Bananarama - Masquerade (New Album 22nd July)

[FetchFugly]

Oh go on then:

10 Favourite
08 Stay Wild
09 Velvet Lies
10 Masquerade
10 Running With The Night
08 Bad Love
08 Let's Go Outside
06 Brand New
09 Need A Little More Time
09 Forever Young
07 Waiting For The Sun To Shine

 

[ManicKangaroo]

They'll be on Sunday Brunch on the 14th

 

[Mike(y) W]

I love 'Forever Young' so I'm thrilled it's being released. However, that cover makes them look anything but...

 

[straightorbroken]

They should have just went full Baby Jane with that artwork and tagged both Shiv and Marcy for lols.

 

[BoysForSeles]

11 Favourite
10 Stay Wild
09 Velvet Lies
10 Masquerade
08 Running With The Night
07 Bad Love
07 Let's Go Outside
06 Brand New
08 Need A Little More Time
09 Forever Young
07 Waiting For The Sun To Shine

It really is a cracking album.

 

[FetchFugly]

The Forever Young single released today seems to be the same as the album version. I expected some kind of single mix or edit, maybe that will follow.

 

[FetchFugly]

Lyric video:



Video clips of Keren and Sara only (of course), though I spy Jacquie O bobbing around behind them from I Want You Back.

 

[FetchFugly]

On the Radio 2 B list next week.

I assume a video is unlikely, as with Looking For Someone, but a remix would be nice.

 

[FetchFugly]

A one hour show to celebrate the 40th anniversary to air on Radio 2 on Saturday 10th September... at 1am in the morning:

https://ontheradio.co.uk/2022/08/bbc-radio-2-to-mark-40-years-of-bananarama-in-special-programme/

 

[FetchFugly]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bt83

Quite fun, more so the first half. Their horror at their early eighties accents is always good value, and you can't go wrong taking the piss out of Matt Goss.

 

[BoysForSeles]

I wonder if this will be a new ‘Masquerade’ single announcement or something else?

 

[Sheena]

I'm going with Christmas something- those tops are rather festive

 

[FetchFugly]

Good choice of single. As the album version is only three and a half minutes presumably there will be some light reswizzling going on.

 

[BoysForSeles]

#underwhelmed

I like the track but was hoping for a more exciting announcement.

 

[FetchFugly]

Not a radical reworking but I guess it was felt the instrumental sections on the album version were too long for radio, so it does that tightening up job.

I am OK with them extending the Masquerade campaign and saving whatever else was planned for the 40th to the new year.

 

[FetchFugly]

An old fashioned donk appears to have been put on it.

 

[straightorbroken]

MEGA

 

[Sheena]

That sounds MAGNIFICENT! I’m HERE for a 2002 Poppers up your HOOP experience

 

[FetchFugly]

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Not heard from Almighty for YEARS

 

[Sheena]

Not heard from Almighty for YEARS

I fucking loved them at the time. It got a bit generic by the end, though, sadly…

I still remember chewing my face off telling someone that the Almighty Mix of S Club Juniors’ One Step Closer we were dancing to was a genuinely cool record.

AND I STAND BY MY DECISIONS NOW

 

[SystemAddict]

I fucking loved them at the time. It got a bit generic by the end, though, sadly…

I still remember chewing my face off telling someone that the Almighty Mix of S Club Juniors’ One Step Closer we were dancing to was a genuinely cool record.

AND I STAND BY MY DECISIONS NOW

There were TWO Almighty mixes. The Jelly & Cream one was the usual tits akimbo affair while the club mix was more subdued and could be considered “cool”.

 

[Sheena]

There were TWO Almighty mixes. The Jelly & Cream one was the usual tits akimbo affair while the club mix was more subdued and could be considered “cool”.

After all these years, maybe I was actually right and not just BOLLOCKSED

 

[FetchFugly]

Not heard from Almighty for YEARS

I know, you would have thought Steps might have roped them in? They've brought back all the rest.

 

[Mike(y) W]

I now want an extended version of the almighty mix.

 

[BoysForSeles]

I wonder what this is?

 

[straightorbroken]

"Tits akimbo"

 

[straightorbroken]

I wonder what this is?

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Pity no Holly V. Who else did London give a home to? They must have some vaults.

 

[Mike(y) W]

Who else did London give a home to?

The Communards were also on London weren't they?

 

[FetchFugly]

Surely they can't be reissuing the old albums again...

They had a RSD vinyl release of a few new mixes some years back, maybe something like that?

 

[FetchFugly]

C List on the ever reliable Radio 2.

 

[BoysForSeles]

 

[FetchFugly]

 

[BoysForSeles]

Rather randomly ‘Wow’ is getting an HMV exclusive reissue on white vinyl. I guess because it’s the only coloured vinyl sold out on their official store, though it was red vinyl on there.

 

[straightorbroken]

She could have at least hash-tagged "favourite" to help with the promo.

 

[FetchFugly]

At fifty quid by the time they have whacked on postage I know I am going to end up ordering this very begrudgingly.

 

[BoysForSeles]

At fifty quid by the time they have whacked on postage I know I am going to end up ordering this very begrudgingly.

Looks lovely but I plan to resist.

 

[Kala]

I haven’t bought the original version yet. So I think I’ll bite.

 

[Sheena]

At fifty quid by the time they have whacked on postage I know I am going to end up ordering this very begrudgingly.

That’s how I felt. Couldn’t resist but feels way overpriced.

Hopefully flogging the original will at least make a bit back.

 

[FetchFugly]

That Masquerade remix does sound like it is poised to go off a bit though.