I never knew that........

Did you know that Midge Ure of Ultravox fame, was asked by Malcolm McLaren to be a Sex Pistol?

Midge also had his first appearance on Top of the Pops in 1976! He was with a Scottish band at the time called Slik. He was at that time 23 years old which makes him older than I'd have ever thought. A headsup for Delmonti on Midge Ure's performance of 'If I was', do you recognise the drummer?

Another interesting fact is that Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood fame is ALIVE! For some reason I thought he kicked the bucket years ago with aids or something, but I was wrong. So well done Holly!

One Hit Wonders!

According to Wikipedia, One-Hit-Wonders in the UK are a Top 40 phenomenon. Where an artist or band produce a single hit song that brings immediate yet brief fame.

It was whilst thinking on a recent post by PT that it made me think about my favourite One-Hit-Wonders. You can't always explain why you like a particular song like this but if you are like me you often felt disappointed that the group or artist were unable to repeat the glory.

These are the ones I could think of immediately when I considered the subject. You'll notice most songs were in the 80's and the performers had mullets! I've supplied as many Youtube links as I can to help relive the these glorious tunes.

King - Love and Pride. Also they did a follow up which I prefer called Taste of Your Tears but it did't get beyond no.26 in the charts so I dont count that as a hit

China Crisis - Black Man Ray

Alphaville - Big In Japan

Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer who can forget the gap in her teeth!

Tony Basil - Mickey (for some reason Youtube made me confirm my age before letting me see this video, maybe i've missed something)

Far Corporation - Stairway to Heaven (I prefer this upbeat version to Led Zep's, who never release it as a single anyway)

I'm sure i've shown my ignorance with some of these and that in fact the people involved have had huge success but never mind eh! Also i'm sure Delmonti will still be convinced I have 'Cloth Ears'.

So have you got any One Hit Wonders that have stuck with you? Where you shine a little light of remembrance for their all too brief flash of brilliance?

I would like to appologise to Altered Images, Transvision Vamp (Wendy James.....nuff said) and Billy Idol who I considered putting in this list until I went through Youtube and reminded myself of some of their other hits.....sorry.

Bird Flu.....

Yes it has been confirmed the 'man flu' virus has mutated into the 'bird flu' virus. Witnesses have confirmed that a woman in her 30's has caught this rare strain of influenza.

Her husband a popular local member of the community, had a severe case of the worst type of illness, referred to in the medical community as 'man-flu'. Hospital officals still believe it was a miracle that brought this man from certain death. One spokesman said,"Mr {name has been removed for legal reasons} has been what we can only describe as a hero and an inspiration".

Unfortunately the story does not end there. The man's 'bird', aka 'er in doors', aka his wife, now suffers from the mutated virus. She is said to be stable and expected to make a full recovery. The Hospital spokesman mentioned earlier said that "this illness is a much weaker type of virus and that the woman should pull her socks up and stop being a moaning minnie" he then added "what do you think Lemsip is for?"

The husband was asked to comment but refused point blank saying, "if the Mrs heard me talking about this stuff to you it would be worse than 'bird-flu' for me, it would mean BSE or CJD, and you don't want to see her when she's like that!"