Shakespears Sister - Goodbye Cruel World

Shakespears Sister "GBCW" was released as a single twice since the record company was so convinced of its success. In September of 1991 it reached # 56, and after the success of "Stay", it entered the Top 40 at # 32. The video.... it won the Best video nomination in 1992. The best video of the 90's, no doubt!!

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[dpinvogue]

@Eyeneua Except that Shakespeare's Sister released this single in 1992, when Lady Gaga was still using training wheels on her tricycle.

[thenevereverboy]

"But'chya aaaare Marc! Y'aaare stuck behind that guitar!!"

Sunset Boulevard reference - love love love love love.

[Amperatrixx]

Goodbye AngelXX

[Potionette81]

From which film does that 'I made you and I can break you' line originate? I know I've heard one like that in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' but surely that can't be what they're referencing....

[MrAlanmcmahon]

Poor Siobhan she started to go down the nutty road after her last band split, I blame the two bitch bananas for freezing her out, If you don't believe me watch the venus video, Young Siobhan obviously enjoyed being a pop star far too much, Siobhan my love is with you.

[luap42]

@emerice Siobhan Fahey is Irish, born in Dublin, parents from Tipperary, and gre up in England, Germany and Scotland. Marcella Detroit is from Detroit. There's more than British influence here...

[376Angelina]

Sorry - I don't won't suck U2, but I've think, that I've learnd about taking decisions. Somebody wanted it so as it is. And U2 I only take PUR - without (E-)Aiden or something like that miXXXXXXXd... Unanana.:.HaRHaRHaR (only for you marcella) and therefor' : Wise up, sucker - Pop will eat itself!!! Without me? Black or Shadow?1? HiHiHiHiHiHiHiHiHiHi (!nHi!"-hehehe)

Mirrow of me - don*t be sorry if he's not calling back - SelfMade is hard here in germany with brown and as black as .:..

[TheMjblades]

@wolfkins To be honest, not sure I could, but Pink may do a good song by accident. I just about stood one or two by Girls Aloud & Sophie Ellis Bextor & I tolerate 2 by Shintey Spears-but cos of Cathy Dennis writing them, but they're still highly cringeoworthy. As soon as I heard that Pink's highly hateful 'Get The Party Started' I knew yet another pointless pop bimbo had appeared. All US/UK barbies today sound alike so I'd never seperate her from it all on the radio but OK I'll try YT dubiously.

[TheMjblades]

@wolfkins Yeah & I think slavery is still going on today. How else would people actually single out trash like Madonna as an icon & put it in the musical hall of fame and so on, and commend her for every lousy move she makes, whether 'music critics' or your average Jo&Joanne, while any move many other 80s artists make are hated & derided by critics (Duran Duran) or conveniently ignored (Kim Wilde) and so on. That hag Madogga might have pulled out a few good tunes-big deal she's had enough time!

[wolfkins]

Respond to this video... And finally there never would've been Pop which is a condensing of R&B and Rock and Roll...... that said.... Rap came from Pop music. If you do the musical breakdown it sadly equates to the very sobering reality that these forms of music never would've existed as they currently do if slavery had not been in active existence.

[wolfkins]

@TheMjblades Oh and the final word I need to throw out is this: Basically all Pop, R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rap and Rock can attributed to one source and one source only- the fact that slavery was so very lucrative to both the US and also to the British Empire (when it was an empire that is) for as many years as it was practiced. There would never have been Rythym & Blues without the emotional turmoil of an enslaved people, there never would've been Jazz or Rock which were directly descended from R&B.

[wolfkins]

@TheMjblades I proceeded to listen to "Funhouse" for about a month straight, while I will concede that much of Pink's music can be POP or melodically repetitive, she is actually a very talented performer as well as a very deep thinking being, I highly recommend that you give her a second chance and actually listen to more than the music/lyrics she sings, listen to the socio-political issues she's exploring. :D