Stock, Aitken & Waterman

[phoenix123]

Yes, on a brief look I can only find 4 SAW singles in a top ten at any one time during 89? and it was around that period with Jason, Donna, Reynolds Girls, Bananarama etc

Looking at their discography, only early 88 compares but again I can only see 3 top tens simultaneously and even then that’s stretching it to include their involvement in the Jackson 5 remix!

https://www.mikestockmusic.com/discography

 

[WoW73]

Seeing Pete tearing up over Mel really got to me

Me too, and just remembering that happening, and her death, being such a stan back then (and still!)

 

[WhereIsTheFeeling]

Yep - as I said earlier, definitely being creative chronologically like Sinitta. I mean, if you go by Sinitta's stage age from not too long ago, she was performing on the programme "The Tube" with that predator Leee John from Imagination when she was 13. As if.

Don’t forget Sinitta has a twin sister who is considerably older somehow ha ha

 

[TeddyPoppins]

Yep - as I said earlier, definitely being creative chronologically like Sinitta. I mean, if you go by Sinitta's stage age from not too long ago, she was performing on the programme "The Tube" with that predator Leee John from Imagination when she was 13. As if.

Have I missed something about Leee John?

Sinitta’s mum is apparently 77.

 

[WhereIsTheFeeling]

Have I missed something about Leee John?

Sinitta’s mum is apparently 77.

I think Miquel Brown could be 77 as I recall reading she had her twins very young and that lead to some separation in their early years? I would place Sinitta around late 50s or 60 years old. She is older than the likes of Kylie who is 55 this year.

 

[Dr Pop]

It was good to see at the end of the documentary, when they were sitting in the pub, that Pete hasn’t lost his touch for hyperbole when he came out with the statement that “What we did was new. Everything you see today is because of Stock Aitken Waterman”. Never change Pete!

 

[Whosthatboy122]

What was the censored Kylie ‘what do I have to do’ music video that they mentioned in the captions on the greatest hits show last night after the documentary? Where can you find the censored version that was played on Saturday kids tv?

 

[phoenix123]

Never heard of a censored version. Are they getting confused with the TOTP performance that was never shown because she wore a CND logo during the Iraq war?

 

[TeddyPoppins]

Fact check time again: what week in chart history had the most SAW singles in the top 10 (not being snide, I'd genuinely like to know the answer) and what songs were they?

Had a quick scan at 1988 and 1989.

Wc 19th March 1989, they had 4 in the top 10 and that continued for 3 or 4 weeks.

Wc 4th June 1989, also 4 in the top 10.

Worth noting that wc 3rd September they overtook the top 5 with 3 songs featuring.

Their dominance over those 2 years was insane.

 

[Whosthatboy122]

Never heard of a censored version. Are they getting confused with the TOTP performance that was never shown because she wore a CND logo during the Iraq war?

Not sure, it just said something along the lines of the video was too racy for Saturday morning kids tv at the time and they played a censored version instead when the video was on kids tv. What’s CND by the way, never heard that story?

 

[phoenix123]

Not sure, it just said something along the lines of the video was too racy for Saturday morning kids tv at the time and they played a censored version instead when the video was on kids tv. What’s CND by the way, never heard that story?

The peace logo was developed in the UK as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_symbols

 

[letuinmybackdoor]

BBC: Afraid of upsetting the Tories even in 1991.

 

[heartmightmelt]

I can just imagine a panicked stage manager running through the back corridors to the censors team office

 

[letuinmybackdoor]

It did look she just recycled the dance routine for Shocked though.

 

[WhereIsTheFeeling]

On the back of the SAW documentary I revisited a remix I created last summer - an upbeat take on Beyond Your Wildest Dreams by the divine Lonnie Gordon. I completely created the backing track from scratch and to my surprise Lonnie herself liked it so much she may use it at future live shows. Stock Aitken Waterman get so much flack but this is a great song that deserves its chance to shine. Enjoy!

https://on.soundcloud.com/6NQafw1LtsNTM7877

 

[WhatKindOfKylie?]

The peace logo was developed in the UK as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_symbols

This footage so needs to one day leak in full.

 

[The_Rani]

Big Fun we're terrible but Can't Shake the Feeling is top tier SAW.

Also, Lonnie Gordon was definitely over 30 or had the world's toughest paper round.

 

[Vasilios]

And that Ian man with the beard, hi! He was lovely.

He's been a member here, the lovely @mrsleaze

 

[Vasilios]

she was performing on the programme "The Tube" with that predator Leee John from Imagination when she was 13. As if.

I think you're thinking of someone else.

 

[Vasilios]

Third post but the biggest mistake was Take Me To Your Heart reaching UK No 2... when!
Graphics guy probably use the Together Forever graph and for got ti change the 2 to 8.