![]() ![]() There’s a lot going on here, but I like it. And then there’s the woah-waoh-waaaaa! and the cascading piano that bookmark either end of the violin solo. Plus the way Shaw sings – soft and lovelorn in the verses shouty for the chorus. Listen to all the instruments involved: the horns, the orchestral strings, the twangy, Shadows-esque guitars. It straddles lots of borders: it’s a bit of a ballad, a bit of a torch song, a bit of a standard pop song with a rock song looking to burst through. I’m not really sure what ‘kind’ of song it is… Oh how can I, Forget you, When there is always something there to remind me…? But, at the same time, it’s not a sad song. It’s a song about a lost love, about how small things – streets and cafes – can remind you of the ones that got away. And a warm, playful voice… I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me… Cute and glamorous – it kind of sounds like a French person singing in English (not that Sandie Shaw is French in any way – she’s Dagenham born and bred.) The ting of a typewriter reaching the end of a line. There are soft, warm horns, and a little cha-cha-cha, bossanova beat. (There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me, by Sandie Shaw (her 1 st of three #1s)ģ weeks, from 22 nd October – 12 th November 1964 You know, straight away – it’s just got that mid-sixties vibe… Pretend, for a second, that you haven’t been following this countdown, and that you don’t know we are currently in October 1964. This next chart-topper is a record that you can date pretty much instantly. ![]()
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