Comments on: Why I loved this song: Pointer Sisters – Automatic http://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com/2009/11/19/why-i-loved-this-song-pointer-sisters-automatic/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:42:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JW Richard http://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com/2009/11/19/why-i-loved-this-song-pointer-sisters-automatic/comment-page-1/#comment-142954 JW Richard Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:13:26 +0000 http://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com/?p=3987#comment-142954 That's classic, Enda! Especially for them to give away vinyl singles, very cool. That’s classic, Enda! Especially for them to give away vinyl singles, very cool.

]]> By: Daddy or Chips? http://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com/2009/11/19/why-i-loved-this-song-pointer-sisters-automatic/comment-page-1/#comment-142951 Daddy or Chips? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:21:04 +0000 http://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com/?p=3987#comment-142951 Me too! As a little, um, 'confused' kid growing up in rural Ireland, this track sounded so sophisticated and modern. I simply had to get it. At the time, Hula Hoops (a yummy potato-like snack) had a promotion where if you collected so many coupons from the packets, you could claim a 7' single from the charts. I remember getting Automatic, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (for my mother) and High Energy by Evelyn Thomas. I was only 11! (I must have been SCREAMING! LOL) Me too! As a little, um, ‘confused’ kid growing up in rural Ireland, this track sounded so sophisticated and modern. I simply had to get it.

At the time, Hula Hoops (a yummy potato-like snack) had a promotion where if you collected so many coupons from the packets, you could claim a 7′ single from the charts. I remember getting Automatic, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (for my mother) and High Energy by Evelyn Thomas. I was only 11! (I must have been SCREAMING! LOL)

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