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Post by Cartman on Aug 21, 2023 6:31:14 GMT
Another strange collaboration which worked was Marc Almond and Gene Pitney with Somethings gotten hold of my heart. It was about the same time as the KLF/Tammy Wynette one.
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Post by Del Boy on Aug 21, 2023 13:40:30 GMT
Yes, that one seemed to come out of nowhere. I think Gene Pitney had a career boost for a few years off the back of the single.
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Post by Dirty Epic on Aug 21, 2023 20:58:10 GMT
One for you, DE, Justified and Aincent by KLF and Tammy Wynette. The most strange collaboration ever, but I strangely like it ROFL,  it's certainly a weird collaboration in fact Tammy seemed to enjoy working with them as much as Cauty and Drummond did with getting her to work with them. There's a urban legend that Whitney Houston and her record company (Arista) were very enthusiastic about working with the KLF on her next album around 1989-91 after hearing KLF's JAM's offshoots single 'Whitney Joins the JAM's' which heavily sampled 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Joins_the_JAMsWith The KLF anything/everything is a bit of a stretch of truth but they convinced Tammy Wynette to work with them and a Whitney collaboration would have been very, very interesting.  As for 'Justified and Ancient' it's okay(ish) but can take it or leave it preferred their 'Pure Trance' stuff before they blew up in 1990-91 with the chart hits a bit like The Shamen pre-Boss Drum/Ebeneezer Goode for me. |
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Post by Dirty Epic on Aug 28, 2023 20:00:21 GMT
Suzanne Vega's 'Left of Center' and 'Luka' are a couple I quite like from an artist I don't mind but not really a big fan of. I liked these more than the original 'Tom's Diner' but then came the DNA remix which took it to #1 in the UK. |
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Post by Cartman on Mar 8, 2024 22:30:04 GMT
I didn't particularly like Five Star, but I do quite like Rain or Shine. To me it has a vaguely early 70s sound, sounded a bit like something The Jackson Five might have done
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Post by Dirty Epic on Mar 9, 2024 10:26:26 GMT
I didn't particularly like Five Star, but I do quite like Rain or Shine. To me it has a vaguely early 70s sound, sounded a bit like something The Jackson Five might have done You didn't make that call to Going Live in 1989 did you Carty?  Five Star, heard better/heard worse they weren't that bad compared to some of the manufactured dross which emerged in the 2000's on in hindsight. |
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Post by Del Boy on Mar 12, 2024 21:53:01 GMT
Five Star scored big with the singles and album they had out around 86 -87 ?
They seemed to go out of fashion quickly when dance records and SAW stuff dominated the charts from 88 onwards.
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it's certainly a weird collaboration in fact Tammy seemed to enjoy working with them as much as Cauty and Drummond did with getting her to work with them.
