Harry Connick Jr. - We Are In Love - 1990 - Ep. 19

02/06/22 • 98 min

Early July 1990 and Harry Connick Jr. releases 2 albums on the same day and a 'home video' entitled Singin' & Swingin'. One of the LP's is with his Jazz trio entitled 'Lofty's Roach Soufle', but the record we focus on in this episode is 'We Are In Love' - a big band, jazz and swing masterclass from the 22 year old New Orleans native. Harry won his second grammy for the record in what was a momumentally busy time in the glittering career of the talented American composer, pianist, vocalist, actor and TV star. We talk about his music, movies, TV shows and his enduring marriage to former Victoria Secrets lingerie and swimwear model, Jill Goodacre.

There's a full album analysis of all 12 songs (9 of which Harry had writing credits on) before we conclude the Harry Connick Jr. chat by each giving the record a rating out of 10. Current highest score of all the LP's we've covered to date is an impressive 18.5 (out of 20) for 'Disintegration' by The Cure. 'We Are in Love' needs to score 17 or above to break in to our top 5 - find out if it gets there by tuning in...

In England and Ireland, for sports fans, July 1990 brings back bittersweet memories of one of the greatest football tournaments in the history of the game - The Fifa World Cup Finals in Italy, commonly known as Italia '90. England and Ireland were decent and both had ambitions of winning the tournament. It was a time when the English fell in love with a flawed genius called Gazza and an unlikely chart topper ruled the airwaves in the form of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti. Discover what other gems were kicking around in the UK singles charts, the album charts and at the box office. You can also discover why Rick's Dad wasn't exactly thrilled to discover that he'd be appearing on Radio Sheffield and what Rick shelled out £369.99 for on the day 'We Are in Love' was released (July 3rd 1990).

To start the episode we cover numbers 20 - 16 in Rolling Stones 500 greatest songs of all time list, featuring the obligatory single we've never heard of, along side classics by Queen, John Lennon, Prince and Beyonce.

We'll be taking a short mid-season hiatus following this episode as we prepare for a busy time personally including a big house party to celebrate our 50th birthdays and the 18th birthday of our son, Sam. We'll be back towards the end of March with the 1989 LP 'Mind Bomb' by The The.

You can listen to the full album 'We Are in Love' on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/6Q2COpAGHfW1BeZrMIIY82 or You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCDelnJmZ08&list=OLAK5uy_negIsZrxodVlFfJFCPvgAfqZBI5fRMIZY

The scene from Friends discussed on the episode starring Harry's wife, Jill Goodacre and the brilliant Matthew Perry (playing Chandler Bing): https://youtu.be/Ewx4RYgl_OQ
Rick's single of the week: https://youtu.be/t3BBDeAyrHo The beautiful 'Thumbs Up' by the fantastic 'Howl and the Hum'.

Kate's Single of the week: The bouncy 'The Way To Your Heart' by Belgium duo Soulsister that was big in Germany according to Kate: https://youtu.be/fzyKYekdKBk

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Kate's Single of the week: The bouncy 'The Way To Your Heart' by Belgium duo Soulsister that was big in Germany according to Kate: https://youtu.be/fzyKYekdKBk

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American Music Club - San Fransisco - 1994

Our most 'recent' album covered to date is 'San Fransisco' by American Music Club, presumably named after the Californian city in which they were formed back in 1983. San Fransisco was their 7th and final album before they disbanded in 1995. There was a reformation in 2004 which lasted for a further 6 years and saw the release of 2 further LP's by the band.

American Music Club were a band that Rick was totally unaware of, having only made a minor blip in the UK charts - listen to the episode to get the story of why Kate purchased the LP and what her thoughts are on it having re-listened to the album ahead of the podcast recording.

Recording date was 9th of January 2022 and apologies that it's taken much longer than normal to edit and publish - life sometimes just gets in the way of all the fun doesn't it?! If you're reading and listening to this ahead of 23.1.2022, feel free to send Kate a happy 50th birthday message! Our social links and email address are as follows:

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As ever, we explore the history of the band, with extra focus on enigmatic singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel of whom 'Rolling Stone' magazine were big fans. Discover why Rick likened Mark to Bryan Adams much to Kate's surprise. There's a track by track anaysis of the record, and a rating from both presenters.

The record was released either September or October 1994 (the records are sketchy!) where the tide of manufactured pop, novelty acts and established radio and chart artists was starting to turn in favour of more alternative guitar bands, traditionally confined to the indie charts and late night radio shows. Blur, Oasis and the like were lurking with intent out side the top 10 of the UK single charts and the album charts included artists such as The Cranberries and R.E.M. It was an exciting time to be an alternative / indie music fan.

As well as the autumnal music scene in 1994, we review news events from the UK, what was showing at the cinema, and which programmes were casting light into the lounges up and down the country from the television sets of the nation.
American Music Club - 'press kit' video release to promote the band around 92/93: https://youtu.be/dEyMhgbGBDg

Part one of an interview with Mark Eitzel from 1988: https://youtu.be/yb6G58u_4c4

Kate's Single of the Week - 'Happy Birthday' by Altered Images: https://youtu.be/6t1vaF50Ks0

Rick's Single of the Week - 'Babies' by Pulp from 'The Sisters EP' released 1994: https://youtu.be/38by00DGid0

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We'll be back next episode covering the Harry Connick Jr. LP from 1990 'We Are In Love' - we're nothing if not eclectic!

Next Episode

The The - Mind Bomb - 1989 - Ep. 20

We are back in 1989 for a third time and this time it's a summer release from 'The The' that gets the Memorabilia Podcast spotlight. This was Kate's LP purchased not long after its release and she talks about what the album means to her, why she purchased it, what she likes about it, and how she used to prefer listening to the record.

Before we disect the LP track by track, we review some recent gigs we attended including Babybird, David Ford with Annie Dressner, and the wonderful Ian Prowse and Amsterdam. We then move on to the year 1989, talking about what we were both up to that summer and reviewing what was riding high in the album and singles charts, along with a look at what was packing them in at the cinema. There's appearances by Neneh Cherry (who provided vocals on the 1986 'The the' single 'Last Train to Dawn' - https://youtu.be/TfzvFKO1ud8 -), Queen, Guns & Roses, Simply Red, Pet Shop Boys, and Soul II Soul.

We discuss the genesis of 'The The' and Matt Johnson's journey from teenage school drop-out to hugely respected artist and song writer, playing and recording with the likes of Marc Almond, Sinead O'Connor, Jools Holland, members of 'Orange Juice' and legendary guitarist Johnny Marr who he recruited to the band just ahead of recording 'Mind Bomb'.

The LP receives the usual Memorabilia Podcast rating out of 20 and we pick out some thoughts on the LP from music critics as well as providing our own opinions on the 8 songs, reviewing both the music and lyrics for each track.

We finish this 20th episode of the podcast be re-visiting the updated Rolling Stone Top 50 songs of all time and specifically numbers 15 - 11 featuring Rock and Roll royalty The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder and The Kinks.

We pick our singles of the week featuring Marc Almond, When in Rome, and Babybird and look ahead to what's in store for episode 21.

The next LP will be our season 1 finale before we switch to our CD collections and Rick has chosen a record close to his heart from 1987 and the magical 'Seduced & Abandoned' by Hue & Cry.

Links to some of the artists and songs featured in this episode:

What A Moonlit Night - Marc Almond single with all donations going to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal - https://www.marcalmond.co.uk/news/?fbclid=IwAR2ZR_1m0rZ9_impR-Ab3PxUUMTewT073KPGC9SGY97JN_45KPilu3nY6os
Purple Zone - new Soft Cell / Pet Shop Boys single: https://youtu.be/cv4QNTg1Mps

Twitter page for David Ford and Annie Dressner: https://mobile.twitter.com/dressnerford

Offical Website of Ian Prowse and Amsterdam: https://amsterdam-music.com/

Ricks Singles of the week -
The Promise by When in Rome from 1987 - https://youtu.be/5HI_xFQWiYU

Out of Sight by Babybird from the year 2000 - https://youtu.be/7lYb9NtRAD0

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