Needlessly long….? This is the Jarndyce v Jarndyce of pop television.
I demand an enquiry into…
That woman out of L7 showing her frontispiece
“Groovy fuckers”
“You fucking rotter”
That chap from Joy Division trying to guide aircraft into the studio
Jimi Hendrix playing Sunshine of Your Love instead of Hey Joe (the bounder!)
The royal family being asked to rattle their jewellery
It says Five Star were named after a type of leaded petrol. That’s just bollocks. You don’t get five star petrol – but you might well see a five star hotel or a five star review – signifiers of high quality. Perhaps that is where they got their name?
But here was a 5 star petrol. Available in the 60s and 70s – it started being phased out in the mid 70s.
Even then, it is exceedingly unlikely that this would’ve given the “band” their name.
The were 5 of ’em, and they all wanted to be stars – sounds a bit more plausible than a reference to a high lead content fuel with a relatively short retail life
I really liked this one at the time. Just listening to it again and, yes, very eighties but quite a dignified and persistent groove going on here. A bit like Wanna Be Startin’ Something.
Izzy says
Oh dear ….
Mousey says
Oh good it’s not my own “certain age”
fentonsteve says
(deep breath)…
“I AM ELIOT FLETCHER!”
Harry Tufnell says
…and so’s my wife.
Vulpes Vulpes says
I’d love to read the full text of that apology letter. If it exists.
Moose the Mooche says
Needlessly long….? This is the Jarndyce v Jarndyce of pop television.
I demand an enquiry into…
That woman out of L7 showing her frontispiece
“Groovy fuckers”
“You fucking rotter”
That chap from Joy Division trying to guide aircraft into the studio
Jimi Hendrix playing Sunshine of Your Love instead of Hey Joe (the bounder!)
The royal family being asked to rattle their jewellery
etc
JQW says
Can we now track down ‘Simon Roberts’ who called Matt Bianco a ‘wunch of bankers’ (misprint) in a similar incident on the same show?
Moose the Mooche says
That was their manager!
Martin S says
Fun fact. All of Five Star went to my school (a long time after I did of course)
count jim moriarty says
However he expressed it, he was right. Dull identikit dated 80’s nonsense.
Black Celebration says
It says Five Star were named after a type of leaded petrol. That’s just bollocks. You don’t get five star petrol – but you might well see a five star hotel or a five star review – signifiers of high quality. Perhaps that is where they got their name?
Rigid Digit says
But here was a 5 star petrol. Available in the 60s and 70s – it started being phased out in the mid 70s.
Even then, it is exceedingly unlikely that this would’ve given the “band” their name.
The were 5 of ’em, and they all wanted to be stars – sounds a bit more plausible than a reference to a high lead content fuel with a relatively short retail life
Billybob Dylan says
The B side of The 101’ers ‘Keys To Your Heart’ was called ‘5 Star Rock ‘n’ Roll Petrol.’ Maybe they were named after a Joe Strummer song?
fentonsteve says
“Five Star: Making Rain or Shine was ‘an ordeal’, says Doris Pearson”
Not as much of an ordeal as listening to it was, Doris.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49974923
Black Celebration says
I really liked this one at the time. Just listening to it again and, yes, very eighties but quite a dignified and persistent groove going on here. A bit like Wanna Be Startin’ Something.
count jim moriarty says
‘A bit like Wanna Be Startin’ Something.’
You say that like it’s a good thing…
Black Celebration says
It’s a great song CLOTH EARS!