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Post by tricolore on Apr 11, 2005 7:42:16 GMT -5
So.. I'm guessing that we all watched 'Queenmania' on Saturday Night?
How bad was everyone on the show (both status and talent)? Pot. Kettle. Black! Indeed.
But most of all, TOYAH WILLCOX was the biggest joke of the lot. Can anyone actually believe that she actually had a record deal? Please pardon my bluntness but she can't sing for shit! I was actually quite embarrassed for her. Why was she allowed on? Surely they do sound checks before they perform? I've heard better singing from my tone-deaf boyfriend while he's showering at 6 in the morning.
Having little knowledge of Toyah (apart from i think she was on 'Through The Key Hole' for a while) I decided to research on her official site and stumbled across her Discography. It's just WRONG! Did she actually have any hits? I can't think of any.
Her voice must have deteriorated over the years or has she always been this utterly shite?
Meh...
Meh indeed.
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Post by SuperFunTastic on Apr 11, 2005 8:18:42 GMT -5
I knew she sang from reading the Adrian Mole books as he always went on about wanting to play his Toyah records. Then I saw her on TOTP2 a few years ago.
She sang exactly like she did on that Queen Mania thing even in her heyday! I asked my mum about it, she seemed to think that that was her "style" or whatever. Remember, it was the 80s and there was a lot of dodgy stuff out there. Couldn't name any of her hits though.
Is it true that she's had plastic surgery and written a book about it or something? I did think that her skin looked a lot better on Saturday than when she was on I'm A Celebrity.
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Post by beNcooKe on Apr 11, 2005 8:55:31 GMT -5
If anybody sawy the Paul OGrady show on friday Janet Street Porter started laying into Toyah calling her something like a "sad old cow".
At first I wasnt sure what she was getting at, being aware of toyah for many years but then seeing how she was on Queenmania reminded me. She is God Awful.
That voice may be her 'style' but it
a) didnt suit the song she was singing by any means.
b) doesnt suit her ageing voice at all
She sang terribly whatever style or vocal 'timbre' she was going for.
And then those awful clothes, she looked like a middle aged lesbian aunt going to a Zena Warrior party!
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Post by tricolore on Apr 11, 2005 9:24:48 GMT -5
And then those awful clothes, she looked like a middle aged lesbian aunt going to a Zena Warrior party! I laughed audibly at this. Nothing to do with the world of pop, but her whole career seems to built on rubbish. Does anyone else remember Aunt Boomerang? Worst Australian accent. Ever. ...oh well, if theres one thing shes good at, it's making herself look like a cunt. Ha.
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Post by undisco_me on Apr 11, 2005 10:51:47 GMT -5
She just wants to promote her new face-lift, and be 'adored'. Media at the time, correct me if I am wrong, put her 'in competition' with Siouxsie Sioux. She is definately one of those people you just want to spit at in the face, or slap with a big trout.
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Post by nnnumb on Apr 11, 2005 10:55:20 GMT -5
She's a bit of a strange one, is our Toyah. But way back in the early 80s she was a major British star, and had quite a few hits (It's A Mystery, Ieya, Thunder In The Mountains, Be Loud, Be Proud, Be Heard, Rebel Run, I Want To Be Free, Brave New World - I think you get the idea).
She was quite marvelous back then, but unfortunately she's a little bit up herself these days, and I can't forgive her for the absolute mess she's created in Cecil Beaton's old house. The cow.
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Post by gabbygoo on Apr 11, 2005 16:16:28 GMT -5
She sounded dreadful but to be honest I was too busy concentrating on looking for the joins on her face lift. It's a good one but what a bloody cheek to write a book about it . DO NOT BUY IT. Why should we fund her elective surgery.
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Post by Dudie on Apr 11, 2005 16:51:25 GMT -5
She seemed like a pretentious arse to me when she was on I'm a Celebrity. The punk era seemed to have allowed people who were to music what Michelle McManus is to hang-gliding make a mint as 'credible' artists. Lordy.
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Post by headoverheels on Apr 11, 2005 17:11:12 GMT -5
Toyah? What Stacey Q is to Madonna she is to Siouxsie Sioux. Still, It's A Mystery and I Want To Be Free are decent songs and her vocals have a certain charm. Her facelift looked good on Queenmania even if, on the cover of her book, she doesn't look human. Surely she doesn't need that much airbrushing on top of her facelift?
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Post by Martino on Apr 11, 2005 17:37:24 GMT -5
where have the teletubbies gone? where have the teletubbies gone?
i thought she was dire initially, then i rethought about it, and came to the conclusion that she was very theatrical, she sounded like she was singing in a stage show, and had appropriate hand gestures,
ridiculous clothing, kinda off key, but oh well.
well all know fine well that the program was all about G4 anyway, it's not like itv cam promote them any other way, look out for lion-king-mania, radiohead-mania and bad-covers-of-britney-mania.
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Post by Tim on Apr 11, 2005 18:52:29 GMT -5
Ah, you're all too young to understand. You would've loved her back then as I did. When she lisps I'll forgive her anything.
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Post by tricolore on Apr 11, 2005 19:06:11 GMT -5
Hey, i noticed that you edited my post Tim! I thought Toyah 'Willcox' was the correct spelling! Oops. Even her official site spells it with 2 'L's www.toyahwillcox.com/Strange.
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Post by beNcooKe on Apr 12, 2005 3:38:04 GMT -5
ha ha I'm not too young to understand Toyah at all, I actually thought she wasnt too much of a bad person until I learned about all this facelift malarky and saw her singing like a drunk old person at the weekend. Made me realise everything that is wrong with her.
I mean... Barmy Aunt Boomerang earns her enough plonker points alone...
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Post by Electrobix on Apr 12, 2005 4:05:27 GMT -5
Surely that is Julian Clary with a wig on.
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Post by Tim on Apr 12, 2005 4:25:54 GMT -5
Hey, i noticed that you edited my post Tim! I thought Toyah 'Willcox' was the correct spelling! Oops. Even her official site spells it with 2 'L's www.toyahwillcox.com/Strange. Doh, I caught an arrogant strain of dyslexia off a dirty dictionary.
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Post by Crystaline Green on Apr 12, 2005 8:27:53 GMT -5
Hey I feel like poor Toyah needs a bit of defence - Poor cow. Unfortunatly I cant actually think of anything to say 4 once.
I kind of wish I was related to her though.
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Post by tricolore on Apr 12, 2005 12:23:18 GMT -5
Hey I feel like poor Toyah needs a bit of defence - Poor cow. Unfortunatly I cant actually think of anything to say 4 once. I kind of wish I was related to her though. Yeah because then you could say 'Oi! You bunch of twats, stop picking on my Barmy Aunt Boomerang!' Ha.
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Post by beNcooKe on Apr 12, 2005 12:30:54 GMT -5
*swigs on a can of XXXX* [that's lager by the way]
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Post by fitz on Apr 20, 2005 5:25:46 GMT -5
The problem is that Toyah is trying to re-write her place in pop history as some kind of alternative artist instead of the pop-hack in a wig she really was. OK - she was in Derek Jarman's Jubilee (yawn!) but any credibilty she had disappeared soon after that. Once you've sold your soul to the devil, it's impossible to get it back, no matter how many facelifts you have/books you write/dodgy West-End shows you appear in.
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Post by andrea69 on Apr 27, 2005 15:08:05 GMT -5
Toyah has a voice suited more to her own style of music(which incidentally was great)than Queen. Good on her for her facelift-she suffered from Body Dysmorphic Syndrome-and if it makes her happy then good on her.If you are interested in this-read her book. If you are not-don't.Simple.
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Post by fitz on Apr 28, 2005 3:42:46 GMT -5
Body Dysmorphic Syndrome - yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that gonna now be the excuse for any dodgy old has-been to justify a career-boosting facelift then?
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Post by andrea69 on Apr 29, 2005 16:19:30 GMT -5
Well,I suppose that others now may jump on the Body Dysmorphic Syndrome Bandwagon.Ha ha.
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Post by drbastard on Apr 30, 2005 5:02:37 GMT -5
Can anyone actually believe that she actually had a record deal? Punk music allowed people with vocal deficiencies to get away with musical murder. Just look at Bob Geldof. He was utterly talentless musically and yet he had some hits, of course when the first wave of punk ended so did Brother Teresa's musical career. Toyah was pisspoor. For cool punky fems check out the following: Debbie Harry, Cherry Vanilla, Poly Styrene (my favourite), Miss Sioux of The Banshees (another favourite), Ari Upp (The Slits are one of the best bands ever), Janie Jones - not quite punk but the Geri of her day, arrested and jailed for vice and stuck in a cell with Myra Hindley. I wrote a poem about her...you couldn't make her story up. Any room for any more?
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Post by fitz on Apr 30, 2005 8:10:44 GMT -5
OK - but lets not make the mistake of thinking that Toyah was ever punk! She had dyed hair, true, but was as pink as the Belle Stars.
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