Baby Move On
In 1986 I put together a girl band, Pleasure Principle. At that stage female pop/rock was only just starting to break big with Bananarama and Madonna. This was pre Kylie. Yes there had been female singers of course, but now FM radio stations like 2Day were basing their whole playlist around female oriented material and I wanted to try writing some pop hits. It’s fun to write songs that people might want to sing along to or dance to. A little different to the Suburbs expereince.
After auditioning a load of possibles, I was excited to find three really excellent young women who could sing, move and had good stage personality. Slinky, Kinky and Yummy were their stage names. They could all handle lead vocals and were excellent at harmonies too. Neville Dowling who had played with me in the Zip’n’Blast Suburbs lineup (and then the Expression) programmed the tracks that I mainly wrote. Although Nev also wrote a great track too. (Waldorf Caress). We recorded the backing tracks and then the girls sang live to the tracks.
This was all done out of Perth and Pleasure Principle soon built a great following at Club Bayview in Claremont. When the America’s Cup came to Fremantle they were in hot demand.
This track Baby Move On was a rock pop number that ‘Kinky’ (Angie) took the lead on. She had the most bluesy voice. I don’t have a proper recording of this but I do have a tape of a rehearsal.
I’ve had enough of you, Baby move on
Once I felt for you but now it’s all gone
Each time you call me
That’s another time you hurt me
Well you hurt me enough now, Baby move on
I fell in love with you from the first time we met
Now that I’ve left you, I have no regrets
You better move on.
I’ve had enough of you, Baby move on
Once I felt for you but now it’s all gone
Each time you call me
That’s another time you hurt me
Well you hurt me enough now, Baby move on