Mirror.co.uk reports that her record company EMI...
Podcast about S.A.W.
"A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman" discussed on Today: Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Bananarama
This podcast is available on the following platforms: ChartBeats Spotify - ourney Through Stock Aitken Watermanurn Apple Podcast - A Journey...
Monday, March 31, 2008
Minogue's parents pay to watch her perform
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Rick returns to the hits
There was a tentative return to the performing fray three years ago, with Astley singing smoochy standards, but he fought shy of reprising his old hits in the bouncy Stock Aitken Waterman style.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Sabrina Salerno - All Of Me -
and also this is recent:
this was an old video:
Sabrina's original video produced by S.A.W.
Sabrina Salerno - Boys (live at top of the pops 1987)
Linn Drum LM-2 Demo w/ Powder Trail
Kylie Minogue - Two Hearts
Kylie Minogue 2 Hearts Live on Star Academy
Kylie Minogue - In My Arms
Kylie Minogue - In My Arms (Official Video with Lyrics)
Kylie Minogue - In My Arms [Live @ the NRJ Awards]
Kylie Minogue Apparently Needs MIMS To Show America Why She's Hot
Idolator.com: "And that guest star is... MIMS. You remember him, yes? The "This Is Why I'm Hot" guy, who hasn't had a hit since, well, "This Is Why I'm Hot"? Yes, he'll be featured on the first single from the reworked-for-American-ears X, "All I See." Because apparently a dance-pop record (gasp!) by a woman who's almost 40 (noooo!) needs an already-flashed-in-the-pan hip-hop artist to... well, to do what exactly is still unclear, given that by the time X comes out "This Is Why I'm Hot"'s No. 1 run will have been more than a year past...."
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Stock, Aitken & Waterman BBC Radio 2 Special
I received this message from Stoney (from The Hit Factory Forum) and I'm going to post it!
Hi guys,
Make sure you don't miss this brand new tribute radio special dedicated to SAW. It was broadcast on easter monday, but what's great, especially if you're living abroad, is that you can listen to it here:
"The Record Producers returns on Easter Bank Holiday Monday with a profile of one of the most successful British production & songwriting teams of the late 80s and early 90s - Stock Aitken Waterman. Modelled on Motown's Hit Factory of the 1960s,they produced a seemingly endless stream of hits for Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley, Sonia and Mel & Kim as well as bringing continued chart success to Bananarama and re-igniting the career of Donna Summer amongst others. For many, their commercial success has overshadowed any critical appraisal of their craft, but this edition in the series of documentary specials adjusts that balance. Richard Allinson and Steve Levine assess the musicianship, prolific songwriting and major changes to the recording and mixing technology that lay at the heart of the production team, exploring Mike Stock and Matt Aitken's backgrounds in various bands as well as Pete Waterman's pre-S.A.W.success in the record industry, which included work wit!
h Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff in Philadelphia, early entrepreneurial skills with Lee 'Scratch' Perry and production sessions with his songwriting hero Lamont Dozier - all of which contributed to the formation of PWL, modelled on the self-sufficient label attitude of Philadelphia International But as with every programme in the Record Producers series, the main focus is the music.With brand new interviews from not only all three members of the team but also Jason Donovan, Rick Astley and Kim Appleby, Richard and Steve assert Stock Aitken and Waterman's position as major contributors to the sound of British pure-pop."
Enjoy!
Stoney
Regards,
The Hit Factory Forum Dot Com | All about Stock Aitken Waterman team
Monday, March 24, 2008
Paula Abdul: Spinning Around, which I gave to Kylie Minogue
The American Idol judge's vocal chords were accidentally cut
Paula Abdul has revealed the full extent of a terrible accident that kept her out of the public eye for 6 years. ...
'Rehabilitation was an enlightening experience because it taught me how strong I am,' she says. 'I grew up a lot. I got very creative in the hospital and wrote some of my best songs including Spinning Around, which I gave to Kylie Minogue.'
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Bananarama - Look On The Floor
Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour TOTP 1987
Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour TOTP 1987
Fast Food Rockers - Say Cheese! Smile Please
Say Cheese! - Fast Food Rockers
Fast Food Song - Fast Food Rockers
From Wikipedia: The Fast Food Rockers were a British pop group, known for their novelty music. The band met at a fast-food convention in Folkestone.[1]
Their most successful hit was their 2003 release, "The Fast Food Song", originally an American children's song parodying the traditional folk melody "A Ram Sam Sam". A Dutch version of the song, "De Pizzadans," by DJ Eric Dikeb had been a hit in Europe in 2002 for the Belgian band Dynamite. It also topped charts with the German version, "Burgerdance," by DJ Otzi.
The Fast Food Rockers' version, adapted by Mike Stock and Sandy Rass, was the first release of independent record label Better The Devil Records. The song managed to reach #2 in the UK charts in June 2003 (beaten to the top spot by Evanescence's Bring Me to Life) despite the criticism of cultural analysts who lamented the "collapse of culture into product placement.".
The song mentions by name, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and McDonald's. It is believed that, although none of the companies gave permission for their names to be used, they declined to take action since the song mentions them in a positive way. This in sharp contrast to the attitude taken by Mattel against the song "Barbie Girl" by Aqua in 1997, whose legal action, and resultant negative publicity may also have contributed to the fast food firms' decision not to act.
The band had its own mascot, a giant blue dog called "Hotdog" who followed the band around, and appeared in all three music videos.
Their second single, "Say Cheese (Smile Please)" reached #10 and showed the first signs that people were beginning to think the band's novelty was wearing off.
In 2003, there were rumours that the band didn't sing on their own records. However, in an interview with CBBC Newsround, Lucy stated she "trained for three years at a performing arts school, Ria's been in the business for a long time, Martin's been in the business for a long time and we're very proud to say we do sing on [this] song".
After their attempt at a Christmas single only reached #25, and an album that failed to make the top 200, their management company decided to drop the band in March 2004.
Big Fun - Can´t Shake The Feeling '90s
Their only album, A Pocketful of Dreams (released in 1990), reached the Top 10 in the UK Albums Chart; and contained the hit singles "Blame It on the Boogie", "Can't Shake the Feeling", and "Handful of Promises".
Their final single "Stomp" was issued in 1994, although this failed to obtain the commercial heights of their earlier work, it reached the dance chart in the United States.
After sales cooled, Gillespie and Creswick became painter and decorators and John returned to being a model booker.
Big Fun's second video
Live!
Big Fun - Handful Of Promises (1990)
And Live!
You'll Never Stop Me Loving You 2008 - Sonia Evans
Hey All-I was lucky enough to go to the massive concert in Liverpool in Jan.
Sonia was one of the many act's on that nite, as always Sonia was brillant.
Sonia sang You'll Never Me Loving You and She Love You. Here's a link to youtube with some footage I took. Hope you enjoy
Paul
Kylie Minogue to hit Geneva
Her appearance, organized by Opus One, is part of a world tour called “KylieX 2008” to support her 10th album, titled X, which was relased in late 2007. For the uninitiated, Minogue, 39, is a singer and dancer who rose to fame in her home country in the 1980s because of her role in a television soap opera called Neighbours. She has sold more than 40 million records. Locally, she is known for her modelling appearances for such clients as H&M department stores.
Turkey to welcome Kylie for first-ever concert
Monday, March 17, 2008
'X' Marks the Pop: The glam-tastic return of Kylie Minogue
Synthesizing several strains of European electronic music—from Krautrock pioneers Kraftwerk and disco godfather Giorgio Moroder to more modern Berlin techno and Ibiza-ready trance anthems—into four crafty minutes of pop, the diminutive Australian singer’s 2001 single claimed the No. 1 spot in 40 countries.
The track’s other achievements are nothing if not varied. It was named song of the year by both the New Musical Express and Top of the Pops. It was Minogue’s first U.S. Top 10 hit since her 1988 cover of Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion.” In Canada, the album that contained it, 'Fever,' went triple platinum. The Flaming Lips liked the song so much, they covered it. Even weirder, mash-up master Richard X famously wrapped it around the beat to New Order’s “Blue Monday.”
What with the thin and breathy quality of her voice, ...
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Mel & Kim interview on German TV show 'Formel Eins'
Bananarama Don't Throw It All Away
Steps - Say You'll Be Mine
Steps - Say You'll Be Mine - Live TOP OF THE POP
Steps - Say you'll be Mine - Official Video
"Say You'll Be Mine"
Baby I was hypnotised
When I looked into your eyes
Saw the love I'd been waitin' for
Couldn't help but fantasize
'bout a world where you and I
Stay together for evermore
Don't hesitate
'cos I can't control my feelings
Just can't wait
Now I know where this is leadin'
Baby please, this heart's on the line
Don't waste this precious time
Say you'll be mine
It's not hard to do
Just tell me you feel it too
Baby it's time
Say you'll be mine (say you'll be mine)
Took a spark to start the fire
Fan the flame of my desire
Turn the light on my destiny
An' it took me by surprise
All the love I felt inside
Now I know it was meant to be
An' step by step
I can feel how close we're getting
Can't stop yet
'cos I know where this is headin'
Baby please, this heart's on the line
Don't waste this precious time
Say you'll be mine
It's not hard to do
Just tell me you feel it too
Baby it's time
Say you'll be mine (say you'll be mine)
Baby it's time (it's time)
(Say you'll be mine
Say it, All you gotta do is say it (just say it)
You're the one I've been waiting for
Say it, All you gotta do is say it (just say it)
Baby please, this heart's on the line
Don't waste this precious time
Say you'll be mine
It's not hard to do (not hard to do)
Just tell me you feel it too (feel it too)
Baby it's time
Say you'll be mine (say you'll be mine)
Say, say you'll be mine (say you'll be mine)
Say, say you'll be mine (say you'll be mine)
Say, say you'll be mine
Baby it's time
Say you'll be mine (say you'll be mine)
Baby please, this heart's on the line
Don't waste this precious time
Say you'll be mine
It's not hard to do (not hard to do)
Just tell me you feel it too (feel it too)
Baby it's time
Say you'll be mine (say you'll be mine)
Baby it's time
Say you'll be mine
Saturday, March 15, 2008
STEPS GOLD TOUR ONE FOR SORROW
Steps - One For Sorrow
Steps - One for Sorrow - Us Remix
Wow - Kylie Minogue X Xfactor Live Music Video
28 | Kylie Minogue | Wow | Dec 2007 | |
5 | Kylie Minogue | Wow (re-entry) | Jan 2008 |
Remembering Girls@Play produced by Mike Stock
I liked very much Airhead but I didn't like their "Respectable" version.
18 | Girls @ Play | Airhead | Feb 2001 | |
29 | Girls @ Play | Respectable | Oct 2001 |
Here theirs history:
Girls@Play were a British five-piece girl group, consisting of Vicky Dowdall, Lisa-Jayne White, Rita Simons, Lynsey Shaw and Shelley Nash.[1] They were produced by Stock & Aitken (Mike Stock and Matt Aitken).
Each member of the band had a different character that they played in their music videos. Dowdall played a cowgirl, White an executive, Simons a mechanic, Shaw a New York City traffic cop and Nash a pilot. Vicky Dowdall is also known as a girl that cheats on her long term partner and lies about it to everyone including her close friends. She actually goes as far as try and cause serious trouble for the other man involved even though she pursued him and told him that she would dump her boyfriend for him.
The group released two singles; "Airhead"[2] on 12 February 2001[1] and "Respectable", a cover version of "Respectable" by Mel and Kim, on 1 October 2001. "Airhead" reached number 18 in the UK Top 40 chart on 18 February 2001, while "Respectable" reached number 29 on 7 October 2001.[3] They also supported Hear'Say and Steps on their arena tours in 2000/2001.[3]
The group decided to disband on 18 November 2001.[3]
Girls@Play - Airhead
Girls@Play - Respectable
Thursday, March 13, 2008
COWELL IS A 'DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE', SAYS SINITTA
SINITTA - SINITTA: 'DANNII MINOGUE IS JUST A MINI SHARON OSBOURNE'
Rick Astley: The pop idol returns (2005 interview)
In 1987, a debut single called "Never Gonna Give You Up" went to number one in 16 countries. An unremarkable looking 21-year-old boy from Cheshire was about to become wildly famous.
"I did enjoy it," he says. "But it was very, very weird. You can blab on about seeing the other side of fame, but it doesn't mean shit until it happens to you. It wasn't so much the going on TV, or going to award ceremonies, or having a camera focused on your face. It was being famous in the supermarket, being famous in a restaurant. Fame is not just about being able to get out of a limo in Leicester Square, it's about trying to get into your house when there are eight photographers outside. When you think about being famous, you don't think about all that stuff. You think about the glamour. I wanted to turn the tap off when I'd done my job. But you can't." ...
Monday, March 10, 2008
Lindsay's New Sound: Kylie Minogue-Meets-Rihanna
"I want it to be dance," she tells PEOPLE. "I want it to be kind of Kylie Minogue-meets-Rihanna. I hope to tour with it and I hope to really promote it." ...
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You #1 Uk
Her singing career was launched by the music producing trio Stock Aitken Waterman in 1989. She was signed after badgering Pete Waterman to listen to her sing outside the recording studio in Liverpool. Waterman did a regular weekly radio broadcast. He called her bluff and had her sing live on his show, and she later had several hits in the UK Singles Chart over the following years, including the UK number one single "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" and a hit "You've Got a Friend" (credited to Big Fun & Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle), plus some other Top 20 hit singles, including "Can't Forget You" and "You To Me Are Everything".
She sang on two charity singles, Band Aid II's "Do They Know It's Christmas" in 1989 (peaked at #1 in the UK) and Gulf Aid's "As Time Stood Still" in 1991.
She also sang the Dean Collinson and Red composition "Better the Devil You Know" for the United Kingdom in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, where she finished in second place.
In 2003, Evans took part in the reality television show Reborn in the USA alongside Elkie Brooks and Tony Hadley, but was voted off in its fifth week.
In January 2007 she starred in the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk, as Jack in Horsham, West Sussex, alongside Mark Curry. Late 2007 saw her greatest hits album released only featuring recordings from Sonia's time with BMG Music (1991-1993).
Sonia has also acted during her career, having been an extra in Brookside and in the television comedy Bread as the girlfriend of the youngest Boswell child, Billy. This was before her singing career took off and she is credited as Sonia Evans. She has also played alongside Lily Savage as her wayward daughter Bunty Savage, both on the BBC series The Lily Savage show and live shows.
Position | Artist | Title | Date | Details |
1 | Sonia | You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You | Jun 1989 | |
17 | Sonia | Can't Forget You | Oct 1989 | |
10 | Sonia | Listen To Your Heart | Dec 1989 | |
16 | Sonia | Counting Every Minute | Apr 1990 | |
18 | Sonia | End Of The World | Aug 1990 | |
10 | Sonia | Only Fools (Never Fall In Love) | Jun 1991 | |
22 | Sonia | Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy | Aug 1991 | |
13 | Sonia | You To Me Are Everything | Nov 1991 | |
30 | Sonia | Boogie Nights | Sep 1992 | |
15 | Sonia | Better The Devil You Know | May 1993 |
She's Sonia, and she's Live on You Tube, "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" as you can see:
Visit Sonia's Officials Sites on MySpace and SoniaontheWeb
Scent trail leads here
Minogue's family selling Aussie hideaway
The French Island estate is for sale for more than $1.8 million, the Melbourne Sun-Herald said in its Friday edition. Minogue and her former boyfriend, Olivier Martinez, had stayed at the island farmhouse in Western Port Bay while she recovered from her medical treatment...
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Kylie's Career
There are some general and insurmountable rules. You don't kid a kidder. You don't bet against the spread. And you don't knock Kylie Minogue. Ever.
But why? Because she's Kylie. She's a star. She's a legend She's an icon. She is, apparently, a little teapot....
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Krazie Minogue: Singer dances on table
OMG! Fan buys Kylie Minogue £35000 diamond cocktail
Kylie Minogue shrugs off 40th
Kylie 'cold-blooded'
Kylie Minogue is feeling the squeeze from animal rights campaigners who have called her cold-blooded for carrying a python purse.
Minogue is one of a number of celebrities singled out by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) for wearing fur or other animal products.
"What does Kylie Minogue have in common with her python purse?" Peta asks on its website. "They are both cold-blooded."