Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 19, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 19, 2020 They really were. They took the Motown ethos to the UK and frankly made some utter bangers My favourite: - https://youtu.be/AA0keBEeyvs Possibly one of the best pop songs ever made. I think it's time s.a.w. we're revisited nd given fair thrift. Except for the WWf singles they realsassd by the end. But seriously. I think SAW don't get the credit they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCJ Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 SAW certainly had more than their fair share of number ones in the 80s when people still bought music. I think they probably got a bad rep because the music was cheaply produced and it was around the time when everyone mimed on top of the pops. I agree that some of their songs were quite good like that one from Donna Summer but they also did some bloody awful ones (Sinitta anyone?). Bananarama also sounded like school girls at the back of a bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted March 19, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, LCJ said: Bananarama also sounded like school girls at the back of a bus. Blocked and reported. They had some bangers! SAW made You Spin Me Round, Respectable, Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Stop Me From Loving You, Hand On Your Heart, The Love I Lost. That’s just a small sample of some of their most amazing work. It lived up to it’s name did The Hit Factory Edited March 20, 2020 by Hannibal Scorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Fuck off Butch you've jumped the shark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: The Love I Lost. Harold Melvin might disagree with you. I remember Train nonce Waterman on the tv saying they always got the same old criticism how their stuff was cookie cutter and easy to make. Whenever he was told that he’d say “Here’s the studio for a day, go on then if it’s so easy” and he was right. It does get labelled as the music of Thatcher but that was Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran. The Hit Factory was exactly that, a factory with a production line that churned out exactly what it set out to manufacture. Im with Butch, it’s more akin to Motown than Cowell. Not really a fan of most of the output at all but they were behind the best Band Aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted March 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2020 During interviews these days, Bananarama always seem like they'd give you the best sex you'd ever had, and then make you feel pathetic afterwards. I saw them on some cooking program once and they were like "lovely souffle, but I'd rather be anywhere but eating this on Saturday morning." The type of women only Scott Steiner and Kevin Nash could maintain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Jim Bob Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I find SAW fucking awful for the most part and comparing them to Motown is a massive insult to all the actual great musicians who helped build that label. Kylie's Better The Devil You Know is an absolutely amazing pop song though but I'm not sure that makes up for them basically trolling the pop charts for years with shite like The Reynolds Girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted March 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2020 I picked up a 4 disk Hit Factory compilation from our charity shop for 10p and there's some great songs on there. It's like every composition and aural perception class I ever attendee in college and uni put into practice. They had a formula, and once they'd got it right it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 The songwriting on some of them is decent but the production is so fatiguing. They're mostly dross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Cousin Jim Bob said: I find SAW fucking awful for the most part and comparing them to Motown is a massive insult to all the actual great musicians who helped build that label. Nah. Holland-Dozier-Holland were the biggest builders of Motown for me, Clive. So comparing in house songwriters/producers with in house songwriters/producers is perfectly valid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 20, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 20, 2020 I agree that the comparison is valid but it really is not a favourable one for SAW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Peter Frampton is crying in his grave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: I agree that the comparison is valid but it really is not a favourable one for SAW. Agreed. It’s just Motown was as much a conveyer belt as Hit Factory when it needed to be. Granted, one made Ford GTs and the other made Robin Reliants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) They were the sound of my childhood but looking back through their discography, they were way more miss than hit. Love their Bananarama and Mel & Kim stuff though. Such a fantastic song, the structure of it is so unusual. Edited March 20, 2020 by Devon Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted March 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2020 Listened to that song after reading this thread last night funnily enough, definitely one ofthe best SAW tracks and better than Respectable. My dad swears that The Hitman and Her is the greatest music show to ever grace our TV screens. I think that's more because of Michaela Strachan than Pete Waterman, mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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