Bananarama - Be My Baby Documentary

The Bananarama segment from the girlband documentary "Be My Baby".

[@STSCanada1984]

I will always argue that Bananarama is one of the most significant pop groups of the late twentieth century, because the group so often captured the zeitgeist and blazed its way through trends. First the girls were punkettes, then New Pop pop tarts, then High Energy disco divas, then post-eighties dance club stars. They were also a sign of things to come, because they were so damn beautiful and glamorous -- they raised the bar for attractiveness in the music industry, which was only met by the mid 2000s, when dance music reclaimed world domination and the nineties contempt for glamor and flash had completely faded away. I am not arguing that Bananarama's significance was always, or even in any way, a good thing, but it was as it was. Give the girls the credit they are due.

[@rolandrothwell4840]

I loved these girls. So cool 😎

[@patrickhicks9880]

cheers then is a fantastic record the video is a spot on spoof of the sound of music in all the same locations

[@bananaramafanclub3679]

Bananarama forever

[@patrickhicks9880]

bananarama were the best pop group after abba

[@jamiegrifter]

Enjoyed that! But it left me wanting to watch the Bangles!!

[@aprildannettegosa5381]

I love Hotline to Heaven and Rough Justice nobody can tell me those are flops

[@halloweenville1]

Those were flops.

[@johnpalmer6628]

That transition from Shocking Blue to Bananarama slaps so hard

[@shandrewsampson6539]

agreed! i noticed it too!

[@Zlervo]

They were way cooler than Madonna.

[@uzzymuzzy4312]

ROLF

[@Drinkman7]

They were total originals were the Nana's :o)

[@SuperUkcats]

This documentary could have done more than 6. In the meantime, somebody should take RPG Maker and use it to create these games. Girl Group Fantasy I: The Supremes vs. Dr. Zin Girl Group Fantasy II: The Shirelles vs. Dr. Doom Girl Group Fantasy III: The Shangri-Las vs. The Joker Girl Group Fantasy IV: The Pointer Sisters vs. Darth Vader Girl Group Fantasy V: The Three Degrees vs. Berg Katse Girl Group Fantasy VI: Sister Sledge vs. Gihren Zabi Girl Group Fantasy VII: The Go-Go's vs. Dr. Wily Girl Group Fantasy VIII: The Bangles vs. The Queen of the Crown Girl Group Fantasy IX: Bananarama vs. Doc Terror Girl Group Fantasy X: Wild Orchid vs. Dark Kat Girl Group Fantasy XI: TLC vs. Blackjack Malone Girl Group Fantasy XII: The Spice Girls vs. The Skullmaster

[@laminage]

One of the toughest things about joining an established Group is that they are so used to certain members always being together that when someone new comes in, the magic is gone. Cindy Birdsong of The Supremes can vouch for that. Also, look at TLC, they never replaced Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes because they know deep in their heart that she made the group the success story and not them.

[@aprildannettegosa5381]

Lisa left Eye Lopes died so it was more personal than that Siobhan didn't and the girls did not really wanna replace her either the record company pushed it I mean Jacquie was ok but she wasn't Siobhan

[@Shane-Flanagan]

@@aprildannettegosa5381 Jacquie wasn't trying to be the next Siobhan. She was just her talented self but people couldn't resist comparing them which was and still is unfair

[@KayleighNatasha]

I solely agree with what Kim Wilde said

[@halloweenville1]

Yet Kim Wilde had an even bigger fu-ck off attitude than all three of them. Why couldn't they embrace their pop star stardom being lucky, and look like they were enjoying themselves.

[@edp3202]

I loved Cruel Summer. Their style. That song. I had been fan of Go Gos before them. And liked The Bangles.

[@apollozero]

Could you upload the rest of this documentary?

[@seanlee7054]

I love Bananarama and MrPoopFace

[@Bwana-Flavio]

Siobhan Fahey ?

[@KayleighNatasha]

She was one of the original members who left in 1988 and was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan, who then left in 1991

[@gazXspace]

The image was very much fun and pop girlies but the reality was the opposite -

[@halloweenville1]

I loved their music, but hated their attitudes. It was like they were sulky teenagers, instead of pop stars.

[@SWDetboy]

Love Bananarama,, but I don't know where this most charted girl group of all time stuff info came from.. The Supremes & The Andrew Sisters are the most Charted Girl groups in the world & of All time.. Supremes had at lover 45 charted hits all over the world,, and in the United States alone, "The Supremes" had 13 #1s, and over 20 Top 10 hits.. "The Andrews", had 90 hit records, and over 25 of them were top 10 hits & Maybe they meant in Europe,, United Kingdom, Banarama was most charted girl group. They were,, are,, a fun & nice looking group to listen to. But they don't come any where Close to The Supremes or The Andrew Sisters legacies.. No put down intended.. They even covered "The 70s Supremes, Mary Wilson's" million seller,, Nathan Jones!, That was a nice surprise at the time.

[@idanwillenchik3050]

12 US # 1 hits.

[@SWDetboy]

@@idanwillenchik3050 Stoned Love was #1 on R&B Charts,, He's My Man & I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking, #1 on Disco Charts + 12 #1s in the 60s =15 #1s in the American Popular Charts,, Billboard-Cash Box & Record World papers.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

A bit unfair to compare a British/Irish group with American groups. The reach and opportunity is nearly always wider in America. Bananarama did very well starting out with nothing in the 80's. Their success and plaudits are well deserved

[@uzzymuzzy4312]

They’re in the Guiness Book of World Records. I guess they got it right…

[@uzzymuzzy4312]

@@SWDetboy They’re in the Guiness Book of World Records….

[@kgs42]

Those little girls could dance better than them!

[@Shane-Flanagan]

That's because they put effort in. Bananarama just had fun and didn't take themselves seriously. That's part of their charm

[@kgs42]

@@Shane-Flanagan That's true but, listening to their interviews and going on their history, they had real steel as well and worked hard when they found their feet. They were bolshy and didn't take crap and were self-directing and creative, direct and honest, especially with the visual side. Keren, in particular, is very articulate in interviews, and, basically, I think they had a lot of intelligence, and they were like a lot of people who did interesting and brilliant things, British art school products. They were also absolutely spot on with basic feminism.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

@@kgs42 Yes while they were very down to earth and having fun, they def had a steelines and a determination to succeed about them

[@kgs42]

@@Shane-Flanagan Yep, and what makes them so very attractive, for me anyway, is that they were so natural .... no bullshit about them.