Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts
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The Cure were number one on RTR for weeks with A Forest.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28l2l_the-cure-a-forest_music -
Russell Brown, in reply to
Still a tribute to the kids who listened down through 40 songs back in the time. That was our playstation.
Haha. True.
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Sacha, in reply to
who got them up there
ooh, there
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this changed my basic expectations about what music could be (regardless of how it charted).
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Jack Harrison, in reply to
We were the only country who bought this.
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Sacha, in reply to
Thank god for Jamie xx, then. The album is terrific
wow. like that track? me buy now
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Sacha, in reply to
the only country
I heard that. wondered how much it underpinned our later scenes ..
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Russell Brown, in reply to
this changed my basic expectations about what music could be (regardless of how it charted).
An early incarnation of the band featured Chris Bell (yes, the Chris Bell who lives in Auckland and is on Twitter).
They subsequently morphed into Underworld.
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Sacha, in reply to
featured Chris Bell
woah
They subsequently morphed into Underworld
love that, yes
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
That was the rumour but it wasn’t true. See Me Go was a genuine #1 (by a massive margin) that week. The single was delayed and delayed (primarily because an exec at Festival decided to remix it without asking whilst we were on tour – it was a dogs breakfast so we pulled it and had to wait for new pressings) so that the limited edition 12” was completely sold out for weeks and there was a big demand for the non-limited 7”.
The band had no members working in stores at all (although one mate – Adam Holt at EMI downtown but they were not a major singles outlet). The day of release saw queues in Queen Street – I watched the frenzy in Sounds Unlimited in Queen St – and it was nuts. I made the call to delete the 7” at 4000 copies sold that week despite protests at Festival Records (no-one deleted a #1 I was told) and so it was. Thus it was unavailable in the second week from the wholesaler and dropped from 1 to thirty something. In week one we sold 500 12” and about 4000 7”. In week two it was gone. The rumours began. Radio Hauraki complained to RIANZ about chart rigging but RIANZ concluded it was a genuine #1.
It was number one in every major centre so that also knackers the chart rig story.
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Grant McDougall, in reply to
Excellent, thanks for clearing that up Simon - great to hear it from the horse's mouth, as it were.
It was number one in every major centre so that also knackers the chart rig story.
Given the number of copies Tony Murdoch sold at Vibes in Gisborne, I suspect it was probably number one in every minor centre, too.
Didn't know it was Hauraki that sparked off the rumours.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
It was number one in every major centre so that also knackers the chart rig story.
Given the number of copies Tony Murdoch sold at Vibes in Gisborne, I suspect it was probably number one in every minor centre, too.
I remember me and my mates in Christchurch being very excited about the release. As Simon notes, the delays just built anticipation
Didn’t know it was Hauraki that sparked off the rumours.
Yeah, what was that about?
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1976 did give us Foghat's "Slow Ride" and the theme from Mahogany ("do you knooooooow where you're going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you?") so it can't have been all bad. ;)
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
Given the number of copies Tony Murdoch sold at Vibes in Gisborne, I suspect it was probably number one in every minor centre, too
We used to regard Tony's store as a MAJOR centre :)
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Tim Michie, in reply to
Ahem. Simon Morris has a story about 'Doot Doot'. My recollection it was shortly preceded by the chart-topping 'Da Da Da'.
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I used to avidly follow the chart listings in the Listener. I remember noting that O Bla Di O Bla Da was on it in about 5 different places, at one stage, all by different bands.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
I used to avidly follow the chart listings in the Listener. I remember noting that O Bla Di O Bla Da was on it in about 5 different places, at one stage, all by different bands.
The horror.
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RIP James 'Hansi' Last, a man and his whistle...
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
I used to avidly follow the chart listings in the Listener. I remember noting that O Bla Di O Bla Da was on it in about 5 different places, at one stage, all by different bands.
Or when "Power of Love" appeared 3 times on the charts in 1985.
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