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* OutOfGenreExperience: SAW are best known for producing dance-pop songs for other artists. Under their own name they released "[[https://youtu.be/PZbAEHswIfw?si=konl8YbB-xvfE_sq Roadblock]]" in the "rare groove" style that was cool at the time.
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* LoveItOrHateIt: Opinion on SAW was sharply polarised. For everyone who thought they were geniuses who had revitalised pop music with catchy hummable hits, there was at least one person who thought there was a missing "S" in "The Hit Factory".
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* ClosetGeek: Pete Waterman apparently has a passion for trains, ranging from tabletop layout models all the way up to the real thing.
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* ClosetGeek: Pete Waterman apparently has [[RailEnthusiast a passion for trains, trains]], ranging from tabletop layout models all the way up to the real thing.
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A music production company based in Britain, this team composed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman took most of the world by storm throughout the 1980s and early 1990s for it's then-unique dance pop sound which fused Hi-NRG, Eurobeat, and Motown.
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A music production company based in Britain, this team composed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman took most of the world by storm throughout the 1980s and early 1990s for it's then-unique dance pop sound which fused Hi-NRG, Eurobeat, ItaloDisco, swing music, and Motown.
RAndB. The trio's style is widely credited by analysts as the TropeMaker for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobeat Eurobeat]], a style which would become particularly widespread in Italy and Japan.
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Often [[RockIsAuthenticPopIsShallow despised and reviled by detractors]] who [[TrueArtIsAngsty saw]] SAW as synthetically manufactured music, "[[FunWithAcronyms Schlock, Ailing and Watered-down]]" was the ''least'' of the invective the trio attracted.
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* TransatlanticEquivalent: SAW were to white British musicians were what Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were to African-American ones, featuring signature sounds that merged dance-pop with R&B and being so involved with their artists that they would usually write material for them. Likewise, the sounds that the two teams pioneered (Eurobeat for SAW and NewJackSwing for Jam & Lewis) would be subject to a major public backlash in the 1990s due to overexposure. The one major difference is that Jam & Lewis endured this backlash enough to remain in-demand well into the 21st century, whereas SAW collapsed as a result of it.
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Often [[RockIsAuthenticPopIsShallow despised and reviled by detractors detractors]] who [[TrueArtIsAngsty saw]] SAW as synthetically manufactured music, "[[FunWithAcronyms Schlock, Ailing and Watered-down]]" was the ''least'' of the invective the trio attracted.
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Prior to SAW's foundation, Waterman was producing quite a few hits of his own under his Pete Waterman Limited (PWL) production company, such as the iconic "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive, which hit number 1 on the UK sales chart. Since then, they have made many other newcomers big stars, including Music/{{Bananarama}}, Sinitta, Music/KylieMinogue, and Music/RickAstley.
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Prior to SAW's foundation, Waterman was producing quite a few hits of his own under his Pete Waterman Limited (PWL) production company, such as the iconic "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive, which hit number 1 on the UK sales chart. Since then, they have made many other newcomers big stars, including Music/{{Bananarama}}, Sinitta, Music/KylieMinogue, Music/JasonDonovan, and Music/RickAstley.
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* RickRoll: You can thank them for giving us "Never Gonna Give You Up", which would become "the Rickroll song" some 20 years after its initial release.
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A music production company based in Britain, this team composed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman took most of the world by storm throughout the 1980s and early 1990s for its unique-at-the-time dance melodies which are best described as a fusion of Hi-NRG, Eurobeat, and Motown.
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A music production company based in Britain, this team composed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman took most of the world by storm throughout the 1980s and early 1990s for its unique-at-the-time it's then-unique dance melodies pop sound which are best described as a fusion of fused Hi-NRG, Eurobeat, and Motown.
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To put it bluntly, Motown for white people.
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To put it bluntly, Motown Creator/{{Motown}} for white people.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The British 1980s in a nutshell]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The British 1980s in a nutshell]]
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Prior to SAW's foundation, Waterman was producing quite a few hits of his own under his Pete Waterman Limited (PWL) production company, such as the iconic "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive, which hit number 1 on the UK sales chart. Since then, they have made many other newcomers big stars, including Music/{{Bananarama}}, Music/KylieMinogue, and Music/RickAstley.
Often despised and reviled by people who saw SAW as synthetic manufactured music, "Schlock, Ailing and Watered-down" was the ''least'' of the invective the trio attracted.
Often despised and reviled by people who saw SAW as synthetic manufactured music, "Schlock, Ailing and Watered-down" was the ''least'' of the invective the trio attracted.
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Prior to SAW's foundation, Waterman was producing quite a few hits of his own under his Pete Waterman Limited (PWL) production company, such as the iconic "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive, which hit number 1 on the UK sales chart. Since then, they have made many other newcomers big stars, including Music/{{Bananarama}}, Sinitta, Music/KylieMinogue, and Music/RickAstley.
Often despised and reviled bypeople retractors who saw [[TrueArtIsAngsty saw]] SAW as synthetic synthetically manufactured music, "Schlock, "[[FunWithAcronyms Schlock, Ailing and Watered-down" Watered-down]]" was the ''least'' of the invective the trio attracted.
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**CoverVersion: Music/{{Bananarama}}'s "Venus""Venus" is a famous example.
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* PunnyName: on On their early recordings, the drums were credited to "A Linn," a reference to the Linn drum machine.
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* ClosetGeek: Pete Waterman apparently has a passion for trains, ranging from tabletop layout models all the way up to the real thing.
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Hit Man And Her, waterman's contibution to crap television
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* InDaClub: Waterman's TV series, ''The Hit Man and Her'', was set in an idealised nightclub where no ugly people were allowed admission, nobody got drunk, no fights started, and nobody was beaten to a pulp by psychotic bouncers. It served as a TV vehicle for SAW music and acts.
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* RickRoll: You can thank them for giving us "Never Gonna Give You Up", which would become "the Rickroll song" some 20 years after its initial release.
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To put it bluntly, Motown for white people.
A music production company based in Britain, this team composed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman took most of the world by storm throughout the 1980s and early 1990s for its unique-at-the-time dance melodies which are best described as a fusion of Hi-NRG, Eurobeat, and Motown.
Prior to SAW's foundation, Waterman was producing quite a few hits of his own under his Pete Waterman Limited (PWL) production company, such as the iconic "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive, which hit number 1 on the UK sales chart. Since then, they have made many other newcomers big stars, including [=Bananarama=], Music/KylieMinogue, and Music/RickAstley.
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* CoverSong:
* [=Bananarama]'s "Venus"
* PunnyName: on their early recordings, the drums were credited to "A Linn," a reference to the Linn drum machine.
* [[{{RecordProducer}} Record Producers]]
* SillyLoveSongs
A music production company based in Britain, this team composed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman took most of the world by storm throughout the 1980s and early 1990s for its unique-at-the-time dance melodies which are best described as a fusion of Hi-NRG, Eurobeat, and Motown.
Prior to SAW's foundation, Waterman was producing quite a few hits of his own under his Pete Waterman Limited (PWL) production company, such as the iconic "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive, which hit number 1 on the UK sales chart. Since then, they have made many other newcomers big stars, including [=Bananarama=], Music/KylieMinogue, and Music/RickAstley.
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!! Tropes associated with Stock Aitken Waterman
* CoverSong:
* [=Bananarama]'s "Venus"
* PunnyName: on their early recordings, the drums were credited to "A Linn," a reference to the Linn drum machine.
* [[{{RecordProducer}} Record Producers]]
* SillyLoveSongs
