Pop Life: It’s been 40 glorious years since Bananarama’s debut album Deep Sea Skiving made the UK Top 10
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Oh, come on, have a lager!” As Bananarama order some post-lunch coffees at a busy deli in Kings Cross, Keren Woodward invites Classic Pop to fully join in their mischief.
We’re halfway through an interview where Keren and Sara Dallin have been going deep on how they’ve shone for 40 years in a music industry that’s thrown endless obstacles in their path as pioneering women in pop. It’s only in recent years that Keren and Sara have realised just how influential Bananarama were in surviving and thriving, while offering up classics in a hugely diverse yet always poptivist array of styles.