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Ladies – start your engines. We’re big fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and so, when monstagigz favourite MNEK appeared to produce rival girl groups, we thought the results would be good but we weren’t quite prepared for two fabulous versions of a great original song.
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It would be fair to say we were surprised that sophomore Years & Years album Palo Santo was released last year without this track.
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They’re from ’85, they ain’t gonna lie and they don’t know what’s cool anymore.
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This is the stand-out tune from the 6-song cabaret MUSIK starring character Billie Trix played by Frances Barber from 2001 Pet Shop Boys musical Closer To Heaven.
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Imagine sassy Prince mashing up Greased Lightning from musical Grease with the keyboards from Pulp’s Common People and you might come close to recreating this summer anthem singing the praises of the dash of imperfection that accentuates perfection.
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Looking for an affectionate song about the peculiarly British awkwardness about sex in relationships that is as good as the best of Victoria Wood but here sounds like it’s sung by Jarvis Cocker?
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
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The last thing we suspected would result from Bananarama’s award-winning Original Line Up Tour was new material from Siobhan Fahey’s old group Shakespears Sister but here we are.
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It’s our favourite entry in the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in May and the UK votes in the 2nd semi in which it competes with a host of our favourite songs on 16/5.
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Eurovision season is in full swing and the song we most want to see competing in Tel Aviv in May is a gorgeous ballad with a gigantic dramatic key change sung beautifully by a former contestant who finished 19th in 2010 in Oslo in a completely different style.
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The true test of a pop act with heritage is whether they can release new material which sits comfortably within the greatest hits set of its past.
