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Simply Red |
Ìý |
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"That's a bit supermarket, isn't it. I'm not making that many bottles. " |
Ìý |
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Robin Gibb |
Ìý |
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"There's been great moments both as a songwriter and as a performer." |
Ìý |
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Paul Roberts - The Stranglers |
Ìý |
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"We certainly weren't going to call ourselves The Bay City Rollers." |
Ìý |
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Lisa
Stansfield |
Ìý |
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"I
just thought, how many times do I have to sing this song?" |
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Soft
Cell |
Ìý |
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"I
think it's the only time that a banjo's been played in the Ministry of Sound." |
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Erasure |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"Agnetha
said she liked it. If I met them I would curtsey." |
Ìý |
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INXS |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"We
really surprised lots of people by simply hanging in there." |
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Kim
Wilde |
Ìý |
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"I
used to be really jealous of Claire Grogan...I thought she was gorgeous." |
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Dollar |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"Failure
was not an option, we were materialistic and greed was good." |
Ìý |
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Human
League |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"We
did a US tour with Culture Club and Howard Jones...solely for the cash."
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Ìý |
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Altered
Images |
Ìý |
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"Women
were treated as a bit of a novelty in the music business in 1981." |
Ìý |
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Belle
Stars |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"The
pop music lark just seems like a lifetime away now." |
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Steve
Strange |
Ìý |
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"Look,
you’re playing me like a bitchy queen and I’m not like that." |
Ìý |
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Five
Star |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"We
all grew up wanting to be famous and we lived our dream..." |
Ìý |
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Phillip
from Ruby Flipper |
Ìý |
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"At
my age, I'd find it difficult to get my legs where they used to go..." |
Ìý |
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Glen
Campbell |
Ìý |
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"I
got to work with literally everyone in the business; Nat King Cole, Sinatra..." |
Ìý |
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David
Gray |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"Lots
of tension in the camp. We're battling Gareth Gates for the No.1 spot" |
Ìý |
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Robert
Palmer |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"There's
this homegenised force feeding of what is hip." |
Ìý |
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Marilyn |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"I
think George manipulated our relationship for publicity" |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
Tom
Jones |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"I'm
pulling all my old jewellery out now and comparing my rings with Wyclef" |
Ìý |
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Ruth
From Pan's People |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"I
could show you dozens of times I forgot the moves..." |
Ìý |
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Badly
Drawn Boy |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"Everybody
has to do what everybody else does in order to have a hit single" |
Ìý |
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John
Otway |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"I
think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done..." |
Ìý |
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Jimmy
Cliff |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"I
look at someone like Ms Dynamite, I come away with a positive feeling." |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
Human
League |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"We
wouldn't trust anyone that didn't wear eyeliner." |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
Status
Quo |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"I
probably went about four or five years with a pair of stage jeans" |
Ìý |
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Gary
Numan |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"There
are so many things in my past that you could make fun of." |
Ìý |
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| Ìý |
McAlmont
and Butler |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"We
were big enough to get over any-thing that may have been exchanged." |
Ìý |
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| Ìý |
Primal
Scream |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"The
producer at the time told us we'd never work again." |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
Oasis |
Ìý |
| Ìý |
"I
prefer miming, I prefer if we weren’t playing live." |
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Is pop music better or worse now than in the ‘80s? 
Kim: I certainly don’t think it’s inferior. There’s some great stuff about. I love R&B. Ashanti and J-Lo and Craig David are all coming out with cool stuff. I think pop-wise there certainly aren’t as many personalities about nowadays as there were in the 80s. That’s Robbie Williams’ great strength, his personality. It’s certainly not his singing! People want performers, personality and drama and you got that in the ‘80s. 
