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🎵 Bananarama - Venus (Extended Version)

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🎵 Bananarama - Shy Boy (Extended Version)

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📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 Bananarama - Shy Boy (Extended Version)

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📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 Bananarama - Shy Boy (Extended Version)

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📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 Bananarama - Shy Boy (Extended Version)

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Bill Cotton is not the most important person in the studio tonight. Now Sir Simon Bates is joined by HRH Sir Lord Paul Fab Macca Whacky Thumbs Aloft!!! McCartney of Kintyre! And Lady Linda!!

"Really saying something" - Bananarama and Fun Boy Three

They made a perfectly decent showing, and it got completely lost in the crowd shuffle. Someone spoke last week about Bananarama being a bit shambolic, and *this* is why we love them.

#TOTP #Bananarama #FunBoyThree

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🎵 Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Extended Version)

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"I want you back" - Bananarama

It's the usual Bananarama knockabout stuff, energetic armology, lots of backing dancers.

Basically, anything to take away from the fact that the 'nanas cannot sing as well as (say) Eddi Reader, and can't really mime either.

But they always put on a good show, especially now that the handheld camera can get right close and personal with Sara.

#TOTP #Bananarama

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📻 Vortex Rewind ⏪ (80s extended versions, maxi singles, long versions)
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🎵 Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting (Extended Version)

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🎵 Bananarama - Venus (Extended Version)

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📻 Vortex Rewind ⏪ (80s extended versions, maxi singles, long versions)
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🎵 Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting (Extended Version)

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Venus ⋆⭒˚.⋆🪐 ⋆⭒˚.⋆
#Bananarama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1ASpdT1Y

"Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye" - Bananarama

Glitterfall, pompoms, balloons, flags that massive disco light in the ceiling. We're not in 1999 any more.

Keren, Sara, and Siobhan starred in an entertaining music video, where they train in a boxing gym and end up duffing a motorcycle gang.

Girl power, at this early date, was not even a slogan.

#TOTP #Bananarama

"It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it" - Fun Boy Three and Bananarama

The Fun Boy Three drop in to plug their spot on "Round table", Radio 1's singles review show. That's after Newsbeat at 5.45 tomorrow.

Their video shows the things you can do in the London subways...

The groups had been in the studio two weeks earlier, the Nanas had been working on their dance routine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doHQjoQmr1E

#TOTP #FunBoyThree #Bananarama

March 8 and it's 65° in #chicago

Like #bananarama said, it's a #CruelSummer

Cruel Summer ⛸☕❄🐻‍❄️
#Bananarama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4gGgjKgpig

"Venus" is a song by Dutch #rock band #ShockingBlue, released as a single in the #Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by #RobbieVanLeeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group #Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, #TrueConfessions, with the single reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtngIWazfT0

Our second Mystery Year comes from the week when "In at the Deep End" followed Paul Heiney's efforts to make a video for Bananarama's new single "Trick of the night".

It, er, wasn't very good. And neither was the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzGnWXSJhEc

#TOTP #Bananarama

"Venus" is a song by Dutch #rock band #ShockingBlue, released as a single in the #Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by #RobbieVanLeeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group #Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, #TrueConfessions, with the single reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1ASpdT1Y

"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama, #SteveJolleyAndTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4gGgjKgpig

"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama, #SteveJolleyAndTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4gGgjKgpig

"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama, #SteveJolleyAndTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEo_hR9n7ys

"Venus" is a song by Dutch #rock band #ShockingBlue, released as a single in the #Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by #RobbieVanLeeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group #Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, #TrueConfessions, with the single reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhkyyCvUHk

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Two for Tuesday ...

Cruel Summer (1983)
-- Bananarama

Going Down to Liverpool (1984)
-- The Bangles

#bananarama #theBangles #twoForTuesday #80sRock #80sMusic #classicRock #popRock #popMusic #music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #newWave #britishRock #mtv

"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama and #SteveJolleyTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEo_hR9n7ys

The Fun Boy Three, The Fun Boy Three, 1982 on Chrysalis

The Fun Boy Three (Terry Hall, Neville Staple, and Lynval Golding) were a spin-off / outgrowth of The Specials. This was their debut, self-titled album with guests Bananarama on four tracks, including a cover of “It Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do it),”

Also features “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)” which I love. The album cover back side presents the credits like a movie poster for a film shot in glorious stereo FunboyScope: “Gasp, Wonder, and Thrill to the Sound of the 80s.”

There’s a great BBC documentary—2 Tone The Sound of Coventry—which features lots of interviews with Hall and Staples, though it is more focused on The Specials.

My copy—via A1 records in NYC—is an early 80s Terre Haute pressing which was sealed, with the original hype sticker.

#1980s #1982 #Bananarama #Chrysalis #FunBoyThree #LynvalGolding #NevilleStaple #Specials #TerryHall #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama and #SteveJolleyTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ml3nyww80

"Venus" is a song by Dutch #rock band #ShockingBlue, released as a single in the #Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by #RobbieVanLeeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group #Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, #TrueConfessions, with the single reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPj2zCSrkoU

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Great songs with great covers ...

Cruel Summer
-- Bananarama (1983)
-- Prima Donna (2019)

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #bananarama #primaDonna #coverSongs #songCovers #coverTunes #80sRock #80sMusic #2000sRock #2000sMusic #popRock #popPunk #newWave #altRock

"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama and #SteveJolleyTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEo_hR9n7ys

Conversations with Culture Icons: an anthology of unconventional interviews from a mixed-up, muddled-up music scene

 

These conversations go beyond the surface, tackling bold topics like sexuality and queer visibility, excess and artistry, and the tension between creative freedom and commercial success.

The book also hints at a looming industry shift, urging artists to reflect on their legacies before it’s too late. Inside, readers will find candid, unfiltered discussions with legends and trailblazers, including Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue, RuPaul, Tori Amos, Mark Ronson, Charli XCX, Darren Hayes, Boy George, Patti Smith, Dave Grohl, Dave Gahan, Björk and many more. 

Details:

• Independently published (New Edition, published 26 January, 2026)
• Language: English
• Paperback, 359 pages
• ISBN: 979-8301913266
• Dimensions:15.24 x 2.29 x 22.86 cm

Available in eBook to read on Kindle, smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac. Also available in paperback with gloss cover, or hardback with matte cover.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Antonino Tati has been writing about pop culture since 1989, contributing to X-Press, The West Australian, and Australian Style magazine. He was also a presenter on the pop culture TV program ‘The Pulse’ in the early 1990s. Since then, he has been an editorial contributor to various local and international publications, as well as having founded Cream magazine in 1997.

Antonino lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his partner Ben and their fur-babies, Ringo the Chihuahua-Terrier, and Ziggy the fat ragdoll cat. He continues to edit Cream while also presenting the occasional music program on alternative radio.

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REVIEWS FOR CONVERSATIONS WITH CULTURE ICONS AND AUTHOR ANTONINO TATI:

“Reading this truly fascinating look at the inside of the Australian music industry is like a crash course on Antonino Tati’s life, on speed.”

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  “Candid, unfiltered discussions with legends and trailblazers.” Art Gallery of Western Australia

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"Venus" is a song by Dutch #rock band #ShockingBlue, released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by #RobbieVanLeeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group #Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, #TrueConfessions, with the single reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films.
https://youtu.be/aPEhQugz-Ew

New additions to our music library.

#Music, #DonnaSummer, #Bananarama, #Prince, #Queen, #OfraHaza

New additions to our music library.

#Music, #DonnaSummer, #Bananarama, #Prince, #Queen, #OfraHaza

New additions to our music library.

#Music, #DonnaSummer, #Bananarama, #Prince, #Queen, #OfraHaza

New additions to our music library.

#Music, #DonnaSummer, #Bananarama, #Prince, #Queen, #OfraHaza

New additions to our music library.

#Music, #DonnaSummer, #Bananarama, #Prince, #Queen, #OfraHaza

Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover “Venus” (Shocking Blue / Bananarama); Robert Fripp on West Coast Q&A tour
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-toyah-robert-fripp-on-west-coast-qa-tour/

#brooklynvegan_category_music #Heavy_Metal #Music #Bananarama #King_Crimson #Robert_Fripp #shocking_blue #toyah #toyah_and_robert_fripp

#RobertSmith — #AllMyFavoriteSongs podcast
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“In this episode Smith's top 30 favorite songs of the 1980s (in alphabetical order) as selected by himself for a special two-hour show he hosted on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave channel on May 24, 2009.

Lineup:
#ABC, #TheAssociates, #FunBoyThree, #Bananarama, #DavidBowie, #KateBush, #CocteauTwins, #Cristina, #DAF, #DepecheMode, #DinosaurJr., #EchoAndtheBunnymen, #PeterGabriel, #TheHumanLeague, #TheJesusandMaryChain, #JoyDivision, #ChakaKhan, #Madness, #MelAndKim, #mybloodyvalentine, #NewOrder, #YokoOno, #DannyTenaglia, #Pixies, #Pretenders, #Prince, #ThePsychedelicFurs, #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees, #SoftCell, #TheSugarcubes, #SuzanneVega, #TomWaits”
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-my-favorite-songs/id1591646695?i=1000568805771

Gen X Music Lover: Fun Boy Three - It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)
https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2023/01/fun-boy-three-it-aint-what-you-do-its.html?spref=tw

#1980s, #1982, #80smusic, #Bananarama, #FunBoyThree, #LynvalGolding, #NevilleStaple, #newwave, #pop, #Ska, #TerryHall

If you see this toot & are a fan of any of the bands/artists listed here, then feel free to follow me back:
#PetShopBoys #KylieMinogue #Madonna #DepecheMode #Erasure #RobbieWilliams #NewOrder #SoftCell #KellyClarkson #GwenStefani #BritneySpears #ChristinaAguilera #DuranDuran #RufusWainwright #SaintEtienne #BrightLightBrightLight #NatalieImbruglia #Keane #Blur #Hurts #Pink #AHa #Bananarama #DavidBowie #SophieEllisBextor #Dubstar #DanniiMinogue #DeltaGoodrem #Garbage #KimWilde #LadyGaga #KatyPerry

#SaintsFC #Bananarama time with #NathanJones https://youtu.be/iSSpPkMlb98