Posted September 5, 200717 yr Had some classic songs in the late 80's early 90s Cuddly Toy Family Man This Generation Only Wanna Be With You Anybody else like thier music?
September 5, 200717 yr Cuddly Toy was just annoying - rest of it was instantly forgettable. And it wasn't a band - it was a he. Edited September 5, 200717 yr by grebo69
September 8, 200717 yr nope, cant remember him tbh Had some classic songs in the late 80's early 90s Cuddly Toy Family Man This Generation Only Wanna Be With You Anybody else like thier music? isnt Roachford a he rather than a their? well there's a picture of Roachford on page 10 of this weeks issue of Music Week and Roachford refers to one bloke (reviewed next to Betty Boo). however if you've seen the record in the shop its Roachford vs Carl Kennedy. Pity it can't be Roachford vs DJ Karl Kennedy. that might have been an interesting video http://www.backpackerking.com.au/images/alan_fletcher,0.jpg http://img.kelkoo.com/uk/medium/885/804/162617130268880917995717092680753804885.jpg also on the zoo magazine album i think
September 10, 200717 yr You missed Roachfords biggest and best hit.... Lay Your Love On Me...awesome song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdb8bccyXDk
September 10, 200717 yr You missed Roachfords biggest and best hit.... Lay Your Love On Me...awesome song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdb8bccyXDk Was this in Australia? In the UK his biggest hit was Cuddly Toy.
September 14, 200717 yr And it wasn't a band - it was a he. Great band, great artist. If I remember correctly ‘Roachford’ referred to the name of the band for the first few albums (from the debut to ‘A Permanent Shade of Blue’) and then Andrew Roachford was marketed as a solo artist under the 'Roachford' name for the ‘Feel’ album even though many of the previous members of the band appeared on that record too. In fact I think it was Sony Columbia’s intention to market him as the black Robbie Williams around the mid to late 1990s. I think it was a single off the ‘Feel’ album called ‘Naked Without You’ which was supposed to be his ‘Angels’ and would re-launch the parent album with a massive top ten hit. However I think the single stalled at about number 58 and I think that was the last ‘regular’ release on Sony for him. I think he has been releasing quite a number of albums on his own independent record label over the last ten years. I haven’t heard any of his more recent albums, but I believe he has taken a more ‘Britsoul’ approach to his work rather than the old ‘funk-rock’ sound that everybody knew from the debut. I think he probably sounds more like ‘Lynden David Hall’ or ‘Eternal’ now than someone like ‘Lenny Kravitz’ or ‘TTD’.
September 14, 200717 yr I'm fairly sure Andrew Roachford like Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Simply Red & Jamiroquai he was originally the lead singer/songwriter who fronted the band who eventually became the only permanent member of the "band". I have his Roachford File - singles compiliation album. He was OK 1990s blue-eyed soul. My favourite track by him was The Way I Feel (sadly no Youtube video available).
September 14, 200717 yr I'm fairly sure Andrew Roachford like Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Simply Red & Jamiroquai he was originally the lead singer/songwriter who fronted the band who eventually became the only permanent member of the "band". With 'Simply Red' and 'Jamiroquai' it is hard to say whether all the band were signed or just the front man with extras on wages (for example I think 'Del Amitri' were actually a duo with hired hands). I don't know if the frontman was singled out due to marketing or if there was still a unit there. It could be like 'Adam Ant' where it is still the same duo behind the hits solo and band, or like 'OMD' and 'ABC' where at one point only the singer remained (the former had anywhere from 4 to 7 members in the 80s and then just Andy with help from Stuart Kershaw, whilst 'ABC' went down to Martin in the 1990s, and are a duo now)
September 15, 200717 yr Was this in Australia? In the UK his biggest hit was Cuddly Toy. I don't think Cuddly Toy was a hit here in Oz. Only to be with You and This Generation were also hits here.
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