Bananarama 2009: "Love Comes" + "Viva"

[Sheena]

NOW I'M JEALOUS

[FetchFugly]

I am also quite jealous Jon.

I left work an hour early to be sure I'd get in, but was actually front row!

Yes I arrived around quarter to eight and it was very quiet then. It did fill up quite a bit and was respectable I thought, but not packed by the time they came on.

[Jake]

Amazing quote from the new American Dad episode

Roger (the alien): "I'm changing the name of this island to BANANARAMA, and your national anthem is, VENUS."

I WISH

[FetchFugly]

Amazing quote from the new American Dad episode

Roger (the alien): "I'm changing the name of this island to BANANARAMA, and your national anthem is, VENUS."

I WISH

Don't we all?

A second single from Viva is APPARENTLY being planned for FEBRUARY, according to the webmaster on the Nana website.

[Johnkm]

I hope its 'Love Don't Live Here'

[RobotBoy]

I hope it's The Runner.

[Johnkm]

Well that would be great too.

[FetchFugly]

I am quite undecided about which would be the best single choice. Love Don't Live Here, The Runner, Dum Dum Boy and Seventeen are my favourites from the album, so any of those I'd be happy with. They apparently like Extraordinary so that may be in the running too.

[FetchFugly]

DRAMA vs VIVA

Move In My Direction vs Love Comes
Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango) vs Love Don't Live Here
Waterfall vs Rapture
Frequency vs Seventeen
Feel For You vs Twisting
Don't Step On My Groove vs Tell Me Tomorrow
Middle Of Nowhere vs The Runner
I Love The Way vs Extraordinary
Love Bite vs Dum Dum Boy
Rules Of Attraction vs S-S-S-Single Bed
Your Love Is Like A Drug vs We've Got The Night

[FetchFugly]

Move In My Direction vs Love Comes
Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango) vs Love Don't Live Here
Waterfall vs Rapture
Frequency vs Seventeen
Feel For You vs Twisting
Don't Step On My Groove vs Tell Me Tomorrow
Middle Of Nowhere vs The Runner
I Love The Way vs Extraordinary
Love Bite vs Dum Dum Boy
Rules Of Attraction vs S-S-S-Single Bed
Your Love Is Like A Drug vs We've Got The Night

6-5 to Drama it is.

[Johnkm]

Move In My Direction vs Love Comes
Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango) vs Love Don't Live Here
Waterfall vs Rapture
Frequency vs Seventeen
Feel For You vs Twisting
Don't Step On My Groove vs Tell Me Tomorrow
Middle Of Nowhere vs The Runner
I Love The Way vs Extraordinary
Love Bite vs Dum Dum Boy
Rules Of Attraction vs S-S-S-Single Bed
Your Love Is Like A Drug vs We've Got The Night

7-4 to Viva, my favourite song from Viva though is 'The Sound Of Silence' oddly, closely followed by Love Comes, The Runner, Love Don't Live Here and Rapture.

[Sheena]

Can't be bothered highlighting SO

LOVE COMES
Look On The Floor
RAPTURE
Frequency
Feel For You
TELL ME TOMORROW
THE RUNNER
I Love The Way
Love Bite
Rules Of Attraction
Your Love Is Like A Drug

Odd, cause I feel like I like "Viva" better...

[Halli]

[Jake]

Move In My Direction vs Love Comes
Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango) vs Love Don't Live Here
Waterfall vs Rapture
Frequency vs Seventeen
Feel For You vs Twisting
Don't Step On My Groove vs Tell Me Tomorrow
Middle Of Nowhere vs The Runner
I Love The Way vs Extraordinary
Love Bite vs Dum Dum Boy (difficult...but the latter has such an amazing intro. AHAHA)
Rules Of Attraction vs S-S-S-Single Bed
Your Love Is Like A Drug vs We've Got The Night

Pretty equal. I prefer 'Viva' as an album, but think 'Drama' has better high points.

Really into 'Tell Me Tomorrow' and 'The Runner'. The former reminds me of the feeling you get at the end of summer. No idea why though.

[Jake]

ALBUM RANK

1) Tell Me Tomorrow
2) The Runner
3) Dum Dum Boy
4) We've Got The Night
5) Love Comes
6) Rapture
7) Love Don't Live Here
8) S-S-S Single Bed
9) Seventeen
10) Twisting
11) Extraordinary

My bottom three just haven't clicked yet. No doubt they will though. It is such a good consistant album though. No need to skip anything.

[FetchFugly]

Pretty equal. I prefer 'Viva' as an album, but think 'Drama' has better high points.

I think I agree that it is more solid, though for me Viva also has two duds (S-S-S-Single Bed, We've Got The Night) to Drama's one (Middle of Nowhere).

I do like Tell Me Tomorrow, but I don't think the chorus is quite up there with the verses.

[ameraal]

i never commented this, but i'm quite enjoying the album apart from single bed and the utterly random cover of rapture

my runaway early favourite is seventeen and i really love the album version of love comes with the extra lines

yay!

[Johnkm]

I don't think I ranked the album before:

1) Love Don't Live Here (10)
2) Love Comes (10)
3) Rapture (10)
4) The Runner (9.5)
5) Tell Me Tomorrow (9)
6) We've Got The Night (8.5)
7) Dum Dum Boy (8)
8) S-S-S-Single Bed (7)
9) Twisting (6)
10) Seventeen (5.5)
11) Extraordinary (5.5)

[loomer]

Is this album good then?

Still not got it yet

Suppose it's worth it for "Love Comes"

[Donna Winter]

[Jonfessions]

That was the photocall for Women Of Rock.

The NANAS were ace at Women Of Rock, by the way. They did Robert De Niro's Waiting, Venus and Love In The First Degree and got the whole crowd dancing. It was with a live band (not their live band, but one that was used to back all the acts), which was quite fun.

[Little My]

Have only really heard 'Love Comes' recently.

I thought it was a continuation of the Pixie Lott album that was being played to me whilst on holiday. At first I didn't believe it was Bananarama and they were just taking the piss. Slowly I came round as I gradually recognised the vocals more and more.

Not bad considering I thought they were has beens.

And then they played 'The Runner'.

I then hyperventilated as I was missing the original TD's version from my music collection. *Rectifies asap*

[FetchFugly]

Well in advance just so you can mark this momentous event in your diaries, the Bananarama Ready Steady Cook appearance is on 19th January on BBC2 at 4.30pm.

[FetchFugly]

They are also apparently going on some kind of Chicago Rock Cafe tour to promote the next single.

[Johnkm]

What is the next single?

[Halli]

They are also apparently going on some kind of Chicago Rock Cafe tour to promote the next single.

bless them

[FetchFugly]

What is the next single?

It hasn't been announced yet.

[RobotBoy]

There's been lots of talk of 'The Runner'.

[FetchFugly]

A quite good mash-up of Cruel Summer with GAGA:



THIS on the OTHER HAND :

[Sheena]

It's the DANCE MIX of "STARTING TOGETHER" we've ALL BEEN WAITING FOR

[FetchFugly]

After seemingly an eternal silence, from the Fascination twitter:

Listening to wicked new mix of the next Bananarama single! News after Christmas!

[Donna Winter]

OH MY GOOD GOLLIWOG

That truly is the soundtrack of my NIGHTMARES

[FetchFugly]

The RUDENESS:

[Jake]

They are ALL missing the point really.

[Jonfessions]

Do we have any DATES for this Chicago Rock tour?

[FetchFugly]

They are ALL missing the point really.

When David Van Day and Sarah Cawood are your STARRY talking heads, you must be in trouble.

CUNTY DVD's line about seeing them every three years in the Sunday supplements talking about how they've been living in the country did raise a brief guilty chuckle.

[FetchFugly]

Do we have any DATES for this Chicago Rock tour?

I can't see any mention of the shows on their website now, so they have presumably decided it was all a bit too much of an effort.

[Halli]

Do we have any DATES for this Chicago Rock tour?

Oooh has it been announced?

[Sheena]

Their fourth comeback? Really? Surely only TWO count...and they've never actually SPLIT UP yet either.

I'm of a mind to send a STRONGLY WORDED MISSIVE to the BBC about that clip.

Not about the Nanas, Im sure they don't GIVE A SHIT really but the fact that they let DAVID VAN DAY go anywhere NEAR a position as a "voice of reason"

I DON'T THINK SO

[loomer]

The RUDENESS:

Now I missed the lower half of the chart. What UTTER CUNTS, they must be hard up for people as the NANAS are hardly on anyone's radar just now.

And COUNT ME IN if they ever do another tour. They were fabulous when I saw them on that 80s revival thing back in the day, with Culture Club and Queen Belinda.