Stammering

I am trying to drag myself up off the floor. So today we have list of Ten Guilty-Secret records prompted by stumbling across one of them on a tape in the car yesterday.

1. I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany

Yes - we have to go for the biggie first. A triumph of unemotional commercial pop.

2. Carrie - Cliff Richard

Spooky this one and with loads of back-story.

3. Joe Le Taxi - Vanessa Paradis.

I played this about er approximately once. I can't remember anything else except that Lenny Kravitz had something to do with her.

4. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

You may think that I am covering up the truth here but I honestly bought this because I thout he was Virginia Astley's Brother. Her real brother is of course Jon Astley. Still got Rick's record - played once if ya wanna bid for it.

5. Coolest Cuts - Shakatak

Their album Night Birds was excellent - I first head it in a car driving back from London one dark and rainy night. The stuff which followed needed an image to make it work and I didn't know what worked. Apparently, they still hold the record for the longest bit of silence in the middle of a record though I always thought that was in Calling All the Heroes by It Bites (Who you may think should be on the list)

6. Ben - Marti Webb

A Charity record so it is slightly excused. I was sad when Ben Hardwick died. I have to say that Tell Me On a Sunday is a great album AND it has Elaine Stritch on it - the first person to say the F-Word on morning Radio 4 though we did hear This Be The Verse in the afternoon once. Yes – That is a long sentence isn’t it? Do I care? No!

This will have to be finished later as I can't actually think of any other records that I consider to be in this category. The first Kajagoogoo album is really quite good and all those Swing Out Sister records are not to be dissed in any situation.