Savage Garden - "To The Moon and Back" (Almighty Fired Up Mix)

Pat Benatar - "We Belong" (White Label Mix)

Savage Garden - "I Want You 98" (Sash! radio edit)

Laura Branigan - "Gloria" (S.A.D. Radio edit)

Oh yes I did. These two tacky men to the left are none other than german pop sensation Milli Vanilli! They had a really dull career and no one has really ever heard of them.

Yeah.


Truth is, I LOVE ME SOME MILLI VANILLI! The guys in the picture didnt sing the songs... but neither did C&C Music Factory. I could really give two shits either way but the "Milli Vanilli" songs are TOO ace to be ignored. I know you probably know all of these songs but I also know you havent heard them in a long time, so give em a listen!

Baby Dont Forget My Number

Blame It on the Rain

Girl You Know Its True

This week we got a winner!

The follow up to Meat Loaf's classic album was essentially dead on arrival... it was called "Dead Ringer" and featured the right elements... Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman... but the album wasn't a success...

maybe it was because they added Cher into the mix?

from 1983, here's Meat Loaf Featuring Cher with "Dead Ringer for Love"

Meatloaf Featuring Cher- Dead Ringer For Love

What the Fuck!?

Enjoy!
~DJ RyRy

Today we are gonna post the ORIGINAL versions of random covers and remakes out there recently!


Miami Sound Machine - "Dr Beat"
Mylo recently covered Miami Sound Machines "Dr Beat". Threw down a few extra beats and vocals, sped it up and renamed it "Doctor Pressure". Such an artist.

Duran Duran - "Serious"
Ferry Corsten sampled this Duran tune without copying damn near the entire thing like "Doctor Pressure" so I have a little more respect for Corstens "Fire".

Talk Talk - "Talk Talk"

Sheena Easton - "Sugar Walls"





Kim Wilde - "You Keep Me Hangin On"

Aretha Franklin - "Whos Zoomin Who?"

Thats right! We are giving away a BRAND NEW VHS copy of "SPICE GIRLS: ONE HOUR OF GIRL POWER" *in its original packaging*!

What do you have to do to get this almost useless piece of pop history?
Simple.
eMail your name to SPARKPOP@GMAIL.COM with "GIRL POWER" in the subject line.

THATS IT.

A winner will be drawn at random on FRIDAY APRIL 28th and announced sometime that weekend.

I couldn't think of a good theme, so Aaryn suggested I do the ole SPARK*SHUFFLE ... so I chose the first 2 80s songs and the first 2 90s songs that came up... so y'all get 4 for the price of 2 this week!

THE 1980s

First up... The B-52's! with a hit off their 2nd album, "Wild Planet" here is "Private Idaho"

The B-52's- Private Idaho

2nd on Shuffle was "Native Love (Step By Step)" By Divine... yes, the drag queen of John Waters films fame. She had a huge disco/dance career in Europe in the early 1980s and worked with people such as Stock, Aitken and Waterman as well as Bobby Orlando. My band actually covered this song last year. This selection excited me, I hope it excites you hahaha.

Divine- Native Love (Step By Step)

and now... The 1990s! *hits Shuffle*

First up... Pet Shop Boys! (no shock there lol) with "Shameless" which was a B-Side to "Go West", another one of my music projects just covered this song. It's one of my favorite PSB songs and it was rearranged for their musical, "Closer to Heaven".

Pet Shop Boys- Shameless (1993)

*keeps hitting "Next"... damn 80s songs!

ah here we go... a dance CLASSIC! this one takes me back to high school dances... AMBER with This Is Your Night... so many fond memories! I can picture the video in my head!

Amber- This Is Your Night

and now you can picture the video in your head too!



Enjoy!
~DJ RyRy

Bonnie Tyler - "Holding Out for A Hero" FOOTLOOSE

Tina Turner - "We Dont Need Another Hero" MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME

Irene Cara - "Breakdance" BREAKIN 2

Gloria Loring - The Facts of Life Theme
(Alan Thicke actully wrote this song...)


PS - Please pardon our dust! Doing some work on the blog tonite!

sorry for the lack of update, I've been a tad busy... I hate when life gets in the way of my fun!!!

It's Wednesday, well at least it is where I am in MA...

so this is What the Fuck!? Wednesday... this isn't a weekly thing, it'll only happen when i come across a song and think "what the fuck!?"

and this one song made me say that this week, so i couldn't wait to post it...

1983... Music Magic was to be made... we take James Ingram... and then we throw in ex Doobie Brothers member, Michael McDonald... and we get Quincy Jones to produce... wow talk about a dream team!

Ladies and Gentleman, may I present to you... "Yah Mo B There"

and.. What the Fuck does that even mean!?

1983- James Ingram, Featuring Michael McDonald - Yah Mo B There

and another thing about Michael... he doesn't ENUNCIATE... I don't know what the fuck he's saying! I'm gonna share with you the 1978 hit "What a Fool Believes"... without looking up the lyrics, try to decipher it!

1978- Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers) - What A Fool Believes

Michael McDonalds voice is a one of a kind... I'm obsessed with him, but more because it's funny than that I actually like him hahaha... and I'm not the only one who thinks so...



And that's your FIRST "What the Fuck!?" Wednesday!

~DJ "Yah Mo B There" RyRy

So today's theme?... unusual song mashups... 2 songs that you would never expect to hear mixed together... Technically they weren't made in the 80's and 90s, probably made in the past few years, I've had them for at least 4 years now, and now I share them with you... It seems a shame to bump Liza down, but I held off all day and kept her on top long as I could (links still active), but I had to put out a new 2Play!

What do you get when you Take "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails and Mix it with "Wannabe" by Spice Girls?

you get.... CLOSER TO SPICE!

Now let's take one of my favorite rap songs... "Push It" by Salt N Pepa and mix it up with "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans...

you get... MY FAVOURITE PUSH!

Enjoy... mashing... it's not just for potatoes anymore!

~DJ RyRy

So this weekend saw the reairing of the 1972 Classic Liza Minnelli TV Special, "Liza with a Z" on Showtime for the first time in 34 years. It was remastered and enhanced. Liza was everywhere on TV and in Magazines here in the US to promote it. To celebrate Liza being all over the place, I wanted to share with you a landmark album of her career...

in 1988, she headed into the studio with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, yes, Pet Shop Boys. They were to produce this album for her, "Results" which was released in 1989. She scored many number 1 hits off this album, Liza was back!... and doing POP!... She covered 2 Pet Shop Boys songs (made into orchestrated masterpieces), "Tonight is Forever" (off their Debut album, "Please") and "Rent" which was on their second album, "Actually"... she also covered the Sondheim song "Losing My Mind"... The song "Twist in My sobriety" is a cover song, and the beginning rap is stolen from "Liza With A Z"...

So Ladies and Gentleman, I give to you, "Results", all the tracks complete, in order... I also give you the Pet Shop Boys versions of the songs she covered (they went on and covered some songs from this album, but I don't have them to share)... and while I'm at it... I'll give you 3 bonus dance remixes!

The Links for these tracks will only be active for a limited amount of time... I suggest buying the album, it's worth it. I have put a * next to the tracks that I feel are the best...

Enjoy!

Liza Minnelli- RESULTS (1989)

1. I Want You Now*
2. Losing My Mind*
3. If There Was Love
4. So Sorry, I Said
5. Don't Drop Bombs*
6. Twist in My Sobriety*
7. Rent
8. Love Pains
9. Tonight Is Forever*
10. I Can't Say Goodbye

Liza Minnelli- RESULTS Bonus Dance Remixes (1989)

Losing My Mind- Extended Mix
Don't Drop Bombs- Extended Mix
Love Pains- Steve Silk Hurley's Remix

Pet Shop Boys

Rent- From the album "Actually" (1987)
Tonight Is Forever- From the album "Please" (1986)

ENJOY!

~DJ RyRy With A Z