This one's for Drew.
Mandy Smith, mainly famous for marrying the least cool Rolling Stone when she turned sixteen (and he was forty seven), had a pop career of sorts, after signing to Stock Aitken and Waterman. This song, I Just Can't Wait, smashed the UK chart, peaking at number 91. It gained a remix (the Cool Jazzy Breezy Balearic Mix) which made it popular in certain late 80s clubs and circles, especially the legendary Shoom. It was also on the compilation album Balearic Beats Volume 1. Is it a balearic classic? You can decide for yourselves. Drew loves it.
The Face picked up on Shoom and Mandy Smith's remix as this clipping from 1988 shows...
Just to show how SAW-ish the original was (and by contrast how balearic that remix actually was)...
Don't worry- we will never speak of this again.
yes it is!By the way been enjoying your blog for a few years now ...
ReplyDelete...and here was me thinking it might be the 10CC song or possibly Barry Manilow given today's title. But that Mandy Smith youtube is a bit crap, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteHad to listen to it again and yes it's still fucking piss> The Es were never that good.
ReplyDeleteIt annoys me every time I hear that Cool Jazzy Breezy mix thinking...why was this a hit and ABC's King Without A Crown not just a big? Ok, yes blond young thing trumps blond older bloke most times, but really, Hammond and Harding just threw an ABC remix at the wall and it fell on the mixing desk while they were playing back the Mandy Smith track...
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