If you’re hungry for some Nineties nostalgia…switch off your N64 and tune into this week’s edition of Retro News.
1) Helping Haiti
The worldwide response following the natural disaster in Haiti has been truly staggering. Everyone has been doing their bit. I can’t recall such a massive relief effort since Band Aid. OK…I don’t remember that because I was only aged two at the time. Even Simon Cowell has got involved and has grabbed some of the biggest music stars to help release a charity single.
The chosen song was REM’s 1993 top ten classic, ‘Everybody Hurts’. As covers go, it’s OK. It doesn’t matter whether you like it or not. The important thing to remember is that this song will raise some very much needed cash for a country which has been cruely torn apart. Could it make it to number 1 and topple the original? It’s released via download on Sunday 7th Feb.
Listen to the charity single by Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts
2) Project Needlemouse.
There’s exciting news for anyone who grew up in the early 90s and owned a Gameboy! Sega have announced there will be a fourth release of the classic video game ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’. The original trilogy started in 1991 and the last installment was 1994. All the classic sounds and features will be included, plus a whole lot more in this new 2D adventure. So if you’re pining to run through loops and collect rings – you won’t have long to wait. Check out the official website.
3) Footballs Coming Home…
Ahhh the memories of Euro ’96 with that lovely grey football kit, english flags flying proudly outside every house and our boys crashing out of the competition. Still, we had a brilliantly catchy song ‘Three Lions’ written by Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds. It reached the top spot in the UK charts in 1996 and 1998 and wherever you went, someone was chanting it loudly!
So what’s the anthem for South Africa 2010? Nothing, apparently.Team England want to focus on some serious football. However in a recent interview, comedian Frank Skinner revealed that he had considered penning a follow-up to the classic footie song, ’3 Lions’. Skinner said that he does not want to re-release ’3 Lions’, but admitted that he cannot prevent the label Epic from doing it.
Go on, relive the magic of Three Lions \’96
4) Cooking MC’s Like A Pound of Bacon…
There’s a distinct theme of 90s songs becoming very popular again at the moment. I’m not complaining. It’s fantastic! However, on that note, you can’t have missed the new that The X Factor twins ’Jedward’ have rehashed the 1990 one hit wonder ’Ice Ice Baby’. I heard a snippet on the radio this week and I’ll be honest, it’s not a great cover. Even with original vocalist Vanilla Ice making a cameo. It seems to be selling well on the downloads though, even if mid week sales show that it’s unlikely to reach number one on Sunday.
Let’s all take a trip back to 1990 and soak up the nostalgia of the original music video. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
5) Sex, Sex, Sex in the City.
Hot on the heels of the first smash hit movie adaptation of the 90s tv series Sex in the City, filming is almost complete on the sequel starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon. However, I noticed The Sun reported this week that studio bosses are keen to move forward with a third instalment in the comedy series before the lead actresses get ‘too old’.
Can’t wait for the movie to be released in May? Take a look at the trailer…Sex & The City 2
That’s all I can squeeze in this week. Check back next Thursday for even more Retro News from the 90s Revival on Gateway FM.
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