+ 0 - 0 | § ¶Agadoo all over again!!!
According to the BBC, "Black Lace hit Agadoo, named the worst song of all time by a panel of music writers, is being re-released 25 years after it hit number two."The original version of Agadoo charted in the UK in 1984 thus single-handedly giving the lie to the rumour that the ‘80s was a cool and sophisticated decade!
The video for Agadoo (Mambo 2009 remix) was directed by Bruce Jones, who played Coronation Street's Les Battersby. Black Lace singer Dene Michael said: "With all the doom and gloom in the world, this is just what we need."
Just to get you into the mood, why not pop your handbags on the floor, guys and gals, and dance around to the fabulous original...
+ 0 - 0 | § ¶Spotify - Listen to the 80s (and more) online
If you haven’t already tried it you really should give Spotify a whirl. This is the latest thing in online listening. Like some other services, it lets you search for tracks and listen to your own selections for free. Unlike most services it doesn’t all take place inside a web browser. Spotify has its own slick user interface. Best of all, the music selection is phenomenal - everything from the mainstream classics to really obscure artists (how about The Silicon Teens?), and it also covers pop, jazz, classical, country and more...The music quality is great and it’s really fast. The free version includes some advertising but (so far, anyway) not too much. Certainly a lot less than most commercial radio stations. The free version is currently available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France and Spain. In most other countries Spotify Premium (advertising free) is available for purchase (about £10 a month).
Needless to say, I’m far too mean to pay. But then again, I am very happy with the free version:
http://www.spotify.com/
+ 0 - 0 | § ¶Spandau Ballet Tour Dates
Just announced...October 2009:
13th – The O2 Dublin
14th – Odyssey Arena, Belfast
16th – Sheffield Arena
17th – Glasgow SECC
20th – London O2 Arena
24th – Birmingham
26th – Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
28th – Manchester MEN Arena
http://www.spandauballet.com/news/reformation-tour-uk-tour-worl/
+ 0 - 0 | § ¶Reformation - the return of Spandau Ballet
Yup! It's official. Spandau Ballet split in 1989 after a feud which ended up in the High Court in 1999 over song royalties. But now, according to singer, Tony Hadley..."The boys are back in town and we can't wait. It's going to be brilliant, we're very excited. But it will be very different to how we used to be. "Obviously there'll be all the hits, the nostalgia, but there will also be a new take on what Spandau Ballet are about..."
More on the BBC News site
+ 0 - 0 | § ¶Kylie Won't Sing Pet Shop Boys...
So they'll sing it themselves!According to the BBC...
When the Pet Shop Boys wrote tracks for Kylie Minogue a couple of years ago, they did not get so much as a "thanks but no thanks".
"We never heard anything back," explains Neil Tennant. "I think every songwriter in London wrote songs for Kylie's last album.
"When we were on tour, we had two male backing singers and both had submitted songs for Kylie's album as well. They never heard anything either."
Chris Lowe, Tennant's partner in the durable pop duo, adds flatly: "We won't be doing it again."
They did not know it at the time, but being blanked by Kylie was a blessing in disguise.
The Boys kept one of her songs for themselves, and the process of penning potential hits for Kylie inspired them to write some of their most poptastic material of recent years.
Read more: on the BBC web site
