SSML-48, 24 January 1997
Hi all,
I finally got to see the "I Can Drive" video recently and immediately noticed there was something "different" about it. Upon close listening I found that there is some extra repeats of the backup refrains of "I'm watching the world, taking my time etc." over Siobhan's "rant" at the end; in the video the backup vocals run through most of her last verse, whereas on the single there are some sections where it's just Siobhan. Something for the trivia buffs. I was quite surprised at how plain and "rock" the video was; it really is a just Siobhan concert-style up-close video performance, with some nice asides (Siobhan suggestively slumping into a chair; some "hair twirling", and a kick towards the camera). It's a long way from the stylish mini-epics of past video clips.
I was also extremely pleased to finally see the "Sacred Heart" video collection at last. More on that next time.
Mike.
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 19:48:11 -0500
From: Chhavi Ghuliani
Subject: Suddenly
Hi SS fans.
My question is, I know that I recognize "Suddenly" from somewhere. Is it a remake of a Barry Manilow song? I'm almost positive. Anyone know for sure?
Chhavi
[The track "Suddenly" indeed adapts some lyrics "can't smile without you, can't laugh without you" etc. from the Barry Manilow song "Can't Smile Without You", but this is only a small part of the song towards the end, so it's more of a sampling than a remake.
It has been suggested that the use of this lyric could be interpreted as a sarcastic dig at Marcy.......
Mike]
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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 17:26:29 +0100
From: Massimiliano Gini
Subject: SS+MARCY DISCOGRAPHY
As promised here are some items to be added to the discography:
* Break My Heart (US promo CD single [no p/s] incl. US Radio Mix; LP
Version; Copa Mix, CDP214, released in 1990)
* Stay (French 7", 869 624-7)
* Stay (Canadian cassette incl. Special Previews & The Trouble With Andre)
* I Don't Care (Canadian cassette)
* Stay (Canadian CD single EP incl. I Don't Care)
* I Believe (UK 1-trk promo video)
* I Believe: Live On Pebble Mill (UK 1-trk promo-only video)
* Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (UK 1-trk promo video)
* I'm No Angel (UK 1-trk promo video)
* Jewel (UK promo black wooden box set, contains promo CD, insert booklet,
press sheet, in blue velvet bag)
* I Want To Take You Higher (Town House studios set of 2X1-sided 12"
acetates, feat. usual 3 remixes, custom handwritten labels)
* Black Sky (House Town studios set of 2X1-sided 12" acetates, feat. Dub
Extravaganza Part 1 & Part 2)
* Hello (House Town studios 1-sided 10" acetate)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- The promo 12" for "Dirty Mind'90" is also available with a press sheet.
- There is a 1-sided 7" picture disc for Amnesty International with the Hormonally Yours picture.
- There are two different wooden boxes for "I Believe"
1) UK promo 6"X5" containing promo CD and exclusive autographed and numbered insert.
2) UK promo black wooden box with silver motif, contains 3-trk promo CD, numbered insert, 2 pages of press release, all housed in a blue velvet bag).
Bye,
MAX
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Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:58:16 +0100
From: Massimiliano Gini
Subject: MARCY NEWS
I received today the "Boy" CD single by Marcy. The picture sleeve is great. I love it; it's my favourite one. However the tracklisting is a bit disappointing:
1. Boy 3.15
2. Without Medication 4.14
3. Sunday 3.54
Both B-side tracks also appear on the album "Feeler" so no previously unreleased tracks and no remixes ... what a pity. The version of "Boy" is a bit shorter that the one on the "I Hate You Now ..." CD single. Also both B-sides are not bad at all in my opinion, especially "Without Medication"!
Here is a UK review of the "Feeler" album I got from the "TOWER RECORDS
TOP" magazine (October 1996):
"... Marcella Detroit's second solo album, "Feeler".
Detroit writes pop songs you can envisage going straight into the Top Ten although her lyrics can sometime seem completely odds with the funky music they are set to. "Sacred Silent" is actually about abuse while "Kidd" is about young girls who starve themselves to death in the name of fashion (she couldn't be referring to one especially thin young model now, could she?). But it is the more psychedelic "Flower" and "Boy" that really impress, sounding not unlike Sgt Pepper-era Beatles." Bye,
MAX
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From: Massimiliano Gini
Subject: MORE MARCY NEWS
Here is some more Marcy news for the mailing list:
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* The third single to be released from "Feeler" will be "Flower", scheduled for release on February 24th.
* The video for "Boy" was shot in Japan.
* In Japan, the follow up to "Boy" may be "Without A Medication", which
also appeared on the UK CD single for "Boy".
* Although the album "Feeler" was scheduled for UK release shortly after "Flower", it may be released on January 27th.
* "Feeler" has already been released in Germany, Australia, Scandinavia and Benelux. It was also released in Japan, where it has sold well over 36000
copies to date.
BYE,
MAX
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 09:45:26 -0500 (EST)
From: sha dewa
Subject: French and Saunders
22nd January 1997.
This is something that I would like to share with SS fans. For Christmas, I was given four French and Saunders videos. Watching Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders take the piss out of everyone and everything brought back lots of memories, as the vids went back to 1987, and the popular media was totally different from what it is today (there were no Liam and Patsy pouting from every page of a tabloid paper; Bros and Johnny Hates Jazz and the other New Romantics or whatever else graced the front cover of music magazines; Siobhan's marriage made The News Of The World. The only thing that remains today from that oh so delightful days of the 1980s are photos of Princess Di, and some of us are right sick of her; we prefer Fergie. At least Fergie wipes her own bum). But my main point here is that on F&S Video Series Four, originally broadcast late in 1992, I believe, French and Saunders did a parody on Shakespears Sister.
The setting was the "Stay" video, and parts of the "I Don't Care" video (where Marcy was in bed screaming and a close up of Siobhan's head in a theatre box reciting Edith Sitwell's "The Hornpipes"). There were also bits of the two of them jumping on the bed, a la "Goodbye Cruel World". Jennifer Saunders was Marcy (complete with helium squeaks) and Dawn French was Siobhan (complete with panda eye make-
up, sequenced cat-suit and ringlets). The song was "Destiny", and Dawn French recited "Humpty Dumpty" for the rapping bit in "I Don't Care". The end result was completely hilarious. Staying true to the tradition of the "Hormonally Yours" long-form video, F&S gave a quote from "Dicken's Daughter" at the start and at the end of "Destiny" ("Stay") video.
This may be irrelevant, and some SS fans may even hate F&S for mocking Siobhan and Marcy, but I thought I'd share this with you. Since nothing new is happening on the SS front.
That is all. Thank you.
[Thanks Sha, as you say, this send-up was quite brilliantly done,
and it is clear that a lot of work was put into it as it uses some classic SS moments from several videos. The quote at the end was something like "You can take the girl out of Bananarama, but you can't take the Bananarama out of the girl", which has a lot of truth to it.............Mike]
Sha.
PS Any French and Saunders fans out there who'd like to chat over the Internet?
"When you want something bad enough, the whole world will conspire to help
you get it" - Eva Peron.
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