I had the feeling that they were set up to be the Girls Aloud replacement girl group for the UK so I forced myself to get into them.
The song is not a 10 but the close to score I gave was for thier career highs.
I had the feeling that they were set up to be the Girls Aloud replacement girl group for the UK so I forced myself to get into them.
The song is not a 10 but the close to score I gave was for thier career highs.
t.A.T.u. actually doing this well despite being expected is still surprising.
londonrain
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Not only am I a Saturdays fan, @berserkboi, I actually bought all their B-sides for all the singles from their studio albums, so I have copies of almost every song they’ve recorded.
I generally preferred their second singles to their lead singles - and the debut era was no exception - but If This Is Love is still one of their best songs and I’m really glad it got a chance to shine in this rate.
I generally preferred their second singles to their lead singles - and the debut era was no exception - but If This Is Love is still one of their best songs and I’m really glad it got a chance to shine in this rate.
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I'm sorry you guys I didn't like it. I'm not a fan of these artificial girl / boy / mixed bands although I like those harmonies very much. So I didn't try liking it what I maybe would have done when I had had the feeling that the music comes from the heart and isn't only a job to make money ...
All my zeroes are gone but there is one low rating which could offend you even more. How do I say that in English? I'm glad tarring and feathering isn't allowed nowadays anymore ...
All my zeroes are gone but there is one low rating which could offend you even more. How do I say that in English? I'm glad tarring and feathering isn't allowed nowadays anymore ...
londonrain
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Based on this comment, I worry for Girls Aloud (manufactured girl group) or the Sugababes (lots of lineup changes). Or maybe you’ve tanked both?
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Good guesses. One of the groups has one of my all-time favourite songs in this rate. When the song is so good I can easily forgive them everything else. And at the time the song came out it wasn't so clear where they were going ...
And I'm sure you know that because I've already said which songs I want out and which songs should be in the top ten
But you are right: my comment for the Atomic Kittens was aimed at the Sugababes. I sometimes confuse them. Not the songs but the background. I wondered if anybody would comment to that ...
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You've mentioned you like the chorus and the harmonies... shouldn't that mean it deserved more than a 0?
I miss The Saturdays. They were not quite on the same level as Girls Aloud and the Sugababes (but then again who is?) but they were great nonetheless, providing the bops throughout their whole career.
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My only connection with the Saturdays is that I have had Una's photo on my SPT card for two years and nobody's questioned it.
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The harmonies of the genre girl / boy bands in general. Not on this song.
I'm so sorry for hurting anybody. Maybe I shouldn't have given that song a zero knowing that you won't like that. But then I couldn't give a zero to any song because there is always somebody who likes it?
To explain a bit more:
I love Alison Moyet. I love her voice and I love her songs. So the song started very good for me. But then I heard the voices and found them very weak. Maybe only because I expected something like Alison Moyet? Then the prechorus set in with the line "You know I love you, you thought I would leave you ..." and I thought hey could be still good. The chorus is so la la la then. But then the second verse kills it for me and the song is only boring anymore. And the second chorus does not do anything for me anymore.
So I'm so sorry but I really don't like it.
MollieSwift21
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Im impressed that The Saturdays made it so far. My third favorite in the rate. They just do it for me.
And even the cover of that book contains a mention of Cheryl (quelle surprise!).
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Now w are down to silver/bronze rankings of each decade - which do you think will fall next? It has at least one 11 attached!
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This could be mine, I feel like I'm on my lonesome with my 11.
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What are you in the mood for?
#13
(70s Bronze Medalist)
The Nolans – I’m In The Mood For Dancing
Average Score: 7.981
Highest Score: 11 x 1 (@SuperNerd) 10x 6 (@iheartpoptarts, @Trouble in Paradise, @DJHazey, @soratami, @Filippa, @Empty Shoebox)
Lowest Score: 3 x 1 (@kermit_the_frog)
#13
(70s Bronze Medalist)
The Nolans – I’m In The Mood For Dancing
Average Score: 7.981
Highest Score: 11 x 1 (@SuperNerd) 10x 6 (@iheartpoptarts, @Trouble in Paradise, @DJHazey, @soratami, @Filippa, @Empty Shoebox)
Lowest Score: 3 x 1 (@kermit_the_frog)
Another rate discovery for @berserkboi bites the dust! The Nolans have surprisingly never been on my radar ever before! Not in Mauritius, not in Australia, not even my fascination with UK Pop brought them to my attention. This made I’m In The Mood For Dancing quite the fun number to discover with its hearty lyrics celebrating a good time and the charming sisters singing in their exuberant tone about their good mood.
The Nolans were always one of the highest placing 70s acts here, at any random point of the voting period. They were even soundly beating The Emotions for a few weeks - how shocking! The fun quality of the track does lend itself well to a discovery, so if many of you heard it for the first time like I did, I am not surprised you rated it highly. The ones who knew I’m In The Mood For Dancing before the rate probably have fond memories attached, as myself and a few others did with B*Witched and their nostalgia may have caused a higher score than usual, I would hazard a guess.
I’m In The Mood For Dancing was released in November 1979 (just making the cut off for inclusion here) and reached its peak of #3 in the UK charts in 1980. The girls had another top 40 hit prior to this track called Spirit, Body and Soul which did not qualify them for the rate. I’m In The Mood For Dancing was written by Ben Findon, Mike Myers and Bob Puzey, and featured lead vocals by Bernie Nolan. Although Coleen features in the video – she wasn’t part of the band yet, she became one soon after the song’s release as the girls changed their name from The Nolan Sisters to The Nolans.
I’m In The Mood For Dancing accomplished a rare feat for its time in reaching the top spot in Japan, something English songs seldom achieved then. This prompted The Nolans to record a version in Japanese which would be translated back to Dancing Sister(s). The girls would go on to have a further 2 #1 hits in Japan even when their luck turned in Europe. The Nolans are a family band of sisters, five of which Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda & Bernie were regular guest performers on numerous TV shows in the UK, they also supported Frank Sinatra on his 1975 European tour. Between 1979 and 1982, they had seven UK hits, and in 1981 they won the Tokyo Music Festival with “Sexy Music”.
The girls have had various line-ups including the sisters and their own daughters with a few trying for a solo career over the years in various areas of the entertainment industry. Some of the girls did embark on a reunion tour in 2009 but the exclusion of others drew a rift between the girls. Bernie Nolan passed away in 2013 of a breast cancer resurgence (which led to the other sisters reconciling). When asked to tour again in 2014, Coleen stated it was still too soon.
What was PopJustice in the mood for when citing for The Nolans?
Zar-Unity (7) thinks The Nolans are worthy of his favourite score - Wow, pretty catchy and clever lyrics! Great voices! Tech: 4 Taste: 3 = 7 points. Kermit_The_Frog (3) taps into his Bea Arthur persona for this one - I simply cannot be objective about this song - this is the music that “basic” as an adjective was invented for. Barely competent at any component of being a popstar, they get a bonus point for giving us “Jim Carson’s Dressing Room” and another bonus point for “how many different names can we give Colleen in the CBB thread”. Disclaimer: it is entirely possible that neither Linda nor Colleen was even in The Nolans at this point in their career. And as I type that, Colleen appears in the video struggling with stepping back and forward in time to music, making her “hardly a dancer” sisters look like Oti Mabuse in comparison.
ComeOnGloria (8.8) is more fond of it than his predecessors - Just so catchy! Saviodxl (8.9) rates this his favourite of the 70s - Best breakthrough of their decade! I'm in the mood too! Spillett (9) agrees with the sentiment - (oh yes... you'd have to dance to this if it came on.) Filippa (10) isn’t such a villain after all - I didn’t know the group, didn’t know the song but I instantly loved it. This is such a lovely happy pop song. An Irish band? I’m glad I listened to it.
Trouble In Paradise (10) thinks this song fits his mood perfectly - I have a soft spot for straight ahead disco songs about dance and romance with fun piping backing vocals and this one does it perfectly. Empty Shoebox (10) is a big fan! - I love the disco era. You can tell that by the fact that I haven't even marked this song down for the unnecessary key change. Sprockrooster (5) is not here for the more questionable vocals - A bit screechy at times.
Londonrain (6) only has one word for it! - A bop. DominoDancing (8) thinks the opposite of Empty Shoebox, hello #EmptyDominoBox - Super, super catchy. The key changes really make it work and keep this from becoming too repetitive. Iheartpoptarts (10) finally reaches into her OhNostalgia too - Happy and fun and at least two of them look a lot like old pictures of my Mom.
Ufint (8.5) thinks this hits all the right spots! - Lovely sound and lead vocals are awesome. Unnameable (8) feels no shame dancing to this still!- still worth dancing to. DJHazey (10) thinks there is more to it than first meets the eye - Such a feel good tune here, with varied vocal registers and runs throughout keeping me guessing. Not just the basic bop it probably seems like at first glance.
The Nolans were always one of the highest placing 70s acts here, at any random point of the voting period. They were even soundly beating The Emotions for a few weeks - how shocking! The fun quality of the track does lend itself well to a discovery, so if many of you heard it for the first time like I did, I am not surprised you rated it highly. The ones who knew I’m In The Mood For Dancing before the rate probably have fond memories attached, as myself and a few others did with B*Witched and their nostalgia may have caused a higher score than usual, I would hazard a guess.
I’m In The Mood For Dancing was released in November 1979 (just making the cut off for inclusion here) and reached its peak of #3 in the UK charts in 1980. The girls had another top 40 hit prior to this track called Spirit, Body and Soul which did not qualify them for the rate. I’m In The Mood For Dancing was written by Ben Findon, Mike Myers and Bob Puzey, and featured lead vocals by Bernie Nolan. Although Coleen features in the video – she wasn’t part of the band yet, she became one soon after the song’s release as the girls changed their name from The Nolan Sisters to The Nolans.
I’m In The Mood For Dancing accomplished a rare feat for its time in reaching the top spot in Japan, something English songs seldom achieved then. This prompted The Nolans to record a version in Japanese which would be translated back to Dancing Sister(s). The girls would go on to have a further 2 #1 hits in Japan even when their luck turned in Europe. The Nolans are a family band of sisters, five of which Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda & Bernie were regular guest performers on numerous TV shows in the UK, they also supported Frank Sinatra on his 1975 European tour. Between 1979 and 1982, they had seven UK hits, and in 1981 they won the Tokyo Music Festival with “Sexy Music”.
The girls have had various line-ups including the sisters and their own daughters with a few trying for a solo career over the years in various areas of the entertainment industry. Some of the girls did embark on a reunion tour in 2009 but the exclusion of others drew a rift between the girls. Bernie Nolan passed away in 2013 of a breast cancer resurgence (which led to the other sisters reconciling). When asked to tour again in 2014, Coleen stated it was still too soon.
What was PopJustice in the mood for when citing for The Nolans?
Zar-Unity (7) thinks The Nolans are worthy of his favourite score - Wow, pretty catchy and clever lyrics! Great voices! Tech: 4 Taste: 3 = 7 points. Kermit_The_Frog (3) taps into his Bea Arthur persona for this one - I simply cannot be objective about this song - this is the music that “basic” as an adjective was invented for. Barely competent at any component of being a popstar, they get a bonus point for giving us “Jim Carson’s Dressing Room” and another bonus point for “how many different names can we give Colleen in the CBB thread”. Disclaimer: it is entirely possible that neither Linda nor Colleen was even in The Nolans at this point in their career. And as I type that, Colleen appears in the video struggling with stepping back and forward in time to music, making her “hardly a dancer” sisters look like Oti Mabuse in comparison.
ComeOnGloria (8.8) is more fond of it than his predecessors - Just so catchy! Saviodxl (8.9) rates this his favourite of the 70s - Best breakthrough of their decade! I'm in the mood too! Spillett (9) agrees with the sentiment - (oh yes... you'd have to dance to this if it came on.) Filippa (10) isn’t such a villain after all - I didn’t know the group, didn’t know the song but I instantly loved it. This is such a lovely happy pop song. An Irish band? I’m glad I listened to it.
Trouble In Paradise (10) thinks this song fits his mood perfectly - I have a soft spot for straight ahead disco songs about dance and romance with fun piping backing vocals and this one does it perfectly. Empty Shoebox (10) is a big fan! - I love the disco era. You can tell that by the fact that I haven't even marked this song down for the unnecessary key change. Sprockrooster (5) is not here for the more questionable vocals - A bit screechy at times.
Londonrain (6) only has one word for it! - A bop. DominoDancing (8) thinks the opposite of Empty Shoebox, hello #EmptyDominoBox - Super, super catchy. The key changes really make it work and keep this from becoming too repetitive. Iheartpoptarts (10) finally reaches into her OhNostalgia too - Happy and fun and at least two of them look a lot like old pictures of my Mom.
Ufint (8.5) thinks this hits all the right spots! - Lovely sound and lead vocals are awesome. Unnameable (8) feels no shame dancing to this still!- still worth dancing to. DJHazey (10) thinks there is more to it than first meets the eye - Such a feel good tune here, with varied vocal registers and runs throughout keeping me guessing. Not just the basic bop it probably seems like at first glance.
So, out of Baccara & The Emotions - who do you think should take the 70s crown?
#soon!
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The Bangles are my only low score left now. And I'm very sorry if someone gave them an 11 but I really think they shouldn't be in the top 10.
And when it comes to taking the crown for the 70s: Definitely Baccara!
And when it comes to taking the crown for the 70s: Definitely Baccara!
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I really like the song but I also hate Coleen Nolan so goodbye.
