Modern Romance (band)

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Modern Romance
Origin England
Genre(s) Pop
Years active 1980–1984
2001–
Label(s) WEA
Members
Andy Kyriacou
Former members
Geoffrey Deane
David Jaymes
Robbie Jaymes
Paul Gendler
John Du Prez
Michael J. Mullins

Modern Romance was a pop music band, with a distinctive trumpet driven sound, formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier punk band, The Leyton Buzzards. They were often (and mistakenly) considered to be part of the New Romantic movement of the early 1980s.

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[edit] Biography

Following hot on the heels of their début UK chart success "Everybody Salsa" in 1981, Modern Romance reached the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart with "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" - an eponymous chorus chanting salsa linked lyrics. After covering the 1955 Number one hit, "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White", having already introduced Michael Mullins, he took the mantle of lead vocalist following the departure of Geoff Deane. Their next release saw the band reach their highest UK position with "Best Years Of Our Lives" during the Christmas 1982 period. Further hits followed in 1983, "High Life" and "Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm" both made the UK Top 20, and their final hit was the uncharacteristic ballad, "Walking In The Rain". Modern Romance released a final album, Burn It!, in 1985, but it was received poorly and the band called it quits after releasing the non-album single "Tarzan Boy", a cover of the Baltimora hit. In 2001 Andy Kyriacou reformed the band, joining the burgeoning British 1980s revival scene.

Morrissey once said of the band "There are indeed worse groups than Modern Romance. But can anyone seriously think of one?"[citation needed]

Former band vocalist, Geoff Deane, went on to write the gay dance anthem 'You Think You're A Man' for Divine. He later become a writer and producer, scripting for television programs such as Birds of a Feather, Babes in the Wood,"Tonight With Jonathan Ross" "Chef" Last Man Standing and A Many Splintered Thing.[1]

In 2005 he wrote the film 'Kinky Boots' starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and a year later 'It's A Boy Girl Thing' for Sir Elton John's Rocket Pictures.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Adventures in Clubland (1981)
  • Trick of the Light (1983) - UK #53
  • Party Tonight (1983) - UK #45 (Compilation)
  • Burn It! (1985)
  • Back on Track (2002) (aka Moves 2 Fast)
  • The Platinum Collection (2006) (Compilation)

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[edit] Singles

  • "Modern Romance" / "I Believe in Me" (1980)
  • "Tonight" (1981)
  • "Everybody Salsa" (1981) - UK #12
  • "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" (1981) - UK #10
  • "Queen of the Rapping Scene (Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan)" (1982) - UK #37, NL #25
  • "By The Way (I'm Still in Love With You)" (1982)
  • "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (1982) - UK #15
  • "Best Years of Our Lives" (1982) - UK #4
  • "High Life" (1983) - UK #8
  • "Don't Stop that Crazy Rhythm" (1983) - UK #14
  • "Walking in the Rain" (1983) - UK #7
  • "Just My Imagination" (1983)
  • "Good Friday" (1983)
  • "Burn It!" (1984)
  • "Move On" (1984)
  • "That's What Friends Are For" (1984)
  • "Tarzan Boy" (1985)

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, London: Guinness World Records Limited, p. 373. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

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