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Sandi, Thalia, Ashley, Rebecca and Sam are the Allstars - and if they look familiar to you, you've probably seen them in their ITV series "Starstreet"... Spooky single 'Things That Go Bump In The Night' is accompanied by a similarly spooky video, filmed in London's Highgate Woods.
I didn't watch much Children's ITV even when I was a child and had a TV set so the chances of my recognising any of the members of Allstars (or allSTARS* as we were supposed to spell it) were pretty slim. Those of you who do still have televisual devices might have seen them in Channel 4 programmes I've barely heard of, or might even have noticed that one of them is married to Dom from Dick And Dom.
I do remember their chart career, though, or at least this song (released as a double A side with a cover of 'Is There Something I Should Know?', strangely enough). Once you get past the cod-'Thriller' intro, it turns into a bouncy bass-driven pop track of the sort Britney had just stopped making, ironically recalling Michael Jackson's 'PYT' in places. You'd never guess it was written by one of D:Ream. Outside the context of the video or the Scooby-Doo movie this apparently featured in, the lyrics actually seem a different kind of creepy. They certainly could be interpreted as somewhat predatory, but really it's only a song and as inane pop music goes, it's a lot better than Geri.
Also appearing on: Now 51
Available on: Allstars [Ltd Version]
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