Bookmarks: Carol Decker

There's a lovely short piece in the Henley Standard that's partly about T'Pau, but really about how children don't really know what their parents do at work:

CAROL Decker’s daughter didn’t realise how famous her mum was until she saw her singing in front of 10,000 people.

Scarlett Coates was 10 when she and her brother Dylan watched T’Pau’s performance at the first Rewind festival in Henley.

Gary Barlow learns a hard lesson

A sharp Twitterslap to the side of the head has taught Gary Barlow what he should have known: you treat Carol Decker with the respect she deserves.

He'd slagged off T'pau's version of China In Your Hands after one of the inmates on X Factors did a caterwauling cover of it:

The Take That star said he preferred Devlin’s version because it was “in tune”.

Decker responded on Twitter, asking Barlow what his problem was and saying: “I actually have perfect pitch [an innate ability to stay in tune].”

She also swore at him and aimed an insult at his music, saying: “I had to suffer a Take That concert for the sake of my kids this summer.”

Barlow sort-of apologised.

But one thing more: mysteriously, Decker's invite to appear on Xtra Factors on ITV2 was dropped.

It looks like Barlow is happy to dish it out but not man enough to take it.

Luckily, you can send a message by making China In Your Hand the Christmas number one.

Christmas in 1987: Best singles, part one - 20-11

As voted for by Sounds readers:

20. T'Pau - China In Your Hands (no, really)



19. The Cult - Love Removal Machine



18. The Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow



17. Fields of the Nephilim - Preacher Man



16. Suzanne Vega - Luka



15. Gaye Bykers On Acid - Nosedive Karma



14. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For



13. Metallica - Garage Days Revisited

12. The Mission - Wasteland



11. All About Eve - In The Clouds



[Part of Christmas in 1987]