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Originally posted by The Awesome Berbaslug!!! View PostI would like to add Mikey Graham to this list. Mikey was the one in Boyzone who looked like a plumber.
Still, he's doing better (though not necessarily luckier, I'd venture) than at least three members of Westlife, none of whose names I can remember nor could I identify them vocally or visually. Yet they managed, what, 14 UK number one singles? I'm sure they're all too busy wallowing around in their swimming pools full of money to be worried about whether anyone can recall who they are or tell them apart.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostI think I recall from the VH1 Behind the Music on Wham! that although GM was a lot more talented than Ridgely (perhaps a lot, lot, lot, more talented), that it was originally Ridgeley that was really pushing to make Wham! happen and was, at least originally, a lot more motivated, so it wasn't entirely blind luck.
He is, to a large extent, Hugh Grant's character in Music & Lyrics except I don't think Ridgeley had that same level of resentment toward George Michael and I never heard that George Michael resented having to share the embarrassingly large royalties with him.
Someone should cover ‘Way Back In To Love’ from the soundtrack one day, it would be a huge hit.
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Originally posted by Various Artist View PostStill, he's doing better (though not necessarily luckier, I'd venture) than at least three members of Westlife, none of whose names I can remember nor could I identify them vocally or visually. Yet they managed, what, 14 UK number one singles? I'm sure they're all too busy wallowing around in their swimming pools full of money to be worried about whether anyone can recall who they are or tell them apart.
Investments in a property firm gone awry, it seems. Hence the forthcoming reunion.
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We had that Brian McFadden on NMTB when Westlife were on their second or third number one - he conceded that he had 'no talent whatsoever' and 'just mimed', before telling us that he'd 'make whatever he could and get out'. None of this comes as much of a revelation but at least the guy was honest. He was all right, actually.
Originally posted by WOM View PostNow where did you look that up, etc
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The original 'reward' was very gratifying and the series has continued to remunerate. There seem to be issues, however, with one or two personnel changes at the upper end with the publishers.
A TV pilot based on the project is being developed, however, so there's that at the moment. Just need one or two people to pull their fingers out, but that's no huge surprise in the world of media.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostThe original 'reward' was very gratifying and the series has continued to remunerate. There seem to be issues, however, with one or two personnel changes at the upper end with the publishers.
A TV pilot based on the project is being developed, however, so there's that at the moment. Just need one or two people to pull their fingers out, but that's no huge surprise in the world of media.
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All the men who have never served time for their sex crimes, i.e. everyone who got a free pass because it was "different back then." This is not to say that every rock star was a Paul Gadd - but there were almost certainly a few Bill Wymans and Jimmy Pages, or just not bothering to ask for confirmation of age.
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R Kelly is still somehow a free man, I believe.
Originally posted by Various Artist View PostIs it just me or, given its subject area, did that phrase sound rather sinister...??
Thanks for your wishes!
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MOriginally posted by Jah Womble View PostWe had that Brian McFadden on NMTB when Westlife were on their second or third number one - he conceded that he had 'no talent whatsoever' and 'just mimed', before telling us that he'd 'make whatever he could and get out'. None of this comes as much of a revelation but at least the guy was honest. He was all right, actually.
Three guesses.
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Originally posted by Sits View PostM
Maybe the debts are cleared now. Over the last few years they have been encamped on the Aussie cabaret circuit and have a devoted blue-rinse following.
Anyway, why the f*** am I writing about bloody Westlife?
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostGerry and the Pacemakers: three Number 1s with a Beatles reject, a Tin Pan Alley song by numbers and a show tune all polished up by George Martin and hyped by Brian Epstein.
so definitely not untalented.
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Ringo Starr was/is a very good drummer. Perfect for the Beatles. His admirers included Al Jackson Jr., Keith Moon, Hal Blaine, John Bonham and Earl Palmer. Good enough company.
Rod Stewart may have been lucky but apart from the raddled cad period in the early 2000s he was always capable of good records. Agree with G-Man, early stuff is better. Check out "Come Home Baby" with P.P. Arnold. Wonderful.
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Originally posted by adams house cat View Post
Rod Stewart may have been lucky but apart from the raddled cad period in the early 2000s he was always capable of good records. Agree with G-Man, early stuff is better. Check out "Come Home Baby" with P.P. Arnold. Wonderful.
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True and he could be a masterful interpreter of other people's songs. "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Downtown Train" spring to mind. Mind you, what he did to "This Old Heart Of Mine" should get him a sound thrashing every morning for the rest of his life.
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Originally posted by WOM View PostHeartening that something I posted 9 years ago is still being debated.
Crazy trying to imagine that The Beatles wouldn't have still been The Beatles if Best were on the drums. Like Ringo was the magical key that made it all click...
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Originally posted by Ray de Galles View PostDid Alex Fletcher (Grant’s character in ‘Music and Lyrics’) actually resent Colin from Pop! at all? I love that film and don’t recall that being the case.
Wiki's summary is thus.
"The end of the movie (an homage to VH1's Pop-Up Video) reveals that the song becomes a hit for Cora and Alex, the film version of Sloan's novel flops with critics and moviegoers (ruining his career), PoP! reunites for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after which their lead singer Colin Thompson (who left the band with some of Alex's songs to start a solo career) winds up having his hip replaced after years of dancing, and Alex and Sophie go on to become successful partners, both in songwriting and romance."
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Originally posted by Sits View PostAnother advocate for Rod here, even if he should have put the mike away by now.
His Faces stuff and early solo work has a lovely rawness and freshness. And that era’s Rod had a great voice.
Was Sailing the moment where he jumped the shark (somewhat appropriately)? I seem to recall that over the next decade or so he released a number of other songs on a near-identical theme.
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Rod hasn't seem like he's done himself many favors, legacy wise. I mean, his 'day' was a long time ago, and now it feels like he's just churning out those 'songbook' albums that pretty means your career is over but for moving to Branson, MO. And the public carping about the lack of respect and no knighthood and stuff doesn't look good on anyone.
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