FIRST TIME HEARING Bananarama - Venus REACTION

[@MarioBattaglia-yx4cb]

Siobhan Fahey, the short blonde-haired member of Bananarama went on to form the group "Shakespears Sister" in 1988. You guys played the song "Stay" about 7 months ago and really liked the video. She had black hair in that duo/group.

[@RandomGuyDan]

You're History was all over VH1 when I was a bartender in 1989

[@nealm6764]

"Stay" made their saxophone player figurine fall down and break. LOL!

[@rikkemeek1506]

They both had black hair😉

[@audreyharalambos2592]

siobhan had the best voice and the best dancer, the other two couldnt stand her

[@davek7256]

Also check out I Don’t Care by Shakespears Sister another great song and video.

[@phylliskumi4355]

I remember doing the dance anytime the video came on. This song was huuuge in the 80s. The best time of my life.

[@goyam2981]

I was so fascinated by the music video as a tween even though I didn't understand what they were singing. I never forgot it. This and Janet Jackson's Runaway are my absolute favorites.

[@GrimrDirge]

One of the best 80's covers. They took a good song and gave it punch.

[@richardswift3859]

The female singer of the shocking blues had a better voice than the knock of version from the singers of banana rama. He voice was more unique. The singers from the 80s sound very similar.

[@MetFan37]

Don't forget the production of Stock-Aitken-Waterman. They were a hit machine in the 80s.

[@anjiharrell6175]

Every time this video came on MTV I would get up and do the dance routine with them. 💃🏽 Absolutely love this song. This brings back Great memories. ❤️Thank you for the review.

[@ReleaseTheQuackers]

Sitting here at my desk PC and doing the dance moves... LOL!

[@martindunstan8043]

Absolutely, it's the rules to jump about to this tune, even as a teenage boy back then I'd be the same, great fun, great cardio🤣👍

[@anjiharrell6175]

@@ReleaseTheQuackers 🤣🤣 Yes! 👏🏽

[@anjiharrell6175]

@@martindunstan8043 agreed.

[@rickpedia6724]

I liked it at first but MTV OVER played the song, along with Sinaid (sp) O'Conner.

[@Guildofarcanelore]

I always loved this one from Bananarama!

[@hedgewitchherbarium]

I loved when Bananarama did a song with Fun Boy Three - "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" Happy New Year ❣

[@ReleaseTheQuackers]

Fun Boy Three w/Bananarama "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" !!! YES YES YES!!! I catch myself singing this one so often!

[@hedgewitchherbarium]

@@ReleaseTheQuackers All the time!

[@bucknakedA]

YES!!! And then some more Fun Boy Three: Too much, Too young and A Message to you Rudy!

[@hedgewitchherbarium]

@@bucknakedA Yes, I love "A Message to you Rudy" - by The Specials ❣

[@janetkmetz9644]

Did anyone else notice that 90% of the time, Jay closes his eyes and vibes to the music, when there’s a video right in front of him. Not this time. His eye were firmly glued to the screen, the whole time. LOL

[@rwsmith6809]

This was a staple at dance clubs in the late eighties. When this came on the floor was always packed. Great memories!

[@anthonyorians9501]

When I heard this play on MTV I would knock people down to watch this video....I was in love with them...lol

[@Blissbomb2]

Another 80's club banger that filled dance floors for months.

[@auscryptocurrency1162]

Did you notice the singer on the right, Siobhan Fahey is also from a group you already checked out, *"Shakespears Sister"*

[@highheartwellness]

Great reaction! One of the best 80's songs, and successful remakes. Love the video and how the Bananarama ladies play all of the characters in the video. The woman in the devil suit is Siobhan Fahey, who also was the angel of death in the Shakespears Sister video Stay (which you have already reacted to)

[@JeffPhillips-dn2fg]

Club Nouveau- Lean On Me is a great raggae style cover of the classic Bill Withers song. It was huge in the USA and went all the way to #1 in 1987. You guys will love the funky sound and love for you to react to this great cover!

[@ulverstonerealestate1509]

This song filled dance floors the length and breadth of Oz in the mid80’s!

[@tall1sobay]

Summer of '86 I danced to this at the clubs all summer long. Shy Boy and Robert DeNero's waiting are their best songs!

[@aliciazambri4237]

I love both versions. They both bring some really cool sounds to the table. And I grew up to the Bananarama version, so I am partial to it, but truly enjoy the original.

[@josephprovencher6345]

Nice to see a positive comment about liking both instead of trashing Bananarama ❤🎵🎶

[@sunnybearbuds]

Yaaay!!!! I've always loved how much fun they're having in this video! This came out the year I graduated high school...oh dear.

[@icmman7]

i always thought music was meant to be....musical, not sure what fun sounds like..is it a tangible i can hear? an unusual interesting beat? what exactly does fun sound like?

[@sunnybearbuds]

@@icmman7 i only said they were having fun in the video...a visual thing.

[@icmman7]

@@sunnybearbuds ahh ok got it, my bad i wasnt sure if fun could be heard given that the objective of music is to be heard.;)

[@lauralebel3195]

Believe from Cher was covered by Adam Lambert at Kennedy Center Honors when they were honoring Cher he puts his own take on it that Cher loved

[@THOMKALLOR]

Bananarama STILL going after all these years!

[@andrewgrant6516]

It's all that potassium.

[@sarablack2547]

well 2/3 keren and sarah who were mates before the music.

[@josephprovencher6345]

I loved their album Viva from like 2010 ❤ especially the tracks Love Don't Live Here and Dumb Dumb Boy! Oh and their cover of S S S Single Bed!

[@Annie-hd3jx]

They were an awesome band, loved the look, hair, clothes and most of all their up beat sound. Another great time to remember 👍

[@mikedwiles]

The original by Shocking Blue is awesome too. I love the singer's voice on the old one.

[@FlamesCagney]

I think they did that one, just sayin'

[@kbusby4824]

Yes, Mariska Veres had a great voice. May she rest in peace.

[@blitz3643]

@@FlamesCagneyYep.... They even said it like 3 times in this video lol

[@thetomgibson]

The B side of the 45 was great too.

[@donjohn2695]

The original by shocking blue is so much better than banarama

[@stumm71]

This song is the standard Stock-Aitken-Waterman production sound who domain england in the mids 80. another clear example is You spinme round of Dead or Alive.

[@antonietoverdi2918]

England only?? All Europe, I am from Spain and this music was so fun, my dear Kylie minogue❤, sinitta! , Rick, Sonia, and so on

[@ryanfeit1420]

A great cover to react that I know you will love is "Always On My Mind" by the Pet Shop Boys from 1988. A club classic!!!

[@fayesouthall6604]

Brilliant

[@martindunstan8043]

Facts👍

[@electricavenuemusic9282]

Excellent choice!

[@chrisbayliss3532]

1987

[@tonyjones2838]

Defo. Their best song and I’m a huge fan

[@user-gmpjim]

Smokey Robinson's "More Love" covered by Kim Carnes... I Will Always Love You" made famous by Whitney Houston was actually written and recorded by Dolly Parton in the early 70s.

[@vpflores1]

Just by the way , I just saw an interview of Barry Gibb. He was asked what his favorite song was and he said “To Love Somebody “. It was one of his early ones.

[@djkennyboy]

Stock Aitken and Waterman were the 80s in the UK - brilliant music producers - there music is still played today 🎉

[@tomnewman7682]

Always heard this at the clubs in the 80s and 90s , dance floor packed !!

[@richardpetty9159]

I was around for the original’s release but THIS is the version that I hear in my mind when I think about this song. Huge in the 80’s.

[@chrisamstel5081]

This was produced by Stock Aitken and Waterman. Pete Waterman managed a group called Steps which had a huge hit with a cover the The Bee Gees “Tragedy” try it

[@terrellinc22]

Similar grps: You have done Expose (but they have a catalogue), The Good Girls' (Motown Group), Cover Girls, "Because of you" "Show Me" , Me and Kim "Respectable" and "Showing out" Sweet Sensation "Im hooked on you" "take it while its hot". Seduction. Teen Dream (there are fun), Stacey and kimyo. The Jets and Five Star. En Vogue, Jade, SWV etc

[@carolinethompson4195]

Wow, this takes me back! It looks like they had so much fun making that video!

[@TrulyUnfortunate]

The 80's were a great time to grow up!!! The music was basically all dance music.

[@paulsheedy4650]

These girls were all about having fun, and you can see it in all their videos. Cheers guys, Paul.😁📀🎶❤️

[@tlbrooks422]

There's one arm movement from this video that became the thing to repeat in our own dancing. See the 4:36 and 5:14 mark (among other times)--it's like a vertical, interchanging, wave-type of motion. If you did it, inevitably, someone on the dance floor would see it and repeat it back to you. Fun stuff! Gosh, I miss those days at the clubs!

[@anglosaxon5874]

Siobhan Fahey was the 'Angel of Death' in the song "Stay" from Shakespeares Sister that you [we all] liked so much.

[@davidmontgomery9194]

Thanks for this reaction... Bananarama joined the 'Stock, Aitken and Waterman' factory that produced other names such as Dead or Alive, Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Divine, Hazel Dean and even some Donna Summer, to name a few. They were a 'hit making' studio from the late 80s, then it all dried up when the sound of music changed and got heavier etc. and moved direction. Still, they had some amazing songs for their time!

[@futo]

Venus and You Spin Me Round were both two of the biggest Hi-energy tunes back in the 80s

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

Bananarama is a really fun all girl group. I love this remake. It’s the version I know! It’s so catchy and fun!! I was in love with Keren Woodward. She is one of the most attractive female music artists of the 80s.

[@electricavenuemusic9282]

And recently divorced from Andrew Ridgely of Wham!

[@allenwhitmer8192]

Is she the devil? Always had a crush on her...

[@007ndc]

​@@electricavenuemusic9282oh really?! ! I need to call her 😊

[@stevecarrington4887]

you may recognise Siobahn Fahey who sang the 'devil' part in Shakepsear's Sister "Stay"

[@thomashong2938]

She looked good in red in Venus.

[@harpergras]

This one used to be on the radio all the time back in the day.

[@MrNaturalhigh72]

I love you guys for helping younger generations discover the great joy of 80's music!

[@Bazk01]

You can get all the way from the Specials in the 70s to Shakespeares Sister in the 90s through Bananarama. The Specials split up and started Fun Boy Three, with the Bananarama girls as their backing vocals. The girls became Bananarama and then Siobhan split off to start Shakespeares Sister with Marcella Detroit. It would be fun to have you see the progression by watching a Fun Boy Three video like "it aint what you do (its the way that you do it)". Especially as you've already seen videos by all the other groups.

[@123lenny135]

A great version of this song!! There were very long versions of this song played in clubs back then.

[@beckiramsey9561]

Gotta love the 80’s music, love this song!🔥🔥 Thanks for reacting Amber and Jay!👏👏👏

[@michelehenne2477]

I will always and forever love Bananarama. You should check out Fun Boy 3's cover of, "It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it." Fun Boy 3 was formed by Nev, Terry, and Lyn, when they left The Specials. Banarama sings alongside Tery Hall. Also, Terry cowrote "Out lips are sealed" with Jane Wiedlin from the Go Go's. FB3 did a great version of Our Lips are sealed. If you haven't checked out The Specials, you should. Two-tone Ska at its best! 💜💜💜

[@stevenklein3195]

I love how amber bounces and moves to this song. You have to watch them do this in 2017. The ladies are so much more beautiful and so much better and they are all in their 60s now!! I love them so much!

[@seanswinton6242]

Great cover. This imo became the song that took Bananarama into the global stratosphere! It also launched the Stock/Aitken/Waterman sound that ould give us Rick Astley later. This song waa awesome to play in my all Synth band I was in back at university. There was also a male spoof version that friends and I wrote.

[@auscryptocurrency1162]

Now that you mention it, the male vocal at 5:29 sounds exactly like Rick Astley

[@Savssmiles]

Rick Astley lol

[@lisabrooksgarcia2153]

He did sing backup on this.

[@JohnJames_Wpg]

They asked SAW to arrange a version that sounded like Dead or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round” which was huge at the time.

[@007ndc]

Global hit in the summer of 1987

[@PatiAnn]

I ❤️💃 to their (bananarama) song with na.. nananaaa hey hey hey Goodbye 😂😂😂🎉🎉 i just ❤ the band ok 😂😂😂

[@surlechapeau]

J & Amber, you'll love their "Shy Boy", "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" and Fun Boy Three w/Bananarama "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" !!! Bananarama w/Fun Boy Three- “Really Saying Something” !!!

[@ReleaseTheQuackers]

Fun Boy Three w/Bananarama "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" !!! *YES YES YES!!!* I catch myself singing this one so often!

[@auscryptocurrency1162]

throw *Cruel Summer",* and *"Robert De Niro's Waiting..."* on the list 👍 Definitely think *"Shy Boy"* should be their next since it was their breakout song.

[@surlechapeau]

@@auscryptocurrency1162 "Shy Boy"! they mentioned they already did Cruel Summer.

[@auscryptocurrency1162]

@@surlechapeau ah ok I missed that bit. Cheers for the correction

[@deanoparsons]

I love this song and also- Happy New Year. Deano in Strasbourg, France.

[@bonniespruin6369]

This video came on a lot back in the day when I went dancing at the clubs with my friends. Everyone jumped on the dance floor when this came on.

[@aagold76]

apparently- they were the biggest party band of the 80s- drank EVERYONE under the table!

[@citydweller99]

Siobhan Fahey (the short blonde haired singer) was the one that thought to do this cover and have it produced by S/A/W... and this video definitely was a foreshadowing to her work in Shakespear Sisters

[@PanarchyInTheUK]

fun fact: Siobhan Fahey (on the far right when the three are lined up together) went on to form Shakespeare's Sister with Marcella Detroit. I think you reacted to 'Stay' by them.

[@RoGueNavy]

When this came on the radio, it was an instant dance party!

[@anthonyblakely399]

Love this cover song from Shocking Blue. Bannanarama did such good job. 😊😊😊Love Bananarama!!!😊😊😊😊

[@Kuesel68]

I really loved this song when it came out - still one of the best cover songs!

[@denisef2845]

Excellent cover!

[@jenniferkasowicz9463]

This cover was also part of the soundtrack from “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” (starring Lisa Kudrow from “Friends”). Such a fun movie and a banger of a soundtrack! I wore out the soundtrack CD!

[@BuddyBoy68]

Hi, you two! It's Andrew Erroch fae Paisley in Scotland here. This is pretty standard stuff from the Stock, Aitken and Waterman catalogue of the time, including massive hits from Kylie Minogue, Dead or Alive and themselves in their own name. The best of their own was probably 'Road Block'. You would love that. Æx

[@fenixgile]

The original song is from 1969 and is performed by the band Shocking Blue - Venus

[@samolevski1119]

The best thing about this great cover is that it led to a new generation discovering the original - so many fantastic songs and groups back in the 60's that many got overshadowed by the sounds of the 70's and 80's

[@raymondohlsen5054]

Old enough to remember both versions, and love them both.

[@kbusby4824]

Same. Early Gen X.

[@raymondohlsen5054]

@@kbusby4824 Very late Boomer here...

[@marcelotto6825]

There was a 70's version of the same song too (The Stockley Sisters) that reached number 2 on the Billboard 100 singles chart. The Stockley sisters were a South African female rock band.

[@susannehouse3857]

There’s personal connections between Bananarama, Wham and Spandau Ballet, all great 80’s groups…..

[@laziojohnny79]

Nothing beats the original by Dutch rockband from the 70's 'Shocking Blue', but I always liked this version as well.

[@MartijnHover]

The original was of course a complete rip-off of "The Banjo Song" by the Big Three, featuring "Mama" Cass Elliott.

[@laziojohnny79]

@@MartijnHover Wrong, the lyrics are loosly based on 'Oh Susanna' a verrrrry old folk song and the music is somewhat lifted from Banjo Song which in itself is based on a different old song (can't remember which one) and modified by Tim Rose. But you're right that the original isn't truly Shocking Blue's although Robbie van Leeuwen did give it his personal touch and made ot to the popular song as the world got to know and love.

[@MartijnHover]

@@laziojohnny79 What the Big Three did with "Oh Susanna" was called an "arrangement" and Robbie van Leeuwen just stole that arrangement for "Venus". A "personal touch" was what the Big Three did with Oh Susanna, not what Robbie van Leeuwen did with their song. Which was just plagiarism. In this day and age he'd be sued for it. And he'd lose. 😀

[@pricedmedici5247]

I have been waiting for you to do this one! ❤

[@stevehamilton8824]

Duran Duran did a whole album of covers called THANK YOU which they covered artists & bands that they felt inspired them or felt like made a big contribution to their sounds. Most notably they did a cover for LOU REED's song - "Perfect Day" and Lou said he felt it was the best cover of any of his songs by any group or artist. That is a big win. They also did covers of - PUBLIC ENEMY - "911's is a Joke" - GRAND MASTER FLASH - "White Lines" - LED ZEPPELIN - "Thank You"

[@kraig7777]

And the Ramones did an album of all cover songs done psychedelically called Acid Eaters. I think their version of Out Of Time is better than the Rolling Stones'.

[@NigelShepherd-z7k]

"Bananarama" are the most successful female group of all time, even beating "The Supremes". My brother went to school with two of the women from this band and as a former music producer here in London when I was very young, I would often use the studios of Dave Stewart of the "Eurythmics" who is married to a member of this band. 😁🇬🇧

[@thomashong2938]

They are no longer married. Divorced in 1996. Dave married his current wife Anoushka Fisz in 2001.

[@raythomas4812]

Saw them sing this live - very good , it's a crowd pleaser . Happy new year to you

[@kenmercer8112]

love B-rama! happy new year!

[@jameshartshorn377]

Ahhh the Campy Goodness of early MTV.🎉

[@juliewhite7469]

❤❤❤

[@Jude_196]

LOVED hearing this version in the night clubs!! SO FUN to dance to!!

[@bridgemanjr]

Andrew Ridgeley from wham was with Keren for 27 years, and Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics was married to Siobhan Fahey for almost 10 years. Siobhan left and formed Shakespeare's Sister

[@MavenCree]

I loved this video so much growing up. It was the first one where it was like, girls can look at sexy, scantly clad guys too and not be ashamed of it., and have fun with it too. I was just rolling into puberty when this came out so... yeah, watched it a lot. 🤣

[@MichaelJones-sh7nu]

Bananarama was SO much fun!

[@MKins71]

Bananarama also appeared in Eurythmics video “Who’s That Girl” Siobhan Fahey would later marry Dave Stewart of Eurythmics. That is a VERY interesting 😉 video to check out.

[@thomashong2938]

If they had never met, she would never have left Bananarama, in my opinion.

[@cesarporreca5807]

When the girls went to Stock, Aitken and Waterman to produce the song, they told them they wanted it to sound much like "You spin me round (like a record)" by Dead or Alive.. and it's quite evident

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

I've never been able to decide which one of these girls is the best looking. All three are gorgeous.

[@teralmiles]

Love the way you say Bananarama in your accent.

[@dennismcgovern7914]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO Y'ALL AND THE WHOLE CREW. THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF MUSIC AND LAUGHS. MAY YOU HAVE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN THE NEW YEAR.

[@donaldball3245]

One of only FIVE songs to have hit #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts TWICE- on it's original release by Shocking Blue late in 1969, and again by Bananarama in 1986.

[@barbaragaspar6948]

My favorite version of Venus!

[@johnnelson3665]

I love the energy on this page.

[@silverlobo2135]

Go Sooners!! Happy NYE Jay and Amber As a kid from the 80's, I can clearly remember dancing to this at school (elementary and middle school) dances. The floor would definitely fill up when it would come on. Most of us didn't understand what it was about. Some believed it was about the planet Venus somehow or about Greek mythology. Either way, most didn't care because it was just fun to dance to it Glad you got around to listening to it. The vid doesn't much to me as I never really saw it until sometime in the late 90's. My family did not have cable so I had no chance to watch MTV or VH1. May you and you family have many, many blessing, successes, prosperity, good health, and plenty of memorable family experiences in 2024!!

[@arnoldcox9128]

Fun song...Happy new year!

[@jacquielousbookqueue]

Had to send this out to my daughter who was a year and a half old when this was on MTV. She would stop playing and have to dance to this video ❤❤❤

[@greigclement9081]

Just great fun from the band.

[@TheGenXTeacher]

Such a fun song. Couldn't escape it that summer! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@blanelltallur1]

"LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE" by bananarama! AMBER&JORDAN (jay) you will love this 1980s song!!!! their music video for "LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE" is so MUCH FUN

[@christianbrasso8257]

THIS WAS A HUGE CLUB HIT-ALWAYS FILLED THE DANCE FLOOR. CHECK OUT THEIR COVER OF THE DOOBIES' LONG TRAIN RUNNING-IT'S FLAMECO STYLE! ALSO CHECK OUT THEIR FIRST HIT HE WAS REALLY SAYING SOMETHING, ROBERT DENIRO' S WAITING, NA NA HEY HEY, SHY BOY. IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO.

[@Martinus74]

The producers Stock Aitken Waterman have done a great job with this song. Sometimes the cover version is simply greater than the original.

[@juliewhite7469]

Sid Selvidge's cover of Tom T. Hall's "That's How I Got to Memphis " will break your heart ❤ And his "bottle neck blues " cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" Sid Selvidge is featured in the book "It Came From Memphis" and was a producer of "Beale Street Caravan" on national public radio.

[@4508bluesky]

They haven’t done Tom, himself yet! 😊

[@juliewhite7469]

@@4508bluesky I think they did at least one song that he's written. I wish they would do his "I Love ( little baby ducks )" song.

[@4508bluesky]

@@juliewhite7469 I’m pretty sure that they haven’t, I can’t find anything when I hit search… maybe they did and it was deleted, but I don’t think so… nearest connection was that he wrote Harper Valley PTA for Jeanne Riley…but they reacted her, of course… I Love is nice, I think that Old Dogs, Children, & Watermelon Wine would be a good starting point too 😊

[@juliewhite7469]

@@4508bluesky Yes Harper Valley PTA is the one I remember. They haven't reacted to him singing yet. Still waiting for Johnny Horton too.

[@4508bluesky]

@@juliewhite7469 I love Sink The Bismarck ❤️

[@Leifdk1]

They also did a great cover of the Beatles’ “Help”. It was a charity single for Red Nose Day that they did with a little help from the very funny comedy duo French & Saunders. I believe there was a version with and one without F&S… not sure. They were definitely in the music video. Either way, a cracking song!

[@meggiles6848]

I did not know that this was a cover. My friends and I would dance the heck out of this.

[@mikevandenboom5958]

I like their debut album in North America. True confessions and dance with a stranger a other good songs I from this album

[@bradleyspear167]

The three in Bananarama look like they were having so much fun making the video!

[@randyvalgardson774]

What I liked about the video was how much fun they looked to be having.

[@Vanitasmortedigital]

I love Bananaramas cover version,it was huge in the clubs back in the day the camp over the top video and song,I still love this one now it has so many great memories for me of clubbing with my friends back in the day(Matt) Happy new year to you both

[@michaelp2776]

Pet Shop Boys cover of "Always on My Mind" is my favorite cover song ever.

[@daniellaplume3840]

This was an '80's remake of a song put off long before.❤