Does anybody really listen when I speak, or will I have to say it all again next week?

[venta]

On Fridays this year, we ask...

What's in the Box?

The Box in question is the glovebox of my car, home to my extremely motley tape collection. By the time I owned a car with a tape player tapes were on the way out and most of my music was in CD format. However, charity shops were practically giving tapes away, which meant that I bought rapaciously and eclectically. A half-remembered 80s band who once released a single I'd liked a little ? A band I'd vaguely heard of ? An unknown group with good cover art ? Bring them on.

Of course, the net result is that I've ended up with a tape collection which any music-lover would be slightly ashamed of. There was a relatively narrow window (late 70s to later 80s) when tapes were big news, and my horde represents that. However, in amongst the terrible pop I've found some gems and I reckon its time to come clean about my guilty musical secrets.

Today in The Box we have:

Shakespears Sister - Hormonally Yours

Well, according to the sticker, I paid 50p for this album. I think it's one of my best charity-shop finds, and I keep intending to buy "a proper copy", by which I mean one on a less-defunct format.

I seem to remember violently disliking Stay - the album's big hit single - when it was in the charts. I have to say, I'm still not that enamoured with it and am not clear why it was a bigger hit than the vastly superior Hello (Turn Your Radio On). Maybe it was the scary gothed-out video.

Anyway, this is actually a genuinely high-quality album in The Box. I think this week's track was a single but I'm too lazy to check. It's a proper jaunty sing-along.

Shakespears Sister - I Don't Care

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Comments

[beckyl.livejournal.com]

I love this album. I too had it on tape. I now need to go and find some way of getting it in a format I can listen to. Without spending a lot of money.

[uitlander]

I believe I have a ripped copy of my CD, as I am also rather fond of the album. That should sort you both out.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but I will get round to buying the CD sooner or later, as CD is my format of choice for home-listening. And it's going pretty cheap these days :)

[ulfilias.livejournal.com]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00002DE4N/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1219060601&sr=8-1

£3.00 + £1.24 shipping - I love amazon second hand/alternative sellers !

[snathe.livejournal.com]

It was indeed a single, as I remember hearing it on the ILR version of the top 40 countdown when it was out.

(May 10th 1992, was in the charts for 6 weeks and got to number 7)

This was back in the days before I saw the light and converted to Radio 2, of course :-)

[(Anonymous)]

I still rate "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" as one of the most perfect pop songs of all time.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

That's not such a shameful opinion as to have to express it anonymously, surely? I'm not afraid to publicly put my name to the same sentiment.