This music producing trio possessed the Midas touch from the mid eighties until the early nineties and absolutely dominated the charts, churning out hit after hit as though they were flying off of a conveyor belt.
Good folks: What was your favourite act from SAW and what was your favourite hit?  |
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"Best thing they did was Roadblock- the rest was sugar coated kiddie pop and music for the masses. Kylie improved greatly once she moved over to the influence on Michael Hutchence"
Just utter bollocks but I fully respect your opinion.
SAW are my heroes and I won't have a word said against them.
OP - impossible to choose from but, if pushed, Respectable as it's one of the best pop songs ever made. |
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"Best thing they did was Roadblock- the rest was sugar coated kiddie pop and music for the masses. Kylie improved greatly once she moved over to the influence on Michael Hutchence
Just utter bollocks but I fully respect your opinion.
SAW are my heroes and I won't have a word said against them.
OP - impossible to choose from but, if pushed, Respectable as it's one of the best pop songs ever made."
They also thought “I’d rather jack” by The Reynolds Girls, was worthy of the use of a lump of vinyl  |
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"Best thing they did was Roadblock- the rest was sugar coated kiddie pop and music for the masses. Kylie improved greatly once she moved over to the influence on Michael Hutchence
Just utter bollocks but I fully respect your opinion.
SAW are my heroes and I won't have a word said against them.
OP - impossible to choose from but, if pushed, Respectable as it's one of the best pop songs ever made.
They also thought “I’d rather jack” by The Reynolds Girls, was worthy of the use of a lump of vinyl "
That was a fun song. |
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"Not 100% sure but I believe Sinitta worked with them the songs I remember that I liked were Cross My Broken Heart and So Macho. Toy Boy was not as good "
I think she was with Simon Cowell |
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"Fun fact: SAW’s first big hit was actually with Divine (yes THE Divine) ‘You Think You’re A Man.’ "
I assume you watched the documentary? The story about having to chase him down at the airport to re-record it was excellent. |
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"Fun fact: SAW’s first big hit was actually with Divine (yes THE Divine) ‘You Think You’re A Man.’
I assume you watched the documentary? The story about having to chase him down at the airport to re-record it was excellent."
I did indeed Very interesting and in some scenes, quite moving to - not least of all Pete Waterman’s recollection of Mel Appleby’s sad passing. |
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"Fun fact: SAW’s first big hit was actually with Divine (yes THE Divine) ‘You Think You’re A Man.’ "
Pete Waterman had quite a fair bit of success before he joined forces with them too, including putting out Uptown Top Ranking (Althea & Donna) & Musical Youth and even Nik Kershaw was one of his discoveries |
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"Fun fact: SAW’s first big hit was actually with Divine (yes THE Divine) ‘You Think You’re A Man.’
Pete Waterman had quite a fair bit of success before he joined forces with them too, including putting out Uptown Top Ranking (Althea & Donna) & Musical Youth and even Nik Kershaw was one of his discoveries "
I love Nik The Riddle and Wouldn’t It Be Good, two of my personal faves |
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I have often cited SAW as a HUGE influence on my musical tastes. As a teenager in the 80s I despised and detested their output so much it made me seek out "real" music and led to me embarking on an lifelong career in the music industry.
However, I will qualify this by saying in retrospect the achievements of SAW are mind-blowing and a lot of their output still holds up and is very much loved today. So absolute credit to them.
I've also met Pete Waterman several times over the years and he is an absolute top guy.
But to answer the OP's question of do I have a fave? Oh yes... Dead or Alive's You Spin Me Round is still a dance floor filling killer classic! |
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"The hitman and her.
Mmmmmmm Michaela Strachan 
Loved that direct from the clubs. Used to be on TV about 3 in the morning! "
I was usually d*unk in that just awake enough to put telly on but too pissed to focus usually ended up face down falling asleep. |
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