Posted October 1, 200717 yr 25 YEARS OF RECORD COLLECTING: MUSICAL MEMORIES 1982 - 2007 11. ‘Sunsonic (Juno Reactor/ the Flowerpot Men)’ “It’s a kind of loving, Push I keep shoving” Comprising of Ben ‘Juno Reactor’ Watkins and Adam Peters, this duo, which you might also know from the mid 1980s when they were ‘the Flowerpot Men’, could be described as sounding like a late 80s/early 1990s ‘Bodyrockers’, in the way that some of their records sound like a cross between ‘INXS’ and ‘the Beloved’ to me. Actually I guess the comparison would be nearer to ‘the Beloved’ especially since ‘Kind Of Loving’ was very much like ‘The Sun Rising’ and a record like indie-dance stomper ‘Roll My Body’ was similar to ‘Hello’. Unfortunately, I suppose in pop there’s only room for a ‘relatively small’ number groups to get noticed by the masses and ‘the Beloved’ were the ones who were ‘chosen’ to became famous, but that’s not to say that ‘Sunsonic’ were not as good as Marsh and Waddington’s records, they are both equally as great in my opinion. However, when ‘The Bodyrockers’ failed to follow up their massive Top 10 hit I hoped that they too had a copy of ‘Melting Down On Motor Angel’ as tracks like ‘Crazy’, ‘Driveaway’ and the aforementioned ‘Roll My Body’ would have given them another hit as Sunsonic’s sound seemed to have paved the way for their records almost 17 years latter. 25 YEARS OF RECORD COLLECTING: MUSICAL MEMORIES 1982 - 2007
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