2. I'd Rather Jack - The Reynolds Girls (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hg7M8qI5m8 Golden oldies! Rolling Stones! We don't want them back I'd rather jack Than Fleetwood Mac! Appalling dirge from the Gods of terrible 80s music - Stock, Aiken and Waterman (SAW), the Reynolds Girls were two sisters who submitted a demo to Pete Waterman and were consequently signed up to act as Waterman's puppets. The song was a dig at the Brit Awards choosing established acts over newer talent for prizes. Plus it cocked a snoop at radio stations who rather wisely didn't play SAW songs. The song is terrible and ruined the Reynolds Girls career, but they are not to be blamed for this, being young girls who were after stardom. I don't even know what they mean by "I'd rather Jack" but give me Fleetwood Mac over this junk any day, SAW. They also single out Dire Straits and Pink Floyd for criticism saying that they would rather sing along with Yazz (presumably her of The Only Way is Up fame). All in all it was a cynical affair on SAW's part to bleat about how hard done by they were. I don't know why - their acts were continually at number one in the mid 80s onwards. And this is the worst, cheese mongering song they ever produced.
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My first film watched was Carrie aged 2 on my dad's knee. Educated at The University of St Andrews and Trinity College Dublin. Fan of Arthouse, Exploitation, Horror, Euro Trash, Giallo, New French Extremism. Weaned at the bosom of a Russ Meyer starlet. The bleaker, artier or sleazier the better!
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