Right, I’ll kick this debate off.
This may get a bit technical, but bear with me.
There are two musical moments that always gets me throbbing, but they happen on many records.
The first is a big left hand (generally just playing octaves) on a piano going “bom bom bom, bom bom ba-dom ba-dom”. Or indeed just a simple swinging “ba-dom ba-dom ba-dom”. Well at least I can justify the Showaddywaddy CD in my collection. What’s your excuse?
The second is a rising octave in a sung melody, viz: “cos love’s such an old fashioned word and love.” I defy you not to sing the end of that phrase. Equally there is the fabulous Roy Orbison, telling me he could, “taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide, this feeling for you is just burning me up in…” Go on, knock yourself out as you try to hit the next blissful top note.
The slightly curious result of having two favourite moments of music is that you wind up trying to triangulate them. What I’ve found is that they converge on the mighty S Club 7′s “Reach”. I used to be ashamed of this fact. Now I’m just shameless – it’s fucking ace.
Sounds like not only Love Today but also practically the entirety of the rest of Mika’s album as well!
Or am I missing the point? I did music for A Level, but we didn’t do Roy Orbison and S Club weren’t around yet. We had Elgar.
Either way, I’m sure Pete Waterman is suitably flattered. Like he needs critical plaudits as well as the slurry pits full of lucre he’s amassed by repeatedly shitting on Elvis’s grave then mentioning himself in the same breath. The syphilitic jamrag.