I'm doing a few posts for all the gays out there, in a post-ironic sort of way. Are we post irony now? It's hard to keep up. Anyway, these are definitely intended as celebratory and in no way reductive. Here we go - kicking off with this one.
"Ever So Lonely" was released 5th March 1982. Initially it was top of the gay (Hi-Energy) charts and then went to be a Top 10 hit in the UK and a hit around the world.
Sheila Chandra was in TV's 'Grange Hill' for several years (at the time, one of the most radical kids TV programmes). She played Sudhamani Patel - a stereotypically reserved and sulky Asian girl who was being set up for an arranged marriage and whose family ran a corner shop.
This is a great track, although the B side, "Sunset Over The Ganges" does little to dispel those accusations of stereotyping. It's still great, though. She's got a great voice. And indeed, she is "still going". And why not?
Vinyl rip at 320K bps.
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Oh Yes, She's still going!!
Chandra made quite a few albums for Peter Gabriel's Real World label, one of which includes a re-working of Ever So lonely. Another, called ABoneCroneDrone, was just 6 drones with Chandra chanting over the top. Sounds awful? Not so. Beautiful.
She was also on the Real World album The Imagined Village with Paul Weller and other luminaries. This album juxtaposes British folk with beats, Asian rhythms and drones.
One of the most beautiful moments in pop! Doesn't need any Berwick St., fluffy cloud remixing to get your head swirling...Post Empire British Pop Brilliance!!!
Thanks for this post, I've always enjoyed her RealWorld stuff (it's very Lisa Gerrard-esque) and to hear the original version of Ever So Lonely is a treat!
Any chance to repost Ever So Lonely?
Thanks,
TWDM
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