tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316720632150545909.post1498820266397571248..comments2024-01-30T00:00:45.810-08:00Comments on Poptastic Confessions!: In a Bunch Singles Boxset by BananaramaDavearamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820774190688894318noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316720632150545909.post-69382394210430124172015-09-23T08:48:45.449-07:002015-09-23T08:48:45.449-07:00So a couple of days ago, I was listening to Absolu...So a couple of days ago, I was listening to Absolute 80s (as I do often!) and I heard FOOL'S GOLD by The Stone Roses ... and I thought, "Gosh, this must be produced by the same folks who worked on the Bananarama POP LIFE album." :-) I didn't know it was literally sampled on ONLY YOUR LOVE. Silly me! As you may remember, ONLY YOUR LOVE is my least favourite single of the Jacquie Era — I just don't connect with it — even though every fellow fan I know loves it! The video is nice.<br /><br />Also, I don't think I knew about the NATHAN JONES American promo CD --> http://www.discogs.com/Bananarama-Nathan.../release/1570107 <-- I want one!<br /><br />Your imaginary BOX SET II is super fun! I adore your I FOUND LOVE cover art.<br /><br />We wore out EVERY SHADE OF BLUE in the clubs in Atlanta! I promoted & requested & whored that around like I was being paid. Easy work. Most people loved it. The Theo Spagna Mix seemed to always win out.<br /><br />I'd almost forgotten about BOOM! I really liked that back then. It sounds distinctly like a video game! Probably should still be licensed for use in a commercial for something. Exploit that back catalogue!<br /><br />CARELESS WHISPER is horrible and that [real!] cover art looks like a French & Saunders parody itself. If I could control space & time, I'd go back and shake them and plead with them to throw all that budget & bother behind IF, which could have easily been a hit.<br /><br />I don't know if they will ever have another single as good as LOOK ON THE FLOOR — it really is as good as VENUS and CRUEL SUMMER. It is truly a five-star record.<br /><br />Their version of RAPTURE is about five times better than the gay-favourite original version by iiO. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. LOLz!<br /><br />BABY IT'S XMAS is also so good that I'm a little sad that it's a seasonal song. Still, that means it might be a surprise hit for Xmas one year in the future.<br /><br />It seems *everyone* prefers LA LA LOVE to NOW OR NEVER. It's catchy & should have been a single — and a hit! Get it, get it ... kitty-kitty ... whatevz! It's divine.<br /><br />" ... only released in Japan because it was the jingle they wrote for a Honda scooter commercial Bananarama did with Peter Fonda." — See, that *sounds* like something that would only happen in a weird dream! I'm off to google 'Peter Fonda' now, as I don't know who that is (I assume he's related to Henry, Jane & LaRhonda). :-D Richard the Big Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677992077107122420noreply@blogger.com