Tim: This week’s big music news: a S Club 7 reunion! Initially just for Children in Need, but, well, that was what McBusted said and look at what’s happened since. But we all know their tracks. What of the individuals in the meantime?
Tom: If I remember rightly, Bradley was turning up anywhere that’d pay him, and Jo was accused of bullying on Big Brother.
Tim: Ah, but it wasn’t just bullying:
Tom: Oh. She also did that, then.
Tim: Yes, and I think this clearly goes to show that it wasn’t just as a group that they could come up with a lovely ballad. Obscure, I’ll grant you: it’s the title track off basically-the-lead-female Jo’s single solo album, from which there was one top twenty single. This never got a release at all, what with the solo campaign being pulled after the album peaked itself just inside the top 50.
Tom: That’s a harsh response from the public. You’re right that it’s not actually a bad ballad – it’s a bit generic, but there’s nothing wrong with it.
Tim: So yes, it’s obscure; why here, then? Because – everyone remembers S Club 7 for the big ones like Reach and Bring It All Back and S Club Party. But they weren’t the best ones, they were just the party ones.
Tom: Ooh. Now, I’d say there’s a strong crossover between “best” and “party”. What else did they have?
Tim: For the true musical talent, you have to look for the ballads. The Have You Evers. The You’re My Number Ones. The Never Had A Dream Come Trues. That’s where the talent lies, and that’s where this comes into it.
Tom: Hmm. The public, it seems, thought otherwise.
Tim: Upsetting. But still, TWENTY DAYS TO GO.