SSML-21, 19 June 1996
Hi everyone,
Here's that "lost" e-mail from Peter (binkyq@interport.net) again, regarding a showing of the video for I
Can Drive in a New York club:
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Here's a really quick note (since it's 3:30 AM here) to say I just saw the video in my favorite bar.
Here's the scoop: Siobhan is NOT blonde. It's hard to say what color her hair really is because it was all
shot with a green filter, but it looks pretty dark. It's very straight and long and parted in the middle. Her
make-up is very minimal, and she looks fabulous! The video itself is actually very dull. It's very
"alternative" a la Garbage/Sponge/Filter. Just the band performing/ her singing/ lots of jump cuts /bright
lighting but with dark filters. I don't know if it's a Sophie Muller or not. I'm very disappointed if it was her
handiwork since she usually does much more interesting things.
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From: dgarbuio@direct.ca (denny garbuio)
Subject: I Can Drive
I'm glad to see the single doing fairly well so far. I can't believe Smash Hits gave it zero stars--
those motherfuckers. I think it's a great song. I really like it and listen to it faithfully. I await those remixes
Peter mentioned even if they are a bit poor as he said. As for the lyrics, maybe that is assuming too much
by reading into it. The lyrics by the way are "Your 15 minutes start right here"--not "stopped right here" as
written. They are inside the CD sleeve by the way. I don't want to make any intellectual interpretation,
however, I find the lyrics very interesting nevertheless. My favorite line is "I can take you for a ride
anytime". Don't laugh but I thought the song was about a former prostitute who in retrospect is talking
about the men she "took for a ride". Of course men pick up women in their shiny cars, take them out for
dinner, etc; but she really took them for a "ride"--took those boys' money ("it's a steal"--easy money
essentially). Now she realizes that she's worth more than sixty pence, has declared a "new" innocence. She
has a shiny new car (presumably with the money she got from her former tricks) and she can pass by her
old world (where others have died/moved away/are in recovery) and move onto bluer skies. She's in
control now, she can drive, and make it on her own. She's a spaced out individual, a "sinner", but
essentially she is "real"--and that what people perceived her as is the "unreal"--she took us all "for a ride".
Denny PS Weird eh? *********************************************
I have checked the UK "Observer" newspaper for the 19th May, in which a SS interview apparently
appeared, but unfortunately it seems to have been in the paper's "Preview" magazine, which is a
supplement not shipped overseas, or not the library at my uni. anyway. Phooey! Mike.
SSML-22, 20 June 1996
If anyone would like a copy of the updated discography, just let me know and I'll mail one to you. Thanks
to Peter for the additions noted below. Mike. (devery@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au)
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 01:12:48 -0400 (EDT) From: binkyq@interport.net (Peter Eatroff/Jeff Bankoff) I
DON'T CARE CD3 JP London PODD 1021 1992 1. I Don't Care (7" remix) 4.25 2. Remember My Name
3.37.
AND... Break My Heart 12" CN London INT# 886 356-1 a1. Shep Pettibone House Mix a2. Seven Inch
Version b1. Shep Pettibone Dub b2. You Made Me Come To This
It just has the regular cover, but I'm loving that it has You Made Me... as the B-side, since I've
always wanted that on vinyl. No kitchen should be without one. Peter
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:47:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Janine E. Harris"
Subject: Re: SSML-21, 19 June 1996.
Just wanted to put in my 2 cents... I think the single is "absolutely fabulous"! "I Can Drive"
definitely grows on you. It's quite an epic tune! At first I was surprised that Suddenly wasn't the single, it's
much catchier upon first listen than I Can Drive. But after a few listens... Can't wait for the album. By the
way, I just ordered a copy of the new Marcella Detroit single-it's called I Hate You Now! Marc
We shine for liberty, life, and the pursuit of pleasure...
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From: Sefan Subject: SS in US Well, disappointing news. I called
London Records here in New York and they said the album or single is not scheduled for a US release yet.
That means that it could be a LONG time until it is released here (she said maybe even early next year!).
Damn. now I have to find another way to hear this song because I am VERY curious. Can anyone help me
out? Sefan (ghuliani@remus.rutgers.edu)
SSML-23, 21 June 1996
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 19:59:00 -0400
From: PETER GONG <171423@newschool.edu>
Subject: Sefan's Problem!
Mike, (you know she has b-side that has your name "Oh, No it's Michael") [Oh yes, so it _must_
be about me! Actually, that may not be a compliment.... I haven't worked what the lyrics are about yet!
Mike.] This is a little solution to Sefan's problem about obtaining the Shakespear's Sister single. This is
my specialty, for I am a junior fashion/style editor and happened to have ordered it from an American
company in Florida called CD Europe. Their web address is http://www.cdeurope.com/Home.html The
cost is $12.95 plus $3.50 for shipping and handling. Total cost is $16.45. It will take about 3 to 4 weeks for
delivery. You can pay by credit card or send a check or money order. They will probably have the album
listed upon release. They have a big catalog of artists and titles, try them. I hope this has been helpful in
your quest. Any problems or results, let me know. Good Luck! Shakespear's Sister has always and will be
style conscious. Even in her Bananarama's days, Siobhan was always fashionable and trend setting.
Siobhan has a flair for fashion and style. After all, she was a graduate of a fashion school. Regards, Peter
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 22:57:14 -0400
From: Sefan
Subject: SS & MC Hi again. Thanks to Peter for letting me know about imports. I'll have to look
around. Also, what's this: > By the way, I just ordered a copy of the new Marcella Detroit > single-it's
called I Hate You Now! Do tell. A New Marcy single? Does she have a new LP coming? Sefan
ghuliani@remus.rutgers.edu ***********************************************
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 22:15:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Janine E. Harris"
Subject: Re: SSML-21, 19 June 1996.
The new Marcella Detroit single should be on it's way to me from England. I'll let you all know more about
it when it arrives. And yes it is called "I Hate you Now"!
Marc We shine for liberty, life, and the pursuit of pleasure...
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 03:01:16 -0700
From: dgarbuio@direct.ca (denny garbuio)
Subject: Marcella single?
I like the title! It seems like a battle now that the two singles coincide with pretty similar release dates! I
would like to know more about the new Marcella Detroit single as I really like her (although her album was
a bomb) but really liked Jewel. Can anyone give me more details as to a release date? Is it an import single?
Any album dates? Presumably, from the title I would hate to assume that this a song about Siobhan!
Another similar Bananarama/SS battle? It's too bad people just can't get along! It's just like relationships
(which is how the two described working together)--when it's a bad one sometimes it's hard to maintain a
friendship. I know my ex and I seem to have a vengeance towards one another! Denny I WANT SOME
NOW! **********************************************
Finally for now, the following is what I make out the lyrics to "Suddenly" to be. Any corrections
gratefully accepted. Mike.
Suddenly: Maybe I should simplify it Well I didn't care Why bother to deny it? You just happened to be
there I was just a sad survivor You made it clear But you took my indecision For something sinister
Suddenly we were more than an accident Magically we were Peters & Dean (???) Surgically way beyond
separation Tragically we just couldn't agree
Maybe I should clarify it /It was doomed from the start I gave you a starring role
But you tried to take my part And even as the stars are shining As we celebrate You know I can't help
thinking
What a cruel twist of fate
Suddenly....etc.
Oh god I like your sense of humour But I'll be looking out for it in future!
Oh babe I can't smile without you Can't smile when I'm blue If you only knew what I'm going through I just
can't smile (Then: Suddenly chorus overlayed with I can't smile without you etc.)
SSML-24, 25 June 1996
Hi everyone, If anyone misses any "issue" of the SSML, just let me know and I'll mail you another copy
(hence the numbering). And does anyone know what's happened to Sean Shafer?
(sshafer@olie.wvitcoe.wvnet.edu) His address doesn't seem to work anymore. Marcy now has a website
as well: http://www.marcelladetroit.com and an e-mail address: detroit@atlas.co.uk Thanks to Janine at the
SS fan club for this information.
Sad news from the UK with "I Can Drive" dropping out of the top 40 this week, after spending only 1 week
in the chart, at its debut position of no. 30. This will probably kill the idea of a CD-2 (perhaps they should
have released it sooner). It seems to be following the pattern of the first single from each album not doing
very well (i.e. Break My Heart and the original Goodbye Cruel World). We can only hope the pattern will
continue and the 2nd single be will a big success! Mike.
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:53:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sefan
Subject: REVIEW of SS
If anyone wants to send me a well-written review that you've written on any of the Shakespears
Sister/Marcella Detroit albums or concerts please do so. I'm looking for reviews for my new MUSIC
REVIEWS web site: http://remus.rutgers.edu/~ghuliani/reviews.html Perhaps a review of the new singles
would be nice! Sefan (Administrator of the Sheena Easton and Neneh Cherry Mailing Lists)
ghuliani@remus.rutgers.edu HTTP://remus.rutgers.edu/~ghuliani
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The following is a review of SS from James Masterton, who has a weekly chart analysis mailing
on the newsgroups (alt.music.uk?): 30 I CAN DRIVE (Shakespear's Sister) After a break of 3 years,
Siobhan Fahey reappears to reactivate her chart career. Now devoid of the distinctive vocals of Marcella
Detroit, Shakespear's Sister are now just a front for the former Bananarama singer. Quite what effect that
will have remains to be seen, part of the appeal of the group was the way the contrasting vocal styles of the
two ladies played off against one another. This new single is written by Siobhan, husband Dave Stewart
and one Robert Hodgens, the former lead singer of the Bluebells. The significance here is that Fahey and
Hodgens were together responsible for 'Young At Heart', the track that became a reissued Number One for
the Bluebells in 1993.
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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 13:02:45 -0400
From: PETER GONG <171423@newschool.edu>
Subject: Re: Sefan's Problem! -Reply
I haven't seen the clip with Siobhan. Knowing her past fashion flair, she will surprise us all. Just
take a look at the photos of her in the past, she actually stood out--the hair tied up in rags. She is nice gal.
A little misguided, but a talented one. There are some interesting comments made on the Bananarama's list
about Shakespear's Sister success without Marcella. Let us all remember that the SS was created by
Siobhan and I don't think it was her intention to be a duo. Marcella came along, they got along nicely until
Marcella asked to be more involved. Least of all, let us not forget that Marcella has not been successful
either way before Shakespear's Sister. It is true her voice complimented Siobhan's, but let's say Siobhan
will well without her. Look at Bananarama they are singing their old songs without the benefit of the third
persona. Call me a old "goody two shoes" I think only of the best in people. I see both sides of the issues
and realize that you have to know all the facts before you condemn anyone. Peter (the other "Peter")
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Special thanks to Diana de Bruin for a stack of additions to the SS discography, including the following:
ONE WORLD ONE VOICE 7" GE PROMO Virgin 113590 Part of the 'One world one voice' project,
together with Dave Stewart+Sp.Cowboys
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:48:23 +0100 (BST)
From: K Kwok
Subject: Re: Suddenly lyrics
Thanks very much for the lyrics, Mike ... I actually thought the first line was Suddenly You were
more than an EXIT ... but Accident makes a lot more sense. It's the second line that stumps me though .... it
DOES sound like Peter and Dean but what does that mean ? I love Suddenly and have been singing it as i
sashay my way down the corridors to tutorials, lectures etc and it's dead irritating not to be able to sing it
properly because i can't make out the words. And like i said, even though i don't like siobhan as a person, i
will not deny that she writes great music. her lyrics are especially ace. i think you're right though about her
and marcie ... it didn't work out but i don't think it was a very BITTER breakup ( like with the 'nans )
because i guess they were never really friends to begin with ie it had always been a professional rather than
personal relationship and these are easier to dissolve. I read an interview somewhere where Siobhan said
that Marcie was just ' someone i work with '. Which is all well and good - but that's what i like so much
about the nanas. It's the friendship between sara and keren that gets to me. i love ss music FAR more than
nana music but i think the nanas are far more interesting and fabber people ! Thanks again for the lyrics to
Suddenly Kei
SSML-25, 28 June 1996
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 23:31:24 -0400
From: "James T. Crawford"
Subject: SS
I checked out Marcy's site. [http://www.marcelladetroit.com] It is fairly plain at the moment but I'm sure it
will evolve considerably. One problem is that her e-mail address (detroit@atlas.co.uk) does not work, as I
tried to send a message and got a "DNS not here" kind of message. I hope she puts some pictures of herself
on the site as I have found very, very few of her.
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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 09:59:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: binkyq@interport.net (Peter Eatroff/Jeff Bankoff)
Subject: ss - Marcy Attacks
I've noticed a lot of Marcy bashing on both the Bananarama and Shakespears Sister list I feel I have to
respond.
Much as I love Siobhan (my FAV 'rama girl of all time.)... Marcella Detroit, AKA Marcy Levy, has been a
respected songwriter/musician/singer for many years. She did not use Siobhan Fahey as a wedge to get into
the music business. She WAS somewhere long before SS.
She's been writing songs for, and performing with people like Eric Clapton for ages. She co-wrote
"Lay Down Sally" with him. (Not that I like Eric Clapton, but he does have a pretty secure place in the
industry.) I know she also worked with Robin Gibb. > As far as I know both Jewel and her first solo album
did badly, but her other musical collaborations have been extremely successful. Her new single (I Hate You
Now) is brilliant, and you can really hear her part of the SS sound in it. I'm sorry to go off like that, but I
really think Marcy deserves her fair share of recognition both for her work with SS as well as her work
before.
>Peter (the first one)
>>PS. I've also seen an interview with her about the breakup of SS, and she was very gracious about the
whole thing. She mentioned how she found out that she was out of the band during Siobhan speech on that
award show, but she didn't sound overly bitter about it, just a little disappointed.
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The following is from Dominator's chart review [available at http://www.demon.co.uk/pastel/]: 30 NEW
ENTRY : Shakespear's Sister - I Can Drive *
Just when you thought Shakespear's Sister was over after the departure of co-vocalist Marcella Detroit, Mrs
Dave Stewart, Siobhan Fahey, is back better than ever with a song that's only slightly not as weird as most
of their offerings, but excellent all the same.
However, superb that it is, if it's only made No.30 on the first week out, I don't hold out much hope for it
doing better.
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This week it has dropped back to #50.....:-(
For those of us holding out for local release, the lack of sustained chart success is bad news. But who can
predict how record companies are going to act? Polygram Australia know that people are interested in SS,
as I have rung them several times. I have received a UK press release for I Can Drive, which I'll type out
in full for the next mailout.
Mike.
SSML-26, 2 July 1996
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:36:17 -0400
From: ar149@freenet.carleton.ca (Aya Shibahara)
Subject: I hate Siobhan!! >:(
binkyq@interport.net (Peter Eatroff) wrote:
>>I've noticed a lot of Marcy bashing on both the Bananarama and >Shakespears Sister list
Really?! Why?? :(
>I really think Marcy deserves >her fair share of recognition both for her work with SS as well as her
>work before.
*Yeah*!!! I am angry at Siobhan for continuing to use the Shakespears Sister name even after Marcy is
gone. As far as I am concerned, SS were *always* Siobhan *AND* Marcella, not one or the other! If she
wants to go solo, she should call herself "Siobhan Fahey", *not* "Shakespears Sister"!!! I don't care if she
invented the name. She alone is still not SS... The chemistry and contrast between the two personas was
absolutely *vital* to the sound and image of the group (yes, *group*). I've kept quiet 'til now, but the first
time I experienced Shakespears Sister was the video for "Goodbye Cruel World"-- and I just *know* I
wouldn't have been half as interested if it had just been Siobhan... Oh well. I just *knew*, sooner or later,
that sibling rivalry joke would become too real for comfort... :p
[Marcy]
>She mentioned how she found out that she was out of the band during Siobhan speech on that award
show, Oh my god-- that is really low!!! I can hardly believe it. That makes me even more angry... Siobhan
is no longer cool in my eyes. :(
>but she didn't sound overly bitter about it, just a little disappointed.
Even though I probably like Siobhan's musical style more than Marcy's, I think Marcy is probably much
cooler as a person. I don't know if I will buy any of Siobhan's new releases. Maybe second-hand. ;)
SubGirl
SSML-27, 5 July 1996
Hi everyone,
For those interested in Marcella Detroit, her e-mail address is now up and running: detroit@atlas.co.uk
Also, her website: http://www.marcelladetroit.com/
has now been updated and includes some more information on the new single etc.
Mike.
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Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 21:31:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Janine E. Harris"
Subject: Re: SSML-26, 2 July 1996.
Hi all!
I just got Marcella Detroit's new single in the mail. It's terrific! The a-side is called I Hate You Now and is
a bit of a dance track, while the b-side, Boy, is more guitar oriented. This single is on a new label for
Marcella. I guess she was dropped by London. Anyway, these are both great tracks, more of an alternative
sound. She could have gone so mainstream, this is such a relief! By the way, the lyrics don't seem to have
anything to do with Siobhan...
Marc
We are the makers of music... We are the dreamers of dreams.
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Date: Mon, 1 Ju1 1996 19:01:12 -0700
From: dgarbuio@direct.ca (denny garbuio)
Subject: Relax
There has not been a significant amount of Marcy bashing on here, so relax--I do like her, but Siobhan
should not be expected to change her name. The project was hers to begin with, and the new single is fab.
SS is as much an image thing which the 2 of them built up a great reputation. Why should she give that up?
It would be like saying that Sarah and Keren should not be called Bananarama anymore because one girl is
gone. Silly.
I do think however that Bananarama work best as a trio!
Denny
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The following is a press release from London Records. (Special thanks to Janine at the Fan Club):
Shakespears sister is Siobhan Fahey. Her band, her tunes, her words.
When Siobhan was a little girl, moving around various parts of Britain with her family and eventually
settling in sunny Suburbia, she felt strangely disconnected from her class mates and fearing the wrath of
God as only Catholic girls can, pop music was her solace. The strange and glamorous world of Bolan,
Bowie, Roxy and the like shone like a beacon in an otherwise lonely and isolated existence.
Following her move to the metropolis at the tail end of the seventies -hair bleached, with a passion for
fashion and a note pad full of lyrics -she hooked up with two similarly disenchanted young woman and
Bananarama were bizarrely born. The rest really is history -gimpy dancing, public displays of
drunkenness, chain-smoking, bad language and a reputation which cast fear into record company reps
Europe wide. These girls really were the original female Lads.
By the time Siobhan quit the Banana's in 1985, she had co-written 12 top 30 singles and five hit albums in
addition to tracks she had written with other artists, most notably The Bluebells hit Young At Heart (which
made it to No. 1 when re-released in '93).
Siobhan then moved to LA, wrote a whole bunch of songs, hooked up with producer Richard Feldman and
session singer Marcy Levy, and with a moniker stolen from a favourite Smiths record, she invented
Shakespears Sister.
1988 saw the release of the debut album Sacred Heart, which spawned the first big UK hit, You're History.
Shakespears Sister were truly on their way to that elusive place known as the kingdom of pop.
In 1992, Hormonally Yours was released to critical acclaim. The first single Goodbye Cruel World had
fans and pundits licking their lips in anticipation, and together with its award-winning video, signalled the
next phase of Shakespears Sister. When Stay was released at the start of '92, it took only two weeks to hit
the British Number 1 spot, where it remained for eight weeks. The subsequent success of Hormonally
Yours, both domestically and overseas, was a triumph for Siobhan, who was at last getting credit where it
was due.
By the end of the year, HY had sold nearly 2 million copies, Hello (Turn Your Radio On), became the
fourth hit single from the album and the band had completed three triumphant UK tours, a series of club
dates in the US and a European stint.
All the hard work was rewarded when in early 1993, Siobhan won an Ivor Novello award for The
Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection for HY. That same year the video for Stay picked up Best
Video at The Brits and at the Music Week Awards. It was an exceptional year for the duo but in the end
they found their 'musical differences' impossible to rectify and went their separate ways.
The new eponymously titled Shakespears Sister album will be released later this year. Recorded between
March and October '95 in London, the South of France and Woodstock USA, many of the songs were born
in Siobhan's tiny studio home in North London. Shakespears Sister unashamedly harks back to the music
she has listened to all her life - T-Rex, Roxy Music, early Bowie, The Smiths, seminal British pop at its
most persuasive. Lyrically, Siobhan gives us an almost disconcertingly intimate and candid glimpse into
her life and relationships. From the trilogy of Come And Get Me, I Don't Envy You and I'll Take Anything
where the curious inner world of the disaffected English schoolgirl is explored, to Oh Dear where Siobhan
takes an amused, fatalistic look at the wreckage caused in life, both literally and emotionally, on to
Opportunity Knockers, with its opening line "Here come those tired old tits again", Siobhan shows
tendency towards irony and dark humour.
"I've never been afraid to show my ugly side, to laugh at it" says Siobhan. "So many songwriters seem to
write from a superior standpoint, about nobility and righteousness. I positively eschew that. I've always had
a very uncomfortable relationship with fame".
Produced by Siobhan, Dave Stewart and Alan Moulder and Flood, the album is steadfastly independent
from any scene and as impossible to pigeon hole as one would now expect from Shakespears Sister.
The release of SS is preceded in May by the single I Can Drive - a positive female anthem which declares
I'm in control/I'm driving this car/I'm back in no uncertain terms.
The uncrowned queen of British glam is back -and despite a growing musical maturity she (happily) shows
no signs at all of growing up.
April 1996. London Recordings.
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SSML-28, 6 July 1996
From: Sarah Mager (smm@pequod.otago.ac.nz)
> [Mike] Thanks for the SS press release feedback. I'll have to put out
> another SSML issue very soon, as I forgot to say all typos in the press release were actually there. eg.
saying she left Bananarama in 1985 Or is there something deeper there? Didn't Siobhan want to leave
before WOW, but the other two convinced her to stay??
> Suspicious M.
My understanding of the whole fiasco was that the band nearly split in 1985 (ahh!) cas they were so
disillusioned and didn't want to release anything but were revitalised and reinspired to give it another go
hopped on the bandwagon once again and got lucky but it was while recording Wow in 1986 that things hit
a head again with pete and siobhan being at each others throats - one argument was the blatant materialism
content of strike it rich....it was against what she believed in....S&K must've done some bloody fast talking
to get that recorded....
S.
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Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 11:47:30 +1200 (NZST)
From: sarah mager
Subject: Re: SSML-27, 5 July 1996.
> By the time Siobhan quit the Banana's in 1985, she had > co-written 12 top 30 singles and five hit albums
in addition to > tracks she had written with other artists, most notably The > Bluebells hit Young At Heart
(which made it to No. 1 when > re-released in '93).
Excuse me? Left Bananarama in 1985? Someone made a little bit of a blunder...the announcement and final
performance came in March of 1988 - where'd 1985 come from. Someone should smack London Records
good and proper for that one! And, i only make it *8* top 30 UK singles ("cheers then", "cruel summer",
'Robert de Niro's waiting", "rough justice", "i heard a rumour", "love in the first degree", "i cant help it" and
"i want you back") and even then, "I want you back" was released after she left, so in context that should
not be included either. Stupidly their count number includes "More than Physical" and "Hot line to
heaven" that weren't top 30's at all (41 and 58 respectively!), the remainder of Bananarama singles released
in the UK (aie a mwana, it ain't what you do, really saying something, shy boy, na na hey hey, do not
disturb, venus, a trick of the night) are penned by either others or their producers to get the figure *12* do
not disturb and a trick of the night also need to be included (both are written by Jolley & Swain). Stupid
stupid stupid record company!
> 1988 saw the release of the debut album Sacred Heart, which spawned the first big UK >hit, You're
History. Shakespears Sister were truly on their way to that elusive place >known as the kingdom of pop.
Again, I thought the album was released in 1989, and only Break my heart was released in 1988 in the U.S.
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The following was lifted from Marcella Detroit's web site
http://www.marcelladetroit.com/
where she comments on the her new single "I Hate You Now", and forthcoming album "Feeler". It's
interesting to note she's gone the Bananarama-route of going independent.....:
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Two weeks ago, Radio One made some kind of comment intimating that this song was about my ex-
partner, Ms. Fahey. However, it is not. We haven't spoken in four years and everything I write about is
very current. I f I were to harbor feelings like that for four years I would be feeling quite ill by now ! ! !
The real thing it's about, is absolute frustration, the feeling that no matter what you do for someone, it's
never good enough; you feel you are always trying to win them over and it is exhausting, draining and not a
lot of fun.
It's a great release to be able to say this, it's almost like a kid might say: "I hate you know" in the heat of
the moment and being able to do so, they can let go of it and move on.
Enough of that ! - HAPPY - the most exciting thing about this new album of mine is a real sense of
freedom. I'm no longer on London Records - my manager managed to negotiate me off the label and
suggested that we start our own label without the corporation "beefcake" flexing it's all consuming muscle
behind us.
So we are now independent ! ! ! risky, but very exciting, almost like bungee jumping ! !
Now - is great !
I have a new band with a kickin' rhythm section - all female - and play their tails off ! ! ! We're gearing up
to do some gigs in the U.K. around the release of my second single, probably sometime at the beginning of
August. So keep eyes and ears peeled for venues, dates etc. they'll be announced here as well.
I'll be updating this weekly so keep your antennae out baby ! ! !
Wishing you joy peace and happiness always... sincerely yours,
Marcy D . .
SSML-29, 17 July 1996
Hi everyone,
Apologies for the lateness of this mailout.
The single "I Can Drive" continues to slip down the UK chart, falling to #113 (for the week ending 13
July) from 73 (total 4 weeks on chart so far).
Marcella's single "I Hate You Now" debuted at #107 but appears to have dropped out of the Top 200 for
the week ending 13 July. This is possibly due to the fact that the single appears on an independent label,
Triple AAA. If you want to contact Marcy for more information, the e-mail address is:
detroit@atlas.co.uk
and the web site is at: http://www.marcelladetroit.com/
At this stage, overseas distribution for Marcy's album and single
is still being worked out. Thanks to Janine at the SS fan club for the following information:
Siobhan was recording for the next single in late June/early July (presumably a b-side??). The title was
not known as of 2nd July. However, it will be released in early August. An article on Siobhan appeared in
the July/August edition of the UK magazine "Arena", which presumably replaced the planned feature for
the Sept. edition. Siobhan was going to do 3 gigs during July, and was going to appear at the Gay Pride
Festival in London on 3rd July. Marcy was going to play as well, but was in Japan. Siobhan was due to
perform on the main stage right before Bananarama! The Narnas did perform, but it's unknown whether
Siobhan did....... Anyone know?? It's nice to think that Siobhan may have performed with the Narnas at
such an event....
Mike.
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Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 12:23:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: sha dewa
Subject: Help!!!
Hi, I was wondering if there is anybody out there who has the CD singles to "You're History",
"Run Silent", "Dirty Mind" and "Hello", and also the "Sacred Heart" video. I'd love to buy them off you, if
possible. I just came from the HMV in town, and the computer tells me that the aforementioned titles were
all discontinued, and it would mean a great deal to me if anyone out there is able to help me out. Even the
import stores in town can't get them anymore. :( I've tried the other people on the Internet, but they
haven't got them either (Sarah Manger was one of the people I tried). If you could help me out of this small
dilemma, I'm eternally grateful. My e-mail address is sdewa@chat.carleton.ca
I really appreciate your help. Thank you so very much!!
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 19:51:53 -0500
From: "Kenneth M. Walsh"
Subject: Re: SS album
-- [ From: Kenneth M. Walsh * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --
Hey all! Still anxiously awaiting my special order of "I Can Drive" -- the place from where I ordered it
couldn't afford their shipment today (it was in that shipment) so it was returned to sender until they get the
money together. Oh well, this is the life of a Siobhan fan in Washington, DC ... That SS press release says
that the album was recorded in the Spring of 1995 ... what's the deal? How long does it take to mix,
remaster an album? Is there an official release date now? I ordered the Hormonally Yours video
(impossible to find here) from 1-800-
ASK-TOWER a couple of weeks ago ... they say it's still in the computer, but that doesn't guarantee that it
exists (whatever that means). Anyone know where else it can be found?
-- Kenneth
SSML-30, 24 July 1996
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 18:54:00 -0500
From: "Kenneth M. Walsh"
Subject: SS in Washington, DC
Finally got my "I Can Drive" CD -- ended up having a friend in NYC get it for me at the Virgin
Megastore. It's really strange, but I guess everyone's saying it takes some getting used to. The
artwork/packaging is wonderful though (style over substance?) I also got my Hormonally Yours video.
"Goodbye Cruel World" is the best ... Siobhan was born to play Norma Desmond! The other videos (I had
never seen any of them) weren't so hot, especially "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" -- kind of lame. I really
got to know HY before Sacred Heart, but now that I have SH on CD, I can't get over how much better it is.
I hope Siobhan doesn't continue in the Hormonally Yours style -- although the new single doesn't really
sound like either. All for now. Kenneth Walsh in Washington, DC
P.S. Is it true Bananarama and SS each performed in London recently?
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Well, Kenneth, here's your answer(s)!:
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:21:52 +0100
From: Miles Irving
Subject: Re: Bananarama
Unfortunately I did not see SS at all. I think the narnas where sandwiched between JX and Sybil, But I was
quite drunk and cannot remember the exact running order as for the after concert, I was forced to go home
otherwise I may have been sick! But Bananarama were most excellent! Siobhan was recently on TOTP
with I can drive which was a flop here. SS may have been there but I cannot confirm it for you.
miles
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 12:01:56 -0700
From: dgarbuio@direct.ca (denny garbuio)
Subject: SS and Gay Pride
Yes SS did perform at the London Gay Pride event!! My friend was on holiday there and said she sounded
terrible!! YIKES!! Well I have the concert CD and it's quite good I think, although Marcy has stronger
vocals. Said to hear both of the girls' singles aren't doing so well!! And Bananarama were performing at a
club with Kylie and Dannii. They only sang 4 songs (pitiful!) but the crowd went wild. Gay people are so
much fun and have always been loyal to the Nanans!! I wish I were there with them!!
He even took some pics which I have yet to see!
Denny
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Here's an anonymous review of the SS single:
Well there's a bit of a disparity among fans on what they think of it actually. Personally I thought the first
time that I heard "I Can Drive" that it was very poor and not very good at all, but after some diehard
playing about 6 or 10 times later I decided that it was actually very >very good. Lyrically it's quite a
spectacle actually. the starting music >is quite dull very typical early seventies sounding but near the end
the song gets a big breath of life and gets remarkably fabulous. Of >course, its done to sound like a serious
song by serious musicians so is a little predictable. The b-side "Oh no its michael" sounds very similar to
the material dave stewart recorded with Tom Petty in fact it >sounds very much like a Tom Petty song its
got some classic lyrics in it though...I like it lots but most fans have said unkind things about it... and the
third new song that is on the CDsingle is "Suddenly" which will >be on the new album. Personally
everyone I have spoken to about it thinks that this track is instantly likeable think of Siobhan trying her
hardest to sound like Chryssie Hynde of the Pretenders with a beat not > all that dissimilar to "Primitive
love" with an overdose of "Hot love" >and T-rex compositions and you've got an idea what Suddenly
sounds like. >Its fabulous but its appeal does wane a little. When I played I Can >Drive to a friend the first
thing she said was ..." I didn't know Phoebe > [..aka "Friends" TV show and the fabulous "smelly cat"
fame!] had >released another song..." sarcastic cow!
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And thanks to Omar for relaying the following message to him from Marcy and her people. Her address
is: detroit@atlas.co.uk
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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 15:37:34 -0700
From: Omar Jundi
Well...here it is!!! Oh and the subject line is because in my letter to them I
said "MARCELLA IS THE BEST!!!"....haha...and MARCY reads all her letter, now that is COOL!!
I just sent them a response!! okay gotta go, talk to you later!!.....
PEACE, ;)
OMAR
To:
From: detroit@atlas.co.uk (detroitmusic)
Subject: no you are the best...i insist
dear omar
thanks so much for your flattering comments...i will take them as they are intended and bow down to your
obvious good taste. the single as far as we know wont be released in canada yet but hopefully by the time
the l.p. comes out we will have distribution worked out and you'll be able to "pop" down to your local store
and take it home in a yummy goody bag. all details will obviously be posted on the internet as and when
but keep writing and letting us know how you feel about the detroit girl and her post sister muses. marcy is
totally buzzed up and blown away by the responses of people like yourself and now it's time to spread the
word across the globe. keep watching listening and writing. yes yes yes marcy sees all of her mail and this
reply is direct to you after she read your e-mail....
sincerely peace buddabones&pinky
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