U2's Adam Clayton & Bananarama!
The 80s pop icons chat about their tell all autobiography Really Saying Something. Plus U2's Adam Clayton calls in about the 20th anniversary of All That You Can't Leave Behind
Adam Clayton chats about the 20th anniversary of All That You Can't Leave Behind. The U2 album reached number one in 32 countries, and sold over 12 million copies. The songs "Beautiful Day", "Walk On", "Elevation", and "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" were all successful singles. The record and its songs won seven Grammy Awards; it is the only album in history to have multiple tracks win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year: "Beautiful Day" in 2001 and "Walk On" in 2002.
Sara and Keren from Bananarama met in the school playground when they were four. They became international stars, first as a trio, then, for almost three decades, as a duo. After leaving school Sara studied journalism at the London College of Fashion while Keren worked at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. They lived in the YWCA before they moved into the semi-derelict former Sex Pistols rehearsal room and immersed themselves in Soho's thriving club scene. A year later they teamed up with Siobhan Fahey to form Bananarama.
Really Saying Something takes us from the early days to the world tours, to party games with George Michael, a close friendship with the Prodigy's Keith Flint, hanging out with Andy Warhol in New York and in 1989, a Guinness World Record for the most worldwide chart entries of any all-female group. As well as the highs, Sara and Keren speak frankly about the flip-side of fame, revealing their personal struggles, and the challenges of juggling family life and a demanding professional schedule.
As part of Radio 2's Grief Encounter season, Dermot chats to one of his listeners called Roz who has very special memories of her father, thanks to an iconic TV theme.
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Music Played
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Frank Sinatra
Witchcraft
- The Frank Sinatra Collection.
- EMI.
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Ray Parker Jr.
Ghostbusters
- Young at Heart (Various Artists).
- Reader's Digest.
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Dua Lipa
Levitating
- Future Nostalgia.
- Warner Records.
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Gavin Sutherland and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Sunday Night At The London Palladium
- What A Carry On.
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Keane
Everybody's Changing
- (CD Single).
- Transcopic Records.
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Baby D
Let Me Be Your Fantasy
- (CD Single).
- Production House.
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Doves
There Goes The Fear
- The Best Bands ...Ever! (Various).
- B-Unique / Polydor.
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Kodaline
Everyone Changes (feat. Gabrielle Aplin)
- One Day At A Time (Deluxe Edition).
- B-Unique Records.
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Evan Dando
Hard Drive
- Baby I'm Bored.
- Setanta.
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U2
Elevation (LIVE)
- All That You Can't - REISSUE.
- Island.
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U2
Stuck In A Moment (Remastered)
- All That You Can't REISSUE.
- island.
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John Legend
All Of Me
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Damien Rice
Cannonball
- (CD Single).
- 14th Floor Records.
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Ella Henderson & Roger Sanchez
Dream On Me
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Smith & Burrows
Old TV Shows
- Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough.
- PIAS.
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Bananarama
I Heard A Rumour
- Bananarama - Greatest Hits Collection.
- London.
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Bananarama
Robert De Niro's Waiting
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Echo & the Bunnymen
The Killing Moon
- Dark Side Of The 80's (Various).
- Telstar.
Broadcast
- Sat 31 Oct 2020 08:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2