Sinister: sinister:b&s on top--reply--reply
Johnston, John CT wrote:
The other question is: do you reckon they'll go on top of the pops if it does chart? I mean, >they don't even give photographs away never mind go on the telly!
But they will be on television...remember the PBS special that was videotaped in New York that should air in December (I think.) But your statement does make me wonder....do we know why the band doesn't do photos? Besides the one that was in "Sinister" I can only recall seeing two other photos of them in print...one in NME and one in Melody Maker and both of those were just of Stuart, not the entire band. I suppose its no big deal, really, just a little quirk of theirs that I'm intrigued by. Also, is "Top of the Pops" really still going on over there. It's been on the air for ages hasn't it? All of my familiarity with it comes from the few clips of the program I've seen and the quotes I've read from musicians, sucha s the Kinks, who belly-ached about the lip-synching policy. Do they still make the performers sing-along to a tape or do they actually perform these days? --kelso ======================================= "She's just a skinny little thing...doesn't mean any harm...doesn't mean what she says." --seam-- ======================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------
do photos? Besides the one that was in "Sinister" I can only recall seeing two other photos of them in print...one in NME and one in Melody Maker and both of those were just of Stuart, not the entire band. I suppose its no big deal, really, just a little quirk of theirs that I'm intrigued by.
Maybe you British don't know that there was a long article about B&S in a french magazine, "Les Inrockuptibles" (n°114), where you can find ONE photo, but a good one (I think) : it's not a photo of the entire band, there's only Isobel, sitting on the grass in a field, laughing and looking at someone we can't see. She's wearing black trousers and a black shirt, with a red jacket on (there seems to be a sticker on her jacket, with Speedway something written). I must confess she's very very pretty... Walter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------
the lip-synching policy. Do they still make the performers sing-along to a tape or do they actually perform these days?
Well as far as I can tell it's all lip-synched... don't watch it anymore though... all those nothing chart soul acts and solo female singers and ancient past-it 'legends'... although maybe those that do can tell me different. There's always, of course, the odd Boyzone or whatever who get the mike and go, mid-song, "Boyzone on top of the pops again this christmas, bless you all" or whatever... Saw Baby Bird play on a TV music prog once, where he sang, "because you're gorgeous/and yes I'm singing live"... these stars eh... Do we think B&S would insist on being live? - given the erm, unpolished nature of their live shows, it could be interesting :) (of course, the secret to good miming is to say what the hell and make it really obvious... like all thses backing vocals coming out of nowhere or something, or deliberately missing words... it's always more fun to watch when they#re ripping the piss) Love Kate xxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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