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SoulStrut invades mainstream UK media...

jonnycubajonnycuba 36 Posts
edited February 2006 in Strut Central
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1703845,00.html You crazy guys!

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  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    the part about Grafwritah was the funniest...
  • SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts


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  • dstill808dstill808 704 Posts
    copy and paste holmes
  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    the part about Grafwritah was the funniest...

    I'm not surprised the part about my charming good looks, but how could a British journalist possibly be able to pin down my "amazingly humorous witticisms" just from my posts on here? The British are uncanny, uncanny I tell you!
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    For those of you that had trouble seeing the linked page, here it is. (You may have to been signed into the site to view it.)


    Leo Sayer remix tipped as a hit comeback

    Mark Brown
    Tuesday February 7, 2006
    The Guardian

    It's been played at more wedding receptions than almost any other song - When I need you/I just close my eyes and I'm with you - and it got him to the number one slot in 1977.

    Thunder In My Heart on the other hand could only get Leo Sayer to number 22. And if you're having to mouth the words trying to remember how it goes just turn on the radio, because pundits are predicting a Leo Sayer second wind.

    Article continues
    The track has been remixed by the Los Angeles-based dance DJ Meck who stumbled across the record in a second-hand store. "It absolutely blew me away," he said. "Lyrically it is so heartfelt and angst-ridden. You probably think of two or three records he did that people unfortunately think of as being a bit naff or not cool. This is so not that Leo Sayer."

    The Radio One DJ Pete Tong agrees and has been championing the track to the point where it is predicted that it will enter the charts in the top three. Sayer, considered naff by some even at the height of his fame in the 70s, has fewer tribute websites than others. Between 1973 and 1982 he had a string of hits and his own TV show, though always more a housewife's favourite than cutting edge performer.

    He then quit the UK for the US. When he returned the industry had more or less forgotten him. A year and a half ago the 56-year-old left for Australia, bitterly complaining that UK music bosses did not recognise his talents. Yesterday though, Sayer was not so bitter. "It's been a blast," he said. "I'm really fired up at the moment and can't wait to get back on stage again."

    Gennaro Castaldo of HMV said: "The record will certainly be top three and is selling well. It's a quiet week for new releases so it could well make number one."

    For those still trying to remember how it goes,this may help: "I feel a thunder in my heart/where it comes from I just don't know/oh no, oh no/there's a storm ragin' deep in my soul/there's a howlin' wind that I just can't control/there's a fire inside me I can't explain/every time you touch me my love falls like rain."


    Unfortunately no mention of Grafwritah.
    Its just about this incredibly lame dance remix someone's put out of said Sayer track. The shame!
  • BsidesBsides 4,244 Posts
    For those of you that had trouble seeing the linked page, here it is. (You may have to been signed into the site to view it.)


    Leo Sayer remix tipped as a hit comeback

    Mark Brown
    Tuesday February 7, 2006
    The Guardian

    It's been played at more wedding receptions than almost any other song - When I need you/I just close my eyes and I'm with you - and it got him to the number one slot in 1977.

    Thunder In My Heart on the other hand could only get Leo Sayer to number 22. And if you're having to mouth the words trying to remember how it goes just turn on the radio, because pundits are predicting a Leo Sayer second wind.

    Article continues
    The track has been remixed by the Los Angeles-based dance DJ Meck who stumbled across the record in a second-hand store. "It absolutely blew me away," he said. "Lyrically it is so heartfelt and angst-ridden. You probably think of two or three records he did that people unfortunately think of as being a bit naff or not cool. This is so not that Leo Sayer."

    The Radio One DJ Pete Tong agrees and has been championing the track to the point where it is predicted that it will enter the charts in the top three. Sayer, considered naff by some even at the height of his fame in the 70s, has fewer tribute websites than others. Between 1973 and 1982 he had a string of hits and his own TV show, though always more a housewife's favourite than cutting edge performer.

    He then quit the UK for the US. When he returned the industry had more or less forgotten him. A year and a half ago the 56-year-old left for Australia, bitterly complaining that UK music bosses did not recognise his talents. Yesterday though, Sayer was not so bitter. "It's been a blast," he said. "I'm really fired up at the moment and can't wait to get back on stage again."

    Gennaro Castaldo of HMV said: "The record will certainly be top three and is selling well. It's a quiet week for new releases so it could well make number one."

    For those still trying to remember how it goes,this may help: "I feel a thunder in my heart/where it comes from I just don't know/oh no, oh no/there's a storm ragin' deep in my soul/there's a howlin' wind that I just can't control/there's a fire inside me I can't explain/every time you touch me my love falls like rain."


    Unfortunately no mention of Grafwritah.
    Its just about this incredibly lame dance remix someone's put out of said Sayer track. The shame!


    what a letdown.
  • KineticKinetic 3,739 Posts
    So that's why i find so many of his albums at op shops here.

    He brought all the unsold copies of his Lps with him when he made the move to Australia!
  • ZomBZomB 397 Posts
    Ive never seen endless flight whilst diggin. Whats up with that!?!? I want all those crazy breaks!
  • LooksLikeSinbadLooksLikeSinbad 187 Posts
    he had a string of hits and his own TV show[/b]
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