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Nostalgic trips down memory lane for pop artists looking for a final payday, to satisfy their own egos having been picked up and thrown on the scrap heap when no longer required.

These poptastic pretty faces with limited talent are constantly desperately trying to grab back their glory days, desperate for that five minutes of fame by rehashing the only thing they know – which isn’t much.

Then along comes an act/band/artist from an age where decadence, fame went hand in hand with talent and hard graft – Madonna, Prince, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran. Global superstars working, producing, partying.

To this day these icons of pop are still at the forfront of the music business, constant reference points for the latest artist.

Yes there were pop acts, manufactured for money and short gain but there was one pop band which led the way, one which was the first to show the pop world what true global phenomenon was. Bros.

Matt and Luke Goss – When Will I be Famous released on 16th November 1987, debuted on their album Push in 1988 went on to be multi platinum – not down load bollocks proper sales meaning people walking into a shop an actually buying a physical piece of history.

19 consecutive nights at Wembley and still the  youngest band to ever play Wembley to this day.

When their star waned, they didn’t give up, whine about their lot, they dusted themselves down and worked – acting, writing performing, producing.

Luke went solo with a rockier edge, Matt became one of the longest residencies in Vegas ever.

On the 5th October 2016 came the announcement, in almost total secret that Bros were back after nearly 30 years.

Now that is a com back, thats nostalgia, thats pop royalty – fastest ever sell out of the o2 arena 20,000 people, oh and another nigHt added due to demand plus a UK arena tour.

The social media explosion and almost hysteria amongst the 30-50 year old population is only matched by the 20-30 year olds who want in. They want that feeling of something that has substance not this pseudo plastic ‘reality’ bullshit.

I was never a fan, never wore bottle tops, but you cant deny that Matt can sing and I mean really sing – check out youtube and his Vegas performances.

Rock ‘N Roll, Punk, Pop.

You have to respect those who innovate, work and deliver.

I may just go, now where are my bottles of grolsch.

What are your Onion?

 

RPOS Guv X

 

Westworld Sky Atlantic Tuesdays 9PM

Having not seen anything decent for a while post Black Sails and Game of Thrones I was not overly looking forward to the latest and greatest television event as with everything that follows brilliance, it just follows and doesn’t bring anything new to the party.

So, with expectations low it started. Then it finished.

Fuck me that went quickly, still not sure what happened or what this leads to, but from what I can gather it has all the makings of a good series.

Why only good? The game seems to have been given away almost straight away – the ‘hosts’ (robots) are beginning to glitch. Beginning to wake up and think for themselves. I am hoping this deliberate early plot driver is only because of the mayhem to come.

The rich pay to play cowboys as ‘newcomers’ screwing, yee ha-ing, drinking, fighting, bank robbing, horse riding, spitting, shooting to their hearts content but there will be consequences and oh how they will be represented in this version. By the close of this first episode I am already rooting for the hosts.

There will be countless comparisons to the book of course, to the 70s movie no doubt, how the plot is twisted doesn’t follow the original and so on. So what, look at Game of Thrones. That hardly follows the books, more bases itself around them but still creating a fantastic world the viewer can buy into, immerse themselves and enjoy the emotional investment.

Plus there’s bonking, violence, swearing, humor and the soundtrack.

The soundtrack – clever uses of ‘cowboy’ instruments playing Paint it Black, Black Hole Sun lends a cracking set of sounds to the classic western landscapes, horses and action.

Do we have any obvious heroes? So far, no. Are there any obvious villains? Oh yes, just about everyone and anyone which is what it makes this so cool, so much so I can’t wait to see the next episode.

I can’t remember the names of most of the actors apart from Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, ‘Scott/Cyclops’ X-Men, Tony Soprano’s Shrink, plus James Bond’s CIA mate Felix. The cast is good, the sets are cool, the premise is well known I look forward to seeing how it all unfolds.

Watch out for it because it will be watching you……….

Trailer 1

Trailer 1 episode 2

 

https://youtu.be/pXKjjg4R-Is

 

What are your Onions?

 

RPOS Guv X