SINGLES BAR

Rip It Up, Issue 80, 1 March 1984, Page 32

SINGLES BAR

Echo and the Bunny men The Killing]Moon (Koroua) 12” An old 'rabbit won't let you down. This is pure heaven. Everything about it is magic. Absolutely essential. Fantastic, wonderful, exhilarating, rave, rave, rave ... SOS] BandJgßßaßHßn Just ,Be Good to Me (Epic) 12" Forget Frankie. Goes to Hollywood, this is the real sex music. Hypnotic in-the-groove disco, the sort that moves your spine as well as your feet. Love it. Big Country Chance (Mercury) Milo is really good for helping you sleep but this record is better. Reminds me of. Bob Seger on downers. What's worse, there's a desecration of Track of My Tears' on the B-side. Shriekback My Spine is the Bassline (Y) This may be a bit old now but it's still as vital as ever. Not only

that, . you get 'Accretions', which' is reasonably new and not bad at all. Monyaka Go Deh Yaka (Powderworks) Glorious blend of reggae and funk. Urgent and tantalising, it immediately has your attention and holds it to the end. 1 just hope someone other than me plays it. Gloria Gaynor 1 Am. What I Am

(Powderworks) 12” This song must be from a stage show. of some description, it just has the feel. An epic disco drama, with some great production and a dynamic vocal on an average song. Should be big at Alfies. Marilyn Calling Your Name (Koroua) 12” This pretty young chap has taken a lot of flak over his association with Boy George. On the strength of this, he probably deserves it. Sounds like 14 songs dissected then reassembled, jig-saw fashion. Maybe the 7" is better. Ryan Paris, Dolce Vita (Carrere) Lots of pomp, pomp, pomp but very little circumstantial evidence to prove that this is anything more than another cutesy radio song. Bland.

Musical Youth She's Trouble (MCA) A change of style going on here. A far harder, more mature approach. Could be the wrong move at the right time. lan Prince Too Much Too Soon (London) 12” Average English funk, devoid of that hit sound ingredient. lan Prince seems to be the protege of Barry Blue, who himself had a couple of nondescript hits in the mid 70s. Hold Me Now'(Festival) Hold Me Now (Festival) This is dross. It may have been well-intended but it's still dross. Venetians, Chinese I's (Parole) Some Australians with an English singer, who brought us 'Sound on Sound'. This is worse. Allnighters Love and Affection (Powderworks) More Australians. How this lot got a contract I don't know. Lame ska ballad that sounds remarkably like an Auckland band of a couple of years back called the Blue Asthmatics. Come to think of it, whatever happened to those two girl singers? iNo ... couldn't be! l Mark Phillips