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davearama

davearama

blod said:
Not heard Love Generation before. Those lyrics are more Ram-like than the sappy One In A Mill ones. Would have at least gone top 20 cos of factors others mentioned I’d guess.
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I also don't like the sappy lyrics of One In A Million "Heaven must of sent you ..." Ugh.

There is a third version of the song with different lyrics called "Wake Up And Love Me" ... also a bit sappy ... "Instead of breaking up, we should be making love." Oi!



With the right mix, I think Love Generation would have been the best choice.
 
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Alcazarized

I've long thought Love Generation had the best lyrics of the three versions. Youtube claims that each member wrote a set of lyrics and Love Generation was by Jacquie. Do we know if that's true?
 
davearama

davearama

Alcazarized said:
I've long thought Love Generation had the best lyrics of the three versions. Youtube claims that each member wrote a set of lyrics and Love Generation was by Jacquie. Do we know if that's true?
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Yeah, that sounds like something completely made up.

Mike Stock’s website lists Dallin, Woodward, O Sullivan, SAW on Love Generation and One In A Million.

https://www.mikestockmusic.com/bananarama-love-generation

https://www.mikestockmusic.com/bananarama-one-in-a-million

Only Dallin, Woodward, SAW on Wake Up And Love Me

https://www.mikestockmusic.com/bananarama-wake-up-and-love-me

Dang! Jacquie could have scored more royalties with Love Generation getting a release!
 
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phoenix123

phoenix123

Why write and record three different songs to the same beat and not release any of them? Presumably they thought the instrumental was strong enough to have done that (personally I don’t think it is). From everything we’ve heard this isn’t the way SAW used to work. It’s all very odd.

As for Josh Dubovie. I still think the original (below) was a bop. It seems to be a Eurovision rule that the production on the UK entry changes between selection and final product and this was one of the worst offenders for me. Not that the original would have done better as this was incredibly dated from start to finish.

The backing singers / dancers in particular at that Eurovision final were dreadful. Almost Scooch/Daz Sampson levels of embarrassing.

If this was a discovered SAW demo from 1989 everyone would bop.

 
phoenix123

phoenix123

heartmightmelt said:
If this is true that would explain why Frances Rufelle's 1994 entry sounded different between the A Song For Europe competition and the actual final. I just put it down to differences in the live sound mix.
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Yes it frustrated me in the 80s and early 90s. Sometimes it was forced changes because it was the days of Eurovision orchestras e.g. Bardo the song just wasn’t suited to a live orchestra. Frances Rufelle is a good example but is one of the few cases where I preferred the final studio version (released as a single) to the original winning production on Song For Europe but on the night again it was the live instrumentation that wasn’t as punchy and sucked all the atmosphere out of the performance.
 
beautyneverlies

beautyneverlies

AcerBenII said:
I was in the audience for that 2010 national final and I will never forget looking around and seeing the disbelief and horror on the fans faces at the reveal of our song. We were only clapping under duress from the floor manager.
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Apparently, the BBC only heard the song for the first time during rehearsals for the show.
There are actually three versions. There was a lame version on the official Eurovision CD. I think it's this one.
 
phoenix123

phoenix123

ohnoitisnathan said:
Better quality upload (that does not appear in the search results when you search by artist/title):

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I knew you had posted a high quality version (and I’ve also seen another alternative upload in my recommended before) but when I searched for it there were limited options. Is there a reason? It’s an obscure enough song seems odd for YouTube to be bothered.
 
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