Friday, October 3

Laurent Voulzy - Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde



What's not to like about a bespectacled French Prince-wannabe singing about "nights without Kim Wilde"?

Sunday, September 14

Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star



You may remember the song but you probably haven't seen the video before (or if you have, you've spent the last 27 years trying to forget it).

Best Harold Steptoe impressions at the ready for the face Bill pulls at 2:37 ("They'll think I'm your dad and you're my daughter") - you dirty old man!

Saturday, August 30

Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene



The sound of an interesting and original group being forced by their record company into doing a novelty cover version. Oh dear.

Monday, August 18

Cock Robin - The Promise You Made



I was suddenly reminded of this when I accidentally stumbled across a dodgy Eurodance version of the song. The original is, of course, infinitely better and reminds me of the summer of 1986 when it seemed to be climbing the charts at a rate of one position a week for most of the summer, eventually settling at number 28.

For those of you with a strong stomach, here is the dance version by Kate Ryan:

Monday, July 28

The Big Dish - European Rain



Some classy pop from the late '80s. This lot had one top forty hit with Miss America in 1991 taken from their album Satellites. Satellites - Big Dish - do you see? Oh well.

Sunday, July 27

Bardo - One Step Further



From the days when the UK used to score points at Eurovision (don't get me started on that one), here's a clear case of a song which really should have won it for us but somehow didn't. Christ knows what's going on in the video.

Saturday, July 26

Tears For Fears - The Way You Are



Tears For Fears appear to have disowned this single - it came out in 1983 between The Hurting and Songs For The Big Chair but doesn't appear on either, nor does it show up on their greatest hits album.