songs you haven't heard in ages

[80sChav]

From the 80s Mike and The Mechanics - The Living Years and as I said in my Dusty Springfield thread last night - Reputation and all the others she had with The Pet Shop Boys like Nothing Has Been Proved, In Private etc - though I have played these classics too - though not much

[Richard1978]

I still kind of like C'est la vie. Would it qualify as a guilty pleasure?

I like it as well, I can't think it's unusual enough to count as a guilty pleasure.

[Richard1978]

That's right - apparently, back in 1978 a DJ played the B-side by mistake. The listeners enjoyed it so much that other stations started to play it and it went back up the charts when Babylon was about to quit the Top 40. And it stayed there for 40 weeks in total back in 1978.

It was number four in my birth week charts.

It's normally a single that has underperformed in the charts that gets flipped so the B-side is played in the hope it does better, rather than one which was a Number 1.

[dannyboy]

Ironic that it was from a musical, even though the act's name was also a name of one!

That'll be the musical that your man Oliver Reed also appeared in as well. Also, if you're looking for meaningful lyrics, check out " oom pah pah " . The connections never stop?

[George 1978]

Ironic that it was from a musical, even though the act's name was also a name of one!

[dannyboy]

Glibby-gloop-gloopy, nibby-nobby-noopy [sic] - a huge mondegreen. Now, what was all that about? More like Oliver Reed than Oliver to be honest!

And I assume that "Oliver" wasn't Oliver Twist the musical?

Nope, it was actually from "Hair" so he was probably focusing more physically than lyrically. It's not one I play to be honest.

[George 1978]

Good morning starshine - Oliver

Glibby-gloop-gloopy, nibby-nobby-noopy [sic] - a huge mondegreen. Now, what was all that about? More like Oliver Reed than Oliver to be honest!

And I assume that "Oliver" wasn't Oliver Twist the musical?

[George 1978]

Yes, it was originally the B side. Rivers of Babylon started to drop down the charts but stations started to play the B side. It rose back up the charts but didn't quite reach the top spot. So it was still the B side even at number two in the charts. Surprised to hear it gets less play than their other hits.

Gotta go home was probably my favourite of theirs.

That's right - apparently, back in 1978 a DJ played the B-side by mistake. The listeners enjoyed it so much that other stations started to play it and it went back up the charts when Babylon was about to quit the Top 40. And it stayed there for 40 weeks in total back in 1978.

It was number four in my birth week charts.

[dannyboy]

The PA system in my local Asda sometimes has some odd songs.

Today It's C'est Le Vie by Robbie Nevil & By Your Side by The Eurythmics, which I haven't heard outside of my music collection for years.

I still kind of like C'est la vie. Would it qualify as a guilty pleasure?

[Richard1978]

The PA system in my local Asda sometimes has some odd songs.

Today It's C'est Le Vie by Robbie Nevil & By Your Side by The Eurythmics, which I haven't heard outside of my music collection for years.

[dannyboy]

Okay, I'll chuck three off the top of my head. When I was an " infant" it seemed like these were on constantly.
Pass me by - Peggy Lee
Good morning starshine - Oliver
Don't let the rain fall down - The Serendipity Singers.

Yeah, I'm getting on a bit!

[dannyboy]

Brown Girl in the Ring hardly gets any airtime, probably because it was a B-side originally.

Yes, it was originally the B side. Rivers of Babylon started to drop down the charts but stations started to play the B side. It rose back up the charts but didn't quite reach the top spot. So it was still the B side even at number two in the charts. Surprised to hear it gets less play than their other hits.

Gotta go home was probably my favourite of theirs.

[George 1978]

I did like Ma Baker too

Brown Girl in the Ring hardly gets any airtime, probably because it was a B-side originally.

[aawemainu]

I used to listen to local FM radio a lot in the late '80s and early '90s, and I've recently been re-discovering some of the songs that these stations had a love affair with at the time, but didn't usually make it very far up the charts. mobdro 2022

[culnara]