Flop pop acts from the 90s and 00s.

[Silverback]

I loved that mix, "Perfect Exceeder", I loved it in the clubs in 2007 and still listen to it when running. H20 - I was listening to that song only last week actually, good fun and loved the video

Yeah that is a fuckin TUNE!

I watched the Damage video and Jade Jones is giving me the feels, WOOF!!!

Anyone remember Love City Groove? UK Eurovision entry from the 90s. I used to dress up as the guy and sing along to it as a kid (oh the shame).

‘In the morning/ when the sun shines/ down on your body/ I know we’re really makin love now’

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

Yeah that is a fuckin TUNE!

I watched the Damage video and Jade Jones is giving me the feels, WOOF!!!

Anyone remember Love City Groove? UK Eurovision entry from the 90s. I used to dress up as the guy and sing along to it as a kid (oh the shame).

‘In the morning/ when the sun shines/ down on your body/ I know we’re really makin love now’

LCG, another band that were on my TOTP tape around 1995 and remind me of a family holiday driving around France playing the tape over and over. Jonathan King either discovered or managed them. Song hasn't aged well!!

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Reel, an Irish boy band who were out in the very early 00s. They played (well not sure if the instruments were real) traditional instruments, think of Westlife with fiddles. I remember having arguments with a group of devoted Reel fans on the Worldpop forums, I kept insisting Reel were crap. I just checked and their 2 singles charted at 39 and 31!

Anyone remember Worldpop actually? I loved it and was active on the forums, I can't remember my username now i used Dotmusic forums too to a lesser extent

 

[Gym&Tonic]

I remember WorldPop, my name was Chicken Licken! Then Dotmusic when it closed that place was brutal!

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

I remember WorldPop, my name was Chicken Licken! Then Dotmusic when it closed that place was brutal!

Yeah I liked Dotmusic but it was quite cliquey and bitchy. I used to look forward to the midweek charts being leaked there.

 

[S4buk]

Yeah I liked Dotmusic but it was quite cliquey and bitchy. I used to look forward to the midweek charts being leaked there.

ahhh yes Worldpop was ace, I actually won Kaci’s (mentioned earlier in this thread) debut album on Worldpop (Dr and Nurse Pop!), Dotmusic was a bit more serious, and then there was UKMIX.

 

[Ineedmorecoffee]

Love this

 

[Silverback]

Found another Damage song. The tune is lovely but the video is a really tit concept!

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

Found another Damage song. The tune is lovely but the video is a really tit concept!

Ohhh I remember this video now.... Did you see them on the Big Reunion show in 2014? Some seriously bad blood between the members. I can't remember all the details, but Jade and Andrez seemed to have remained friends and the other 2 seemed to hate them. There was a claim from one of them about being left with debt from the breakup of the band that other members (possibly Jade) didn't pay their fair share of. Again the details are fuzzy in my mind

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

Found another Damage song. The tune is lovely but the video is a really tit concept!

Boyband as puppets on a string. Did they inspire the Bye Bye Bye video by N Sync which was 4 years after this?

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

Seriously tragic album cover here from Damage

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Upside Down were mentioned above. A quick reminder by google shows me that they were indeed the one I thought I remembered who had a member, Giles Kristian, who hails from Rothley in Leicestershire, not far from my neck of the woods. A few years ago, he reinvented himself as a novelist,

BBC - Leicester - Features - From Pop to Published

Leicestershire bred Giles Kristian is looking set to cover all areas of the entertainment industry. Follow his story from pop-star to publish author.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

Upside Down were mentioned above. A quick reminder by google shows me that they were indeed the one I thought I remembered who had a member, Giles Kristian, who hails from Rothley in Leicestershire, not far from my neck of the woods. A few years ago, he reinvented himself as a novelist,

BBC - Leicester - Features - From Pop to Published

Leicestershire bred Giles Kristian is looking set to cover all areas of the entertainment industry. Follow his story from pop-star to publish author.

www.bbc.co.uk

"Had girls camping outside the house"...girls camped for Upside Down?

I found this article about Upside Down which gave me a few laughs. It even says one of them acquired a stalker.

Lol also at their transformation into Orange Orange, sadly I never got to hear the single. Info online is scant and throws up recipes for upside down orange cakes.

Upside Down

BOYS – THE SEARCH IS ON * Are you between 17 and 21 and extremely good looking (we’re only looking for the best) * Can you sing and wish to join the next teenage all boy band sensation?…

boyzine.wordpress.com

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

"Had girls camping outside the house"...girls camped for Upside Down?

I found this article about Upside Down which gave me a few laughs. It even says one of them acquired a stalker.

Lol also at their transformation into Orange Orange, sadly I never got to hear the single. Info online is scant and throws up recipes for upside down orange cakes.

Upside Down

BOYS – THE SEARCH IS ON * Are you between 17 and 21 and extremely good looking (we’re only looking for the best) * Can you sing and wish to join the next teenage all boy band sensation?…

boyzine.wordpress.com

Orange Orange? What sort of a god awful name is that?

Words that are repeated do sometimes work for a band name e.g. The The, Talk Talk, Wet Wet Wet etc but that’s because they are short words that only have one syllable but Orange Orange doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue

 

[Silverback]

Ohhh I remember this video now.... Did you see them on the Big Reunion show in 2014? Some seriously bad blood between the members. I can't remember all the details, but Jade and Andrez seemed to have remained friends and the other 2 seemed to hate them. There was a claim from one of them about being left with debt from the breakup of the band that other members (possibly Jade) didn't pay their fair share of. Again the details are fuzzy in my mind

Funnily enough I’ve been watching that season on YouTube tonight. What was coree inside for?! It’s not mentioned. I wonder if Jade has been living as a kept man for all these years…

 

[Shesaidwhat?]

I’m not sure if these flopped or not but all I can remember of them is The OC theme tune

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

Funnily enough I’ve been watching that season on YouTube tonight. What was coree inside for?! It’s not mentioned. I wonder if Jade has been living as a kept man for all these years…

Some info here

Florence Welch started album drunk

Florence Welch wrote the first track she her single No Light, No Light while drunk on a bus at 4am.

www.femalefirst.co.uk

 

[Pesky Tarian]

Thought of another: Milk short lived pop foray by Dan Falzon of Neighbours fame.

Its terrible but who didn't love a bit of Rick Alessi

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

Dumdums, Everything... Not a bad tune, I was surprised when it didn't do well



Just remembered another Lynch sister was in a girl band, called Fab! Just checked and Turn Around only got to number 59....

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

Dove, short lived Irish pop band who made the top 30 of the UK charts. The lead singer Hazel Kaneswaren later entered Popstars the Rivals while pregnant. She made it to the final 10 and then had to be eliminated as she had lied about her age. She was replaced by Nicola Roberts.

 

[Gym&Tonic]

Who remember Pop!? I think Peter Waterman was behind them