Also Pete saying his audience was 13-17 year olds when in reality I'm sure by the time Kylie / Jason / Sonia timeline it was 8-11 year olds and then yes the queer 13 year olds or so that found Soul II Soul and Neneh Cherry too hip dd. I doubt many 17 year olds waled into stores to buy Big Fun and Jase.
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I am tempted to do a bit of a pilgrimage to the Gladstone...
I bought the Kylie, Jason and Sonia CDs from 1990 - when I was 18/19 - and even *I* felt too old to be doing it. Great albums though. Still rate them.
They certainly didn’t have 7 or 8 of the top 10, Mr East.
Currently playing Whenever You Need Somebody. In my view, this is the strongest album the Hit Factory did for a male solo artist. The first four songs alone are some of the greatest dance pop singles of the late 80s.
The way Heathers absolutely mauls them throughout the film. Vicious!
One of the underrated SAW productions is the O'Chi Brown original of Whenever You Need Somebody. I love it. The sleekest pop you can possibly get, but also (sadly) obliterated from sight by Rick. The album isn't available anymore, not even on streaming, nor this song or remixes, all of which sound amazing. A shame.
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Vey annoying that it cuts just before she turns around so we never see the top in question. It was Galliano apparently but a google image search turns up nothing.
Yes, I definitely heard this too, bizarre
I enjoyed part 2 of the documentary but it easily could have been 3 parts - it felt quite rushed with no mention/interviews with Cliff Richard, Nathan Moore of Brother Beyond, the Reynolds Girls glossed over, Band Aid II not given a section, their thoughts on some of the flop singles of the early 90s, what acts they regretted working with other than Big Fun etc.
Still, at least Dame Nicki French got a brief look-in!
Still, at least Dame Nicki French got a brief look-in!
Sybil looked great and it was good that they highlighted The Love I Lost and Lonnie Gordon's Happenin' All Over Again which showed that the Hit Factory could adapt to the changing musical landscape of the 90s with credible dance/pop tracks (then killed both artist's careers by releasing Beyond Your Wildest Dreams).
One of my favourite 80s SAW flop acts. I'm glad I bought so many of those PWL reissues in the 00s because, as you say, most of them are disappearing and long OOP on CD.
The second part did seem pretty rushed, it should have been a 3 part series for sure.
Dissapointed that Samantha Fox wasn't mentioned, and no mention of Band Aid 2 was strange.
But loved the feeling of nostalgia and I felt lucky (lucky, lucky, lucky) to be part of it all pretty much from the start. Lovely seeing them all together at the end, 3 pop geniuses.
Dissapointed that Samantha Fox wasn't mentioned, and no mention of Band Aid 2 was strange.
But loved the feeling of nostalgia and I felt lucky (lucky, lucky, lucky) to be part of it all pretty much from the start. Lovely seeing them all together at the end, 3 pop geniuses.