Conference marvin::uk_music

    I remember Bucks Fizz.
    
    Can you remember on the Eurovision Song Contest when they were doing
    `Making Your Mind Up' and one of the lads ripped the skirt of one of
    the lasses (Cheryl?).
    
    That was pure sex to me at the time.  I must have been about 12!!! 
    Buzz Fizz have influenced my life!!!!!
    
    
    matty

Both of them had their skirts ripped off!

Cheryl (the thinner one?) is now a panellist on Sky's talent search program.

--patrick--

    
    Dave, would this be a good time to let you know about my Jonathan King
    record collection?   

    I once *accidently* sat on my mother's Val Doonican and Des O'Connor
    record collection...but it didn't matter much the still sounded awful.
    

    
    Do I take it that you're all going to see them in Croydon then?
    
    Tim
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    Who, Val Doonican and Des Connor?

    
    No the great Bucks Fizz as mentioned in .0
    
    Tim
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    and if you go, will you wear your Tight Fit tour t-shirt?  And shave?
    
    ;-)
    
    mikef (looking forward to going home tonight, having some marmite, and
    reading Tims fanzine).

    Mike it'll be there soon, enjoy the marmite.
    
    Tim
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    This could (will) seriously ruin my cred....
    

    > and if you go, will you wear your Tight Fit tour t-shirt?  And shave?
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    Actually (squirm) when I was very little (still am!), I went to the
    multi-coloured-swap-shop roadshow, and got tight fit's autograph...
    
    	Any offers ? (please)
    
    		A.
     

    We could offer to lock you away in a lead-lined box underground
    for a very  long time...;-)
    
    mikef

    
    This is even worse, at our Poly ball, The Metropole Hotel, Brighton, New
    Kids On The Block turned up, they were staying there and playing at the
    Centre next door.  Anyway being in the slightly inebriated state that
    most of us were, we got their autographs, honestly we were taking the
    micheal, please believe me, please.
    
    The security was amazing, one of my friends came up behind one of the
    New Kids and this man mountain, and we're talking Everest, raised his
    arm and knocked her to the ground.  
    
    I thought it was really funny all these 13 year olds screaming to be
    let in and us wandering in and out not at all interested.
    
    Tim
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    Re .13
    
    You can't be true music lovers if you don't think the New Pratts are 
    the most exciting act from the States since John Denver!
    
    Mark

    
    RE: a few back...
    
    Really Andy ? - how many were in Tight Fit ?  All I can remember is the
    quite well built bloke and a woman with close to nowt on.
    
    
    K.
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    (OK I'll own up to it = I'll got EVERY Adam and the ants record made -
    but none of his solo stuff !)
    

    K.,
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    Tight Fit were a trio, one male and two females. Who can forget the
    mighty 'Lion Sleeps Tonight' smasheroo? I wish I could.
    
    Bob

    Re .16
    
    While on holiday in Kenya, we were entertained by a Zulu singing group
    ("All the way from South Africa" - as the compere said). They sang a
    lot of contempary South African stuff (similar to the material on
    Graceland or that Johnny Clegg does) and then all of a sudden broke
    into The Lion Sleeps Tonight (without the rather silly high bits of the
    Tight Fit - due possibly to the lack of tight trousers?). Does anyone
    know if this is an African song that they snapped up or has it just
    filtered through to Africa?
    
    Mark
    
    PS While on the subject of African music, whenever we heard a radio or
    a band playing (most hotels had a band in the evening) they seemed to
    be playing the same song, which seemed to consist of two lines...
    
    	Jambo,
    	Jambo Bwana, etc, etc
    
    Don't imagine all 'World music' is culturally uplifting! :^)
    

    Mark,
    
    Wimowe (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) is indeed an old song, but I can't
    remember where it originated, or who did the original version. I can
    remember that Brian Eno covered it a good few years back.
    
    Bob

    
    Karl Denver sung it way back, I know because my mum has a copy and she
    used to play it too regularly for comfort.  What will the neighbours
    think.
    
    Tim
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    Wimoweh was based on an actual Zulu chant, first made popular by the
    Weavers in 1952 (in the US)
    
    The Tokens took it to No. 1 in the USA under the title "The Lion Sleeps
    Tonight".
    
    Also has been a hit for Karl Denver, Robert John and Tight Fit.
    
    Dave

    
    Is this guy Mike Read in disguise??
    
    Tim
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    Where do you hide The Guiness Book Of Singles?

    Good one, Dave. An extra five points if you can tell us where Adam Ant
    got the melody for 'Prince Charming'.
    
    Bob

    
    Burundi drum rhythms, I believe Bob. Or was that "Kings of the wild
    frontier?"
    
    Dave
    

    Close, Dave; it is very similar to a 1965 Rolf Harris release called (I
    think) 'War Canoe', which is an old aboriginal chant.
    
    Wake up at the back there!
    
    Meanwhile, back at Bucks Fizz(led out)......
    
    Bob

    
    Hey Bob, do you realize there's no Rolf Harris topic...