April 12Apr 12 Author Haha- I was thinking that as i listened to it. It certainly has great elements of Italio dance music in it and musically it's great- the lyrics though....
April 12Apr 12 Agree, silly but catchy, didn't know they were sisterslove Paradise City, great single from GNR, the UK was kinda slow in appreciating themSoul II Soul I liked but never loved
April 12Apr 12 That’s a pretty decent top 10 there. Love Like a Prayer obvs and glad to see it make the top, but also really like Donna Summer, Paula Abdul, Soul II Soul and Guns n Roses… plus agree that the Reynolds Girls is okay too, so bad it’s good territory
April 12Apr 12 Author In other news I have 5 of the top 10 on 7" and let's just say it doesn't include Madonna, Gloria or Paula!
April 13Apr 13 I find the Reynolds Girls story so fascinating, in that they've been completely untraceable since and nobody knows where they are or what they're doing. I think their experience in the music industry must have really scarred them.
April 13Apr 13 Author 1ST APRILCliff did it at Christmas and now Madonna does it at Easter, yes she’s grabbed the double this week with “Like A Prayer” topping both the single and albums charts and in doing so she becomes the first lady to manage this feat twice with only Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston ever managing it even once, her previous occasion was back in 1986 when “Papa Don’t Preach” and “True Blue” held sway, it also marks just the second time that a female solo act can claim three No 1 albums (Kate Bush did it first). It came at a price though, that price was singles sales with the single dropping to 72,097 copies bringing its three week tally to 247,095 copies, we’ll recap the ten best sellers of the year next week but expect to see it feature! Jason Donovan proves the naysayer’s wrong by clinging on to the runner up spot for another week selling 59,092 in the process and though the chasing pack in a static top 5 grow closer there shouldn’t be many changes next week with Donna Summer (48,586), Paula Abdul (44,727) and Soul II Soul (31,518) all way off beam.Indeed the only new track in the top 10 comes from Canadian duo Kon Kan, they’ve been inspired by the Pet Shop Boys remake of “Always On My Mind” coupled with the sampling trend on many of today’s biggest hits to create “I Beg Your Pardon”. It lifts the chorus of Lynn Anderson’s 1971 No 3 hit “Rose Garden” and throws in samples from Silver Convention and Spagna (!) to create one of the more unusual hits in the charts. It was a minor hit in Canada last year but when band member and DJ Barry Harris played the song at a club he was DJing at, it was heard by a record label worker who took copies back to New York and started spinning it and it is now a US top 20 single and a hit here as it lifts 17-10 (19,091) to enable the track to be the highest charting song by a Canadian act since Trans X four years ago. Some movement elsewhere, Guns N Roses continue to rise 8-6 (27,030) with the album “Appetite For Destruction climbing 25-14 to reach a new peak as well, Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine hold at No 7 for a third week selling 25,262 with a S/A/W double of Reynolds Girls climbing 10-8 (23,936) and Bananarama falling 6-9 (19,737) completing the big sellers.1- LIKE A PRAYER- Madonna (72,097)2- TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS- Jason Donovan (59,092)3- THIS TIME I KNOW IT’S FOR REAL- Donna Summer (48,586)4- STRAIGHT UP- Paula Abdul (44,727)5- KEEP ON MOVIN- Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler (31,518)6- PARADISE CITY- Guns N Roses (27,030)7- CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM YOU- Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine (25,262)8- I’D RATHER JACK- The Reynolds Girls (23,936)9- HELP- Bananarama/ Lananeeneenoonoo (19,737)10- I BEG YOUR PARDON- Kon Kan (19,091)
April 13Apr 13 Author 16 minutes ago, Bjork said:did they ever release a 2nd single or just Id rather jack?They sure didNot S/A/W written or produced.
April 13Apr 13 I Beg Your Pardon is a decent track. It’s quite New Order in style, but spliced with more pop elements… I liked it a lot at the time
April 13Apr 13 oh my the wiki x Reynolds girls is hilarioushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reynolds_GirlsAfter their brief success in 1989 with "I'd Rather Jack", The Reynolds Girls had a public falling out with Pete Waterman, who accused them of being difficult.They parted ways with PWL, saying they wanted to direct their own careers. The girls self-released a second single, "Get Real", funded by their parents remortgaging their family house, but the song failed to chart.The duo have not made any real media appearance since. In a documentary about PWL that aired in 2012, the people interviewed admitted that the single was indeed a tongue-in-cheek response to the critics, and in part did ruin the siblings' career after they'd recorded it. It is unknown what happened to them after that and they could not be traced for a 2012 PWL reunion concert.In 2013, ITV started a search for the sisters, so they could appear in a commemorative documentary about Stock, Aitken and Waterman As of 2022, their whereabouts remain unknown.
April 13Apr 13 So essentially they crossed Pete Waterman and have since mysteriously disappeared? Google says that they are part of the mystery of the "lost PWL artists". Sounds like a Harlan Coben tv adaptation in the making.
April 13Apr 13 They really did disappear but it would be lovely to get an interview from them or even know if they are still friends/in touch with each other.
April 13Apr 13 Parents remortgaging their house for a #173 peak with an flipping awful song.I hope, as sisters, they are still in touch with each other.That photo of Madonna is pretty stunning.Kon Kan isn't a bad song, but it took too long to get to the chorus.
April 13Apr 13 'I Beg Your Pardon' is great - I discovered it before 'Rose Garden' and really like that too.The Reynolds Girls' disappearance is a little disturbing - I vaguely remember the song from the time.
April 14Apr 14 Texas, great under-appreciated band of the 90's, and this Americana debut was a good'un, S Express still sounding good, Jason Donovan's was OK, but got a bit annoying after a while, and Gloria Estefan ballads are fine by me anytime, love her voice and this should have been a hit first time round - it was for me! Jason is starring in a travelling Rocky Horror Picture Show at the moment, I would pay to see him sing Sweet Transvestite, already paid to see him in Priscilla! Bananarama's Help cover was fab, loved the video: "Pete I'm a bit toppy!" Living In A Box a big chrt-topper for me, love it. Also love Like A Prayer and This Time I Know It's For Real but they take me back to March 1989 too much, it was a terrible month, my grandma was in hospital seriously ill in Liverpool and a twat crashed into my car during heavy hailstorms on the M5 driving back from the hospital, caving in the back end as I went spinning round onto the hard shoulder - which meant I didnt get back to see grandma before she suddenly died the week after these charts. Bad times never go away in the memory.Straight Up is OK, never a fan of her voice though, Paradise City is fine, Keep On Movin' a soul gem and I'd Rather Jack was the record on the radio when I got crashed into, so frankly I'd rather Fleetwood Mac.
April 14Apr 14 I would totally love a sorta doc/tv program tracking old one hit wonders likewhat happened to Reynolds Girls? like let's go meet Glen Medeiros who now is a teacher etc
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