An excellent documentary about Stock/Aitken/Waterman was shown on British TV last night.
Known as PWL or The Hit Factory, the boys introduced Kylie Minogue to the music world. The also worked with Bananarama, Rick Astley, Divine, Jason Donovan, Dead Or Alive, Brother Beyond, Sinitta, Samantha Fox, Mel & Kim, Sabrina, Hazell Dean and even the queen of disco, Donna Summer.
After dominating the UK charts for the latter part of the 80s, thing started to go downhill when all their biggest artists left the company in 1991-1992. But what remains in an incredible body of successful work, done in a very short time. The music may not recall Motown, but the success does.
Now, step back in time and watch the documentary...
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The greatest place in time! xoxoMM
It was a great programme - I thoroughly enjoyed it, and glad you did too... Jx
Despite that hate that PWL and it's artists seemed to be attracting in the late 80s, I don't think that anyone can deny the fact that when they did a good song, it was pop perfection!
I wonder if the sales figures for the cancelled Hyde Park gig are correct - 18.000 tickets sold? According to Pete, it was more than 40.000, but we all know how he likes to, well, lie! He is now talking about one and MAYBE two nights at O2 later this year instead of the cancelled show, so that might suggest that around 20.000 sold tickets this summer is more accurate then the 40.000+ figure...
I always found it a bit silly to do an event like this in Hyde Park. Hopefully this will happen at the O2 and we'll get a DVD out of the whole thing!
Hyde Park events can accommodate 60,000 so maybe he has scaled down his ambition... Jx
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