COME INSIDE MY SUGAR WALLS

Sheena Easton. Many Scots love her, many hate her, I love her. She's dragged herself up from low beginnings and made herself a hefty fortune and a name for herself now performing around the USA and mainly Las Vegas. Sheena worked with Prince, James Bond, Esther Rantzen and Kenny Rogers and to be honest I just thought of her as a Scottish chick who fucked off to America and had cans thrown at her when she came back for a concert in the early 90s. Sheena made the mistake of forgetting her past or at least ditching it, including the Scottish accent. I play her stuff a lot in class as 9-5 is a fab jive number for beginners and all the 40 something women sing along quite merrily. I don't know they'd be chanting so happily if I played Sugar Walls. Sugar Walls caused shit loads of publicity for Sheena in the late 80s and her video was banned on UK tv for being so raunchy. Now I look back and think that Sheena was just singing about her fru-fru ina roundabout way, although 'come inside my sugar walls' is a tad suggestive. Besides I know a woman's walls aren't made of her sugar, possibly cod or halibut!

So Sheena was persuaded to return to the UK a few years ago and promote her discofied album 'Fabulous' This album is fabulous and camp and outrageous and Sheena whoops it up with every fag bangle she can muster. Sadly it wasn't a great success but I doubt she bothered, she is an American citizen now and has made a healthy bank balance not only from her music career but property and investment - and let's not forget her star turn on Miami Vice as Don Johnson's wife Caitlin who was of course a rock star who eventually died!!! Sheena still has a special place in my heart and I simply love love love her transcontinental accent!!