Sometimes, a cover becomes the definitive version. Certainly, Annabel and fellow Mohicans picked a fine obscurity to start a party too. Been spinning them the last few days, and must say I'm surprised how well it's held up. To my aging ears at least :)Seriously, The Strangeloves never had a chance, did they?...and their efforts at covers were not helping the case...
I Want Candy..Bow Wow Wow was a 1980s New Wave band organized by Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren whose music is described as having an "African-derived drum sound".McLaren persuaded guitarist Matthew Ashman, bassist Leigh Gorman and percussionist David Barbarossa of the original lineup of Adam & the Ants to leave Adam Ant and form a new group, fronted by teen singer Annabella Lwin. Among t...
I can relate to this Bow Wow Wow song. This was not a good week to go off sugar. Although I don't think Annabella was lusting after Peanut M&Ms like I am.
Just to put the whole RIAA thing in perspective, back in the 80's, the music industry came up with its dumbest campaign...up to that point: the campaign to convince their customers that taping vinyl, making mix tapes, sharing taped albums with friends, all of that, was a form of theft and would destroy music itself. They put these "home taping is killing music" graphics on everything from stick...
i am hoping to go see marie antoinette today. any movie that is bringing back bow wow wow to the masses cannot be that bad. i liked virgin suicides and lost in translation and i especially liked her use of music to set the mood. i saw her short LICK THE STAR on IFC and it was a little too painful to watch. even 36 is too young to remember the pain of being a pre-teen/teenage girl. girls are ev...
Can anyone tell me the name and/or artist that does this tune originally? They lyrics are in Portuguese I believe. I heard it while I was standing in the audience at a Smokey and Miho show, and loved it even more than I loved this version that I am so familiar with.