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Subject: Uncharted in North America: Black
Written By: whistledog on 06/08/13 at 6:21 pm
Black is the pseudonym of British singer Colin Vearncombe. He struggled in the early-mid 80s with a few unsuccessful singles, but soon came to fame in the late 80s with several songs, most notably the excellent Wonderful Life. He has not had a hit since the early 90s, but still continues to record.
Even though he had no success in North America, I remember hearing Wonderful Life quite a bit on Canadian radio
http://junu.ru/uploads/posts/2012-09/1348483052_black.jpg
SINGLES:
1986 - Wonderful Life
1987 - Sweetest Smile
1987 - Wonderful Life <new version>
1987 - I'm Not Afraid
1988 - Paradise
1988 - The Big One
1988 - You're a Big Girl Now
1989 - Now You're Gone
1991 - Feel Like Change
1991 - Here it Comes Again
Sweetest Smile / Wonderful Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_k3XCb_rWQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2K_1qvIsFo
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black
Written By: Henk on 06/09/13 at 1:03 am
Black is one of my favorite artists of the 1980s. I own three of his albums ("Wonderful Life", "Comedy" and "Are We Having Fun Yet?"), but by then I felt like he started to repeat himself. It's all doom and gloom, really - hardly anything uplifting. Heck, even "Wonderful Life" sounds gloomy, despite the subject!
Favorite songs include "Wonderful Life" and "Sweetest Smile", as well as these two:
You're A Big Girl Now
(The video is not an actual video for the song. It contains scenes from "La Fille Sur Le Pont"
a 1999 movie starring Vanessa Paradis and Daniel Auteuil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uj0GCoHFQk
All We Need Is The Money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVOHvoeJ9Go
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black
Written By: Henk on 06/11/13 at 3:21 pm
It appears as though Jason and I are the only two people remembering Black. :(
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black
Written By: warped on 06/11/13 at 4:09 pm
I never heard of them before. Makes good sense to me since they were uncharted here.
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black
Written By: whistledog on 06/11/13 at 5:37 pm
It appears as though Jason and I are the only two people remembering Black. :(
Shame this is. Wonderful Life is in my Top 10 songs of the 80s. I have both Wonderful Life and Comedy albums and I still love them
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black
Written By: warped on 06/11/13 at 5:57 pm
Shame this is. Wonderful Life is in my Top 10 songs of the 80s. I have both Wonderful Life and Comedy albums and I still love them
I just listened to it earlier today. "Wonderful life" is an awesome song. Canadians and Americans missed out on it. I will add it to my list of songs to put on my laptop.
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black
Written By: Paul on 06/23/13 at 5:20 pm
It appears as though Jason and I are the only two people remembering Black. :(
No, no...I remember them/him - it's just that I've been away...
As you say, they/he became stuck in something of a repetitive rut after the two big hits, but I shouldn't worry...he's made more money out of 'Wonderful Life' alone (in various forms of advertising and compilations) to keep him going for years!