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UsedToWait

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Ah Frankie, the last great pop phenomenon. Still love the basslines in Two Tribes and Welcome to the Pleasuredome. The 'Liverpool' album killed their career. Should have waited another year til they had stronger stuff written, no doubt the pressure was on from ZTT though.

I remember my bother going to see them live, possibly his first concert - I was 4 years younger than him.. Mad jealous.. He was blown away

Welsh Megaman

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Ah Frankie, the last great pop phenomenon. Still love the basslines in Two Tribes and Welcome to the Pleasuredome. The 'Liverpool' album killed their career. Should have waited another year til they had stronger stuff written, no doubt the pressure was on from ZTT though.

By all accounts, ZTT treated the band like garbage - but definitely a double-edged sword, when your first three singles go to number one!

Welsh Megaman

So many mullets in one studio!

Paul Weller as Bono

Gizmo55

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

So many mullets in one studio!

Paul Weller as Bono

The whack of hairspray!

Welsh Megaman

Phew, no Black Lace!

Not yet anyway

Gizmo55

Have the Live Aid DVD set there. This is giving me the urge to watch it.

Gizmo55

More Frankie. Whoop!!

Welsh Megaman

Question...how come Frankie didn't perform at Live Aid? Or Culture Club?

Two of the biggest bands in the world at the time

Gizmo55

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Question...how come Frankie didn't perform at Live Aid? Or Culture Club?

Two of the biggest bands in the world at the time

And Wham too, or had they split up by then? Very odd.

Gizmo55

Ah, the Duranies. If I remember right, their last couple of singles hadn't done as well as expected so they got Nile Rodgers in to remix 'The Reflex' and it became their biggest hit.

Welsh Megaman

Do they prescribe Latino pop on the NHS?

Welsh Megaman

Ah, the Sage of Salford

Gizmo55

Johhny Marr, ledgebag.

Gizmo55

Cyndi Looper.

Welsh Megaman

Cyndi could have put a bit of effort into her performance :pac:

Welsh Megaman

Spoke too soon

Gizmo55

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Spoke too soon

Hahahaha. I remember them, but none of their songs, thankfully.

Welsh Megaman

Is it wrong to have checked out the Black Lace website?

Gizmo55

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Is it wrong to have checked out the Black Lace website?

It's wrong to let people know that you did

A friend lent me two Echo albums years back to try and get me into them. Still not a fan.

Welsh Megaman

Gizmo55

UsedToWait wrote: »

Sade's bass player taking the 'higher than level 42' stance..

Any higher and he's into Jimi Hendrix country

You weren't kidding.

Welsh Megaman

Smalltown Boy...classic

Gizmo55

G'wan Alison. Great pop song.

Welsh Megaman

Beatnik drumming for The Style Council.

Lousy beatniks.

Welsh Megaman

Last orders at the cocktail bar

Gizmo55

Is anyone else watching Arena: Loretta Lynn? Different times, different views. Kinda fascinating to watch.

Skid X

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

They'll do '84 alright. How could they not do pop music's greatest year?

Just catching up on the Story of 1984 today - it was a cracker, much better than the recent equivalent years stories and a fitting prelude to Pop music's greatest year (TM) !!

Looking forward to the broadcast suitable TOTP84's already.

Welsh Megaman

Looking forward to the Howard Goodall Beatles programme tonight

Lots of Beatles documentaries all night on Sky Arts too...

Fab :cool:

Welsh Megaman

Is that a Gretsch in Duane Eddy's hands?

*drool*

Welsh Megaman

Paul McCartney must surely think to himself, 'no matter what festival or event I play, I will ALWAYS have the best setlist'