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Young Guns Go for It on BBC 4
trevor tiger
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This is the first episode of 4 and is about Culture Club. Really interesting. Anyone watching this 
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Caught the last 5minutes. Think I've seen the Human League one, but it'll bear watching again.
The Bananarama one is on YouTube in it's entirety. It's a greatly improved quality version, so it should be fine to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIydlq6HYlc
I saw this on YouTube, only two months ago, when I was going through a phase of mostly listening to Bananarama CDs.
Now I'm going through a Michael Jackson phase, listening to Jackson 5, Jacksons and solo hits. Also, I'm listening to Janet Jackson too. I've got her 2 disc best of called 'The Best' released in 2009.
Saying that, the Human League one is making me feel old...
The Culture Club doc was interesting. No holds barred regarding George and Jon's relationship and the drug abuse.
Love The Human League and this documentary as well is very well done and fascinating.
Wow, how sexy is Annie Lennox in that tight fitting dress and black wig
Didn't know the Eurythmics have sold 75 million records !
Just to let people know that Bananarama and The Smiths episodes are on BBC4 next saturday night.
Realy love the Bananarama episode when I first saw it. Im actually seeing them in concert at an 80's festival in a few weeks time so its a perfect time for me to watch these episodes again. Its getting me right in the mood for the festival !
Me too
I shall certainly watch. They seem very well done pieces. Just the right length too.
Very funny. Even after they'd had a few smash hit singles (let's not forget Pop was very BIG in the 80s) and been flown club class around the world they still returned to a shitty little flat in London with a payphone on the wall and signing on the dole!
This was the good old days when artists actually had to work hard to "make it" and even when you thought you had made it, you had to work even harder to "realy" make it ! Now everything is handed on a plate to these divas off reality shows etc.
Loads of pop stars from Banarama's generation were really screwed over contracts-wise, and often ended up with no money - that's the one thing that's slightly improved.
I like the fact that Bananrama turned up for the Band Aid recording in their own car, hung over and sans make-up. Can you imagine a pop act being allowed to do that today?
Any reason why this might be?
I didn't watch the Bananarama or Culture Club progs, 'cos I wasn't a fan, but I really enjoyed the Human League.( But I would have liked to have seen more of the early stuff)
This was also the days where artists didn't have stylists or yes men to see to their every whim.
What I liked about Bananarama in the old days (pre-SAW) was that their style was self-made. They did their own hair, made their own clothes and they were happy to slum it by rehearsing in someone's back room or garage. Also as somebody else said they turned up to Band Aid in their own car and had no ideas of grandeur. They just took each day as it come and had a laugh. They looked like girls who would be good fun on a night out down the pub and they would let you join in rather than the standoffish bitchy girls that some other girlband members can come across as.
They did this last year as well. It's getting a bit annoying as they did make more episodes (Series 2 featured Madness and Soft Cell). Would be nice to see different episodes.
Off topic a little but has anyone noticed when they occasionally air episodes from the sounds of the 80s series, several artists are missing from the original broadcasts, boom town rats was one I spotted along with others.. There's a slight pause in kershaw's voice when ones been cut out..