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Originally Posted by AndyK
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Thanks for digging that out Andy.
Lorraine was actually in the US at the invite of Jim at the time to discuss with the record company making her own album. Meat was in the studio recording Bat 2, and the studio had booked a session singer to lay down the vocals for Meat to sing to while he recorded his vocals for AFL. At that time they hadn't decided who they wanted to sing the female vocal - but they were looking for a big name (as with Cher in Deadringer).
The session singer never turned up so Jim asked Lorraine to stand in.
Lorraine was later dumped by the record company as part of a cost cutting exercise, despite Jim's best efforts, and she was sent back to the UK.
After she got home she got a call telling her that they could not find a voice that fit the song better than hers so they were going to use her vocal. I think she said that she only actually sang the song twice in the studio! As we all know she wasn't invited back to be in the video!
I believe she was both lucky to happen to be there at the moment the session singer didn't turn up, but also unlucky that she was a victim of the Record label money men. She could have been huge given the right breaks, but she is nothing but grateful to Jim & Meat for all they did for her, and as Lucy has pointed out she makes sure that she uses her "moment in the spotlight" to draw in the audiences. Who can blame her for that.
Best of luck with the show at Newcastle City Hall!