After their debut single, Fun Boy Three invited another trio (Bananarama) to sing with them, which led to hits for both groups. Terry co-wrote "Our Lips Are Sealed" with Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Gos, another hit for both The Go-Gos and Fun Boy Three.
Months after the release of their second album, Terry split up Fun Boy Three and formed The Colour Field, a new trio with a more sophisticated musical direction. The Colour Field was less commercially successful than Hall's previous groups, and it was followed by yet another trio, this one called Terry, Blair and Anouchka (after the names of its members).
Terry Hall finally released his first solo album in 1995, produced by Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds. Hall's cowriters were Broudie, Andy Partridge, Nick Heyward, Craig Gannon, and Damon Albarn. Today's compilation from Stinky features songs from all of Terry's groups as well as his first two solo albums.
A Terry Hall Retrospective
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Another Stinky Production
Nick Heyward..........Moodies? Wow......with Andy Partridge. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteFGW, it finally occurred to me that you were thinking of Justin Hayward (Moody Blues). Nick Heyward was the singer for Haircut 100 who became a solo artist. I was going to add that he sang that song "Wouldn't It Be Good To Be In Your Shoes", but I had him confused with Nik Kershaw. Wouldn't it be good if the Moody Blues singer collaborated with The Dukes Of Stratosphear?
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ReplyDeleteGreetings to Vermont! According to Wikipedia: UK music magazine The Face featured an article on Bananarama after the release of their first single. This caught the attention of ex-Specials member Terry Hall, who invited them to collaborate with his new vocal group Fun Boy Three on their album and the single "It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)". In 1982, the song hit the Top 5 in the UK and gave Bananarama their first significant mainstream success. Fun Boy Three then guested on Bananarama's single, "Really Saying Something", later that year.
DeleteI believe Siobhan Fahey left Bananarama to form The Sisters Of Shakespear's Stratosphear. But I may have them confused with Strawberry Switchblead. On a serious note, Paul Weller wrote a song called "Doctor Love" (not to be confused with the Kiss klassic) which appeared on the first Bananarama album.
Terry Hall is an interesting character. He's been in more successful groups than most artists. He was kidnapped by a French pedophile ring--and wrote a song about it, which is discussed in depth on the Dangerous Minds Blog. I tried to locate a funny quote that I ran across looking for photos for the cover art... Terry basically said that Fun Boy Three asked Bananarama to sing with them, and were happy to discover that they didn't know what they were doing either. - Stinky
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Nick! - Stinky
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