A review of "Bananarama: Greatest Hits".
Bananarama was one of the more entertaining pop bands
of the 80's. Three girls who couldn't really dance, and probably couldn't sing
either, but they were great fun!
Bananarama should be taken with a grain of salt. They were parodied by another band, the equally unforgettable La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo. And yes, the original and the parody actually recorded a single together, marked Comic Relief (apparently a quite serious charity).
Are you with me so far?
This greatest hits album contains all the songs we 80's freaks love (and sometimes love to hate): "Venus", "Cruel Summer", "I heard a rumour", "Love in the first degree" (smart lyrics for a pop song) and "I want you back". But the most 80-esque song is, of course, "Robert De Niro's Waiting", a pop turkey typical of the period. You know it's not *really* a good song, and yet you can't stop listening to it...
Talk about being a pop junkie!
This album also contains "Help", Bananarama's and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo's cover of a Beatles classic. Please-please-help-me and watch the video clip on Youtube - and don't forget to read the comments. Apparently, some punks who believe The Beatles were Divine are (still!) really upset about this song. When will they realize that Siobhan, Keren and Sara were only joking? Not to mention French & Saunders.
Incidentally, Siobhan Fahey created the most irrelevant head lines of the period when she married Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. Maybe I was stupid as a teen, but I never really understood the news value of it all...
That being said, this is definitely the album for those of us who don't associate the 80's with Depeche Mode, New Order, The Smiths and other such pseudo-pretentious bands made in Britain!
Recommended.
;-)
Bananarama should be taken with a grain of salt. They were parodied by another band, the equally unforgettable La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo. And yes, the original and the parody actually recorded a single together, marked Comic Relief (apparently a quite serious charity).
Are you with me so far?
This greatest hits album contains all the songs we 80's freaks love (and sometimes love to hate): "Venus", "Cruel Summer", "I heard a rumour", "Love in the first degree" (smart lyrics for a pop song) and "I want you back". But the most 80-esque song is, of course, "Robert De Niro's Waiting", a pop turkey typical of the period. You know it's not *really* a good song, and yet you can't stop listening to it...
Talk about being a pop junkie!
This album also contains "Help", Bananarama's and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo's cover of a Beatles classic. Please-please-help-me and watch the video clip on Youtube - and don't forget to read the comments. Apparently, some punks who believe The Beatles were Divine are (still!) really upset about this song. When will they realize that Siobhan, Keren and Sara were only joking? Not to mention French & Saunders.
Incidentally, Siobhan Fahey created the most irrelevant head lines of the period when she married Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. Maybe I was stupid as a teen, but I never really understood the news value of it all...
That being said, this is definitely the album for those of us who don't associate the 80's with Depeche Mode, New Order, The Smiths and other such pseudo-pretentious bands made in Britain!
Recommended.
;-)
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