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Ah, jeans adverts, the one-hit wonder machines of the 80s and 90s. Babylon Zoo were yet another band that became one-hit wonders off the back of an advert, and like many of the bands that found fame this way, proof that being able to write a catchy 30 second riff often doesn't translate into being able to write a whole good song, let alone sustain a musical career.

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Do You Remember Babylon Zoo?

Do You Remember Babylon Zoo?

  • Anonymous user
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    Well I remember that terrific jeans ad. from the Winter of '95- the wayward daughter landing the spaceship and chucking the keys to her outraged father. It was an absolute cult for a brief while just before Christmas. Somebody wrote a comic poem about it in The Independent newspaper: "A space-babe in her bra and jeans Appears to millions on our screens With eyes like blue electric coals And vies with viewers for their souls. The song and girl, as sales will vouch Persuade potato on his couch That if he wants another fix and wants it soon, He'll buy that disc"..... .... it goes on to tell of how 'sex sells ads sell discs sell jeans'! Babylon Zoo were made much of on BBC Midlands Today at the time, as they were a Brummie outfit- but T Sinclair is right, they should never have imagined that they could have founded a music career on the strength of one (albeit remarkable) song. Subsequent concerts they did received terrible reviews, and much of their material apart from 'Spaceman' was feeble, uninspired and sometimes even embarrassing. I've still got a CD of the various mixes of 'Spaceman' though- that at least deserves to be remembered as a damn good anthem for the mid-'90s.
  • Anonymous user
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    "there's a fire between us!!...... I can't get off the carousel" We thought this was rad when we were 15 and full of teenage angst. But hey at least i didn't like m people : )
  • Anonymous user
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    Not quite a one hit wonder... they managed to get their second single 'Animal Army' into the top 40 somewhere... minor miracle though, it was pretty poor.
  • Anonymous user
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    Oh my god I can't believe I liked this song so much and fancied Jas Man the brummie lead singer! I really liked the cool Levis ad with the sci fi theme that they used the song in though! They soon disappeared into obscurity didn't they. Remember that silver skirt he wore in the video? I had one a bit like it. I liked his striking blue eyes.

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