European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Hew by Elissa m. Vecchione associated press Amantha Fox s recent hit single / Wanna have some fun expresses the Young Singer s Carefree philosophy. I m a very Happy person. There Are not Many things that really upset me the 22 year old British Rocker says. Everything i do i seem to enjoy. I m a really Lucky person to be in a Job that i really her single is fast climbing the charts following the Success of naughty girls need love and touch me. I Wanna have some fun her third up is Fox s favorite album. She also Calls it her Best. I think i be just improved musically. You Don t know what sound is coming next after each the numerous producers of / Wanna have some fun give the album a special variety in sounds and styles and include full Force Fred Zarr and the team of Stock Aitkin and Waterman who also produce Rick Astley and banana Rama. Fox also had a lot of Freedom on this album. I just go to the studio and sing How i want to sing. They Don t really Tell me How to do anything she said. I make up my own style with their style of most of her music does t carry meaningful messages or lyrics but she does Hope her listeners understand the importance of enjoying their youth. Be careful but have a Good time she says. Every Young girl or boy should be having Fox grew up in London. Her father Pat worked in construction carpentry and building refurbishing. Her Mother Carol was a homemaker. Both parents now work full time managing their daughter s career. Fox began modelling when she was about 15. She went on to become one of England s favorite Page 3 girls the topless models featured regularly on Page 3 of the Sun newspaper. When her modelling career began to really take off she dropped out of school and has had no desire Foi further formal education. I saw stars and went she said. I be Learned More travelling the world and being with people a lot older than me and in the business than i would have Learned in her popularity As a Model attracted music executives and it was t Long before she was offered a contract. But singing spelled an end to modelling. Though she lives alone in an apartment in London she does t stray too far from her family. Her younger sister Vanessa helps the foxes with the business which includes not Only Samantha s recording career and performances but also calendars clothing posters and other paraphernalia fans crave. Fox s popularity is so enormous in England that she often has problems with privacy. She plans to sell a country Home because fans found out about it and it s no longer the Safe hideaway she intended it to be. I m news everything i do they want to write about she said. In the meantime she s beginning to look at a movie career and will do screen tests for an undisclosed project. And with what Little free time she has available Fox fills it with workouts swimming movies concerts and writing songs. She also likes fast cars. That s what i d like to do you know Speed car racing. I d love a Motorbike really she says glancing at her father who responds that is out of the she s planning at least five More albums but she s not sure what will develop after that. I Don t know what i want to do in five years. Who knows i might meet the Man of my dreams and get married she said. And who might that Ideal Man be actor Mickey Rourke she said. But first she has to meet him. Naughty girl Samantha Fox from Page 3 to the top of the charts. Moon Walker reveals Michael Jackson s humorous Side the Baltimore Sun or All its dazzling action detailed animation and Eye catching special effects easily the most stunning thing about Moon Walker the Long form Michael Jackson video released earlier this month is that it showcases a Side to the Singer neither his fans nor his critics Ever thought existed his sense of humor. Hard to believe in t it but not Only does Jackson try his hand at comedy in three of the video s seven segments he even makes himself the butt of Many of the jokes. Granted much of the humor particularly a claymation version of the song Speed Demon and a kiddie rendition of the bad video called badder is gentle and cartoon like but what else would you expect considering that the target audience for Moon Walker seems to be mostly 8-year Olds even so there is enough in Moon Walker to amuse adults particularly those who might think that they have had enough of Jackson mania. Take the video treatment of leave me alone. Addressing itself to the press it plays the sensationalist coverage of tabloids like the National Enqu re for unexpected laughs. Rather than act Hurt by the headlines Jackson almost seems to enjoy being portrayed As wacko Jacko littering the clip with fake tabloids bearing such Large headlines As Michael weds alien and Jackson s third Eye starts sunglass that is nothing compared to a later sequence in which we see the Singer dancing with an elephant nosed Skeleton the elephant Man s Bones remember. Shocking irreverent you bet. But it is also audaciously funny and that is the biggest Shock of All. Don t worry though Jackson has t done away entirely with the self aggrandizing seriousness of his previous videos. After the obligatory Pepsi and Moon Walker opens with a live version of Man in the Mirror that not Only gives him a Chance to reiterate his concern Over the world s ills but to do so in front of hundreds of thousands of screaming fans. In Case the shots of squealing girls and fainting fans do not immediately leave you believing that Jackson mania equals beatlemania Jackson takes pains to underscore his Point first by taking the crowd footage from his recent shows in Liverpool England the fab four s Hometown. And if that in t enough he even includes his own strikingly Apt interpretation of the beatles come together a previously unreleased recording dating from the bad sessions. There is also a bit of beatle worship in smooth criminal in which one of the three urchins accompanying Jackson is played by Sean Lennon. Frankly though the Lennon connection is nothing compared to the Way this 40-minute mini drama inflates the Singer s sense of self importance. It in t simply that the plot with Jackson single hand edly wiping out a drug lord played by Joe Pesci and his army makes the Singer seem even More godlike than usual what s striking about smooth criminal is the Way it allows our hero to vanquish the evil doers. Just when it seems that the Singer is at his most helpless hunched cornered and simpering in an Alley or held at gunpoint As the drug lord kicks at his face he s magically transformed into an invincible machine. Say hello to Michael Jackson robot. To be fair smooth criminal pretends to be Little More than a live action saturday morning cartoon and though its utterly illogical plot will leave adult fingers itching for the fast Forward younger viewers ought to be delighted. Still it is hard not to wonder about one in joke in the video. As Pesci outlines his plan to make every kid in the whole world take drugs he boasts that one Day everyone will know his name. They better spell it right he rants. A id to. Frankie funny thing is Jackson s manager is a Guy named Frank Dileo and we All know what he pushes Don t we top of the charts top pop singles 1. Two hearts Phil Collins 2. When i m with you sheriff 3. Armageddon it def Leppard 4. Don t Rush me Taylor Dayne 5. When the children cry White lion 6. Straight up Paula Abdul 7. Born to be my baby Bon Jovi 8. The Way you love me Karyn White 9. Wild thing tone Loc 10. All this time Tiffany top up s 1. Don t be cruel Bobby Brown 2. Appetite for destruction guns n roses 3. Travelling wilbury travelling wilbury 4. Hysteria def Leppard 5. Open up and say Ash Poison 6. New Jersey Bon Jovi 7. G n r lies guns n roses 8. Giving you the Best that i got Anita baker9. Rattle and hum u2 10. Cocktail soundtrack top country singles 1. Deeper than the holler Randy Travis 2. Song of the South alabama3. What i d say Earl Thomas Conley 4. Burnin a Hole in my heart skip Ewing 5. Big wheels in the Moonlight Dan seals 6.1 Sang Dixie Dwight Yoakam 7. Life As we knew it Kathy Mattea 8. Sincerely the forester Sisters 9. She s crazy for leaving Rodney Crowell 10.1 still believe in you the desert Rose band top Black singles 1. Superwoman Karyn White 2. Roni Bobby Brown 3. Can you read my lips z looke 4. Can you stand the rain new edition 5. Baby doll Tony Toni Tonel 6. Take me where you want to Gerald Alston 7. She wont talk to me Luther Vandross 8. Wild thing tone Loc 9. So Good Al Jarreau 10. This time Kiara top pop cd s 1. Travelling wilbury travelling wilbury 2. Shooting rubber bands at the stars Edie Brickell new bohemians 3. Rattle and hum u2 4. Giving you the Best that i got Anita Baker 5. Delicate sound of Thunder Pink Floyd 6. Greatest hits Fleetwood Mao 7. Silhouette Kenny g. 8. Journey s greatest hits journey 9. Green . 10. Hysteria def Leppard wednesday january 25, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 17
