Stefani wants Real Thing to be a single

How many songs did Tito release off his last solo effort?

Spotnick wrote: Nevertheless, it's a good thing it's going to be released.

Let's be honest here, it's the 2nd best track on that album!

Hooky might recycle his bassline once again, but who cares.. moments of genius can be recycled IMHO, it's better that way than sampling.

Not before bloody time-it should have been the second or third single.

Spotnick wrote: Nevertheless, it's a good thing it's going to be released.

Let's be honest here, it's the 2nd best track on that album!

Hooky might recycle his bassline once again, but who cares.. moments of genius can be recycled IMHO, it's better that way than sampling.

Are you sure this is happenning Spotty? Do you have any official info?

I ask, because, in the UK, Gwen is releasing 'Cool' next, which is single no.4 off L.A.M.B.

I'm all for it if gets NO back on the charts, and not just the dance chart. And hopefully she can list is as "featuring New Order" so people would actually know.

The song's okay, yeah it sounds like BLT but so what, everything on her album was supposed to sound like something else anyway. And hell if utter crap like Hollaback Girl can rise up then let's what this could do. God I hate that song.

Spotnick wrote:

Dan Delgado wrote: I'm all for it if gets NO back on the charts, and not just the dance chart. And hopefully she can list is as "featuring New Order" so people would actually know.

The song's okay, yeah it sounds like BLT but so what, everything on her album was supposed to sound like something else anyway. And hell if utter crap like Hollaback Girl can rise up then let's what this could do. God I hate that song.

Isn't it the custom now to put a big "Featuring" on each damn track of the billboard chart anyways?

"Gwen Stefani (Featuring Eve)" for example.

We'll see... who knows.. maybe a remixer will find it's a good idea to put Barney HIGHER in the mix

You're right but I always expect NO to get the screws.

well dare by the human league had a load od singles off it but i digress. the whole hoo haa between steffani and new order stems from the producer of the track in question. new order had done a load of material for the song and had a lay out as how it would play out but steffanis producer thought better and changed it which upset mr morris the most oddly enough as hes always been the most placid. "you would have thought that 28yrs in the business would have counted for something,but there you go" is just one quote. and thats almost blood rage for mr morris.lol steffanis whole album is a big nod to the eighties and several tracks besides real thing just sound like new order in pop mode. not a bad album at all.

frank smarra wrote: funny how holla back girl reminds me of the 80's classic "oh mickey" by toni basil, well the video at least, is anything on that stefani album original?

My thoughts exactly. I think she and Pharrell were going for that vibe. I get the feeling the solo record was an exploration of all the things that have interested her or meant something to her in music that she can't touch on within the No Doubt rubric (the same way I suppose Electronic was an outlet for Barney's more electronic leanings etc). The first time I saw the video I thought to myself, they're trying to recreate the "Mickey" vibe in a new guise. It's not a rip off in any real terms beyond the theme. Not sure if you have this in the UK, but cheerleading and marching sh!t is synonomous with High School and College sports in the US and everyone is well versed in it, but there's only been one song (Mickey) that I can recall that was deliberately built in such a way that it could be a cheer (Basil was a choreographer/dancer/actress before she ever considering singing), this song is built like a cheer, exactly like a cheer and I love it.

As for the album, it's hit and miss, but like No Doubt's other stuff, there are plenty of highlights. I don't get the venom I saw directed at her in other threads (much like the grief Corgan over the previous four years, who may be a jerk but is a talented, if annoying, jerk)over the past eight months or so. She and No Doubt focused on creating music that celebrated life, or dealt with personal issues in a usually interesting if not always successful way while always paying mind to their influences (groups like Madness and perhaps the Specials in the UK, and lots of Reggae stuff from Jamaica that came out in their last album release). She's not a true icon in the sense that she'll leave a lasting musical legacy like say New Order, The Smiths, Zeppelin, Beatles or The Who did, but she and No Doubt have been much, much better or more helpful to the cause of music in the US than 90% of the rest of the artists regularly logging top 40 and top 20 hits. Just my opinion.

God I feel like a right heathen!! I've not heard The Real Thing yet!! What I have got though is a cracking mash-up of What You Waiting For and Blue Monday.It's a brilliant mix and I play it most weekends at my pub indie nights.:D

New Order should just cover The Real Thing already. And do it right.

Anywyas, a real New Ordery Stefani track is the Jaques Lu Cont Vocal Mix of What You Waiting For. I like that mix alot.

frank smarra wrote: funny how holla back girl reminds me of the 80's classic "oh mickey" by toni basil, well the video at least, is anything on that stefani album original?

Hollaback Girl always reminds me of "HouseQuake" by Prince.There you go budding DJs.I expect to hear a Mash-up by the end of the week!

monty wrote:

frank smarra wrote: funny how holla back girl reminds me of the 80's classic "oh mickey" by toni basil, well the video at least, is anything on that stefani album original?

Hollaback Girl always reminds me of "HouseQuake" by Prince.There you go budding DJs.I expect to hear a Mash-up by the end of the week!

Only after I've remembered what song she stole Cool from and mixed that one

I hate doing mashups, though....

Speaking of Jacques Lu Cont... have you heard his remix of Mr. Brightside? Towards the end all you hear is a hookyesque bassline.

I think Gwen should get down and blow NO for getting them to give her the track.

I'm joking of course.

Gwen is a hottie and I'm glad she has an old 80's influence.

It's refreshing to hear in between all the wanna be wangsta rappers and suicidal alternative trash bands who all sound alike.

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Spotnick wrote:

Find-My-'Bowl'-As-I-Go-Home wrote: ...btw, in case u guys didnt kno - THE REAL THING was the B-side to Gewn's first single.....I dont think its gonna be released again.....

I just checked on Amazon, there were no b-sides on the CD single of What You Waiting For...

OOOPs, u r rite, Spotty......funny, I swear I saw it somewhere last year when I came across her debut single...and my heart dropped when I noticed the B-side was The Real Thing....I must've been hallucinating......

Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album had 9 singles. You forgot "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" - a U.S. #1 hit and the first single.

I wouldn't rule out more than 4 singles from Gwen's solo debut. "What You Waiting For?" - the first single - only reached #47 (due to a lack of airplay) and this was of course before digital downloads counted toward the Hot 100. Otherwise, I'm sure it would have made the Top 20, at the very least. Since then, her follow ups have done better with "Rich Girl" reaching the Top 5, "Hollaback Girl" reaching #1 (4 weeks), and "Cool" more than likely sailing into the Top 10 in the next week or two (it leaps 19-13 this week).

It's odd to see more than 4 singles from an album nowadays but with the success of "Cool" I wouldn't rule out a 5th (or even 6th single). However, she does have a new project/album coming out around Christmas featuring those songs that didn't make the album, so that may interfere with future singles.

Anyhow, enough ranting for now.

Spotnick wrote:

((((e)))) wrote: I think Gwen should get down and blow NO for getting them to give her the track.

I'm joking of course.

I hope you're joking, because New Order didn't give any track to her... !!!

That's why I wrote "I'm joking of course."

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