SAW doc

Anyone see the SAW history doc last night?  I was coping ok, got a bit sad during the Mel & Kim section, but loved the top-tucked-in-to-jeans look everyone sported.  Then they spoiled it all by plaing the Reynolds 'Jack' song and I have it stuck in my head, even to the point of nearly trying to emulate the moves.
 
Tiny control rooms at PWL though.  I always imagined much grander fare.

I steered well clear of it...


Who wants to watch people hacking off their feet and trying to retrieve a key that's been sewn behind their eyeball.

One of the BBC ones - probably BBC4 as they tend to run interesting stuff that doesn't rely on some new talent or escaping from a jungle.

I was working in the industry at the time, and remember how we hated the Hit Factory sound and methodology - but looking back now it really was a fantastic model.

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It's been on before, very interesting actually.

Here's the full programme on Youtube.

I never realized most of those songs came from the same people.  I remember thinking about disecting some of the most popular songs to see if I could figure out why that particular song was so much better than others that seemed to be similar...
 
Oh, and WHAT THE HELL was that thing talking at 2:30???!

I guess it might be, but he's gotten his lips botoxed then!

Just finished watching.  Yep, it was Pete Burns - yikes!

What I thought was interesting was hearing how they went down a different path from where they started.  Dead or Alive sounds nothing like the smoother, Motown-ish, sound they ended with.  There was a definite switch in their songs from tunes I used to like to "bleh" when they began targeting a younger audience.