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Next - Too Close

Next – Too Close

In or around 1997, an American outfit by the name of ‘Next’ produced an all time classic, if not one-hit-wonder by the name of ‘Too Close’. UK readers might recognise this from the cover that the boy band ‘Blue’ did in (from memory) 2002.
Looking back, it is amazing to see just how filthy this song [...]

Large Plastic Dummies

Large Plastic Dummies

Featured on the start of “Could It be Magic?” by Take That in 1992, large plastic dummies were very cool in the early nineties. I had a one made out of sugar -a kind of boiled sweet. Originating in the clubbing scene of large yellow smily faces, the large plastic dummies were worn on string [...]