‘Our rivalry with Take That was always tongue in cheek’: Tony Mortimer’s honest playlist

The East 17 man knows his 90s bangers but once inadvertently cleared a dancefloor. And what song gets him on the exercise bike in a morning? The first single I bought Shut Up by Madness, from a record shop on Hoe Street in Walthamstow, London. The song I do at karaoke I’ve only done karaoke once, really loud and absolutely inebriated on sake in Japan. If I had to do karaoke now, I’d do East 17’s House of Love, because at least I’d remember the words.

Continue reading... The East 17 man knows his 90s bangers but once inadvertently cleared a dancefloor. And what song gets him on the exercise bike in a morning? The first single I bought Shut Up by Madness, from a record shop on Hoe Street in Walthamstow, London. The song I do at karaoke I’ve only done karaoke once, really loud and absolutely inebriated on sake in Japan.

If I had to do karaoke now, I’d do East 17’s House of Love, because at least I’d remember the words. The best song to play at a party C&C Music Factory’s Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) is like an electric shock. I’ve cleared the dancefloor, too. It’s a lovely song, but it just brings me down now. The song I secretly like, but tell everyone I hate Patience by Take That.

I thought it was a great comeback song. The song that changed my life I’d have to say Deep. Without that song, there wouldn’t have been a band. The song I’d like played at my funeral It’s so easy to make people cry. And what song gets him on the exercise bike in a morning?

The first single I bought Shut Up by Madness, from a record shop on Hoe Street in Walthamstow, London. The song I do at karaoke I’ve only done karaoke once, really loud and absolutely inebriated on sake in Japan. If I had to do karaoke now, I’d do East 17’s House of Love, because at least I’d remember the words. Continue reading... ‘Our rivalry with Take That was always tongue in cheek’: Tony Mortimer’s honest playlist