ERUPTION

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onlyabba4me - 29.05.2007, 18:27

In the UK, they reached Number 5 with, 'I Can't Stand The Rain', in 1978, & Number 7 with, One Way Ticket', in 1979. They both reached Number 7 in Germany.

I think that, 'One Way Ticket' was a Cover of the 'B' Side, of, 'Oh! Carol', the 1959 Neil Sedaka Hit. And Neil helped to write the English Lyrics for 'Ring Ring' - so, an ABBA connection!

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Maxi-saxi - 30.05.2007, 05:55

No can't say that I have But the song title sounds very familer

Maxi-saxi

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abbagav - 02.06.2007, 23:09

I have both their hits on scratchy old 7 inch - been trying desparatly for years to get them on CD and have now got ICSTR on a disco compilation thing but can't seem to find OWT anywhere...ho hum!

abbagav

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abbagav - 04.06.2007, 13:29

That's the one I've come across before with the '94 remixes on it. Why can't people leave songs alone - the originals are always so much better!

But thanks for that anyway Hades

abbagav

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merton - 08.06.2007, 21:46

Eruption had a huge hit here with I Can't Stand The Rain and when I went to Germany in 79 I picked up One Way Ticket single which briefly made the charts here. Frank Farian, forall his faults, was frankly bl....dy brilliant at creating novel and clever sounds with his songs, especiallyhis remakes, be it with Eruption or Boney M. Some of the Boney M remakes didn't work for me, they seemed like album fillers, but others, well, lookat Rivers of Babylon which had been previously recorded by another artist....That's the obvious one.

Abbagav, totally agree but the endless remixes. I get reallytired of seeing artists oftenfromthe 70s have their one-off hits or so get remixed to try to squeeze some more juice out of it when there's none left really.

Or the worst one is when the artist re-records the actual song. Arrgh!!!

Some of the songs are better left alone, they were fine as they were. I think though the newer songs from the 1990s onwards, definitely need help becasuse frankly a lot of pop music today just isn't as good. But that's my own e-pinionof course.

One exception about the remives relates back to Frank Farian. And that is the remix I think fromthe early 90s of Ma Baker. It's sped-up and does that kind of beat-box thing in the middle (is that the right term) but it's damn catchy and doesn't disturb the original arrangement too much, but adds to it.

Oh well sermon over.

M

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Anonymous - 21.06.2007, 22:58

Mika's album is indeed the best pop album I have heard since ABBA were around!!

Einar