SSML-3, 27 March 1996


Hi everyone,

	I am slightly amazed that I'm managing to get a mailout 
three days in a row. Let's keep it up!
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From: jennifer christine galey 
[re: shakespear's sister vs. shakespears sister]

	i like the apostrophe...

	i heard marcella's "i believe" at the beginning of "melrose 
place" last year (and not once on the radio).  did she make any 
videos other that "i'm no angel"? she just seems to have faded 
away...

--jennifer
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>From Mike:

	Does anyone know what Marcella singles were released in the 
US? I had the impression that "I Believe" was a minor hit there. 
It was a reasonable hit in the UK and Australia, staying in the 
Top 40 in Aust. for several months, though never peaking very 
high (about #20). There was a nice video clip for it: filmed in 
B&W, outdoors on some grassy fields.  "Ain't Nothing Like The 
Real Thing" (the duet with Elton John) was the next single in the 
UK, and I think there was a video for that as well.  It scraped 
into the top 20 in the UK; only a minor hit.
	"I'm No Angel" was the 3rd and last UK single I think, and 
the 2nd and last single in Australia. It had a video as well, as 
you've mentioned. It bombed in both places, despite a promotional 
tour by Marcella at the time of its release.  Incidentally, 
during this tour, she performed a solo acoustic version of "Stay" 
for a radio chart show.

	I suspect Marcella will bounce back with another album 
eventually. She's been in the business _quite_ a while now. 
Remember she co-wrote "Lay Down Sally" with Eric Clapton in the 
1970s, and had a solo album in about 1982.
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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:05:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Sefan 
Subject: My first SS experience...

	I was in Europe for the summer of 1992 and they played an 
SS block.  The videos were "You're History" "Stay" and one other 
that I don't remember.  It may have been "Goodbye..." or 
something.  Anyway, I was impressed with their videos.  
Especially the one where they have this Hollywood setting and the 
two are just talking in B&W.  Does anyone remember this?

	Well, when I returned home from Europe (I live in the US) I 
found that "Stay" was in the Top 5 so I heard it often.  I loved 
the song and got the CD that Christmas.  The rest is history 
(pardon the cliche').

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:20:32 +1200
From: sarah.mager@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Bananastein)

First SS experience:

	Hmmn after being a die-hard Siobhan freak in 1987/8 and the 
horror when she left the "rams" I read a review for Sacred Heart 
on a teletext page -> I couldn't believe that she had released 
something so early after leaving bananarama but was overjoyed.  
Promptly a local TV station picked up the video and gave it some 
airtime -> the first single released in NZ was You're History I 
couldn't believe that her voice was so deep -> having been my 
favourite narna for so long I thought she had the "pretty " voice 
and not this strong femme fatale depth - and the black hair (OK 
I'm an almost blonde and liked the pseudo blonde image) any rate 
I loved the harmonies in You're history and those characteristic 
na na nah nahs and I loved the clever lyrics and hated marcy's 
voice though the shock treatment worked cleverly! So as a diehard 
fan i raced to the shops and bought SH immediately on tape (in 
the days before my wondrous CD player) and thrashed the tape to 
death.  it is still my favourite SS album! ESP Dirty Mind.

>From: jennifer christine galey 
>Subject: Re: SSML-1, 25 March 1996.
>
>my roommates made fun of shakespear's sister yesterday, so i've 
been
>entertaining them with terribly *loud* s.s. music.  they didn't
>understand the video for stay--obviously went right over their 
heads.
>and i thought that one was rather obvious...

Well what interpretation did you choose to take?

> [mike]: Yeah, I've never exactly noticed any _fat_ on Siobhan. 
Look at her poured into that latex suit in "Venus"!

Don't watch too hard Mike your eyes might pop out ;-P

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Quote of the issue:

Sarah Mager: "...THOUGH THE SHOCK TREATMENT WORKED..."

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