Poor Cathy Dennis!
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Poor Cathy Dennis!
Sadly, he hates doing interviews. Not that the documentary would’ve covered the song but I tried to get him for the podcast. Publicity shy, like Carol Hitchcock.Why didn't the documentary cover the most important part of SAW history? I found the omission of the recording of the best pop song of all time, Turn It Up, unacceptable. And where was the interview with Michael Davidson?
There's a new third episode?
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Sorry, meant the podcast!
Loving Suzette Charles right now. A few days ago I just saw an interview piece where she's hearing her PWL tracks for the very first time, she seems to genuinely love her time working on these songs. My get-in to her moment was this soul-graffitiing remix:
How interesting that Katie Price's own song of the same name references it lyrically beyond just the title too. Absolutely mega.
How interesting that Katie Price's own song of the same name references it lyrically beyond just the title too. Absolutely mega.
I listened to an interview some time ago with Josh Dubovie (Eurovision 2010). He said that, when they did the final recording for That Sounds Good To Me, they put it in a higher key that was more difficult for him to sing (compared to the demo he sang in the National Final). As you can hear, he struggles with the top note at the end. As they said in the podcast, they didn't produce songs to be performed live - which is weird when you're producing something specifically for Eurovision.
Their whole involvement with Eurovision was a disaster from beginning to end. It was as if they were doing it on a default setting.
That Sounds Good To Me was the nadir of all that is good in this world. Pete thought he could ‘pull a Lloyd Webber’ and then did that??!
Not the best that's for sure. And very dated gotta say as well.
I have the original press release of the “Greatest Hits” by Bananarama. The first single was listed as “Love Generation” (produced by SAW) and it was scheduled for release on July 25, 1988. The then titled “Greatest Hits” was to be released on August 15, 1988. However, both of those releases didn’t happen.
On September 3, 1988, Bananarama performed “One In A Million” (The same tune as “Love Generation” but with different lyrics) and “Love, Truth & Honesty” at Festivalbar ’88 in Ibiza. See the performance here ...
Ultimately “Love, Truth & Honesty” was chosen as the lead single and released on September 12, 1988. “The Greatest Hits Collection” followed in October.
To be honest, I like “Love Generation” better than “One In A Million.”
Can you imagine a world where “Love Generation” was released in the summer of 1988? Chart hit? Or flop?
On September 3, 1988, Bananarama performed “One In A Million” (The same tune as “Love Generation” but with different lyrics) and “Love, Truth & Honesty” at Festivalbar ’88 in Ibiza. See the performance here ...
Ultimately “Love, Truth & Honesty” was chosen as the lead single and released on September 12, 1988. “The Greatest Hits Collection” followed in October.
To be honest, I like “Love Generation” better than “One In A Million.”
Can you imagine a world where “Love Generation” was released in the summer of 1988? Chart hit? Or flop?
I think anything from the Rams in the summer of 88 would have done well. Probably better than the excellent Love Truth & Honesty which got caught in the post-September roadblock and charted far lower than it deserved.
I like One In A Million, it's a shame Sara and Keren blocked its release on Megarama. I certainly prefer it to Nathan Jones. It's not on a par with the Wow! singles but still a bop. It was a shame they didn't keep the momentum going and especially get new material out with Jacquie as the new Nana to keep them in the public eye.
Yes, an additional new song would have been more welcome than another mix of Nathan Jones!
Shame this never ended up happening. Missed opportunity I think.
I had no idea there were original plans like that, but which were scrapped. It's a shame in a way, because an August release of a Rams GH would have probably been a #1 - very little else gets released around that time, and it wouldn't have been competing with U2, PSB and Dire Straits. The fact it debuted inside the Top 5 even in October 88 shows how popular the idea was.
Love Generation would have been a good follow-up for The Reynolds Girls.
