1 post tagged “republica”

If 90mm had a panel of arbiters passing down judgements on weekly postings then I'd have skirted close to the line a few times, sometimes sneaking in under the letter rather than the spirit of the law.

Of course the flexible bit here is "Nineties" - sure it seems like a simple rule "Music from between 1990 and 1999" but round near the grey edges and murky shadows leaves a little bit of wiggle room.

The inviolable part would seem to be the "Monday" bit. "Post something on Monday". In my defence it was Monday when and where I last woke up at a point in time which I will arbitary refer to as Morning (although, at the moment, my limbic system is painfully aware that it is only one of many potential mornings to be chosen from). 5000 odd miles and a handful of time zones later, however, and things are skirting close to murky technicality level. But, you know what? I'm willing to take the risk of mockery and ostracisation and continue with my spurious trend of guitar backed shouty women who I tended to have the teensiest of crushes on. To fit in my transatlantic, pond straddling , mid-Atlantic lifestyle I'll present a example of market demographics and focus groups at work.

The British version of "Ready to Go" by Republica was a dancey affair with some classic 90s synth twiddlings. There were, as I remember, two different videos. The one I remember had the delectable uni-monikered Saffron jumping up and down and generally doing a bit of a punk riot-grrrrl thing including shots of the then fairly ubiquitous Union Jack tshirt.

The American release had the same video but the synths were replaced by chunky guitars and, to be honest, I prefer this version but then I happen to be a bit of a sucker for the ol' grinding riffs.

There was also another video for the dancey version of the track which had a sleeker, less punky, more clubby Saffron. Wikipedia seems to indicate that this was the original video UK/European release which makes a certain amount of sense but, I have to admit, I don't really remember this video at all. On the other hand, who am I to question the Interwebs and it's mightily omniscient tubes.

I present aforementioned version for completeness.  People have often accused me of completeness. Or, more accurately, of being a complete wanker. Which is sort of the same thing.

Truly, as Sir George Bernard Shaw said, "America and England are two nations divided by a common language".

Ah well, alea iacta est - publish and be damned. Full speed ahead and damn the torpedo! And other cliches.

Hmm,  Christ I'm tired.