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Non-Wacky Discussion => Non-Wacky Discussion => Music => Topic started by: DrSushi on July 28, 2010, 06:35:11 PM
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Here's a place to post songs that others may have forgotten. The song that got me thinking about this topic is Donnie Iris' "Injured in the Game of Love". Below you can find a link to a website that mentions this song (don't be scared by the name of the site). You don't need to click on the site, as the text has been copied and pasted below. The writer compares him to Bruce Springsteen - I kinda thought he was more of a poor man's Huey Lewis. Under the article, there is a link to the full song for anyone who's interested. Feel free to post your own "forgotten song". Maybe we can jog each other's memories about some forgotten great or near-decent music. And maybe you'll find that you forgot these songs for a reason.
http://www.hesawhore.com/2010/02/song-of-day-donnie-iris-injured-in-game.html
For some, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street band were a band that spoke to the blue collar, working class set with tales of life in some romanticized, yet down-on-its-luck, one-horse town.
While I respect Springsteen for presenting that message in such a way as to connect so fervently with a mid-to-upper-class demographic, he never did much for me.
My Bruce Springsteen has always been Ohio's Donnie Iris, and, by the same token, my E Street Band has always been The Cruisers, Iris's longtime backing band. While they may not have such colorful characters as Clarence Clemons or Little Steven, they are as solid a band as any singer could ever hope to have behind him.
After a four-album run with MCA that netted two sizable radio hits in "Ah Leah" and "Love Is Like A Rock", Donnie Iris soon found himself on his own. Rather than wait for another label to pick him up, he and the Cruisers simply recorded and released No Muss, No Fuss on their own label in 1985 and still managed to do pretty well. The album actually achieved a peak chart position of #115 - not bad for an indie release in those days.
The album's sole single, For some, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street band were a band that spoke to the blue collar, working class set with tales of life in some romanticized, yet down-on-its-luck, one-horse town.
While I respect Springsteen for presenting that message in such a way as to connect so fervently with a mid-to-upper-class demographic, he never did much for me.
My Bruce Springsteen has always been Ohio's Donnie Iris, and, by the same token, my E Street Band has always been The Cruisers, Iris's longtime backing band. While they may not have such colorful characters as Clarence Clemons or Little Steven, they are as solid a band as any singer could ever hope to have behind him.
After a four-album run with MCA that netted two sizable radio hits in "Ah Leah" and "Love Is Like A Rock", Donnie Iris soon found himself on his own. Rather than wait for another label to pick him up, he and the Cruisers simply recorded and released No Muss, No Fuss on their own label in 1985 and still managed to do pretty well. The album actually achieved a peak chart position of #115 - not bad for an indie release in those days.
The album's sole single, "Injured In The Game of Love" also cracked the Top 100 and ranks as one of Iris's most infectious tracks.
http://hesawhore.com/Donnie_Iris-Injured_In_The_Game_of_Love.mp3
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Another big Iris song was "do you compute". He also released an album a couple years ago. It wasn't that great but had a really good song. I can't remember what it was called, something about a dress.
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Another artist was Glen Burtnik. He had 2 great songs in the 80s - " little red house" and " follow you". These are really tough CDs to find. He later went on to fill in with Styx and had a couple great songs with them.
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"Ah Leah" is one of my favorite Donnie Iris songs.
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"Ah Leah" is one of my favorite Donnie Iris songs.
Me too. I was just about to say that! :D
My sister's name is Lea. As kids, we often sang it outloud to each other.
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Another big Iris song was "do you compute". He also released an album a couple years ago. It wasn't that great but had a really good song. I can't remember what it was called, something about a dress.
I happened on his website while trying to figure out which song of his I was looking for, and I was surprised to see he is still making albums. Both of those songs you mentioned are available on Rhapsody. I'm listening to "Do You Compute" as I type this as I don't remember that song (so I may have forgotten it!). It sounds so '80s! It seems like it should have been in the soundtrack of some 80s movie like "Electric Dreams" where the guy falls in love with the computer.
I also checked out "Little Black Dress" from the Ellwood City album which Rhapsody lists as being released in 2006. I like that one!
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Another artist was Glen Burtnik. He had 2 great songs in the 80s - " little red house" and " follow you". These are really tough CDs to find. He later went on to fill in with Styx and had a couple great songs with them.
The only Glen Burtnik songs I could find on Rhapsody looked like novelty songs - a couple Holiday cover songs and something called "Racing Time".
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"Ah Leah" is one of my favorite Donnie Iris songs.
I remember the local rock station playing that song along with "Love is Like a Rock" and "Injured in the Game of Love" on a "Three-for-all" weekend. It must have been when "Injured" had just been released, as I bet it was a bit of a stretch to find three Donnie Iris songs to play. Donnie seemed at best a "Two for Tuesday" artist, even back then. :]
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"Do You Compute?" is from Donnie's Fortune 410 album (from 1983). I have that one on my iPod (it was on the Greatest Hits album I go of his a few years back). Ironically, I don't have "Injured In the Name of Love". Must not have been good enough for the twelve songs on the CD. LOL.
Oh, and Donnie was part of the band Jaggerz when they hit with "the Rapper" back in the early 70's.
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Here's a place to post songs that others may have forgotten. The song that got me thinking about this topic is Donnie Iris' "Injured in the Game of Love".
Cool topic. I have 2 Donnie Iris albums -- the one with Love Is Like A Rock and the one with Ah! Leah! I don't think I've ever heard the song you posted though.
OK, I've got a pretty good one from the early 80's. It's "Sausolito Summernight" by Diesel. This song was impossible to find on CD up until a few years ago. Since then, its a song you'll hear every now and then on a retro show if you have a DJ who knows his stuff. You can listen to it at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c93aaCza_dY&feature=related
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Cool topic. I have 2 Donnie Iris albums -- the one with Love Is Like A Rock and the one with Ah! Leah! I don't think I've ever heard the song you posted though.
OK, I've got a pretty good one from the early 80's. It's "Sausolito Summernight" by Diesel. This song was impossible to find on CD up until a few years ago. Since then, its a song you'll hear every now and then on a retro show if you have a DJ who knows his stuff. You can listen to it at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c93aaCza_dY&feature=related
Man, I love Donnie Iris. Oddly, I heard Ah! Leah! on the radio yesterday for the first time in about 25 years. I have the albums and listen to them, but radio has forsaken Mr. Iris. Good to hear others remember him too.
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Oh, and Donnie was part of the band Jaggerz when they hit with "the Rapper" back in the early 70's.
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Oh wow! I never knew that. Thanks for sharing.
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Cool topic. I have 2 Donnie Iris albums -- the one with Love Is Like A Rock and the one with Ah! Leah! I don't think I've ever heard the song you posted though.
OK, I've got a pretty good one from the early 80's. It's "Sausolito Summernight" by Diesel. This song was impossible to find on CD up until a few years ago. Since then, its a song you'll hear every now and then on a retro show if you have a DJ who knows his stuff. You can listen to it at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c93aaCza_dY&feature=related
I don't remember that song, but I feel like I should. It reminds me a bit of Blue Oyster Cult - the singer kind of sounds like Buck Dharma. Maybe more like a Buck Dharma solo song, like "5:35". Here's a link in case you want to hear that one to see if you agree - it may only play 30 seconds, but you'll get the idea (the first time I clicked on it, it played the whole song): http://www.google.com/url?q=http://s0.ilike.com/play%23Buck%2BDharma:Five%2BThirty-Five:7046704:s33484255.9421942.14908834.0.2.14%252Cstd_8dc6738123924d21831ca734ee02de11&sa=X&ei=Uj1STP2ZCMuknQed5ry-Aw&ved=0CCIQ0wQoAjAA&usg=AFQjCNHLmEUotvD7u9Og2wTmKhO7FW1KPg
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OK, I've got a pretty good one from the early 80's. It's "Sausolito Summernight" by Diesel. This song was impossible to find on CD up until a few years ago. Since then, its a song you'll hear every now and then on a retro show if you have a DJ who knows his stuff. You can listen to it at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c93aaCza_dY&feature=related
I LOVE that song! I had the 45 - played it all the time. Got it recently on MP3. It is a 5-star song for me, one that I crank every time it comes on Sirrus/XM 80's channel. That song is summer for me.
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Anyone remember "Who's Behind the Door" by Zebra?
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The only Glen Burtnik songs I could find on Rhapsody looked like novelty songs - a couple Holiday cover songs and something called "Racing Time".
They are very obscure. I was able to track down on of the CDs and found a download of the other. Go to YouTube and check them out!
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Anyone remember "Who's Behind the Door" by Zebra?
Yup, they sounded like a Led Zepplin wannabe.
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OK, here’s another one. In 1984, Eagles bassist Timothy B. Schmit did a solo album titled “Playin’ It Cool.” Let’s just say he was no Don Henley, Glenn Frey or Joe Walsh. But the title track from this album was in pretty heavy rotation on MTV for a couple weeks back in ’84. Anybody remember this song? Link below ... Cheese city!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-rngzNR4Z0
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Here's a place to post songs that others may have forgotten.
I’ve been pondering this interesting topic for a while. I’ve recently been “re-discovering” bands and music generas I haven’t listened to in decades.
I’ve been on a huge ska binge during the last month. I bought 20 compilation ska CD’s from Amazon the other night – yup, I’m skankin’!
I enjoy surf guitar. Although some movies have featured some classic surf music (Pulp Fiction, of course), I think surf music as a whole is a bit of a lost genera. There are modern bands playing surf music (Laika and the Cosmonauts, The Halibuts, Los Straightjackets, Kung Fu Monkeys), but you have to seek them out. I’ve been listening to some old surf recently (The Surfaris and The Sentinals are a couple). I saw Dick Dale play a small dance club about 15 years ago, and the show was blistering. I think this version of Pipeline with Stevie Ray Vaughan is incredible. This clip has high quality audio. The video is fun too. DD’s big curly hair makes him look like the lead singer from Air Supply or REO Speedwagon! And SRV is beyond awesome – I love that guy and sure miss him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52FpuqD3W5M
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I enjoy surf guitar. Although some movies have featured some classic surf music (Pulp Fiction, of course), I think surf music as a whole is a bit of a lost genera. There are modern bands playing surf music (Laika and the Cosmonauts, The Halibuts, Los Straightjackets, Kung Fu Monkeys), but you have to seek them out.
I went to a club and saw Los Straitjackets without seeking them out, as they were the back up band that night. They were a lot of fun!
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and I was going thru YouTube burning the Gilligan's Island classic, "You Need Us" and some other Flintstones classics (Soft Soap...gentle for babies and brontosaurus too, it prevents embarrassment). A friend of mine where I get my iced coffee in the morning we were talking about these old cartoons, and we though of at least a dozen classic songs from the shows.
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I’ve been pondering this interesting topic for a while. I’ve recently been “re-discovering” bands and music generas I haven’t listened to in decades.
I’ve been on a huge ska binge during the last month. I bought 20 compilation ska CD’s from Amazon the other night – yup, I’m skankin’!
I enjoy surf guitar. Although some movies have featured some classic surf music (Pulp Fiction, of course), I think surf music as a whole is a bit of a lost genera. There are modern bands playing surf music (Laika and the Cosmonauts, The Halibuts, Los Straightjackets, Kung Fu Monkeys), but you have to seek them out. I’ve been listening to some old surf recently (The Surfaris and The Sentinals are a couple). I saw Dick Dale play a small dance club about 15 years ago, and the show was blistering. I think this version of Pipeline with Stevie Ray Vaughan is incredible. This clip has high quality audio. The video is fun too. DD’s big curly hair makes him look like the lead singer from Air Supply or REO Speedwagon! And SRV is beyond awesome – I love that guy and sure miss him.
Thanks for posting, that was fun. I also checked out Los Straightjackets again and listened to them as I cleaned up my room. It made the chore much more enjoyable, thanks!
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Maybe we can jog each other's memories about some forgotten great or near-decent music. And maybe you'll find that you forgot these songs for a reason.
I got a kick out of these 2 lines from your original post - not that you intended them to be funny. Trying to communicate with only text is often challenging.
I also checked out Los Straightjackets again and listened to them as I cleaned up my room. It made the chore much more enjoyable, thanks!
I use my wife’s 5 disc RCA CD changer (from the 80’s) in our pool room for (very) occasional parties at our home. I’ve struggled to find a set of CD’s that “works” for a party of all ages and types of people. I’ve messed around with a bunch of different ideas and have settled on a mix of smooth jazz, instrumental surf guitar, and Santana. I’ve had the same 5 CD’s in my changer all summer on shuffle, and I’ve found that to be an awesome mix. I turn up the volume when Sterling and I are outside playing Frisbee, swimming, and playing in our fort. I hope our neighbors enjoy our "mix", because we turn it UP.
The writer said,
While I respect Springsteen for presenting that message in such a way as to connect so fervently with a mid-to-upper-class demographic, he never did much for me.
BS is an enigma for me. Unless I’m hammered (when I am, I can be convinced that MC Hammer is a genius), I don’t care for BS music. Half of the time BS annoys me, and half of the time I’m hiding the fact that I’m tapping my feet. For some (lame?) reason, I give BS kudos for his working class blue collar effort, even though I tend to think his music sucks 90% of the time.
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I got a kick out of these 2 lines from your original post - not that you intended them to be funny. Trying to communicate with only text is often challenging.
I do often have trouble communicating with text alone. However, I was, indeed, trying to be funny. I usually am (trying, that is). But sometimes that doesn't come through very well - even in person!
I was never a big BS fan. But I don't dislike him, either. I think my favorite song from him is one he wrote, I think, for Dave Edmunds, "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)".
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Here is a great forgotten song!
A great song to listen to while sorting titles, like back in '72
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegRh8Z4H-o
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The Fifth Dimension had some incredible soul-pop harmonies going in their music. I have a greatest hits CD of theirs - those songs come up occasionally in my iPod's shuffling when I'm in the early 70's period.
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Here is a great forgotten song!
A great song to listen to while sorting titles, like back in '72
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegRh8Z4H-o
I've been listening to the Hair soundtrack version for so long that I totally forgot about this version.
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Here is a great forgotten song!
A great song to listen to while sorting titles, like back in '72
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegRh8Z4H-o
This version has been on my regular play list for years. I never get tired of it. Love to movie too.
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Popcorn may qualify as forgotten.
We used to do some type of group dance in the gymnasium in 7th grade to this tune. I also remember in the 7th grade I was sneaking cases of Pop Rocks and Bubble Yum to school and stashing them in my locker for lunchtime distribution in an attempt to win new friends. The other thing I remember about that time (Junior High School), were those red tablets they handed out to chew that revealed where we didn't brush our teeth. Oh, and those were the days of school sponsored fluoride rinses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL34X-xaHUI
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As much as I like the 5th Dimension version, I love the way that woman sings "Aquarious" in the movie version of "Hair" what a voice!!!! Also, "Let The Sunshine" at the end of the movie and in context with the storyline sends chills down my spine. I have watched that many time. I also think its cool when they are driving down the road and Beverly D'Angelo sings "Good Morning Starshine" The harmonies are really cool. One more thing, The gal singing "Easy TO Be Hard" way outshined Three Dog Nights version in my opinion, and I love that group.
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Popcorn may qualify as forgotten.
We used to do some type of group dance in the gymnasium in 7th grade to this tune. I also remember in the 7th grade I was sneaking cases of Pop Rocks and Bubble Yum to school and stashing them in my locker for lunchtime distribution in an attempt to win new friends. The other thing I remember about that time (Junior High School), were those red tablets they handed out to chew that revealed where we didn't brush our teeth. Oh, and those were the days of school sponsored fluoride rinses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL34X-xaHUI
I love that song! It also reminds me of a couple of other early 70's tunes like:
SWAT theme song
A Fifth of Beethoven
Indian Reservation (by the Raiders)
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
Our House
Wow - how geeky is that?
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As much as I like the 5th Dimension version, I love the way that woman sings "Aquarious" in the movie version of "Hair" what a voice!!!! Also, "Let The Sunshine" at the end of the movie and in context with the storyline sends chills down my spine. I have watched that many time. I also think its cool when they are driving down the road and Beverly D'Angelo sings "Good Morning Starshine" The harmonies are really cool. One more thing, The gal singing "Easy TO Be Hard" way outshined Three Dog Nights version in my opinion, and I love that group.
Wait, I'm stunned. That's not the chick from the fifth dimension singing in the opening of the movie? Or is it her but singing it differently from the album version?
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Wait, I'm stunned. That's not the chick from the fifth dimension singing in the opening of the movie? Or is it her but singing it differently from the album version?
The woman in the movie was Renn Woods. She was not in the 5th Dimension. The women in 5th Dimension were Marilyn McCoo and Florence LaRue.
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I hadn’t heard the Hair version (the original version, right?) before now, or don't remember it. As a kid I only heard the 5th Dimension version, that was played frequently on the car AM radio as my Mom drove me to preschool in our beige VW Bug (my preschool teacher, Mrs Featherstone, made us sing Frères Jacques in French). What a crazy pre-MTV video of sorts, this clip from the movie. And an entirely different song – very funky. Watching this reminded me of watching the movie Godspell during summer church camp (Day by Day, 3 things I pray...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9oq_IskRIg
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Ok, here are some for ya: It's A Beautiful Day (White Bird), Bloodrock (D.O.A), Jigsaw (SkyHigh), Wall Of Voodoo (Mexican Radio), Right Said Fred (I'm To Sexy).
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Ok, here are some for ya: It's A Beautiful Day (White Bird), Bloodrock (D.O.A), Jigsaw (SkyHigh), Wall Of Voodoo (Mexican Radio), Right Said Fred (I'm To Sexy).
I have all of those on my iPod - though I'm not very fond of Bloodrock. Like the others just fine.
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Ok, here are some for ya: It's A Beautiful Day (White Bird), Bloodrock (D.O.A), Jigsaw (SkyHigh), Wall Of Voodoo (Mexican Radio), Right Said Fred (I'm To Sexy).
I wouldn't call the Right Said Fred song "forgotten." I still hear that one quite a bit. Unfortunately.
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I have all of those on my iPod - though I'm not very fond of Bloodrock. Like the others just fine.
My brother or sister (who were a few years older than me) had D.O.A. on a 45 when I was young. I loved that song because it was so gruesome!!
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I wouldn't call the Right Said Fred song "forgotten." I still hear that one quite a bit. Unfortunately.
I was talking to my son's therapist recently about the important functionality of forgetting and how in some autistic kids it is missing - in some cases more than others.
I need to forget some stuff better.
Funny, I forget many things I want to remember and remember many things I want to forget.
go figure
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5mtclwloEQ
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I wouldn't call the Right Said Fred song "forgotten." I still hear that one quite a bit. Unfortunately.
My wife will often turn to our dog Fred after saying something pithy and say "Right, Fred?". After a few beats she then answers herself with the inevitable "Right Said Fred". Our teenager hates it.
Never a dull moment around here.
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My wife will often turn to our dog Fred after saying something pithy and say "Right, Fred?". After a few beats she then answers herself with the inevitable "Right Said Fred". Our teenager hates it.
Never a dull moment around here.
That’s funny. I’m glad other families have a fun sense of humor. If your teenager hid their annoyance, you two might forget about saying that!
Since he was a baby, my wife and I have sometimes called our son as “Mr. Fung”, from the OJ trial. When there is confusion or we are trying to make a point, we ask him in Barry Scheck style, “What about THAT, Mr Fung?” Some day he’ll ask us what the heck that meant. I hope we haven't harmed his psychological development.
Here’s a song that doesn’t get much airplay anymore. (it’s so lame when he claps!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHSADyRR8x8
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Man, those folks in the audience looked seriously bored! But when he claps, they come alive!
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That’s funny. I’m glad other families have a fun sense of humor. If your teenager hid their annoyance, you two might forget about saying that!
Since he was a baby, my wife and I have sometimes called our son as “Mr. Fung”, from the OJ trial. When there is confusion or we are trying to make a point, we ask him in Barry Scheck style, “What about THAT, Mr Fung?” Some day he’ll ask us what the heck that meant. I hope we haven't harmed his psychological development.
Mr. Fung would be a great name for our next dog! My wife would have a blast asking the dog, “What about THAT, Mr Fung?”
And to think we were going to call the next dog Tungsten. Full name - Tungsten J. Sniffbottom, the turd.
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And to think we were going to call the next dog Tungsten. Full name - Tungsten J. Sniffbottom, the turd.
That’s a great name! Huge bonus points for "the turd"!
“Tungsten” is an awesome name. And the nickname “Tung” isn’t too shabby either.
The word tungsten reminds me of the fact that Gurgle recommends zircon-encrusted tweezers. Aren’t tungsten and zircon members of the same family? (As someone who has used a wide variety of tweezers during my career, I’m still trying to figure that one out!)
When my wife was pregnant and we were discussing every boy’s name under the sun, one of my goofy ideas was to call my son, "Relish". Seven years later she continues to shake her head at the idea, but I still think "Relish" is cool, although I realize a kid could get teased to death for having that name.
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When my wife was pregnant and we were discussing every boy’s name under the sun, one of my goofy ideas was to call my son, "Relish". Seven years later she continues to shake her head at the idea, but I still think "Relish" is cool, although I realize a kid could get teased to death for having that name.
I also had some wife rejected suggestions for kids' names. When our first was in the oven, the singer Juice Newton was popular. I thought Juice would be a cool name. Shot down! When the 2nd one was fermenting, I suggested Lupe (pronounced Loopy) since everyone would call it that "Loopy Leibacher" kid anyway. Denied! We did call the first one "Grubby Z" (z short for Zygote) during the early months in the womb. After she was born the nickname Miss Creasote (think Mr. Creasote from MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE) stuck for several years because of her mastery of projectile vomiting. I hope my kids won't go broke from therapist bills in the future.
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I also had some wife rejected suggestions for kids' names. When our first was in the oven, the singer Juice Newton was popular. I thought Juice would be a cool name. Shot down! When the 2nd one was fermenting, I suggested Lupe (pronounced Loopy) since everyone would call it that "Loopy Leibacher" kid anyway. Denied! We did call the first one "Grubby Z" (z short for Zygote) during the early months in the womb. After she was born the nickname Miss Creasote (think Mr. Creasote from MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE) stuck for several years because of her mastery of projectile vomiting. I hope my kids won't go broke from therapist bills in the future.
dang I'm laughing - Grubby Z was shot down?? !!
I LOVE that. Coulda been "G-Z" for short
Zygote, too funny, I really like that
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dang I'm laughing - Grubby Z was shot down?? !!
I LOVE that. Coulda been "G-Z" for short
Zygote, too funny, I really like that
Yeah, wives have no sense of humor about such things. Actually, we both did call our daughter "Grubby Z" until about the 6th month of pregnancy but then the ultrasounds starting looking decidedly non-grubby like.
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That’s a great name! Huge bonus points for "the turd"!
It's even more fun to say - I like getting a chuckle out of my nephews when I add "the turd".
The word tungsten reminds me of the fact that Gurgle recommends zircon-encrusted tweezers. Aren’t tungsten and zircon members of the same family? (As someone who has used a wide variety of tweezers during my career, I’m still trying to figure that one out!)
I'm pretty sure the zircon-encrusted tweezers comes from Frank Zappa. Gurgle can correct me if he's actually reading this stuff. ( I don't know about the relationship between Tungsten and Zircon, so I'll leave that)
When my wife was pregnant and we were discussing every boy’s name under the sun, one of my goofy ideas was to call my son, "Relish". Seven years later she continues to shake her head at the idea, but I still think "Relish" is cool, although I realize a kid could get teased to death for having that name.
I like the idea of calling a kid "Relish", it's kinda like Costanza wanting to name his hypothetical kid "Seven". I once suggested my friend name his kid "Awning". He had a monosyllabic common last name, and I thought it needed some relish!
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Magic - Pilot, Love is like Oxygen, Fox on the Run - Sweet (I really dug Sweet, they were the heavy metal pop group of the 70's)
And before someone says it - Exluding Zepplin of course, but they're not Pop.
I also like Abba, those vocal harmonies are just soo cool. Damn, they nailed it. Some of their songs were a little too drawn out, but that's what was happening in the early 70's, a sort of story telling song about an experience in detail. Now society has ADD, so you cant do that anymore!
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I wouldn't call the Right Said Fred song "forgotten." I still hear that one quite a bit. Unfortunately.
You are correct, but maybe it should have been forgotten.
Here are a few more goodies: Pacific Electric & Gas ( Are You Ready), Bulldog (No), Mouth & McNeil (How Do You Do), Daniel Boone (Beautiful Sunday) Focus (Hocus Pocus), Ace (How Long), Zager & Evans (In the Year 2525).
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Oh, I love Hocus Pocus and In the Year 2525! Awesome songs. Anyone remember Frijid Pink's version of House of the Rising Sun?
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do, and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs got not nothing to do
Some machine is doing that for you
In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube
In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself and say
Guess it's time for the Judgement day
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake his mighty head
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again
In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Now it's been 10,000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through the eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do or say
Is in the pill you took today
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Oh, I love Hocus Pocus and In the Year 2525! Awesome songs. Anyone remember Frijid Pink's version of House of the Rising Sun?
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do, and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs got not nothing to do
Some machine is doing that for you
In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube
In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself and say
Guess it's time for the Judgement day
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake his mighty head
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again
In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Now it's been 10,000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through the eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do or say
Is in the pill you took today
Sadly, I could probably have written down those lyrics from memory. I can't remember what I did this morning but I can remember a hit from 1969. It was #1 for 6 weeks.
By the way, the song was brilliantly parodied in the new season of Futurama. It was probably the best episode of the entire series. A time travel spoof called "The Late Phillip J. Fry".
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Sadly, I could probably have written down those lyrics from memory. I can't remember what I did this morning but I can remember a hit from 1969. It was #1 for 6 weeks.
By the way, the song was brilliantly parodied in the new season of Futurama. It was probably the best episode of the entire series. A time travel spoof called "The Late Phillip J. Fry".
that was a great Futurama ep, for sure.
there was also the somewhat obscure tv show Cleopatra 2525 from about 10 years back that made an homage to that song as well
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Pacific Electric & Gas ( Are You Ready), Bulldog (No), Mouth & McNeil (How Do You Do), Daniel Boone (Beautiful Sunday) Focus (Hocus Pocus), Ace (How Long), Zager & Evans (In the Year 2525).
Read what you just wrote. It sounds like a script to a movie. Too funny :evil5:
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You are correct, but maybe it should have been forgotten.
Here are a few more goodies: Pacific Electric & Gas ( Are You Ready), Bulldog (No), Mouth & McNeil (How Do You Do), Daniel Boone (Beautiful Sunday) Focus (Hocus Pocus), Ace (How Long), Zager & Evans (In the Year 2525).
Isn't is Hocus Pocus by Focus? I actually do that song at my shows - I need the correct info. ;) Otherwise I've been telling everyone the wrong thing. I put on a viking horn hat and do the high yodelling part and sometimes I put on a video show where I play videos to the music that I'm playing - it's pretty cool and different.
How bout, My Chevy Van - Artist? - In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
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Any Stephen Merit fans here? The Magnetic Fields are an interesting band. 100,000 Fireflies was a popular college indie single during the early nineties.
From the album Distant Plastic Trees, released in ’91, vocals by Susan Anway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJrvTT24RPc
Some people think this is one of the worse songs ever written. (Music like this cheers me up, like a good Robert Smith ballad)
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Sammy Johns.
How about Oooga Oooga Oooga Chaka
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How about Oooga Oooga Oooga Chaka
Hooked on a Feeling, by BJ Thomas, right? I think another group did it also.
Now HERE is a great oldie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ4m5u016Mo
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Hooked on a Feeling, by BJ Thomas, right? I think another group did it also.
Blue Swede
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Sammy Johns.
How about Oooga Oooga Oooga Chaka
Oh yeah, Sammy Johns. Oooga Chaka - I think that one is called, Hooked on a Feeling. Couldn't tell you the artist.
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Anyone remember "Who's Behind the Door" by Zebra?
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Oh yeah, Sammy Johns. Oooga Chaka - I think that one is called, Hooked on a Feeling. Couldn't tell you the artist.
Look at previous post ;D
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Read what you just wrote. It sounds like a script to a movie. Too funny :evil5:
Your right....believe me it was just coincidental....but funny just the same....lol
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I'm pretty sure the zircon-encrusted tweezers comes from Frank Zappa. Gurgle can correct me if he's actually reading this stuff.
Yeah, it's sort of a running theme on his album, "Overnite Sensation."
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Yeah, it's sort of a running theme on his album, "Overnite Sensation."
Don't forget the pygmy ponies!
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Don't forget the pygmy ponies!
over by the dental floss bush.
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Anyone remember "Who's Behind the Door" by Zebra?
Great Song!! I also remember the song "Tell Me What You Want" by Zebra. In fact, I have a torrent video of Zebra in concert from 1983.
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Heard Beastie Boy's, Fight for Your Right today. That song always makes me laugh. ;D
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Sticking with the "Halloween" theme on this board lately, here is a forgotten song from the 80's horror flick, Fright Night.
It's titled "Give It Up" by Evelyn "Champagne" King. The main vampire guy and the chick who went on the play Marcy on Married With Children were dancing together in a nightclub to this song. It doesn't get any more 1980's sounding than this!
:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkDUQmGW9Yc
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I find most “ambient” music dreadfully boring, but still listen to some of Brian Eno’s incredible material. I hope this is what I hear when I die and head through the tunnel towards the bright light.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZnRe6e20xE
Or, if you’ve already had your coffee this morning and require something a bit stronger, this version of the MTM theme is sweet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2XhKDc0eAo
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I find most “ambient” music dreadfully boring, but still listen to some of Brian Eno’s incredible material. I hope this is what I hear when I die and head through the tunnel towards the bright light.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZnRe6e20xE
Or, if you’ve already had your coffee this morning and require something a bit stronger, this version of the MTM theme is sweet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2XhKDc0eAo
I love Eno's "non ambient albums" -
(http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/1074960696_Urec3-S.jpg)
But this ambient piece of his called "An Ending" always has a profound effect on me. -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMXaE9NtQgg
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But this ambient piece of his called "An Ending" always has a profound effect on me. -
both of those Eno pieces [Deep Blue Day and An Ending (Ascent)] are from the Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks album - which was written to go with the For All Mankind film.
I heard the album back in 1983 but didn't see the film until 1989 when it had a special screening here at Johnson Space Center. Absolutely amazing to watch the Moon landing footage accompanied by that Eno music.
Available for streaming on Netflix.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind
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both of those Eno pieces [Deep Blue Day and An Ending (Ascent)] are from the Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks album - which was written to go with the For All Mankind film.
I heard the album back in 1983 but didn't see the film until 1989 when it had a special screening here at Johnson Space Center. Absolutely amazing to watch the Moon landing footage accompanied by that Eno music.
Available for streaming on Netflix.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind
I had bought the Apollo LP when it first came out but had forgot all about it until I saw the film many years later. Great stuff!
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both of those Eno pieces [Deep Blue Day and An Ending (Ascent)] are from the Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks album - which was written to go with the For All Mankind film.
I heard the album back in 1983 but didn't see the film until 1989 when it had a special screening here at Johnson Space Center. Absolutely amazing to watch the Moon landing footage accompanied by that Eno music.
Available for streaming on Netflix.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind
I got the movie once it was released to DVD. I still have the movie but haven't watched it for quite awhile. It is fun because of all the cool footage. I just loved the space program when I was a kid. I also love the series From Earth To The Moon. I also bought the special blu-Ray of the space program about a year ago. I can't remember what it's called. I believe it was a Discovery show. It's supposed to be great but it's still in the shrink wrap. I got wrapped up again on this space kick when we had commander Lovell as a guest speaker for one of our company events. Tom Hanks played him in Apollo 13. He was fascinating to listen to.
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A fantastic band and song. Also a great Alistair Maclean novel and movie. I’d give my left pinkie to be 10% as cool as the bass player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHxEijSG7fg
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Here's a song that freaked me out as a kid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KExNxttleaI
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Here's a song that freaked me out as a kid.
I've never heard of bloodrock. They must have done well with Bloodrock to make a Bloodrock 2 ;)
I can see where that would scare a small kid. Now it's pretty comical. Reminds me of something from Spinal Tap. Good stuff!
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Peter Hook is off da hook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRYGVWZilU
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Here's a song that freaked me out as a kid.
I LOVE THIS!!! I have maybe heard this 5 times in my life and it's better each time. Bravo for posting this.
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Here's a forgotten one ... "Sweetheart" by Franke and the Knockouts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E7y-48aer4
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I love that song by Franke and the Knockouts.
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I love that song by Franke and the Knockouts.
Actually Franke and the Knockouts album with that song is pretty good. Reminds me of my high school days. Good stuff! I have the MP3's of their greatest hits.
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This one I'm sure most won't know. Its from a fantastic movie made in the 80's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf7rSjlB9es
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From the same movie. Another fantastic track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIxgBMNhsKU
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Another song from the same movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=457N1m4oUZw
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So here is the trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZaRznRmCqc
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How about this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6bVckO_CM
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Geez, I almost forgot this song from the same movie listed above. This could have killed it for the review...LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls
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Man, I could completely hijack this thread :great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcY_enzwmI
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I still love this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHCO22TedRQ
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You guys probably never heard of this one but it's a classic to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZzMX96fONA
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Same band as previously posted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRyiUoZbPag
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How bout this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J0QdXBY0wo
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Actually Franke and the Knockouts album with that song is pretty good. Reminds me of my high school days. Good stuff! I have the MP3's of their greatest hits.
I've been trying to find the MP3s on places like eMusic.com and such. No luck yet. Perhaps someday.
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Brad, lots of great songs there that you posted videos for. Like many of those 80's gems a lot.
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Man, I could completely hijack this thread :great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcY_enzwmI
Great choice! I like how they combine the main riff with riffs from "Day Tripper" and "Satisfaction". I definitely remember my friends' reactions to this song. I had a buddy who loved this song and April Wine in general and another buddy who mocked them for what he saw as their attempt to place themselves on par with The Beatles and The Stones.
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I almost forgot Glen Burtnik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnmHlN6USTY
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKnCO7eTu08
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I'm sure people really don't know who Glen Burtnik is. The previous songs are from his initial solo career. He then went to be the lead singer of Styx. Remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLNsv72ogQ8
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How bout this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J0QdXBY0wo
WOW...haven't heard that is over 20 years!! One of my oldtime favorites.
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This year I'm going to skip Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration” and instead will crank up this golden oldie at the strike of midnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I29-VeX4Dv4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2hZ6OytDxo
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How about this band? Their only charted single (it made #27 on Billboard's Hot 100) is only one of many great songs by them, IMHO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHeKEakqfdw
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Another one that I particularly like...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2buwyhFQWU
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How about this band? Their only charted single (it made #27 on Billboard's Hot 100) is only one of many great songs by them, IMHO.
I LOVE this song! One of my favorites. I have quite a bit of City Boy in my iTunes library.
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The one City Boy album that I never could find was It's Personal but I finally got it and RIP'd it from vinyl. I also found out later that it was issued on CD about two years ago...
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I found many of them on emusic.com a few years ago.
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The Long Ryders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0saf-DKQoM8
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Another favorite...great driving song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PykVUnlTqXE
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I always get the confused and think, "Sniff'n the Driver's Seat."
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Sniff and the Tears "Driver's Seat" is another great song. Love that one.
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Saw Sniff N Tears when they opened up for Kansas around 81 to 83 or so. Huge band with alot of band members. Sound system at Hollywood Sportatorium in Fla did not pick their sound up too well. However, Kansas sounded great.
One of my favorite songs and forgotten by most:SHOOTING SHARK by Blue Oyster Cult.
Also MAMMA MAMMA Please by Nazareth early 1980's. (was in that first year of MTV videos).
Frank
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Shooting Shark is okay in my book but many songs from their earlier work are much better IMHO - Then Came The Last Days of May, Astronomy, Stairway To The Stars, and pretty much anything from Secret Treaties. One of their newer songs that I particularly like is Live For Me.
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Exceedrin
Understood. Though I love Shooting Shark, I never saw it as a real popular song.
Thanks for the Video of Sniff. Great song, great voice.
This breaks open my 1980's recollections. Sticking to pure rock, what about TRIUMPH:"Follow your heart", and all the others.
APRIL WINE and "Sign of the Gypsy Queen"
And of course NEW WAVE:SAGA with "On the Loose", PSYCHEDELLIC FURS with "Love My Way", ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN with "the Cutter", and
KAJAGOOGOO with "Too Shy".
VISION QUEST, a great movie with great music including JOURNEY.
I was in college during that time, it was fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hxZMdWSaUY
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You mentioned one of my all time favorites....Triumph. I particularly like Follow Your Heart, Magic Power, Suitcase Blues, Hold On, .... I also love the short two- to three-minute instrumentals that Rik Emmett put on the albums - Midsummer's Daydream, Petite Etude, Fantasy Serenade, etc. I am very much a Rik Emmett fan, a great guy who I've had the privilege to meet after one of his shows with Dave Dunlop. He's a very versatile player with, I might add, a successful solo/"band" career; check out www.rikemmett.com or his facebook page. Triumph were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxdYDF9p7K8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUyYz8a0Eu4
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Saw Sniff N Tears when they opened up for Kansas around 81 to 83 or so. Huge band with alot of band members. Sound system at Hollywood Sportatorium in Fla did not pick their sound up too well. However, Kansas sounded great.
One of my favorite songs and forgotten by most:SHOOTING SHARK by Blue Oyster Cult.
Also MAMMA MAMMA Please by Nazareth early 1980's. (was in that first year of MTV videos).
Frank
The song by Nazareth is actually called "Holiday". I rediscovered that song about a year ago. Great tune. You also mentioned Sign of the Gypsy Queen. Great "live" video from the first year of MTV. April Wine was a fantastic rock band that was totally underated.
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The song by Nazareth is actually called "Holiday". I rediscovered that song about a year ago. Great tune. You also mentioned Sign of the Gypsy Queen. Great "live" video from the first year of MTV. April Wine was a fantastic rock band that was totally underated.
Now there's one I completely forgot about. I liked it in the day and still like it..." mama mama please, no more facelifts...I just don't know which one you is"....
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How about New England? I saw them on a triple bill with Foghat and Pat Benatar at the Allentown Fairgrounds a loooooong time ago.
The song barely scratched the Top 40 according to my Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 but was on the Billboard Hot 100 for about three months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IelYhIJVeWg
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Here's another that just came to me...mainly because I recently dug out the vinyl from the vault and ripped it to mp3.
The song I really like is called "The Last Safe Place On Earth" but I couldn't find it on YouTube. If you're really interested, you can hear part of it
here: http://www.laleroux.com/HTMLPages/Discography/lastsafeplace.html
Here's a fill-in from the same album....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBg5M8HrkWQ
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Since St. Paddy's Day is right around the corner...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q
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That is a great song. Love "Come On, Eileen".
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You guys sound like you are from the same era that I am.
What about CHILLIWACK from Canada with their big hit MY GIRL. The gone gone gone you been gone so long song.
I dont know how to upload videos on here like you guys are doing. Otherwise, I would put it on here for you to see. Maybe some one can teach me.
Frank
(by the way, New England song is great, I had never heard that before. LeRoux I do remember. DEXY's, how can I forget. I saw that over and over again in the early to mid 80's)
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Big fan of Chilliwack. They are very under rated.
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This breaks open my 1980's recollections. Sticking to pure rock, what about TRIUMPH:"Follow your heart", and all the others.
APRIL WINE and "Sign of the Gypsy Queen"
One of the songs I liked from April Wine back in the day was "Roller".
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Has anybody forgotten this song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4
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Good call on Chilliwack. I have their Wanna Be A Star and Opux X albums. Opus X has a really nice ballad called Midnight that is a favorite of mine for that type. I'm a sucker for a "ballad" with a nice guitar outro.
To embed a link to YouTube, use the Reply button at the bottom of the last post so you get the Tool buttons, the ones for stylizing text, etc. Click on the YouTube button and then paste the YouTube URL (just copy it from your browser URL box) between the resulting youtube tags. I guess you can do it with a Quick Reply also just by entering your own tags "by hand".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfp2_wYUE1I
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Anyone into The Alan Parson Project? They had a load of Billboard Hot 100/AT 40 appearances from the mid-70's to the mid-80's or thereabout.
Everyone knows their "lighter" fare such as Eye In The Sky but one of my favorites, which actually broke into the bottom of the Top 40, is (The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether which is on the first album I bought by them (maybe it's even their first album?) Tales Of Mystery And Imagination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHNxBheFAt4
Here's another good one (IMHO) off the platinum selling I Robot...I'm sure I heard this on the AOR stations I lisented to but probably not on the Top 40 stations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBTOC3Mfpk
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OK, I can't resist one more, you've got me on a roll; the really obscure stuff is starting to rise to the top...
Lake, a prog-rock band from Germany that did not do much in the States AFAIK. I heard one of their songs playing as background at my local record shop and I was hooked. I'm not sure too much of their stuff would still hold up for me now but now that I've dug the LPs out I'll have to listen and see.
Maybe this does not even qualify for the "Forgotten Song" topic because it was never known, lol.
Your turn!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr9MuI84hkk
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In reviewing the previous posts on this thread, someone mentioned Zebra, which I totally missed and is a great suggestion. I do like Zebra a lot, saw them open for Blue Oyster Cult at the Tower Theater longer ago than I wish to remember....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPrAJn2sg1Q
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Here is another one
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Culy7NDR2nM
I dont think this worked
Without the video, give you an obscure one I had mentioned in a previous thread:
Group UK. Lead singer John Wetton who would go on to be lead singer of ASIA
The keyboardist would enter Jethro Tull
Drummer Bozio did alot of stuff later with other group
Frank#Invalid YouTube Link#
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Here is another one.... an obscure one I had mentioned in a previous thread:
Group UK. Lead singer John Wetton who would go on to be lead singer of ASIA
The keyboardist would enter Jethro Tull, Drummer Bozio did alot of stuff later with other groups.
Frank
Here's a video of a young band (at the time anyway) out of Boston called MINDWALK ages 11-15 playing a song from UK's first album. Pretty ambitious for their age.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqEpGRcMDPU
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Sue Mee
That is great. Keyboards sounds so close to the true UK. Thanks for the Video.
Frank
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Originally released in 1985 by the Norwegian pop band A-ha, this has to be one of the craziest covers ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpU0ZfXZ_g
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Originally released in 1985 by the Norwegian pop band A-ha, this has to be one of the craziest covers ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpU0ZfXZ_g
DO YOU TAKE REQUESTZ ?
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Originally released in 1985 by the Norwegian pop band A-ha, this has to be one of the craziest covers ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpU0ZfXZ_g
Crazy yes... Craziest? Check out some of the all too few filmed segments of Spike Jones covering songs back in the 1940s and 1950s. For example...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dw2UKRYSA
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Crazy yes... Craziest? Check out some of the all too few filmed segments of Spike Jones covering songs back in the 1940s and 1950s. For example...
That was insane!
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You mentioned one of my all time favorites....Triumph. I particularly like Follow Your Heart, Magic Power, Suitcase Blues, Hold On, .... I also love the short two- to three-minute instrumentals that Rik Emmett put on the albums - Midsummer's Daydream, Petite Etude, Fantasy Serenade, etc. I am very much a Rik Emmett fan, a great guy who I've had the privilege to meet after one of his shows with Dave Dunlop. He's a very versatile player with, I might add, a successful solo/"band" career; check out www.rikemmett.com or his facebook page. Triumph were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame last year.
I've like Triumph for decades, but I gotta say, they really borrowed their sound heavily from the first Angel album. Vocals are nearly identical. Angel changed their sound a bit as they evolved, but the early Angel stuff must have been a big influence for Triumph.
I saw Triumph live in 1984 playing with Mountain and Loudness, Triumph was the clear winner on that bill.
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Here is another one
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I dont think this worked
Without the video, give you an obscure one I had mentioned in a previous thread:
Group UK. Lead singer John Wetton who would go on to be lead singer of ASIA
The keyboardist would enter Jethro Tull
Drummer Bozio did alot of stuff later with other groups.
Frank
Frank,
Don't click on the Embed link for the YouTube video, copy and paste the URL from your browser's location bar, or whatever it's called...the text box at the top that has the URL in it.
Jeff
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Frank,
Don't click on the Embed link for the YouTube video, copy and paste the URL from your browser's location bar, or whatever it's called...the text box at the top that has the URL in it.
Jeff
I just fixed it for him. He can go to modify and see what I did.
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UK is an excellent band, and I remember playing both their first album and Danger Money quite regularly. Thinking about electric violin brings to mind Nash The Slash of FM, dig that band as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XG-tZRdTzQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zose15iYVM
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I've like Triumph for decades, but I gotta say, they really borrowed their sound heavily from the first Angel album. Vocals are nearly identical. Angel changed their sound a bit as they evolved, but the early Angel stuff must have been a big influence for Triumph.
I saw Triumph live in 1984 playing with Mountain and Loudness, Triumph was the clear winner on that bill.
I'm familiar with the band Angel but not their music so I can't speak with authority but what little I know of them is that they were more glam rock than anything. The Rik Emmett-penned songs, at least to me, seem to have more of a classical/prog rock influence and maybe even a little Pat Metheny type Jazz. Nevertheless, I think we both agree that Triumph was a great band, no matter the influences.
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I'm familiar with the band Angel but not their music so I can't speak with authority but what little I know of them is that they were more glam rock than anything. The Rik Emmett-penned songs, at least to me, seem to have more of a classical/prog rock influence and maybe even a little Pat Metheny type Jazz. Nevertheless, I think we both agree that Triumph was a great band, no matter the influences.
Yep, I dig 'em, especially the "Just a Game" album. But the first couple of Angel albums were more proggish, despite the ultra-glam way the band dressed. They became more straight ahead rock with later albums. Check this early promo out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n07qiAo1lM
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I'm having some weird issues trying to play these embedded youtube clips. Anyone else?
Edit: working OK now, something must have been wrong with youtube....
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They call that song Rendezvous? This is Rendezvous!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB2-RPlUkaY
Also, this is one of the weirdest covers I've heard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oOoFw-T7Y8
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They call that song Rendezvous? This is Rendezvous!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB2-RPlUkaY
Nice one!
I knew that one of the Hudson Brothers was Kate Hudson's biological father (Bill), but I didn't know that another brother (Mark) wrote "Livin' on the Edge" for Aerosmith:
http://www.sunshineday.com/neugast/2nd%20Tier%20Pages/hudson%20brothers.html
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Great group:GTR
This is probably one of my favorite bands. Had only one album. I saw them in Hollywood Fla, I think in 1985. I have this album in my car for the last 4 years and play it probably at least once per week.
Steve Hackett is great guistarist(formerly of Genesis) and of course Steve Howe(of Yes)
GTR, great ballads.
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Since we are discussing "Forgotten Songs" and groups, one of the groups from the 70's that had 2 of three hits was Sweet. Songs like
LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN, BALLROOM BLITZ, and WIG WAM BAM. But my favorite was this one, LITTLE WILLIE...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmbEuRzlhIs
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Since we are discussing "Forgotten Songs" and groups, one of the groups from the 70's that had 2 of three hits was Sweet. Songs like
LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN, BALLROOM BLITZ, and WIG WAM BAM. But my favorite was this one, LITTLE WILLIE...
Don't forget "Fox on the Run" and "Action."
Probably my first ever favorite song was "Ballroom Blitz."
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Don't forget "Fox on the Run" and "Action."
Probably my first ever favorite song was "Ballroom Blitz."
Fox on the Run is an AWESOME song! All of their stuff is really cool.
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Since we are discussing "Forgotten Songs" and groups, one of the groups from the 70's that had 2 of three hits was Sweet. Songs like
LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN, BALLROOM BLITZ, and WIG WAM BAM. But my favorite was this one, LITTLE WILLIE...
Love it! One of the first 45's I owned....
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Nezhead42 and Paul Maul
Totally agree. Sweet great group. Fox on the Run one of my favorite songs at that time.
How about PILOT. Had some great songs also. MAGIC was another 70's great song.
Frank
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Always loved Sweet, especially Ballroom Blitz!
Recently got a "best of" cd, too
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Great group:GTR
This is probably one of my favorite bands. Had only one album. I saw them in Hollywood Fla, I think in 1985. I have this album in my car for the last 4 years and play it probably at least once per week.
Steve Hackett is great guistarist(formerly of Genesis) and of course Steve Howe(of Yes)
GTR, great ballads.
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I will second the recommendation for the GTR album! Some incredible music there. Hackett and Howe both do instrumental pieces on the album that are great listens. One of the instrumentals is called "Hackett to Bits" and the one by Howe is called "Sketches in the Sun".
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BustedFinger
Great to hear there is another big GTR fan out there. I love both those songs you mention. Hackett to bits is a great song title and song.
Also have an original concert shirt which I take care of.
Did you get to see them? I saw them at the Sunrise Musical Theatre.
Frank
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BustedFinger
Great to hear there is another big GTR fan out there. I love both those songs you mention. Hackett to bits is a great song title and song.
Also have an original concert shirt which I take care of.
Did you get to see them? I saw them at the Sunrise Musical Theatre.
Frank
I will third the GTR callout. I do have the album but have forgotten most of the songs since I've not played it in ages; guess I've got another one to dig out of the vinyl vault and rip so I can play it in the car. I would like to have seen those two play live but never got the chance. Have seen Steve Howe with Yes, though, and for me the best part of the concert was when the rest of the band left the stage for a break and Mr. Howe stayed out and played, and played, and played some more...awesome!
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Did someone mention the 70's (I've been living in the 70's musically for years now)? How about Alive N Kicking with Tighter, Tighter?
http://www.alive-n-kickin.com/classics.php
Or maybe....don't flame me for this...The Partridge Family. I just think some of their songs are pop gems; Echo Valley 2-6809, I Woke Up In Love This Morning, Summer Days, ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbEOMDvkfMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTvUT_Hx4Dc
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[Hopefully Topps will start shipping our boxes tomorrow!!]
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got a little TV song trivia for you all
(I often trade TV trivia about Gilligan, Batman, and Flintstones with the guys down at the gas station
where I get my coffee....yes, my mornings are very busy LOL)
On the Gilligan's Island episode where the Mosquitos land on the island, and the girls form "The Honeybess,"
which gets the band jealous and worried and they end up leaving the island without the castaways blah blah,
at first, the guys formed a band. What was their name? p.s. Gilligan did a mean Keith Moon impression
on the drums, by the way!
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Back to the 80's briefly, and my favorite TV Show of that decade...WKRP In Cincinnati, remember that show?
How many of you have heard the entire theme song? It took me forever to find this, but it did chart, reaching #65 on the Billboard Hot 100.
I've uploaded a rip of it to my Box.net account if you want to listent to it...
http://www.box.net/shared/1nuogrdn02 (http://www.box.net/shared/1nuogrdn02)
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Or maybe....don't flame me for this...The Partridge Family. I just think some of their songs are pop gems; Echo Valley 2-6809, I Woke Up In Love This Morning, Summer Days, ....
Bigtomi and I are huge Partridge fans. As coincidence would have it, I just watched the episode with "Summer Days" in it with my son this afternoon!
You're absolutely right, the best PF songs are really high quality, from the songwriting to the arranging to the performance. No one should be embarrassed to be fans of the music, or the show for that matter (which is way above average too).
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You're absolutely right, the best PF songs are really high quality, from the songwriting to the arranging to the performance. No one should be embarrassed to be fans of the music, or the show for that matter (which is way above average too).
Good point, I agree.
BTW, I thought David Cassidy and Jose Canseco were going to end up in a celebrity death match on The Apprentice last Sunday, with Richard Hatch.
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Exceedrin
Put me down as a Partridge Family Fan also. In the 1970's, watched reruns over and over again. I haven't seen any reruns lately on our cable. Thanks for the song Summer Days. My wife walked in the room as I was playing your song, and we both listened to it. She was a big fan of David's brother.
First time I have heard WKRP song in years. Remembering, Loni Anderson was the mom in Night at the Roxbury. Great music on that movie.
Zenergizer, sorry dont remember that episode of Gilligan's Island.
I have to add, my favorite show ever was ALL IN THE FAMILY. I have seen them so many times that whenever I am somewhere and hear somebody says something similar to some of Archiisms, he pops in my mind.
MEATHEAD, GROINOCOLOGIST, REVERAND FLETCHER, EDITH, STETCH CUNNINGHAM("HE HAS AN IQ OF ABOUT 1"), LITTLE JOEY.
(well enough of that)
Frank
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got a little TV song trivia for you all
(I often trade TV trivia about Gilligan, Batman, and Flintstones with the guys down at the gas station
where I get my coffee....yes, my mornings are very busy LOL)
On the Gilligan's Island episode where the Mosquitos land on the island, and the girls form "The Honeybess,"
which gets the band jealous and worried and they end up leaving the island without the castaways blah blah,
at first, the guys formed a band. What was their name? p.s. Gilligan did a mean Keith Moon impression
on the drums, by the way!
The Gnats!! Here is a snipet of the performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDYeEvmGos8
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BustedFinger
Great to hear there is another big GTR fan out there. I love both those songs you mention. Hackett to bits is a great song title and song.
Also have an original concert shirt which I take care of.
Did you get to see them? I saw them at the Sunrise Musical Theatre.
Frank
I never got to see them. I actually don't think I discovered the album until after they had already broken up. I did a little research on the internet yesterday after watching those GTR videos and I was amazed at how badly criticized that album was and how much Hackett now wants to distance himself from it.
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Bigtomi and I are huge Partridge fans. As coincidence would have it, I just watched the episode with "Summer Days" in it with my son this afternoon!
You're absolutely right, the best PF songs are really high quality, from the songwriting to the arranging to the performance. No one should be embarrassed to be fans of the music, or the show for that matter (which is way above average too).
So who actually recorded the songs on the Partridge Family records? I assume that David Cassidy and Shirley Jones recorded the songs but none of the other actors on the show were really musicians were they?
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Bigtomi and I are huge Partridge fans. As coincidence would have it, I just watched the episode with "Summer Days" in it with my son this afternoon!
You're absolutely right, the best PF songs are really high quality, from the songwriting to the arranging to the performance. No one should be embarrassed to be fans of the music, or the show for that matter (which is way above average too).
I really like them also. I bought all 4 seasons at www.deepdiscountdvd.com for $32 total with free shipping a few weeks ago, they have good deals all the time. Everyone laughs at me when I tell them that I like The Partridge Family but the shows are funny and most of the music is pretty good. Danny Partridge is hilarious.
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So who actually recorded the songs on the Partridge Family records? I assume that David Cassidy and Shirley Jones recorded the songs but none of the other actors on the show were really musicians were they?
Studio musicians and back-up singers worked with David and Shirley on the records. None of the other kids performed on them.
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I really like them also. I bought all 4 seasons at www.deepdiscountdvd.com for $32 total with free shipping a few weeks ago, they have good deals all the time. Everyone laughs at me when I tell them that I like The Partridge Family but the shows are funny and most of the music is pretty good. Danny Partridge is hilarious.
I'm a huge fan too. I have all seasons on DVD and most of the CDs too. I love the music.
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I'm a huge fan too. I have all seasons on DVD and most of the CDs too. I love the music.
Was anyone else infatuated with Shirley Jones back in the day? I sure was....
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Was anyone else infatuated with Shirley Jones back in the day? I sure was....
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No. Susan Dey, on the other hand... :-*
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No. Susan Dey, on the other hand... :-*
Susan Dey for the win!
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Hello Martin
I just noticed the little blurb you have "I'll stop the world and melt with you".
I went to college in Miami in early 1980's and that was one huge hit in the sleepy town of Miami back then. Played at the clubs like 1235 and Club Nu. It was a great time to be between 18 and 20 years old. MTV just kicking up.
The album of Modern English was one of my first gifts to a girlfriend then.
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Thanks. I like Modern English too. I thought the line was appropos given my avatar. ;)
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Alright...you've gotten it out of me....I'm an Olivia Newton-John fan....whew I feel better. :P
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Alright...you've gotten it out of me....I'm an Olivia Newton-John fan....whew I feel better. :P
Hey, there's no accounting for taste! You'll never hear me knock someone for their taste in music although I might have to bite my tongue real hard if you bring up Hip-Hop or Rap.
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Alright...you've gotten it out of me....I'm an Olivia Newton-John fan....whew I feel better. :P
As a matter of fact, I recently got a boot of one of her late 2010 performances from her tour of Japan and she sounds pretty good after all these years.
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I don't know if this is forgotten or just really obscure. I was recently listening to a rebroadcast of the March 7, 1981 American Top 40 and one of the lead-up teasers that Casey Kasem did was a short blurb about Rod Stewart (Passion was at #16 that week) and his role as a hired session singer for this song which peaked at #56 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1972. Apparently is was re-released several years after the original release to capitalize on Stewart's success with Maggie May and I'm Losing You. Check it out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK1OSN8QZ5Q
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Alright...you've gotten it out of me....I'm an Olivia Newton-John fan....whew I feel better. :P
I am as well. Some good stuff in her back catalog.
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Was anyone else infatuated with Shirley Jones back in the day? I sure was....
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I'm with you.
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I'm with you.
Great photo!
I choose Shirley over Susan, myself, but a very nice second choice :icon_cyclops_ani:
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Keith wins :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
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SAGA On the loose
Cool song. ?Forgotten
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2glFe0sY_y4
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SAGA On the loose
Cool song. ?Forgotten?
Definitely a cool song and one not forgotten by me at all.
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I wish I *could* forget
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0
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Alright...you've gotten it out of me....I'm an Olivia Newton-John fan....whew I feel better. :P
Don't feel bad. I'm a closet Rick Springfield fan. I still listen to his stuff and have most of his recordings.
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Hello Martin
I just noticed the little blurb you have "I'll stop the world and melt with you".
I went to college in Miami in early 1980's and that was one huge hit in the sleepy town of Miami back then. Played at the clubs like 1235 and Club Nu. It was a great time to be between 18 and 20 years old. MTV just kicking up.
The album of Modern English was one of my first gifts to a girlfriend then.
That is the last song played in the classic Vally Girl movie. If you haven't seen it in awhile you have to see it again. It's one of my all time favorite movies. I could watch it over and over. Guilty pleasure and Debra Forman was bitchin back then and I thought Nick Cage was amazing. I wanted to be Nick back in the 80's. Get the girl, don't give a fuck about anything. CLassic!
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Thanks Brad for your help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgz0BYkSmc8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls
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Gotta add this as one of my favorite songs early 1970's:THE STREAK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUIu03s3oNY
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Olivia Newton John is fantastic. I saw her 3 years ago and not only is she still smokin' hot, but can still sing her ass off! I do admit I am more a fan of her early 1970's thru Xanadu phase of her career.
I am also a huge fan of Michael Nesmith of the Monkees. After he left the group he became an early pioneer of country rock (before the Eagles), created MTV, helped create the home video market and his mom invented Liquid Paper. Check out his solo career, it is chock full of quirky, intelligent and melodic songs.
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Thanks Brad for your help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgz0BYkSmc8
I think she is singing to me :great:
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I think she is singing to me :great:
We all think that ;D
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I wish I *could* forget
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0
Gotta admit, that is pretty infectious even if the "lyrics" are overly simplistic.
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Brad, I am pretty sure I have "Valley Girl" on DVD. Fun film.
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This thread has got me digging into the dark corners of my archives for stuff I have almost forgotten about and so-called Classic Rock stations or even the Oldies (1960s-1980s) stations never seem to play. I really thought these guys would be a hit back in the day but I guess they weren't for everyone. Up next, another band I liked a lot that were in a similar vein and then back to some Prog Rock that I really loved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MayIZLPbY50
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Another band that I thought had potential but they only had a few "minor" hits in the mid- to late 70's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMwgvRe8i84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FEytZ9S3Kc
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And now back to some lesser-known but quality (imo) 70's Prog Rock. Never mind the obvious similarity to Yes, these guys could really play!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSZepYc219Y
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How about some goofy stuff. Anyone remember Dickie Goodman's spoofs from the 70's? Mr. Jaws was my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CexWaeZnHvk
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How about some goofy stuff. Anyone remember Dickie Goodman's spoofs from the 70's? Mr. Jaws was my favorite:
I had that 45. Great to see that someone edited the movie to it. Clever!
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Here's a Cate Bros. song I always liked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuFBbg7wzBg
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Great songs guys. Had not heard some of that music
Love the Jaws Spoof.
Think they had one also on Carwash in the 1970's
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How about some goofy stuff. Anyone remember Dickie Goodman's spoofs from the 70's? Mr. Jaws was my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CexWaeZnHvk
That's outstanding! I always loved those Dickie Goodman novelty records. I have a number of them in my iTunes library. As a kid, I even tried to make my own using my record player and a cassette recorder.
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I particularly like the introduction of the band and the men and women wearing boots and pink plastic pants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXYyaS4L4WE
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That's outstanding! I always loved those Dickie Goodman novelty records. I have a number of them in my iTunes library. As a kid, I even tried to make my own using my record player and a cassette recorder.
That's funny Martin! I did the exact same thing!
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That's funny Martin! I did the exact same thing!
That is fun stuff!
I used a tape recorder and record player to pretend I was a DJ :) Wish I had saved one of those tapes...
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Another funny one not to be forgotten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuTzsi6WT6Q
Live Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwYpWld66Vk
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John
That is a great video. Just getting ready to go to work and put on your video. Woke me up. Love the 3 stooges. Great song.
Great to hear you collected Wackys back to 1973. So did I. However for me, they were out of my life till 2003.
Like the photo of your Wacky Pack sorter. I have 2 of those in my house to. They would sit over all my Wacky's if I let them.
Hope your day goes well.
Frank
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John
That is a great video. Just getting ready to go to work and put on your video. Woke me up. Love the 3 stooges. Great song.
Great to hear you collected Wackys back to 1973. So did I. However for me, they were out of my life till 2003.
Like the photo of your Wacky Pack sorter. I have 2 of those in my house to. They would sit over all my Wacky's if I let them.
Hope your day goes well.
Frank
Glad you enjoyed the Stooges videos. They always crack me up. There are quite a few Stooges fans on this forum, which is why I posted these.
Yeah Honey was helping me sort Wackys that day. We have quite a few cats. My wife worked at an animal hospital, so we've taking in many rescues over the years.
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That's funny Martin! I did the exact same thing!
I did the same thing, too! I made one and thought it came out pretty good. I can still remember part of it.
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I did the same thing, too! I made one and thought it came out pretty good. I can still remember part of it.
My sister and I also made several Dickie Goodman style "breakin" records, as they were called. We used a
trustworthy reel to reel tape deck. We even tried physically cutting and taping together the recording tape but mostly ended up with a mess of scotch tape. Trying to get the songs to cut in and out at the exact correct time was a pain back then.
(In best crochety old-man voice) Kids today gots it easy with their dang-blasted MP3s...almost every electronic whiz-bang they gots has some sort of dang-blasted record mode. Then theres tons of software available for easily editing the MP3s.
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I never tried to make a tape but wasted loads of time trying to get good recordings of my favorite songs and DJs so I could mimic them and play the songs whenever I wanted. This was all accomplished in low tech fashion with my Dad's old castoff RCA radio that he gave to us and a Realistic portable tape recorder. Those were the days of "Boss" radio in the early 70's on WFIL with great jocks like Dr. Don Rose, Jim O'Brien, and my personal favorite Tom Dooley....boy were they good. They would most certainly have played this song, one of my definite personal Desert Island Disk top 10 and somewhat of a "forgotten" hit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfYkhQblYjY
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Exceedrin. Great song.
Remeber this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTu_ZdcBCo
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Exceedrin. Great song.
Remeber this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTu_ZdcBCo
I was just listening to this song, this morning. Great song. Cool McCartney-esque bass line.
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I was just listening to this song, this morning. Great song. Cool McCartney-esque bass line.
I have a Donnie Iris greatest hits CD. Some great stuff there.
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Here's a song you may or may not want to remember:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZklwTGZutc
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Exceedrin. Great song.
Remeber this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTu_ZdcBCo
Frank,
Yes, that is a great song...inane video, but great song; one that has held up very well over the years.
Here's another fav "forgotten" hit by a band I really like a lot. It reached #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 back in '83.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl-zQhr0V6g
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Ex
Cool song. First time I ever heard it.
Frank
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Ex
Cool song. First time I ever heard it.
Frank
MSB has a lot of catchy straight-ahead "heartland" rock tunes. I first became aware of the band in college when their Heartland album was out. I then quickly got their back catalog and have followed them ever since; would like to see them live sometime. Here's another MSB tune that you might like also. Clarence Clemons played sax on this song on the album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bamW7ZbMo
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Here's a song you may or may not want to remember:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZklwTGZutc
Heh Heh, that's The Floaters only hit but it did go to number 2 and stayed there for two weeks, unable to unseat Andy Gibbs or The Emotions and tumbling to #19 a week later. It debuted on the Hot 100 at #81 and spent a total of 16 weeks on the chart, earning them a gold record, so somebody liked it. Actually, I'll freely admit I don't mind it a bit.
Jeff
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So....how about some Al Stewart? Everyone knows Year Of The Cat and Time Passages and Year Of the Cat is indeed an awesome song with that great sax part and guitar line but how about this one; it made it all the way to #29 on the Hot 100 and is a personal favorite.
Jeff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGVWuWbs3Fk
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And speaking of Al Stewart, here's one from the Time Passages album that I think is superior to the title
track, even though the title track garnered much more airplay and rose much higher on the charts.
Jeff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7L8_zZ8FQA
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Exc
The M. Stanley Band, "He cant love you" is a great song that I have not heard since the 80's. Thanks for resurfacing that one.
My favorite song by Blue Oyster cult is this one(though probably not for most). I know there are B.O.C. fans on here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU9Crc38eNc
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I LOVE AL STEWART! My wife gives me so much shit for being a fan (she makes fun of his voice), but I think he is great. Year of the Cat is one of my all time favorite albums. Alan Parsons produced the LP and it really shows. Even though Time Passages is trying to replicate the success of YOTC, it too is a great album. Peter White is the guitarist who worked with Stewart at the time. He is totally underrated as a player. Fantastic musician. Thanks for posting the live Al Stewart stuff. I had never seen it before.
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Exc
The M. Stanley Band, "He cant love you" is a great song that I have not heard since the 80's. Thanks for resurfacing that one.
My favorite song by Blue Oyster cult is this one(though probably not for most). I know there are B.O.C. fans on here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU9Crc38eNc
I'm a big BOC fan, although I've kind of lost track of their more recent work. They were the first band I ever saw live. I've seen them quite a few times; from stadiums, to theaters, to even a small local club. Shooting Shark is one of those more stylistically ethereal tunes along the lines of Nosferatu, Then Came The Last Days Of May, I Love The Night, etc. I like it! Here are some personal favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5utnUr0ONAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRRCOFEC8po
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HvgFkMVb5s
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I LOVE AL STEWART! My wife gives me so much shit for being a fan (she makes fun of his voice), but I think he is great. Year of the Cat is one of my all time favorite albums. Alan Parsons produced the LP and it really shows. Even though Time Passages is trying to replicate the success of YOTC, it too is a great album. Peter White is the guitarist who worked with Stewart at the time. He is totally underrated as a player. Fantastic musician. Thanks for posting the live Al Stewart stuff. I had never seen it before.
Nez,
From Past, Present, and Future to Between The Wars and everything in between, there's nothing I dislike. I think Mr. Stewart is an exceptional talent. Do you have Rhymes In Rooms? That is Al and Peter White, all acoustic, and is excellent. Collector's Choice was going to reissue pretty much his entire catalog so you might want to check there if you're interested in adding to your Al Stewart collection.
Jeff
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One of my favorite songs of the 1970's. A classic. Redone often but never as good as the original.
I can sit in a quiet room and simply fall asleep to this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDRLZFgEoGw
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One of my favorite songs of the 1970's. A classic. Redone often but never as good as the original.
I can sit in a quiet room and simply fall asleep to this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDRLZFgEoGw
Good one Frank. I do hear that song from time to time on the 60s-70s-80s stations I listen to locally or via Inet stream. I like it a lot. How about this slow ballad from Stonebolt? This song definitely qualifies as "forgotten"; I can't tell you the last time I heard it over the airwaves although it did chart into the Top 40.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s54-4pJVQEY
As for a song to fall asleep by, here is a top pick for me personally. I really love the imagery of the lyrics, it makes me wish for rain every time I hear it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGiceab-jqQ
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Nez,
From Past, Present, and Future to Between The Wars and everything in between, there's nothing I dislike. I think Mr. Stewart is an exceptional talent. Do you have Rhymes In Rooms? That is Al and Peter White, all acoustic, and is excellent. Collector's Choice was going to reissue pretty much his entire catalog so you might want to check there if you're interested in adding to your Al Stewart collection.
Jeff
Cool. Thanks for the info. I will definitley check into that.
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Jeff
You got me on that one. For all the music I heard for years, I never heard of Stonebolt.
Benton song, agreed, I would fall asleep to that one.
How about this one, I used to play this over and over again when I was in end of high school.
Poco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4JXoEc3LCY
When I was a kid in high school, used to dream about playing guitar singing this song to beautiful girls. I finally grew up.
Frank
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Jeff
You got me on that one. For all the music I heard for years, I never heard of Stonebolt.
Benton song, agreed, I would fall asleep to that one.
How about this one, I used to play this over and over again when I was in end of high school.
Poco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4JXoEc3LCY
When I was a kid in high school, used to dream about playing guitar singing this song to beautiful girls. I finally grew up.
Frank
Another forgotten gem. I haven't heard that in a long time, it gets zero airplay anymore. I like Poco more so than the Eagles. It is amazing the "names" that come up when you think about Poco, and Buffalo Springfield from which they arose. Pretty much the start of Country Rock or whatever you want to call it - Ritchie Furay, Neil Young, Randy Meisner, Jim Messina, Timothy B. Schmidt, et al.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9PiEgYYUU
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Earlier in this thread someone mentioned Holiday by Nazareth, a great song that I had completely forgotten about. I was never a big fan of Nazareth, mainly because I did not care for Dan McCafferty's vocals. However, I was recently on YouTube looking up some of their other stuff and came across this one that I totally forgot about and which I really like. I remember first hearing this song and thinking "That's Nazareth? Really? I like it!!". Anyway, here it is, forgotten by me but maybe not by you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiNgH1JgY9A
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Another forgotten gem. I haven't heard that in a long time, it gets zero airplay anymore. I like Poco more so than the Eagles. It is amazing the "names" that come up when you think about Poco, and Buffalo Springfield from which they arose. Pretty much the start of Country Rock or whatever you want to call it - Ritchie Furay, Neil Young, Randy Meisner, Jim Messina, Timothy B. Schmidt, et al.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9PiEgYYUU
Good song. Wasn't that Peter Tork introducing them?
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Good song. Wasn't that Peter Tork introducing them?
Yes, it was Peter Tork of the Monkees.
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The announcer for Solid Gold had a tragic ending at a young age.
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:o :oHere is another one. I was in college when this came out, though a young adult, I still loved this movie and the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzRm_Ut7HM
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:o :oHere is another one. I was in college when this came out, though a young adult, I still loved this movie and the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzRm_Ut7HM
Boy Frank, just when I was about to post a question about whether this thread had run its course you post the Never Ending Story vid. I can't say I know this song, or the movie. I had to look Limahl up and find that he was in Kajagoogoo, which explains why I never heard the song, I don't think the stations I was listening to in the mid-80's played them or his solo work. I might have to add the movie to our Netflix queue.
I was digging into the archives earlier to think of a lesser known band that had hits but not necessarily in the States. Came up with this one, anyone besides me have their albums? Did you know that Heart was not the originator of this song but rather members of this band wrote it. Too bad they didn't release it themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lua9OrloDkg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9FV_5SrHNg
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I grew up in North Dakota so we used to listen to Canadian radio.
This was Toronto's big song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feyy3yD4jQQ
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Here's another great 80's Canadian Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bRmATG4qDE
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Jeff
Wooh. TORONTO'S version (made big by HEART) is excellent. Wasn't sure I had heard them before until Brad put up the song that I recognize.
We are getting obscure here. That is GREAT.
Agreed on that Airwaves, good band. Good sound. Sounds like classic early 80's.
How about this one. Took me awhile to figure who sang this but I still remember this song like I used to hear it almost 30 years ago ON MTV. When MTV was a good channel.
MTV and TopGun and growing up in Miami, it was great.
Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NiZxwdNvAI
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Here's another great 80's Canadian Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bRmATG4qDE
Good call, Canada had some decent "unknown" bands (unknown in the US of A that is), including Harlequin. Of course we've previously covered somewhat better known bands like Chilliwack, Saga, and Triumph but I can add Prism, Headpins, Max Webster, Helix, and Honeymoon Suite from my collection as lesser known acts from the Great White North. I never, or rarely, heard those others on local radio. Used to listen to CHUM 1050, "The Rock Of Toronto", late at night to get that kind of stuff...plus play-by-play of my second favorite team, The Leafs (go Flyers!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwQGv5Qg1Zw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XeNvl8ceBE
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Jeff
Wooh. TORONTO'S version (made big by HEART) is excellent. Wasn't sure I had heard them before until Brad put up the song that I recognize.
We are getting obscure here. That is GREAT.
Agreed on that Airwaves, good band. Good sound. Sounds like classic early 80's.
How about this one. Took me awhile to figure who sang this but I still remember this song like I used to hear it almost 30 years ago ON MTV. When MTV was a good channel.
MTV and TopGun and growing up in Miami, it was great.
Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NiZxwdNvAI
You've done it again Frank, that is one I completely forgot about!
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How about this one. Took me awhile to figure who sang this but I still remember this song like I used to hear it almost 30 years ago ON MTV. When MTV was a good channel.
MTV and TopGun and growing up in Miami, it was great.
Enjoy.
Nice one! I remember that Russ Ballard wrote a couple of my favorite Rainbow songs - "Since You Been Gone" and "I Surrender". Maybe "I Surrender" qualifies as a forgotten song, so here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knyH0JDwlYg
And here's some of the songs Russ Ballard wrote:
"Liar", recorded by Argent, and Three Dog Night.
"Cuckoo", recorded by Bay City Rollers.
"God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You", recorded by Argent, Petra, and Kiss.
"I Surrender", recorded by Rainbow, and At Vance.
"I Will Be There", recorded by Gogmagog.
"Into the Night", recorded by Frehley's Comet.
"Just a Dream Away", recorded by Roger Daltrey.
"Let Me Rock You", recorded by Peter Criss.
"New York Groove", recorded by Hello, and Ace Frehley.
"On the Rebound", recorded by Uriah Heep.
"Riding With the Angels", recorded by Samson, and Heretic.
"Since You Been Gone", recorded by Clout, Cherie Currie, Head East, Rainbow, Alcatrazz, Impellitteri, and Brian May.
"Some Kinda Hurricane", recorded by Peter Criss.
"Winning", recorded by Santana.
"I Know There's Something Going On", recorded by Frida.
"Can't Shake Loose", recorded by Agnetha Fältskog.
"Nothing Feels Good", recorded by Sam Roman.
"So You Win Again", recorded by Hot Chocolate.
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Way to go on that song DrSushi. Great song. I love how forgotten songs get pulled out of other forgotten songs.
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Way to go on that song DrSushi. Great song. I love how forgotten songs get pulled out of other forgotten songs.
It really is fun. It got me to check out couple other versions of "Since You Been Gone", the one by Head East and the one by Russ Ballard himself. It made me appreciate how good Rainbow and their version was!
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;)When I was around 18, and started watching MTV, I saw this video and thought it was a great song. Back then, I didn't have a way of recording anything off TV. By the time I did, I never got to record this song. Last night remembered the name and found it.
For all of you, who grew up with the beginning of MTV, see if you remember this. I never forget the skaters. And the one girl in bikini and the big radio.
Enjoy
:great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWN1z5Evm44
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Another great Canadian Bad was Brighton Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz6nGNc-t6A
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Another band that was fantastic was XYZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7H2HBZ8lYU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9mlVXiAVA
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I was going to post this awhile ago but totally forgot.
R.I.P Steve Lee
Your music will be missed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zchJBOlEtg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6L9pr3J1R4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKnY6xeAs8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XafGVomdWp8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKU9mTeJrX0
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Another great Canadian Bad was Brighton Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz6nGNc-t6A
Good one...wonder where the lead singer got those shredded pants, lol.
How about these guys? This is the only album I have of theirs...in fact, I didn't realize until now that they had any others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxzBNOzu6hc
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While working on cleaning up the stacks of stuff that have accumulated in the basement (including Wackys), I put this album on for a spin...hadn't played it in about two years or more. Remember this song from it? I think it qualifies as "forgotten".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl1t4b1RD4
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I've always liked Tony Carey's work and have almost all of it, right up to present. Here's a couple of forgotten hits (minor though they were according to the masses)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9jb8xWhbxU
Spun this album next; I really, really like Pink World...blew me away when I first got it and took it for a spin all those years ago...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO5eg7TBmy8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkVaOiZVJCU
Jeff
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Couldn't resist just one more; I'll turn this topic back over to you all now... ;D
Jeff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SNvCRlc-Dw
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Jeff great one. Planet P, loved it then. You got me on that one.
This one, I'm not sure if it was put on before.
ALDO ALDO ALDO ALDO ALDO, NOVA NOVA NOVA NOVA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GylirgHFqeQ
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:DHere is another one
1980's big hair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLXnyY537c
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:DHere is another one
1980's big hair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLXnyY537c
You know, I did not recognize that song at all until it got to the chorus. I have no recollection of this band other than a vague notion that they were briefly "hot". A lot of the hair bands of that era all run together in my mind.
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Jeff great one. Planet P, loved it then. You got me on that one.
This one, I'm not sure if it was put on before.
ALDO ALDO ALDO ALDO ALDO, NOVA NOVA NOVA NOVA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GylirgHFqeQ
I had the first Aldo Nova album, probably still have it in the discard pile in the vault. I've kinda lost my taste for his hits, don't know why...
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I believe this qualifies as "forgotten". This is Jay Ferguson of Thunder Island fame along with Mark Andes of Heart. Truth be told I don't particularly care for this one but it is a good example of some raucous 70's rock n roll...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buMg7cDtlls
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I would call this song somewhat forgotten. Dont know that it gets much airplay at all in old rock stations. It is one of my favorite Bad Company songs. I saw them about 10 years ago, Paul Rodgers sounded great. Good show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8lA3MZ2av8
Also another great slow song from the 1970's from a great rock band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj1Cy3YtK9w
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Both the Paul Rodgers and ELP songs are excellent. Silver, Blue, and Gold comes to mind when I think of a great "ballad" from Bad Co. Mr. Rodgers has an excellent, distinctive voice, tailor made for bluesy stuff, imo.
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I'm into the last few boxes of the archives, gonna have to go to the local record shop and do some crate digging which I haven't done in 6 months or more! When's the last time you heard this hit on the airwaves? I've always liked this one. It is truly forgotten by the "classic hits" radio stations of today...at least the ones I listen to!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGKrgJZhpzk
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Great song Pilot of the Airwaves. I have not heard that probably since the time it came out.
Frank
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I love that Charlie Dore song.
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Speaking of Canadian bands. I almost forgot Coney Hatch. I love Carl Dixon's voice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIC4qUji_ao
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Did you all visit your local record shop today to celebrate Record Store Day 2011? I drove in to town to my friend Mark's record shop and although I have never before plunked down the $$ for any of the limited edition Record Store Day albums or 45's, I did this year; picked up the Introduction To Syd Barrett 2-record set which starts out with some Barrett-era Pink Floyd with the balance of the first record and the entire second record featuring Syd Barrett solo stuff. I have not spun either record yet, should be interesting to hear as I am not all that familiar with Mr. Barett's solo work. While there I picked up several other LP's, including a very nice copy of this album, one that used to be in the Exceedrin music library but was traded in years ago when I foolishly unloaded a ton of vinyl that I thought I would no longer want. Decent 80's AOR stuff featuring former Foreigner members Ed Gagliardi and Al Greenwood...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myLZAqIYydI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ocb7lvVW5E
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Speaking of Canadian bands. I almost forgot Coney Hatch. I love Carl Dixon's voice:
Another good call, is there no end to the Canadian talent? Let's hear another one from them....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jr5kexTFLk
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And while were on voices, I think Benny Mardones' is excellent although I have never heard him live. You all know Into The Night, here's my favorite one by him from his third album...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9tH5Hm92f0
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:D
Never heard of Spys or ConeyHatch. Good sound but didn't hear that played down in Miami.
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Lets cross the channel. Anyone forget these from the BABYS
;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjU50ow95aM
:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOl2wp__yfc
:P
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Lets cross the channel. Anyone forget these from the BABYS?
Nope, haven't forgotten them at all; great band, somewhat overlooked I think. From Head First and Union Jacks to John Waite's excellent Ignition album, I like it all.
Have you heard the Alison Krauss/John Waite version of Missing You? I've posted it for your listening pleasure here, if interested-->http://www.box.net/shared/2tasbqanax (http://www.box.net/shared/2tasbqanax)
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I don't know if this song has been brought up but it sure brings back a ton of memories for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT6Lv5iBsLM
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Speaking of Canadian bands :o
This one I'm sure a lot of guys don't know. I have always loved the drum solo (about 2:40 mark) and my buddy used to crank up his car just for the drums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4SOnBDe7qs
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This is getting pretty obscure. I think they only had a couple albums but I listed to this one a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnSwbVpy40w
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Speaking of Canadian bands :o
This one I'm sure a lot of guys don't know. I have always loved the drum solo (about 2:40 mark) and my buddy used to crank up his car just for the drums.
After those last two I officially crown you King Of The Obscure (at least for New Wave type stuff) :^)
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This is getting pretty obscure. I think they only had a couple albums but I listed to this one a lot.
Here is one from a band from my neck of the woods. They won the MTV Basement Tapes competition back in 1986 with the first one below. They once had a huge following in PA and region. The Basement Tapes win lead to an album, which lead to some tours with major bands, but they never really "broke" nationally. I think these still hold up rather well. Enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT5H3pNKAZw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETBdicwov0
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In 1984, my first year of college, I was listening to Yaz, Bowie, MJ's Thriller, and Split Enz. Anyone else listen to these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw
And, did anyone else hear 99 Red Ballons a thousand times in '84? I think I did. Ug
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Here's a song I had forgotten. I remember it being a hit but I'm not sure if it was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egf26oEPc3g
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In 1984, my first year of college, I was listening to Yaz, Bowie, MJ's Thriller, and Split Enz. Anyone else listen to these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw
And, did anyone else hear 99 Red Ballons a thousand times in '84? I think I did. Ug
Okay, in 1978, my first year of college, we were listening to The Knack, Supertramp, Queen, Blondie,
and Cheap Trick. And if you were going to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, like moi, ... you were listening to this young punk who played for free at the mall, in every pub and coffee house, on every street corner and even at class registration, named Johny Mellencamp (soon to be John Cougar). The Mellencamp song below is still my fave of his.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3KXwd8ZWQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObiEQdh72Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UugRf_3o7U
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Do you mean 99 Dead Baboons?
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Here's a song I had forgotten. I remember it being a hit but I'm not sure if it was
I really like anything by the Motels...love Martha Davis' interesting, quirky voice. Mission Of Mercy did not chart but probably got decent airplay on college stations and the like. Here's one that did chart...it made it to #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #25 on the Cashbox Top 100 Singles chart in 1985.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgpkfq1tStY
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In 1984, my first year of college, I was listening to Yaz, Bowie, MJ's Thriller, and Split Enz. Anyone else listen to these guys?
And, did anyone else hear 99 Red Ballons a thousand times in '84? I think I did. Ug
Personally I did not listen to much Top 40 or New Wave stuff during that time. By then I was turning the clock back and getting into things that I had overlooked or was too young at the time to have been exposed to - Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, and Gentle Giant to name a few. Very interesting stuff but not very "commercial", and since it was known by only a small percentage of the music listening public, it cannot really be classified as forgotten, but rather as unknown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzDCfnBhinw
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I know I probably sound like a schmuck, but Blondie has a new cd
coming out at the end of May (Panic of Girls) and if the previews
I've heard are any indication, this is going to be an awesome record!
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I know I probably sound like a schmuck, but Blondie has a new cd
coming out at the end of May (Panic of Girls) and if the previews
I've heard are any indication, this is going to be an awesome record!
I don't believe there are any schmucks on this thread, regardless of musical taste. If the new Blondie album is, overall, anything like the single that the band made available for free back around Christmas it will be a winner. If they release it on vinyl I'll probably get it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVxIeARZ0Qo
And now, in keeping this on-topic, here is a possibly forgotten hit from Blondie. It charted pretty high but I would consider it one of her "forgotten" hits, eh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WLw_0DFQQ
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Somewhat forgotten perhaps. Great band though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8hfM9_g4y4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRVSSwJYqh0
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I cannot get this song out of my head today, it just popped in there and won't go away. Forgotten? Yep, haven't heard it in years on the radio. Went into the top 10, massive hit....18 weeks on both the Billboard and Cashbox charts, although it entered Cashbox a couple of weeks sooner than it did Billboard...37 years ago this month.
This is the longer version that you probably would not have heard on the radio at the time...or now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTXljIqxRE
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Schmuck? Nah. No way, no way. Blondie is cool. No schmuckism here.
Speaking of cool, CLIMAX BLUES Band one of my faves at that time. Great pick up on that one.
Frank
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;)Hey guys/gals. Fast forward just a few years to this great forgotten song.
Icicle Works.
Cool stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIxgHu5U1v4
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Another great 70's Jeff and others. Forgotten?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KaokvHo7s8
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Another great 70's Jeff and others. Forgotten?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KaokvHo7s8
You're on a roll with some good ones, Frank.
I cannot remember ever hearing a song from the Icicle Works. They made it into the Top 40 back in 1984 with the one you posted; it entered the Billboard Hot 100 27 years ago this month and rose as high as #37.
Now Pablo Cruise is another story...know them well and still love them. Still have their A Place In The Sun and Worlds Away albums in the collection...now I have to go pull those two and take them for a spin...
Jeff
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the band has made a video for "Mother" which should be out soon and (they promise)
will be unbelievable!
Yes, from the few other studio tracks I've heard and some live versions of other
tracks, the album should be great!
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the band has made a video for "Mother" which should be out soon and (they promise)
will be unbelievable!
Yes, from the few other studio tracks I've heard and some live versions of other
tracks, the album should be great!
I'm looking forward to hearing the whole album.
This week's AT40 rebroadcast will be from April 23, 1977. Looking at that chart reveals an interesting lineup; at number 30 is this one which I still really like and is not heard on the oldies stations much. It was on it's way to number 3 on the Cashbox Top 100 and was awarded number 23 on Cashbox's 1977 year-end list. It reached a high of number 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOS2vOxuXE
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Anyone ever get into the Talking Heads? I personally liked the studio version of the song "take me to the river" but here is a live version which some folks like better, you be the judge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM
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Anyone ever get into the Talking Heads? I personally liked the studio version of the song "take me to the river" but here is a live version which some folks like better, you be the judge:
Although I am not a fan of the Talking Heads, I have always liked their version of Take Me To The River.
I've never heard it live, thanks for posting it, I think it is excellent.
Do you like Foghat's version? Here is the author of the song, Al Green, singing it. http://www.box.net/shared/5zf3lj69bf
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Anyone ever get into the Talking Heads? I personally liked the studio version of the song "take me to the river" but here is a live version which some folks like better, you be the judge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM
Although I can't claim to be a big fan of Talking Heads, David is sure an interesting performer. I like their song, "And She Was". The original video for this tune back in the Mtv days was very cool but is not available on Youtube.
For some reason when I think about Talking Heads I also think of the Pet Shop Boys. Not sure why.
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=CGgJ5jebn6s (http://"http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=CGgJ5jebn6s")
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=PyeWRd7ZEBs (http://"http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=PyeWRd7ZEBs")
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Favorite ARS song ever for me. You guys remember it or have forgotten it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOGMQUbJ4XE
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Here's a song I haven't heard in a long time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgcYfKw0_TI
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Gurgle
Great timing on your part.
Was at a get together with family on Sunday and pulled up Forgotten Song.
I played your song and the 3 other adults(all 40+ age), could not figure out who sang this song. They tried to figure it out just by hearing it and then trying to identify. For them, they "heard it but didn't know who sang it".
I have been also doing this with my wife on other forgotten songs on this thread.
Fun stuff.
Frank
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Gurgle
Great timing on your part.
Was at a get together with family on Sunday and pulled up Forgotten Song.
I played your song and the 3 other adults(all 40+ age), could not figure out who sang this song. They tried to figure it out just by hearing it and then trying to identify. For them, they "heard it but didn't know who sang it".
I have been also doing this with my wife on other forgotten songs on this thread.
Fun stuff.
Frank
Yeah, very much a one hit wonder. You either know or you don't. And I hate to say it, but I think he rather looks like a tool in the video.
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When did you last think of this band or song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDbON8udTPo
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When did you last think of this band or song?
Good one! I think that's the Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen version of that song. Here's my favorite song by those guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-PoxZxur4
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When did you last think of this band or song?
I'm find myself reminded of Commander Cody every time I listen to the guitar solos in this song by CAKE, one of my favorite bands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLEG2YMAQgs
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You know how you can get a song stuck in your head for days?
At least I get this all the time, and lately it's that Kia commercial:
You can get with THIS
or you can get with THAT
etc.
Great catchy song!
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Here is a great forgotten song of the 70's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XmtqrH5JkA
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You know how you can get a song stuck in your head for days?
At least I get this all the time, and lately it's that Kia commercial:
You can get with THIS
or you can get with THAT
etc.
Great catchy song!
I guess that song is by Black Sheep and called "The Choice Is Yours."
But I recognize it from Fatboy Slim when he borrowed it for "Weapon of Choice," which has a fun, fantastic video with Christopher Walken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs
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So have any of you guys tried the website video2mp3.net ???
The site can take practically any YouTube video (you just supply the URL of the video you are watching) and it will extract the soundtrack of the video and save it on your computer as an mp3 file. You can then import that mp3 into your iTunes library or whatever other music library you have on your computer.
This appears to be replacing file sharing as a more round-about way to get free music off the internet. I'm not sure what the legalities are since the videos (and music to those videos) are being posted on a public file sharing site.
It works great (with a few annoying pop-ups that my browser can't stop).
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So have any of you guys tried the website video2mp3.net ???
The site can take practically any YouTube video (you just supply the URL of the video you are watching) and it will extract the soundtrack of the video and save it on your computer as an mp3 file. You can then import that mp3 into your iTunes library or whatever other music library you have on your computer.
This appears to be replacing file sharing as a more round-about way to get free music off the internet. I'm not sure what the legalities are since the videos (and music to those videos) are being posted on a public file sharing site.
It works great (with a few annoying pop-ups that my browser can't stop).
I heard about that but I haven't tried it yet. I guess all of the old file sharing site's are shut down by now (Limewire, Bearshare, Napster, etc.) and are probably gone for good. Is it easy to figure out how to do it?
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It works great (with a few annoying pop-ups that my browser can't stop).
How is the overall sound quality when it becomes the MP3?
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Good one! I think that's the Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen version of that song. Here's my favorite song by those guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-PoxZxur4
Yes, that is the CC version of Hot Rod Lincoln.
Great video...makes me want to head over to Five Guys or Ruby's right now!
Thanks for posting!
Jeff
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Here is a great forgotten song of the 70's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XmtqrH5JkA
Cliff Richard is great. He was/is a huge star in the UK, lots of #1 hits. He was on the US charts since the late 50's but Devil Woman is his highest charting single of all time here (#6 Billboard, #5 Cashbox). Here's his second highest from 1979 into 1980 (#7 on both Billboard and Cashbox) and the one I think of first for some reason when his name is mentioned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htZir_Taizg
Jeff
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Another Cliff Richard US hit, and one I have not heard on the air in ages...definitely forgotten.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itEytND-98E
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I think this would be considered late era disco but I like it anyway. Forgotten? Probably.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xu9aVoSrLE
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How about the Greg Kihn Band? I think the two big hits, Jeopardy and The Breakup Song, see airplay fairly regularly but they put out some other cool songs; not all made the charts though. This one did, barely, and is one of my favorites. It's funny, one of the comments for this video asks if the guy can post Another Girl, Another Planet...I love that song too. If you have an extra three minutes to waste, check it out at my box.net account link below. The only time I saw the band live was when I was asked by my Dad to take my two sisters to see Journey at the Spectrum because they were deemed too young to go to a concert by themselves. Now chaperoning my sisters at a Journey concert was not high on my list of things I wanted to do but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Greg Kihn band was the opening act! I even ended up becoming a Journey fan after seeing that show (Escape tour).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85DtP3MkXw8
Another Girl Another Planet--> http://www.box.net/shared/te0n1denb6
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Greg Kihn Band, I also like.
They play the Breakup song on a local station in my area and pops up in my office overhead sound system. The girls in my office(way younger than me) can never seem to remember the name of the singer when I ask them again(when it plays).
......................................................................... :sad: ;D :D
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How about the Greg Kihn Band? I think the two big hits, Jeopardy and The Breakup Song, see airplay fairly regularly but they put out some other cool songs; not all made the charts though. This one did, barely, and is one of my favorites. It's funny, one of the comments for this video asks if the guy can post Another Girl, Another Planet...I love that song too. If you have an extra three minutes to waste, check it out at my box.net account link below. The only time I saw the band live was when I was asked by my Dad to take my two sisters to see Journey at the Spectrum because they were deemed too young to go to a concert by themselves. Now chaperoning my sisters at a Journey concert was not high on my list of things I wanted to do but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Greg Kihn band was the opening act! I even ended up becoming a Journey fan after seeing that show (Escape tour).
I don't remember that song, but I liked it - thanks! Since I'm not a Journey fan, I'm very thankful my younger brothers never wanted to see them. I have fond memories of taking at least one of my brothers to Aerosmith, Ian Hunter, John Entwhistle and Soft White Underbelly (Blue Oyster Cult without one of the band members or something).
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Everybody who was around(and old enough) in early to mid 70's remembers this song. I NEVER HEAR this on any station now. Just my great memories of singing this when I was a kid.
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y N-I-G-H-T. Lets all sing it.... :great: :great: :great: :great: :great: :great: :great: :great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBn2ux5vRHk
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Everybody who was around(and old enough) in early to mid 70's remembers this song. I NEVER HEAR this on any station now. Just my great memories of singing this when I was a kid.
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y N-I-G-H-T. Lets all sing it.... :great: :great: :great: :great: :great: :great: :great: :great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBn2ux5vRHk
My now wife and I were in High School and just beginning to date back in those days... she was a big BCR fan. Not so much with me. She used to get violent when I referred to them as the Baby Strollers.
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Everybody who was around(and old enough) in early to mid 70's remembers this song. I NEVER HEAR this on any station now. Just my great memories of singing this when I was a kid.
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y N-I-G-H-T. Lets all sing it....
I have memories of singing that with friends in the streets at night.
Here's one I don't hear, either, by Gilbert O-Sullivan. Once in a while I'll hear his "Alone Again, Naturally," but not this one. One of the dogs apparently didn't like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOnbM7X4BYg
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Everybody who was around(and old enough) in early to mid 70's remembers this song. I NEVER HEAR this on any station now. Just my great memories of singing this when I was a kid.
Now I always think of the Mike Meyer's movie "So I Married an Axe Murderer" when I hear this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCDhj9Y-jno
And here's a montage of funny lines from the father in the movie - played by Meyers with his best Shreck/Fat Bastard Scottish brogue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCrT96QJBfQ
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Everybody who was around(and old enough) in early to mid 70's remembers this song. I NEVER HEAR this on any station now. Just my great memories of singing this when I was a kid.
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y N-I-G-H-T. Lets all sing it.... :great: :great: :great: :great: :great: :great: :great: :great:
Oh man, back in the day my two sisters were crazy about the Bay City Rollers. I can remember posters of them hung up on their bedroom walls, taken no doubt from their giant stack of Tiger Beat magazines (meanwhile I was more into Circus magazine, remember that one?). I considered myself much too sophisticated to like a band like the Bay City Rollers back then....now, I will freely admit that I think their songs are very catchy.
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This album, and their second one called Clear Approach, is about as obscure as exists in the Exceedrin vinyl archives. Okay, maybe that honor would go to Chrisma's Chinese Restaurant but these are close. I can't even believe that there is a You Tube video for them. Actually I'm beginning to realize that there is almost nothing too obscure for You Tube.
This may actually be straying off-topic since I don't believe either any single or the albums charted at all. Nevertheless, someone other than myself bought these and has surely forgotten them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJUFkidSOk8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfNI1VqeZX0
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I have memories of singing that with friends in the streets at night.
Here's one I don't hear, either, by Gilbert O-Sullivan. Once in a while I'll hear his "Alone Again, Naturally," but not this one. One of the dogs apparently didn't like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOnbM7X4BYg
Very good call...totally forgotten, including by me.
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Spooky. The obscurity just keeps coming.
Jeff, you are right. Trillion is one big time obscurity. Never heard of them. Interesting sound.
DrSushi. Love it and I love it. Mike Myers as the Irish father running down everybody's throat. I forgot Bay City Roller song was in that movie. Thanks for the recollect.
Gilbert O Sullivan(?spelling), I had totally forgot about that one.
Here is one that I used to listen to and a semi hit for Thorpe. Remember this?
Cool graphics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qSlDZ27BAY
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Spooky. The obscurity just keeps coming.
Jeff, you are right. Trillion is one big time obscurity. Never heard of them. Interesting sound.
DrSushi. Love it and I love it. Mike Myers as the Irish father running down everybody's throat. I forgot Bay City Roller song was in that movie. Thanks for the recollect.
Gilbert O Sullivan(?spelling), I had totally forgot about that one.
Here is one that I used to listen to and a semi hit for Thorpe. Remember this?
Cool graphics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qSlDZ27BAY
Yes, a forgotten one but at one time a staple of AOR stations. Good one Frank.
How about the interesting team-up of Jon (Anderson) & Vangelis? They had a couple of songs that charted, this is not one of them but happens to be my favorite mainly because of it's references to The Maltese Falcon and other famous film noir movies or characters (the music's cool too). I did hear it on the more hip local stations for a time back in the day. I still have the album and it gets at least one or two spins a year...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnnS9spo_3k
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Here's a huge hit that is largely forgotten. I did actually hear this on the air sometime in the near past and was totally impressed that the station would play it; haven't heard it since.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPjhHcLpfr4
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Gold by John Stewart is one of my faves. Lindsey Buckingham produced and played guitar on it (hence Stevie Nicks sharing vocals with John Stewart). John Stewart had been a huge influence for Lindsey in the 1960's, so Lindsey got to repay JS by producing this comeback for him. It really is a cool song with one of LB most melodic guitar solos (and that is saying something).
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Jeff
Great song. I have never ever heard that song with Anderson and Vangelis. That is one cool song all the way through the whole 10 mins not to mention the attached old movie trailers. Jon Anderson has one of the most unique voices. A few years ago, he did a background on a Christian song also, but I cant remember the name right now, great song also. What a singer.
That song by John Stewart, first time I have heard that probably since the 80's. In the song he says his friend makes $2.50 an hour. I can just about figure that is the late 1970's. When I got out of high school mid 1981, got a job at a bookstore. Minimum wage was about $2.65. Of course, that bookstore is long gone and the whole strip mall was changed into some typical modern looking thing(which I cant stand).
Take me back to early 1970's, when things were simple and I was laughing at Archie Bunker and Johnny Carson.
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Speaking of Jon Anderson, here is another great song by him from a favorite movie of mine, around 82 to 83.
LEGEND w/Tommy Cruisy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbklzR_fUgA
As tommy would say:I FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED with a mike in his hand of course and sliding in his living room with sun glasses and a long sleeve shirt and shorts. Ha ha ha ha.
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How are you guys posting these You Tube songs without having to go through a link first?
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Not sure if this can be considered a forgotten song but Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y" from the album The Nightfly is one of those songs that you don't hear much of but when it is played it is worthwhile to listen too. I have not found a good video representation of the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV1QAibapr4
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How are you guys posting these You Tube songs without having to go through a link first?
Rob select the you tube icon from the buttons when creating a message and just paste the video link between the ] youtube link [
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Not sure if this can be considered a forgotten song but Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y" from the album The Nightfly is one of those songs that you don't hear much of but when it is played it is worthwhile to listen too. I have not found a good video representation of the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV1QAibapr4
International Geophysical Year 1957-1958
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Rob select the you tube icon from the buttons when creating a message and just paste the video link between the ] youtube link [
Hey, pretty cool! This is one of my favorites from the 70's. I also like Sentimental Lady.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJOsfalSYs
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Here's a song I forgot about until I heard it on the radio the other day.
Joe Walsh: Ordinary Average Guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLNAkPsjAEk
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Here's one of my faves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbpQf22c494
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Hey, pretty cool! This is one of my favorites from the 70's. I also like Sentimental Lady.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJOsfalSYs
I LOVE Bob Welsh! From the Fleetwood Mac stuff to all his solo stuff. Here's another hit of his.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJaK5Pak7RI
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Taz, great song. Excellent song. Heck of a voice on Fagen.
Rob, I too am a Bob Welch fan. Good stuff.
How about the song(more than the accompanying photos).
HEY GUYS: TAKE OFF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot70G4wSQi0
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Taz, great song. Excellent song. Heck of a voice on Fagen.
Rob, I too am a Bob Welch fan. Good stuff.
How about the song(more than the accompanying photos).
HEY GUYS: TAKE OFF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot70G4wSQi0
Frank, I can't believe you posted that! I considered posting the very same at some point last week but decided against it in lieu of another. Glad you posted it! "It's a beauty way to go!".
Jeff
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Jeff
Must be some semi-Spock mind melt we have going on. Some similarities in what we both listened to growing up.
I believe it was you who said that you liked Alan Parson's.
It was my favorite group overall of the 80's, listed to them more than anything. Over and over and over and over. I've seen them twice in the last 10 years. Still sound good.
Always loved the huge number of different singers they had and their link to other groups like Ambrosia.
Here is one of my favorites. Like what this person did in linking the song to Charlie Chaplin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsmIKpxDy_k
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Not sure if this can be considered a forgotten song but Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y" from the album The Nightfly is one of those songs that you don't hear much of but when it is played it is worthwhile to listen too. I have not found a good video representation of the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV1QAibapr4
Good one. I remember buying The Nightfly for the title track and it's imagery of a late night jazz dj, something I had sort of a romantic fantasy of being at one time back in my youth. The album really grew on me, particularly the vibe of Walk Between Raindrops. Love the cover too! It became a keeper and still resides in the Exceedrin vinyl archives.
Jeff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5LSRrAwUtA
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Jeff Beck, Bob Welch, Joe Walsh...you guys are on a roll. Excellent stuff, can't really add anything to it. I think out of all of them the one artist that I continually go back to in order to be amazed is Jeff Beck. I remember getting Wired and being blown away by the likes of which I had not heard before. That was quickly followed by acquisition of some back catalog in the form of the Jeff Beck Group's Beck-Ola. One of the most memorable concerts I ever went to was Jeff Beck/Santana with Jeff Beck being the highlight for me...just awesome.
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Alan Parsons pops up here quite a bit. After the split up of the Alan Parsons Project the On Air album had an interesting vocal contributor, the one and only Christopher Cross, who I think has an excellent voice. In fact, Mr. Cross has a new album coming out soon, might have to get it (vinyl, of course). Sample it here--> http://www.christophercross.com/ccDrFaith.html (http://www.christophercross.com/ccDrFaith.html).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ISlsLqiLk
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Here's one that qualifies as forgotten and I bet for most of us (including me) unknown. As I was listening to a recent AT 40 rebroadcast from around this time in 1977 this one showed up. This quite catchy song broke into the Top 40 at #39 on April 23, 1977, went up two notches to #37 on April 30, then plummeted to #97 the following week. I do not remember this song at all and I never missed Casey back then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGCKI51c4ZA
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Here's some mid-1980's antics from Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3973tfsllqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDjRFTIhxnA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUY-TCOWsS4
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While I am on a post-Zeppelin kick, here are a few cool Robert Plant Videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZQL22xOmUM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImpSyGTzot0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYs2kn-yrg
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Neil Innes was mentioned on the Shenanigans thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbLDI5lNdRQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwg9dKinAE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8
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Nezhead
Great stuff with Robert Plant and Jimmy Paige.
Loved the Firm back when they were out.
Hadn't heard Radioactive in quite awhile.
Remember in high school when Led came out with IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR.
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Neil Innes was mentioned on the Shenanigans thread.
Great samples from Innes. Here's the song that had it's intro referenced in the other thread. This was on an album from a TV show called "Rutland Weekend Television" also starring Eric Idle. For some reason, it was the first album I played after buying a record player again a year or so ago; and I had, in fact, forgotten this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfTlGMCeuDE
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For those who grew up in 60's and 70's, how about those forgotten theme songs. About my favorite is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVS3WNt7yRU
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For those who grew up in 60's and 70's, how about those forgotten theme songs. About my favorite is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVS3WNt7yRU
Good one, we never missed that show. The theme reached the Cashbox #1 spot on May 15, 1976 and stayed there for a second week. Spent an impressive 18 weeks on the chart in total.
Here's the theme from my favorite show of all time, regardless of genre. It peaked at #10 on August 16, 1975 and spent a total of 16 weeks on the chart.
http://www.box.net/shared/l5e6i7oti3
Here's number 2, but it might be disqualified for this forum topic since it never charted. Of course for the '80s era I've already posted about the WKRP theme...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8VpOQfI20E
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Katrina and the Waves came out of nowhere with a remixed/rearranged version of their previously released Walking On Sunshine which became a massively popular hit, debuting on the Hot 100 at #86 on March 23, 1985 and lasting 21 weeks. And I do really like it, it is a nice, happy song. But this one is my favorite. It squeaked into the Top 40 but is largely, in keeping with our theme, forgotten.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Si1t3t-2w
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I thought this was great when I was a kid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpUVAcvWfU
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I liked this video way back in 1985.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSXomO6tEGA
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Katrina and the Waves came out of nowhere with a remixed/rearranged version of their previously released Walking On Sunshine which became a massively popular hit, debuting on the Hot 100 at #86 on March 23, 1985 and lasting 21 weeks. And I do really like it, it is a nice, happy song. But this one is my favorite. It squeaked into the Top 40 but is largely, in keeping with our theme, forgotten.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Si1t3t-2w
I never knew they had another song. I figured they put out a whole album but walking on sunshine was not my thing back then. It's a pretty decent song. Thanks for posting!
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I never knew they had another song. I figured they put out a whole album but walking on sunshine was not my thing back then. It's a pretty decent song. Thanks for posting!
They came back a decade or so later and won the Eurovision song contest with this one. I think Katrina's got a great voice; maybe could have been a real star with stronger songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8oTtSTRdSw
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Fishheads?
CRY:great video.
Katrina and the Waves, loved that one song in the 1980's
This is them from my favorite cartoon in the early 1970's
Jonny Quest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88g1vCydZk
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yteMugRAc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_QRL3t9qyc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7cXsStbO4
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This is them from my favorite cartoon in the early 1970's
Jonny Quest:
Have you heard the Reverend Horton Heat cover? I actually like the second half of the song when they go into "Stop That Pigeon" even better. This is from a great album of covers of cartoon themes from 90's alt/rock bands. Cools stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40FsKwX-K8U
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DrSushi, that is quite a song. Where on earth did that come from?
Here is another favorite:
This is one of the COOLEST songs I have ever heard. Stuck in my mind since I was a kid and watching it. :great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk
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DrSushi, that is quite a song. Where on earth did that come from?
Here is another favorite:
This is one of the COOLEST songs I have ever heard. Stuck in my mind since I was a kid and watching it. :great:
The Ramones do a version of this on the CD I mentioned - here's a link with some info. Check out the list of songs and artists, it's fun stuff.
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/31543M.html
And here's The Ramones singing the Spiderman Theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKIbSAmCYGo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yteMugRAc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_QRL3t9qyc
Great tunes -and I have occasionally forgotten about "Up All Night", so good call. I wonder how long it will take for me to forget about it again.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7cXsStbO4
Had to pull out my Billboard Rock Tracks 1981-2008 to find them; I rarely use that book. According to said tome, they had a hit with Can't Miss which peaked at #33 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in '89. Pretty formulaic but not bad; forgotten for sure.
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Fishheads?
CRY:great video.
Katrina and the Waves, loved that one song in the 1980's
This is them from my favorite cartoon in the early 1970's
Jonny Quest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88g1vCydZk
Frank, I have the entire JQ series on DVD, love that cartoon. Probably my favorite of all time, though, is Space Ghost which I have on DVD also. The Space Ghost theme spent 37 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, 12 of them at #1....just kidding. ;)
This TV/Cartoon theme song thing could be a whole new thread, wonder if we'd get any participation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ6qpulpmnc
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Have you heard the Reverend Horton Heat cover? I actually like the second half of the song when they go into "Stop That Pigeon" even better. This is from a great album of covers of cartoon themes from 90's alt/rock bands. Cools stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40FsKwX-K8U
That Cartoon theme Cover Cd is great . i've had it since it came out. Rev Horton Heat is a fave and that version of Johnny Quest/Stop that Pidgeon might have the most key changes I have ever heard in a song. Incredible lightning fast playing. Saw the Rev at a small club 10 years ago and it was so loud my ears are still ringing.
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As the '80s marched on, I started losing interest in mainstream music, but this particular song, and this whole album, really grabbed me and I played it all the time. I put it on for a spin this evening and it's still got it. No doubt forgotten...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eysGQuTm6s
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Jeff
Good song. Never heard that before.
Frank
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The 1970's was a great time because of music like this.
Heard over and over in the 1970's, but I never hear them now.
I guess they would be classified as forgotten over last 3 decades
Dreaming of a beautiful girl when I used to hear this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-xRMw0NyW0
Another tune where I would dream of a beautiful girl on the beach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6yC7b0VOzY
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Jeff
Good song. Never heard that before.
Frank
The David + David album went Gold and Welcome To The Boomtown made the Top 40. It got a lot of airplay on the stations I listened to at the time.
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I just finished listening to a rebroadcast of a May 15, 1982 American Top 40 so of course had to check out the '82 charts. Here's one I completely forgot about and am working hard to forget again. Sitting at #97 this week in 1982, it peaked at #9 on the Hot 100 seven weeks earlier, bumping The Cars' Shake It Up from that position. It spent a total of 19 weeks on the chart (!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-MONIvP6kI
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Great tunes -and I have occasionally forgotten about "Up All Night", so good call. I wonder how long it will take for me to forget about it again.
Forget again yet? My original intent was just to post "Up All Night" but then I saw the video for "...Mondays" and played it and couldn't stop myself. I think. I forget.
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Frank, I have the entire JQ series on DVD, love that cartoon.
I loved Johnny Quest as a kid. I was surprised to find out that there was only one season of JQ produced. Only 24 episodes.
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Forget again yet? My original intent was just to post "Up All Night" but then I saw the video for "...Mondays" and played it and couldn't stop myself. I think. I forget.
Until you just brought it up I had forgotten again.
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A quick look at the Cashbox Top 100 for this week in '74 (in the music part of my mind it's 1974 for a number of reasons) shows Band On The Run nearing the end of it's charge to the #1 position; it'll take three more weeks to get there. I remember not really caring for the song when I first heard it but it grew on me over the early part of Summer Vacation and would definitely be on my Desert Island Song List now. On that same chart are some interesting songs, forgotten I'm sure, and played little, if at all, on the airwaves now. Here's the one that sat at #2 and which would reach the coveted #1 spot the following week, followed by the one at #22 which would also be a #1 hit, but not until the first week in July.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI-TXC8AEyQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ
And as a "bonus", here's Band On The Run (skip playing if you are a purist and hate going off-topic). :c023:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBX2dySWGew
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That Cartoon theme Cover Cd is great . i've had it since it came out. Rev Horton Heat is a fave and that version of Johnny Quest/Stop that Pidgeon might have the most key changes I have ever heard in a song. Incredible lightning fast playing. Saw the Rev at a small club 10 years ago and it was so loud my ears are still ringing.
I have that Saturday Morning Cartoon theme CD, some great stuff on there. I'm not familar with Johnny Quest, but I've been listening to this song on one of my Ska compilations for maybe a decade. All of these years of hearing this song and I've wondered who Johnny was, now I know. Or maybe some other dude by the same name.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8K4ehJPDE
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The Streak
Billy Dont be a Hero
Band on the Run
Remember them all. Listened to them and sang them all the time. I was only 10 but music was such a big part of my life then in Elementary School
Another great song little before above:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR46gQLyxuE
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This song didn't require you to speak the language.
Beautiful song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s3BIX0duKs
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This song didn't require you to speak the language.
Beautiful song.
Sometimes understanding the "words" doesn't matter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI
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Sometimes understanding the "words" doesn't matter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI
Very good point, and example.
Speaking of Jan Akkerman, here's one of my favorite YouTube pieces (off-topic I know).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vakx58fh4bA
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Jeff/Gurgle
I took both of the videos you guys posted (Hocus and the guitar solo) and ran them both at the same time. Sort of a funky mix/mess.
Thought of sitting in a soft chair with my lava lamp and my pet rock, psych shirt and a cool breeze. Pure 70's man.
Add this one on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULEBSxP725w
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This song didn't require you to speak the language.
Beautiful song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s3BIX0duKs
A nice, easy song Frank. This 45 was interesting in that it had two different languages on it. Here's the B-side, the English version of the same song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oSfy34lJhE
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Jeff/Gurgle
I took both of the videos you guys posted (Hocus and the guitar solo) and ran them both at the same time. Sort of a funky mix/mess.
Thought of sitting in a soft chair with my lava lamp and my pet rock, psych shirt and a cool breeze. Pure 70's man.
Better you than me, Frank. I don't think I would survive that experiment, and I know my pet rock would go berserk.
Jeff
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Excellent! It looks like this week's AT40 rebroadcast will be from this week in 1974, my favorite music year as mentioned before. The chart is a good one, with a nice balance between pop, rock, r&b, etc. Band On The Run is at #7 and this one, by a fellow Beatle, is at #26 having peaked at #5 back on the April 27 chart. A very successful song for Ringo (he had more than a few, too) but truly forgotten now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1C6rFWfYMg
Making it's debut at #92 on the same chart is this one. A 70's classic, and largely forgotten.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TscxLlhMiig
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More 70's coolness from 1974. Forgotten? Of course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTM45d8K2vQ
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Jeff
Great stuff. I had not heard the Sideshow song in a long time. Used to watch Soul Train back in the 1970's. Great show. One thing always loved about the Soul Groups was the easy listening sound, soothing. Also enjoyed the clothes and the to and fro dancing. That lead singer has a great voice.
Reminds me of a trip with my parents to New Orleans and Atlanta early 1970's. Not sure why but deep in my subconscious there is a connection.
Bit off song, but for some reason, the video you showed reminds me of this movie. Do you remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxeHAG8tFb0
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Jeff
Great stuff. I had not heard the Sideshow song in a long time. Used to watch Soul Train back in the 1970's. Great show. One thing always loved about the Soul Groups was the easy listening sound, soothing. Also enjoyed the clothes and the to and fro dancing. That lead singer has a great voice.
Reminds me of a trip with my parents to New Orleans and Atlanta early 1970's. Not sure why but deep in my subconscious there is a connection.
Bit off song, but for some reason, the video you showed reminds me of this movie. Do you remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxeHAG8tFb0
I do vaguely remember it; i have only seen it once. Wonder if I should add it to our Netflix queue...over to IMDB I go to read up on it a little...I'm not much for movies other than really old ones...and Westerns.
Jeff
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Love this darn song. Could play it on and on.
My karaoke song at my office party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho
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Lately the 1980's edition of the AT40 rebroadcasts have been in the later 80's, not necessarily my favorite time for music. As I was looking through my Cashbox and Billboard charts for those late-80s years I ran across this one. Always liked Eric Carmen, and really liked this one at the time. I had totally forgotten about it and probably most people have. It did one spot better (#3) than his better known Hungry Eyes from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. I don't think I ever saw this video. Interesting (to me anyway) that Kid Leo, long-time WMMS DJ, makes a cameo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FBUbv2LUEc
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For some reason, Eric Carmen reminds me of Henry Gross. Has anyone mentioned this song yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kSrV_CubiQ
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Jeff
Eric Carman is great. Just coming home with my daughter from her girlfriend's house, listening to one of his 70's songs. And here, I pop on the site, and there he is again. Great song, I was in grad school back then.
Gurgle
Another great song. I had not heard that in years. Love it.
The 70's was such as great time for love songs. So many were written.
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Early 80's forgotten hit. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WsAI-JFB_k
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Another early 80's forgotten hit. Remember it? Dig it? Dig the shades? Dig the backup "musicians"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPBwbdRuKPc
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Here's a couple from the mid 70 s from PAPER LACE...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsmA0x3ufXM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6NQB9htO4
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Look guys, after that great music including Paper Lace and Lulu and Rocky Burnett, I am going to go out on a limb.
In early 1980's while in Miami, we used to go to clubs like Club Nu and Club 1235 and this was the music they played.
Every guy my age was in love with these girls then. Of course, this was before I truly grew up. Remeber this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v8YragSIuI
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Here's a couple from the mid 70 s from PAPER LACE...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsmA0x3ufXM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6NQB9htO4
Don't think I ever heard the Paper Lace version of Hitchin' A Ride. OK, but prefer the original, probably because of familiarity.
The Night Chicago Died was a smash hit in '74 (good year that) and it is part of the Summer Vacation soundtrack of my favorite musical year. Still gets some play on oldies stations to this day.
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Look guys, after that great music including Paper Lace and Lulu and Rocky Burnett, I am going to go out on a limb.
In early 1980's while in Miami, we used to go to clubs like Club Nu and Club 1235 and this was the music they played.
Every guy my age was in love with these girls then. Of course, this was before I truly grew up. Remeber this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v8YragSIuI
Gotta admit Frank, I know the name but have absolutely no recollection of that song or any other by them.
I think we were on slightly different musical journeys back then. For me it was clubs like the Empire Rock Club, The Brandywine Club, The Ripley Music Hall, and London Victory Club with local bands like The Hooters, Ken Kweder, Robert Hazard and The Heroes, The A's, and major acts like Eddie Money, Steppenwolf, etc. Nevertheless, I'm sure your memories are just as much a pleasant, momentary diversion from the present as are mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIT2DpdcPzI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnSFcNYuSjc
Although I couldn't find the ticket stub, I'm virtually certain I was at this show...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA1m1hc48X4
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Have you forgotten this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ
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Have you forgotten this one?
I had!
The moving blankets on the windows reminds me of my college days, 25 years ago, doing coke late at night, I'd get paranoid and put blankets over the windows.
You know, the ol', They are comin' to get me! routine . . . :o
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I had!
The moving blankets on the windows reminds me of my college days, 25 years ago, doing coke late at night, I'd get paranoid and put blankets over the windows.
You know, the ol', They are comin' to get me! routine . . . :o
Was that diet Coke or new Coke? ;)
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The best SCORPIONS song ever(IMO).
Jeff, what do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34pUPTy5Dk
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Have you forgotten this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ
The melody is unforgettable and the musicianship is, well, without equal. Cool convertible.
Jeff
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The melody is unforgettable and the musicianship is, well, without equal. Cool convertible.
Jeff
"So, there was a melody in there someone?" - Me, sounding likes everyone's Dad.
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The best SCORPIONS song ever(IMO).
Jeff, what do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34pUPTy5Dk
The Scorpions were/are awesome. I don't know anything about their really early stuff, I only started with In Trance and stopped at Blackout. Blackout is full of really good stuff and No One Like You is right up there with Lovedrive on my Best of the Scorpions list. It's tough for me to pick, for the genre their catalog is pretty deep - Rhythm Of Love, Wind Of Change, The Zoo, Big City Nights.... Rock You Like A Hurricane and Wind Of Change were their only Top 40 entries, but who's counting? They would probably be disqualified for this "forgotten" thread, they are definitely not forgotten.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmE_l_dN9UM
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Jeff
I would agree that some of the songs are not forgotten especially after ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE came out, but their earlier stuff(when I got hooked to their music at that time) is forgotten mainly because it isn't played much. Younger people today may have never even heard of their early songs.
Same goes for this band whose popularity went out of sight when PHOTOGRAPH came out. My favorite song of theirs was before they became that popular and one of the first videos I saw on MTV. Loved this song:
As a side note, interesting that the guitar player that you see to the right in the light blue shirt was supposedly kicked out of the group due to extreme alcohol use. He was gone from the group before they became huge.
:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I6JGVjUPUU
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Jeff
In reference to what you mentioned in earlier post, it is likely that if YOU were between 18 and 25 in Miami from 1980 to 1985, you would have been at one of these clubs where Expose was played as well as others such as
this one very obscure(but I liked it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyhqe4c1l4M
Despite that, still kept the rock n roll out there. By 1986, this stuff faded from my memory as life went on. If I lived where you lived, likely would have gone and seen the Hooters(love their stuff), etc.
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Speaking of Michael Schenker....UFO are one of my top 10 metal bands of all time, probably in the top 5 actually. I remember when they were not headlining yet, going to see them at the Spectrum open for Ozzy Osbourne or maybe it was Billy Squire (Billy Squire ??!!). After they finished their set I left. I'm pretty sure that was their Mechanix tour. Some great songs, all pretty much unknown or forgotten.
Here's one, of many, that I like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5dpYTqyzrw
And a few more, sorry couldn't resist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrFmneUHYoc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKPBmMPYN0
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Jeff
In reference to what you mentioned in earlier post, it is likely that if YOU were between 18 and 25 in Miami from 1980 to 1985, you would have been at one of these clubs where Expose was played as well as others such as
this one very obscure(but I liked it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyhqe4c1l4M
Despite that, still kept the rock n roll out there. By 1986, this stuff faded from my memory as life went on. If I lived where you lived, likely would have gone and seen the Hooters(love their stuff), etc.
You're right Frank, it looks like it was somewhat of a different scene down there; nothing wrong with that and I'd have gone regardless...love live music.
Incidentally, you have taken over the obscure award. Catchy tune...according to my Top Pop Singles, the band is from Holland and the song peaked at #81 on the Hot 100 in July of 1985.
Jeff
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Incidentally, should you wish to hear the Cars new album in its entirety you can do so at the link below. I've got the vinyl on order from my local record store. I really like it, particularly the songs Sad Song (it's quintessential Cars) and Drag On Forever.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-listen-the-cars-first-album-in-24-years-20110503 (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-listen-the-cars-first-album-in-24-years-20110503)
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Jeff
You have done it again. Had not thought of UFO in 30 years. Excellent sound. Thanks for the tunes, listened to the 3 and they are great.
Thanks for the Cars link. Still remember when they first came out, I was in high school(or junior high school). Ocasek sounds good for a quick listen. I'm going to listen to the songs more in depth.
Frank
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Florida was known as home of Southern Rock. Here is another example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgNAfSENE68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMclpOK7a2w
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Jeff
You have done it again. Had not thought of UFO in 30 years. Excellent sound. Thanks for the tunes, listened to the 3 and they are great.
Thanks for the Cars link. Still remember when they first came out, I was in high school(or junior high school). Ocasek sounds good for a quick listen. I'm going to listen to the songs more in depth.
Frank
I'm suddenly on a UFO kick. Pulled out their Obsession album from the archives. It's the one that got me interested in them in the first place. Really like this one, strings and all. Did not chart; forgotten.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la7eAaak-nY
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Florida was known as home of Southern Rock. Here is another example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgNAfSENE68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMclpOK7a2w
I'm not much of a Southern Rock afficianado. The well-known bands suffer from a bit of overplay, there's got to be more quality songs of that genre out there. Would you consider these guys Southern Rock? I had this album but it is among those that were sold off when I paired down my collection years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnlDPmE0mjc
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Jeff
I guess you might call Point Blank Southern Rock, sort of but not of same time. Doesn't have the edge though.
How about a turn towards another 70's Rock Group, forgotten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKZL1EKpdY
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyoknbvXlwM
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Here is yet another forgotten great band:Zebra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5I_CpoodtI
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Jeff
I guess you might call Point Blank Southern Rock, sort of but not of same time. Doesn't have the edge though.
How about a turn towards another 70's Rock Group, forgotten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKZL1EKpdY
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyoknbvXlwM
How could I have not mentioned Head East?! Love them. When I saw their album "Head East", the one that looks like a street sign (sorta) I thought it was by a punk band; IIRC this was around the time of "Never Mind the Bollocks..." by the Sex Pistols and I don't know why seeing the Head East album made me think that but it did. Nevertheless, I'm glad I bought that album. Ended up owning all of their stuff up to and including "US 1". Good examples you posted there, Frank.
Jeff
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For those who love acoustics, some forgotten ones:
The master of guitar Steve Howe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-k2PNFl2w
A really nice tune from Jethro Tull:Elegy.
They were great live back in 1979.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFyIDfgStOQ
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And to go a little further with another tune:
Steve Morse of the Dixie Dregs with a great guitar piece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2flR-0QhkE
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And to go a little further with another tune:
Steve Morse of the Dixie Dregs with a great guitar piece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2flR-0QhkE
Steve Morse is excellent, like his work a lot. The only Dregs album I have is Industry Standard which has a cool instrumental song called Up In The Air, played by Morse and Steve Howe. I also have Morse's CD called Major Impacts on which he plays songs he has written that reflect the musical styles that influenced him. My favorites on there are "Truth Ola" and "Prognosis".
Here's "Up In The Air" with one of my favorite guitarists, Rik Emmett, ably filling in for Steve Howe in a live performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3XdLlLBvm4
I ripped "Truth Ola" and "Prognosis" and posted them on my box.net account if you care to listen...can you hear the influences?
http://www.box.net/shared/oe2jv2jir8
http://www.box.net/shared/1gxhkdpanp
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I always thought Triumph was a cool band from the 70's that has gone forgotten.
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:D Being only 5 I don’t have the massive memory base to draw from like most of you guys. I was only 2 or 3 when this song came out. It still brings back good times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx-JsbnZJ6w
Lyrics:
Caught up in living
Getting through each day
When all the tomorrows become faded yesterdays
Are you slipping away
Lighted by our schedules
Rushing here and there
Become strangers to each other
Miss you everywhere
How did we get this way
When the loneliness becomes too much to bear
Girl, this merry-go-round
Tell each other we still care
Help me turn down the world tonight
Take a quiet moment, somewhere we can unwind
Losing touch, we forget to take time
To share what's in our hearts
Speak what's on our minds
In the silence, hear your heart beat next to mine
Baby, help me turn down the world tonight
So much information streaming at us fast
What I really need to know is if
We can make it last
I wanna keep you close
We make commitments
Take responsibility
Why do we let them come between you and me
That's when I miss you most
We gotta take this night
Throw in our love all the way
Before our moment is gone
Baby, say it's not too late
Help me turn down the world tonight
Take a quiet moment, somewhere we can unwind
Losing touch, we forget to take time
To share what's in our hearts
Speak what's on our minds
Far beyond those, with your body next to mine
Won't you help me turn down the world tonight
Turn down the world tonight
Help me turn down the world tonight
Take a quiet moment, somewhere we can unwind
Losing touch, we forget to take time
To share what's in our hearts
Speak what's on our minds
Oh, turn down the world
Help me turn down the world tonight
In the silence, hear your heart beat next to mine
Baby, help me turn down the world tonight
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The best version of this song I could find, I'd hear this often on the radio while sorting Wackys as a kid.
Until today, I did not know the line goes, "Eat the salted peanuts out the can"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMlrI6IkQv0
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War was a classic group from the 70's. Used to listen to their stuff all the time.
Your video shows the MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, great show. Back then, was on only once a week since there
was no cable.
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War was a classic group from the 70's. Used to listen to their stuff all the time.
Your video shows the MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, great show. Back then, was on only once a week since there
was no cable.
I used to get the Midnight Special DVD's (1 dvd per month). There are a lot of great live performances of artists when they were young and still pretty new on the scene. I also used to like to watch Don Kershner's Rock Concert. That came on Saturday night around 12 and always had good groups. Don's may have been shown just in my area in the North Eastern U.S. I dont know.
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The best version of this song I could find, I'd hear this often on the radio while sorting Wackys as a kid.
With Alfred E Neuman playing the bass.......FANtastic,speaking of Alfred E Neuman, ahhh forget about it.
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Playbug
I used to watch Don Kershner's Rock Concert also. Problem in Miami was, came on at 2AM. Some of the shows did not have anything I liked. So it was a heck of a late time to wait to see who was on the show. No way of knowing until the show came on who was going to be on it.
I also liked Sooooooooooouuuuuuuuullllllll Train. Used to love the announcer elongating the Soul Train logo.
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Playbug
I used to watch Don Kershner's Rock Concert also. Problem in Miami was, came on at 2AM. Some of the shows did not have anything I liked. So it was a heck of a late time to wait to see who was on the show. No way of knowing until the show came on who was going to be on it.
I also liked Sooooooooooouuuuuuuuullllllll Train. Used to love the announcer elongating the Soul Train logo.
Yeah, Sooooooollll Train. Dig those funky dances. Maybe you've seen the Bandstand show too (or American Bandstand), they used to play the top 10 and have dancers that seemed to be coming from off of the beach. Dick Clark hosted it alot, but it usually aired in the summer during the day I believe.
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:D Being only 5 I don’t have the massive memory base to draw from like most of you guys. I was only 2 or 3 when this song came out. It still brings back good times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GEgwJMjoTk
By my calculations that makes you 36 in human years, more than enough to have some musical experiences to draw from. :D
I like that song from Journey although I haven't listened to anything from them since their heyday with Steve Perry on lead vocals. Keep 'em coming!
Jeff
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Yeah, Sooooooollll Train. Dig those funky dances. Maybe you've seen the Bandstand show too (or American Bandstand), they used to play the top 10 and have dancers that seemed to be coming from off of the beach. Dick Clark hosted it alot, but it usually aired in the summer during the day I believe.
American Bandstand was a staple in our household on Saturday afternoons. Great show!
Caught The Midnight Special and Rock Concert occasionally. Also Solid Gold but not every week like Bandstand.
And now we direct your attention back to the topic at hand, forgotten songs...here's another one. Got as high as #36, never hear it anymore. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l0fH0dRUow
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I used to get the Midnight Special DVD's (1 dvd per month). There are a lot of great live performances of artists when they were young and still pretty new on the scene. I also used to like to watch Don Kershner's Rock Concert. That came on Saturday night around 12 and always had good groups. Don's may have been shown just in my area in the North Eastern U.S. I dont know.
Assuming these (http://www.midnightspecial.com/products.php (http://www.midnightspecial.com/products.php)) are the ones you subscribed to, are they of decent quality?
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American Bandstand was a staple in our household on Saturday afternoons. Great show!
Caught The Midnight Special and Rock Concert occasionally. Also Solid Gold but not every week like Bandstand.
And now we direct your attention back to the topic at hand, forgotten songs...here's another one. Got as high as #36, never hear it anymore. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l0fH0dRUow
Don't know about the radio, but many Harry Chapin songs play on my iPod almost daily. I still think his GREATEST STORIES LIVE album ranks in the top 10 concert albums of all times. 30,000 POUNDS OF BANANAS!!!
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Assuming these (http://www.midnightspecial.com/products.php (http://www.midnightspecial.com/products.php)) are the ones you subscribed to, are they of decent quality?
Yes, they are of decent quality. As good or better than expected for the types of recording equipment that was used in that era of time too.
I see a lot of rare performances by artists of a broad spectrum of musical pop stylings from the 70's. A lot will take you back and you'll say, wow - I totally forgot about that song/group. Nice to pop one in and watch at dinner when you start getting bombarded with soooo many damn commercials and can't take it anymore.
I am not currently subscribed, but have amassed quite a collection. At one point, they let me change my frequency of recieving new DVD's as I started getting them faster than I was able to view them. I went from 2 per month to just 1 per month. That was cool of them to allow me to do that. It also does seem that a lot more of the music I was interested in, happened to be in the DVD's that I recieved during the 1st year or so.
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Like that song for Journey. Shows what decade I'm from, had never even heard the new Journey singer until I saw the clip above.
I'm back from the Perry days. That is when they dominated the seen. The guy from the Babys, Kane who played Keyboards for them, moved over to Jouney.
Saw a recent video about the guitarist for Jouney, he was originally with Santana(along with the original Keyboardist for Jouney). If my recollection is correct, the 2 formed Jouney in the early 1970's.
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Like that song for Journey. Shows what decade I'm from, had never even heard the new Journey singer until I saw the clip above.
I'm back from the Perry days. That is when they dominated the seen. The guy from the Babys, Kane who played Keyboards for them, moved over to Journey.
Saw a recent video about the guitarist for Journey, he was originally with Santana(along with the original Keyboardist for Journey). If my recollection is correct, the 2 formed Journey in the early 1970's.
I got to see Journey back in the 80's on their Frontier tour. The show was similar to their previous tour. It was with Steve Perry and is still the BEST live concert I've seen to this day by a rock band (and I see a LOT of live concerts). It was at JFK stadium in Philly (that was an open roof arena style building) and they played with 4 other big name acts. Journey hit the stage at dusk and was soo on top of their game playing and energy wise it was incredible. They cranked out about 6 or 7 songs before even saying "hello" to the audience. They meant business and everyone there was eating it up in jaw dropping amazement. I was on the ground "floor" seating and at one point the crowd started pushing slowly to the stage, so the crowd started circulating and cycling toward the stage, then back around. It did this 2 times which actually was pretty cool because you got to see the band right up close even for a little while. In the end we did reclaim our "spot" on the floor. Also, this was the 1st concert where the band had a big screen TV monitor viewer for the audience. Everyone knew how amazing this concert was because people at the concert kept looking at each other and commenting on how awesome the show was. (although they didn't need to, you could just read it on their faces) As if the show wasn't great enough, there was 45 minutes worth of fireworks that were lit off at the very end of the whole thing. Even that was a once in a lifetime experience watching fireworks with approx. 30.000 people. The ooohs and aaaahs were funny to hear. We're going to see Journey with the "new" guy this year. I need to restrain myself from compairing. We saw them a few years back with the other "new" Michael Bolton lookin guy and he was O.K.
IMO after seeing Steve Perry with the band, those are might big shoes to fill. There is just something that magically "happens" when you mix the right people together, even if they have differences.
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Saw a recent video about the guitarist for Jouney, he was originally with Santana(along with the original Keyboardist for Jouney). If my recollection is correct, the 2 formed Jouney in the early 1970's.
His name is Greg Rollie
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NEZH..
Thanks, had forgotten his name and did not have access to look it up.
Frank
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A forgotten album from a popular group for the 1970's. My favorite album from this group and when the 33 came out, I played it over and over and over. I knew every song front and back. It however, not very popular among the public. Great music. Here is some samples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRLwdR3G_IQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_NABrTXKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CqQO8zEjVU
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Playbug
Cool recollection.
I have never been to a concert like that with open seating.
Used to go the Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood, Fla, this old concert venue. Great recollections. Went to alot of concerts there but they smashed it to the ground.
Probably some great concerts in Philly. Home of Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, Tug McGraw, Mike Schmidt and so many others.
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I got to see Journey back in the 80's on their Frontier tour. The show was similar to their previous tour. It was with Steve Perry and is still the BEST live concert I've seen to this day by a rock band (and I see a LOT of live concerts). It was at JFK stadium in Philly (that was an open roof arena style building) and they played with 4 other big name acts. Journey hit the stage at dusk and was soo on top of their game playing and energy wise it was incredible. They cranked out about 6 or 7 songs before even saying "hello" to the audience. They meant business and everyone there was eating it up in jaw dropping amazement. I was on the ground "floor" seating and at one point the crowd started pushing slowly to the stage, so the crowd started circulating and cycling toward the stage, then back around. It did this 2 times which actually was pretty cool because you got to see the band right up close even for a little while. In the end we did reclaim our "spot" on the floor. Also, this was the 1st concert where the band had a big screen TV monitor viewer for the audience. Everyone knew how amazing this concert was because people at the concert kept looking at each other and commenting on how awesome the show was. (although they didn't need to, you could just read it on their faces) As if the show wasn't great enough, there was 45 minutes worth of fireworks that were lit off at the very end of the whole thing. Even that was a once in a lifetime experience watching fireworks with approx. 30.000 people. The ooohs and aaaahs were funny to hear. We're going to see Journey with the "new" guy this year. I need to restrain myself from compairing. We saw them a few years back with the other "new" Michael Bolton lookin guy and he was O.K.
IMO after seeing Steve Perry with the band, those are might big shoes to fill. There is just something that magically "happens" when you mix the right people together, even if they have differences.
Sounds like the "JFK Jam" shows I saw there with multiple groups in one loooong day. I can't remember them all but probably the most memorable for me was Joan Jett, Loverboy, Huey Lewis and the News, The Kinks, and I think Foreigner - love the Kinks which was mainly why I went but everyone was in the groove that day and it was a great event. For an open air venue I thought JFK was great but toward the end it was looking a little run down.
Well said regarding Steve Perry. I was not always a Journey fan. I saw them for the first time when I was coerced into taking my two sisters to see them at the Spectrum on their Escape tour. Huge fan since that show, at least of the Steve Perry version. I've told my wife (who has never seen them live) that if Steve ever gets back with them, I don't care if the tickets are $200 and we have to fly to San Francisco...we're there!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF-FbiitNtI
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A forgotten album from a popular group for the 1970's. My favorite album from this group and when the 33 came out, I played it over and over and over. I knew every song front and back. It however, not very popular among the public. Great music. Here is some samples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRLwdR3G_IQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_NABrTXKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CqQO8zEjVU
Good ones Frank, thanks for remembering!
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Have we discussed LRB before (too lazy to check)? This song was at #15 on the Cashbox Top 100 Singles for the week ending June 5, 1982. I like this song, never heard it like this before though...very cool! Forgotten? Yes, at least by the masses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMZU1JsxT40
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Sounds like the "JFK Jam" shows I saw there with multiple groups in one loooong day. I can't remember them all but probably the most memorable for me was Joan Jett, Loverboy, Huey Lewis and the News, The Kinks, and I think Foreigner - love the Kinks which was mainly why I went but everyone was in the groove that day and it was a great event. For an open air venue I thought JFK was great but toward the end it was looking a little run down.
Well said regarding Steve Perry. I was not always a Journey fan. I saw them for the first time when I was coerced into taking my two sisters to see them at the Spectrum on their Escape tour. Huge fan since that show, at least of the Steve Perry version. I've told my wife (who has never seen them live) that if Steve ever gets back with them, I don't care if the tickets are $200 and we have to fly to San Francisco...we're there!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF-FbiitNtI
Yeah, I saw that one too, the Joan Jett, Loverboy, Kinks, Huey, and Foreigner. I also remember seeing another with 5 others, the Tubes, John Cougar and some other I can't remember right now. I also saw anther one in the early 90's called the Monster of Rock tour. There was Metallica, Kingdom Come, Scorpions, Doken and Pantera.
If Steve Perry is back in Journey, I will be there too along with a ton of my friends.
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Playbug
Cool recollection.
I have never been to a concert like that with open seating.
Used to go the Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood, Fla, this old concert venue. Great recollections. Went to alot of concerts there but they smashed it to the ground.
Probably some great concerts in Philly. Home of Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, Tug McGraw, Mike Schmidt and so many others.
Yes, Philly has always been the host of many great bands that I've gone to see through the years.
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Thirty-nine years ago this week, this song was at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and would peak at #29 the following week. Great song by a great band. Forgotten? Not by their fans but definitely by radio and the masses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZZjXgJ4W8
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Moody Blues:great band.
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Moody Blues:great band.
That sounds like the answer to a variation on Stephen Colbert's frequent question regarding George W. Bush. Moody Blues:Great band? Or Greatest band ever?
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Thirty-nine years ago this week, this song was at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and would peak at #29 the following week. Great song by a great band. Forgotten? Not by their fans but definitely by radio and the masses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZZjXgJ4W8
Nice song that I had forgotten about, thanks for posting!
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DrSushi
Sorry, dont watch that show. I'm a huge fan of Archie Bunker though.
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This week's AT40 rebroadcast from the 80's featured the Top 40 from Billboard's Hot 100 of June 2, 1984. At #4 on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts was Oh Sherrie by Steve Perry. Although a smash hit for Mr. Perry (the song would go one notch higher on the Hot 100 but hold for four straight weeks at #4 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart) it is not one of my favorites from his solo career. This one, which was not released as a single, is a personal favorite. What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq5___m59ko
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Like it Jeff. Cool song.
Just about anything he sings sounds good.
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One of theeeeee best sounding bands of the 80's:TOTO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfEC8LpmNqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAfC350g6sM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PlsNigNUgw
You can listen to this music over and over again. The scenery in their videos reminds me of Miami, near the water on a cool day. In an open house with the wind blowing through and about 74 degrees, sunny. You could just fall asleep.
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Well said regarding Steve Perry. I was not always a Journey fan. I saw them for the first time when I was coerced into taking my two sisters to see them at the Spectrum on their Escape tour. Huge fan since that show, at least of the Steve Perry version. I've told my wife (who has never seen them live) that if Steve ever gets back with them, I don't care if the tickets are $200 and we have to fly to San Francisco...we're there!!
There is a live Journey DVD available from the ESC4P3 tour that is really amazing. It is a concert that was filmed in Houston in 1981. One of the best concert DVDs I have ever watched. You can probably find one on eBay for under $10.
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There is a live Journey DVD available from the ESC4P3 tour that is really amazing. It is a concert that was filmed in Houston in 1981. One of the best concert DVDs I have ever watched. You can probably find one on eBay for under $10.
Thanks for mentioning that. I think they showed that concert on HBO or Showtime. A buddy of mine had the beta tape of it. I just ordered it for $9 shipped.
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One of theeeeee best sounding bands of the 80's:TOTO
You can listen to this music over and over again. The scenery in their videos reminds me of Miami, near the water on a cool day. In an open house with the wind blowing through and about 74 degrees, sunny. You could just fall asleep.
I must admit to being very much a neophyte when it comes to Toto music, although I'm familiar with Steve Lukather as a guitarist of some renown. The song 99 was very popular at the time, so much so that I kinda got tired of hearing it. It always made me think of Barbara Feldon.
The other two are new to me Frank, thanks for the introduction. I guess they were in the later 80s when I was listening less and less to contemporary music.
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I must admit to being very much a neophyte when it comes to Toto music, although I'm familiar with Steve Lukather as a guitarist of some renown. The song 99 was very popular at the time, so much so that I kinda got tired of hearing it. It always made me think of Barbara Feldon.
The other two are new to me Frank, thanks for the introduction. I guess they were in the later 80s when I was listening less and less to contemporary music.
Far from being a forgotten song, this is still my favorite Toto song...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22vt6_toto-africa_music (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22vt6_toto-africa_music)
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Your video shows the MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, great show.
Was not familiar with the show until I ran into clips of it on You-Tube recently, many of which have high quality video and sound. I’ve noticed many of the band members seem to dress spiffy for these performances and some of the shows have stars introducing the bands, such as Bill Cosby, who at one point tells the audience the members of Steely Dan "turned on" after they went to college.
Here is another good one from the show. I wonder why Mr. Space Cowboy is playing his guitar upside down. Maybe that is appropriate for the subject matter, the Midnight Toker plays the Midnight Special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd5ag754UAQ
Although "The Joker" had not been forgotten, one of my favorite songs of Steve Miller's was from his 1969 album, Brave New World, called “Kow Kow”. Anyone remember that obscure song?
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Jean Nutty
Thanks for that clip. Had never heard him sing that song in that version.
I am amazed at what came from Steve Miller. One hit after another in the mid 70's. His greatest hit album along with the Eagles were my favorite greatest hit albums. Another big album was Framptom Comes Alive. Started thinking about all this after listening to your clip. I'm addicted to the 70's. And music was such a big part of it.
That is the great thing about this thread, keeps heading me back to my childhood. .
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Jeff
Steve Lukather had an unmistakable melodic voice. You mentioned him prior.
Listen to this song which was a small hit for Toto. Also includes MICHAEL MCDONALD
During my mid to late teens, did the air guitar thing and this song was one of my favorites along with pretending to be the vocalist. Ah, the youth of old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u1u3Q-G5xI
Like the Barb Feldon comment.
Scoot, that was a great song. Not forgotten however, the 20 something females that work in my office love that song. When I mention Toto, that is the song they remember, AFRICA, AFRICA, AFRICA.
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There is a live Journey DVD available from the ESC4P3 tour that is really amazing. It is a concert that was filmed in Houston in 1981. One of the best concert DVDs I have ever watched. You can probably find one on eBay for under $10.
Thanks for the info. I have a Journey Greatest Hits DVD, but it is newer 1997 release, I'll definatlely check into that.
Here's my top music DVD picks to watch: (these are listed on my website jeffxmusic)
#5 E.L.O. - Zoom Tour Live (mellow but great)
#4 Foreigner - Live at Deer Creek (Lou Gramm - one of my favorite all time vocalists)
#3 Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (rock perfection)
#2 Pink Floyd - Pulse (Awesome sound)
#1 Paul McCartney - Back in the U.S.A. (when I 1st put this DVD in, I was fixated so much that I wouldn't even put it on pause to use the bathroom - unbelievably awesome) BTW - I didn't wet myself :)
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...I wonder why Mr. Space Cowboy is playing his guitar upside down.
It's a left-handed Strat and he's right-handed.
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Hey, maybe you musical experts can help my wife and I pull together the details of a vague memory. Sometime around early fall of 1982, I had just finished college and we drove down to Florida for a celebration vacation. Listened to the radio the whole trip down and back. We both seem to remember that Jim Steinman, who wrote the songs for several Meatloaf albums, was responsible for 3 songs on the top 40 at the time... None of which were sung by Meatloaf. We seems to agree on TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART by Bonnie Tyler, MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL performed by Air Supply but we can't come up with the third.Seems I remember it being sung by Cher. She thinks Jim Steiman himself was the artist. Did they ever do a duet? Anyone remember?
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Thanks for the info. I have a Journey Greatest Hits DVD, but it is newer 1997 release, I'll definatlely check into that.
Here's my top music DVD picks to watch: (these are listed on my website jeffxmusic)
#5 E.L.O. - Zoom Tour Live (mellow but great)
#4 Foreigner - Live at Deer Creek (Lou Gramm - one of my favorite all time vocalists)
#3 Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (rock perfection)
#2 Pink Floyd - Pulse (Awesome sound)
#1 Paul McCartney - Back in the U.S.A. (when I 1st put this DVD in, I was fixated so much that I wouldn't even put it on pause to use the bathroom - unbelievably awesome) BTW - I didn't wet myself :)
That's an interesting Top 5. I'll have to check into the McCartney one, my wife is a true Beatlemaniac and would probably like it.
I am more audio oriented than video so only have a few DVDs: Triumph - Live at the US Festival, Journey - Greatest Hits 1978-1997 (mixture of live and music videos), Roger Waters - in the flesh - live, and Pink Floyd - Pulse.
What I do have a ton of is old King Biscuit Flower Hour shows that I recorded on cassette tape. Between King Biscuit and Off The Record I spent a lot of $$ on blank cassettes and a ton of time recording all of it. Incidentally, I think one of the King Biscuit shows I have is the same Journey show as on that DVD of the Escape tour that BustedFinger mentioned. I also have another one that is from the Palladium in New York from 1978, it's from the Infinity tour and features the new singer...a guy named Steve Perry.
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Hey, maybe you musical experts can help my wife and I pull together the details of a vague memory. Sometime around early fall of 1982, I had just finished college and we drove down to Florida for a celebration vacation. Listened to the radio the whole trip down and back. We both seem to remember that Jim Steinman, who wrote the songs for several Meatloaf albums, was responsible for 3 songs on the top 40 at the time... None of which were sung by Meatloaf. We seems to agree on TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART by Bonnie Tyler, MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL performed by Air Supply but we can't come up with the third.Seems I remember it being sung by Cher. She thinks Jim Steiman himself was the artist. Did they ever do a duet? Anyone remember?
Dead Ringer For Love was on the third Meat Loaf album and featured Cher. Interesting that you heard that on the radio, it never charted but of course could have been played by any album oriented station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy_XrSLG4gg
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Hey, maybe you musical experts can help my wife and I pull together the details of a vague memory. Sometime around early fall of 1982, I had just finished college and we drove down to Florida for a celebration vacation. Listened to the radio the whole trip down and back. We both seem to remember that Jim Steinman, who wrote the songs for several Meatloaf albums, was responsible for 3 songs on the top 40 at the time... None of which were sung by Meatloaf. We seems to agree on TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART by Bonnie Tyler, MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL performed by Air Supply but we can't come up with the third.Seems I remember it being sung by Cher. She thinks Jim Steiman himself was the artist. Did they ever do a duet? Anyone remember?
Hmmmmm doing some research online to try and answer my own question... it appears the third song might have been Barry Mannilow's remake of READ 'EM AND WEAP. I do remember one of the DJ making a big deal that it was the first time a song writer ever had 3 top 40 songs simultaneously, performed by different artists.
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It's a left-handed Strat and he's right-handed.
I know a few musicians in my area that play like that. They're really not that good though. It always looks strange, (even if they are good) you just don't mind it when the player is good.
Another friend of mine, who plays left handed (but right side up) expressed his frustration in trying to find a true left handed strat. This way before the days of e-bay.
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That's an interesting Top 5. I'll have to check into the McCartney one, my wife is a true Beatlemaniac and would probably like it.
I am more audio oriented than video so only have a few DVDs: Triumph - Live at the US Festival, Journey - Greatest Hits 1978-1997 (mixture of live and music videos), Roger Waters - in the flesh - live, and Pink Floyd - Pulse.
What I do have a ton of is old King Biscuit Flower Hour shows that I recorded on cassette tape. Between King Biscuit and Off The Record I spent a lot of $$ on blank cassettes and a ton of time recording all of it. Incidentally, I think one of the King Biscuit shows I have is the same Journey show as on that DVD of the Escape tour that BustedFinger mentioned. I also have another one that is from the Palladium in New York from 1978, it's from the Infinity tour and features the new singer...a guy named Steve Perry.
Your wife will love you even more !! I definately will have to check out that Triumph DVD. This was my 1st bass player's (and me) favorite band back in the day when I only played drums.
Do you still have a cassette player to play them on or have you transferred them to CD's?
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Thanks for the info. I have a Journey Greatest Hits DVD, but it is newer 1997 release, I'll definatlely check into that.
Here's my top music DVD picks to watch: (these are listed on my website jeffxmusic)
#1 Paul McCartney - Back in the U.S.A. (when I 1st put this DVD in, I was fixated so much that I wouldn't even put it on pause to use the bathroom - unbelievably awesome) BTW - I didn't wet myself :)
You are dead on about the McCartney DVD. When I got it, I popped it in to watch the first song and judge the quality and then I was gonna go wash cars, cut grass, etc. 2 hours later (and an hour after I should have taken a pee break) I was astonished to see it end. I totally was sucked into the concert and forgot about everything else. I've heard most of these songs my whole life, seen Paul live 4 times over the last 20 years and consider myself a lifelong fan (that can also be critical of some of his work and very critical of his sometimes schmaltzy public persona). I was absolutely transfixed by perhaps THE Greatest performer of our times. I found myself in tears at points of the show, because it was so good. It's amazing that his old ass can still bring it! Sound and camera work it top notch. Just like of the Clapton productions of the last 15 years (Hyde Park, Concert for George, Cream reunion, Crossroads concerts, Clapton/Winwood), there is a reason why these guys are such legends and carry the respect and admiration of most everyone. These DVDs really show off the best of these guys and the production quality is the absolute best.
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Here's my top music DVD picks to watch:
5. Tie: Pink Floyd - Live in Pompeii (1971)/Cream (2005 Reunion)
4. Clapton/Winwood (2009 Concerts)
3. Led Zeppelin DVD Set (1968-1980)
2. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Soundstage (2003)
1. Concert for George (2002 George Harrison Tribute Concert)
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Since there was a discussion of Paul McCartney, here are some "forgotten" Wings hits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVtfVa6TonE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lFBq8t5kdw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFqKN8yhA54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PCCqWQkWJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBkySeyiDo
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Hmmmmm doing some research online to try and answer my own question... it appears the third song might have been Barry Mannilow's remake of READ 'EM AND WEAP. I do remember one of the DJ making a big deal that it was the first time a song writer ever had 3 top 40 songs simultaneously, performed by different artists.
See my answer right above this post of yours...
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See my answer right above this post of yours...
But as you pointed out, DEAD RINGER FOR LOVE did not chart. This was an instance of 3 Steinman songs on the chart at the same time... or we were misled by the DJ.
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Hmmmmm doing some research online to try and answer my own question... it appears the third song might have been Barry Mannilow's remake of READ 'EM AND WEAP. I do remember one of the DJ making a big deal that it was the first time a song writer ever had 3 top 40 songs simultaneously, performed by different artists.
You did answer your own question. I completely missed the qualifiers, it's what I get for skimming instead of reading late at night. Here's what I dug out of the charts:
Read 'Em And Weep entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 11/19/83 at number 53 and by the following week, 11/26/83, it was at number 38. At position 20 the week of 11/26 was Making Love Out Of Nothing At All and at number 12 that same week was Total Eclipse Of The Heart. The three songs were in the Top 40 together one more week, the week of 12/3/83, with the Air Supply song dropping to number 37, the Manilow song sitting at number 30 and the Tyler song at number 21. So other than this happening in 1983 instead of 1982 you got it correct.
The Exceedrin AT40 archives are not very complete for the 1980s, I only have the week of November 12, 1983 for the time period in question but that is the type of interesting fact that Casey would probably have mentioned as well. It's definitely a great trivia question and I'll be filing it away for future use.
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Hey Jeff
Great research. Excellent question to on this thread.
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You did answer your own question. I completely missed the qualifiers, it's what I get for skimming instead of reading late at night. Here's what I dug out of the charts:
Read 'Em And Weep entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 11/19/83 at number 53 and by the following week, 11/26/83, it was at number 38. At position 20 the week of 11/26 was Making Love Out Of Nothing At All and at number 12 that same week was Total Eclipse Of The Heart. The three songs were in the Top 40 together one more week, the week of 12/3/83, with the Air Supply song dropping to number 37, the Manilow song sitting at number 30 and the Tyler song at number 21. So other than this happening in 1983 instead of 1982 you got it correct.
The Exceedrin AT40 archives are not very complete for the 1980s, I only have the week of November 12, 1983 for the time period in question but that is the type of interesting fact that Casey would probably have mentioned as well. It's definitely a great trivia question and I'll be filing it away for future use.
Great info! I was poking through top 40 charts for 1982 and 1983... a lot of terrific songs and artists those years. It was a time of some pretty diverse artists hitting the charts.
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Your wife will love you even more !! I definately will have to check out that Triumph DVD. This was my 1st bass player's (and me) favorite band back in the day when I only played drums.
Do you still have a cassette player to play them on or have you transferred them to CD's?
I still have two working tape decks. I haven't had the time to convert more than a few favorites to MP3 but hope to do some more of that in the future. The cassettes have held up rather well considering some of them are over 30 years old.
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Great info! I was poking through top 40 charts for 1982 and 1983... a lot of terrific songs and artists those years. It was a time of some pretty diverse artists hitting the charts.
Agreed, those early 80s charts are very good. This week's Billboard chart for 1983 has The Kinks, Journey, Pat Benatar, Toto, LRB, Greg Kihn, Dave Edmunds, The Tubes, Dexy's Midnight Runners, and on an on. A diverse and overall pretty solid set of 100 songs.
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Since there was a discussion of Paul McCartney, here are some "forgotten" Wings hits.
Getting Closer and Arrow Through Me are great songs. Back To The Egg is an overall excellent album.
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Getting Closer and Arrow Through Me are great songs. Back To The Egg is an overall excellent album.
Glad to hear someone else with that opinion. BACK TO THE EGG and LONDON TOWN are my favorite two McCartney albums. Not the shared opinion of most.
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Would agree this song is forgotten(not played much). Loved this song when I was in school
Darn I love those suits. Back to the 70's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmzWzfd2WN0
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Would agree this song is forgotten(not played much). Loved this song when I was in school
Darn I love those suits. Back to the 70's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmzWzfd2WN0
Groovy baby! As they'd say on Bandstand, "It's got a beat and you can dance to it". I'd give it an 84. I'd rate this one slightly higher, even though it did not chart nearly as high.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQcCRo2b-ZE
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This song debuted at #40 for the week ending June 11, 1977. I'm sure it still gets some airplay...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuj0Ur44qig
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This song debuted at #40 for the week ending June 11, 1977. I'm sure it still get some airplay...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuj0Ur44qig
I just heard that on XM 70's last week. Good song!
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I just heard that on XM 70's last week. Good song!
Lost?? I still have the 45 LOL! Have never Seen the video however....very cool! Thank you!
PS: need any lost songs?....have 6,000 45's (down from 98,000) ...Ebay very much in my future :-\
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Rabid
98K 45's. Wow. Cant even imagine what that looks like.
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Jeff
Song you picked which was in Saturday Night Fever, is actually a better sounding song. That guy had one heck of a voice.
Speaking of Boogy, how about a homegrown from my town boggie, sparkling, cool yule, great hair Disco man from the 1970's, from Miami, my home town, though I never saw him. Here is one of my favorites, dont hear it anymore. Ha, Ha, Ha. :great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-l5FyA3pgo
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Lost?? I still have the 45 LOL! Have never Seen the video however....very cool! Thank you!
PS: need any lost songs?....have 6,000 45's (down from 98,000) ...Ebay very much in my future :-\
Who has a turntable these days? I got rid of mine 10 years ago. I gave all my albums away to a friend
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Who has a turntable these days? I got rid of mine 10 years ago. I gave all my albums away to a friend
I do! I have an updated one that has a USB output, see the link below. Going to a garage sale and finding records cheap is fun. As far as storage,yes the records take up some room but I have plenty of storage space but I also keep the quantity to a minimum.
http://www.jr.com/audio-technica/pe/AT_ATLP120USB/
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I do! I have an updated one that has a USB output, see the link below. Going to a garage sale and finding records cheap is fun. As far as storage,yes the records take up some room but I have plenty of storage space but I also keep the quantity to a minimum.
http://www.jr.com/audio-technica/pe/AT_ATLP120USB/
I have a Pro Stanton on those same lines...still working on the quantity to a minimum LOL! ....sold 90,000 to a record store......they where stacked against a wall in back....fell over
a week later and detroyed most of them :sad:
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Thought of this song today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BrSVOOK610
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Thought of this song today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BrSVOOK610
I've never heard of that song before. That's a very strange song for the Carpenters to sing.
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Getting a bit mellow here, how about a couple from Robbie Dupree:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAsBuABX1p4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ODvYyLHbkk
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This song debuted at #40 for the week ending June 11, 1977. I'm sure it still get some airplay...
Ah, yes. That's Alice Cooper during his "Perry Como" phase. Here's a good one from his new wave phase. I have no idea if this is the original video, as I've never seen it before. It's kinda racy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMQGI9URBbY
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Agreed, never ever heard of that Carpenter's song. If I didn't see her singing it, probably wouldn't believe it.
Dupree is excellent, first time I heard the top song in years.
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Lost?? I still have the 45 LOL! Have never Seen the video however....very cool! Thank you!
PS: need any lost songs?....have 6,000 45's (down from 98,000) ...Ebay very much in my future :-\
That is indeed a lot of 45's. At it's peak the Exceedrin LP Archives approached 5,000. As for 45's, I only ever bought ones with picture sleeves; still have about 700-750 left, sold off about the same amount at the same time I pared the LP's back to my "best". Should have just kept everything! Oh well.
I do! I have an updated one that has a USB output, see the link below. Going to a garage sale and finding records cheap is fun. As far as storage,yes the records take up some room but I have plenty of storage space but I also keep the quantity to a minimum.
http://www.jr.com/audio-technica/pe/AT_ATLP120USB/
I've been meaning to look into those a little more closely. My old Denon turntable is still going strong and with it hooked up to my iMic which is hooked up to my Mac, I can RIP vinyl that sounds pretty good without a lot of messing around. The iMic can also handle my cassette decks. Wish I had more time to play around with all of it.
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Agreed, never ever heard of that Carpenter's song. If I didn't see her singing it, probably wouldn't believe it.
Dupree is excellent, first time I heard the top song in years.
I always think of that particular song as being a Klaatu song even though I remember hearing the Carpenters version on AT40 and thinking it odd that they would cover it; just wasn't their style. The only reason I bought the Klaatu album was because of the rumors that it was really the Beatles. Ended up liking the album and their later releases anyway. By the way, don't get me started on Karen Carpenter, that bring-on-the-pain voice of hers is killer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKWYooRaG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GWThwGj8qM
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Ah, yes. That's Alice Cooper during his "Perry Como" phase. Here's a good one from his new wave phase. I have no idea if this is the original video, as I've never seen it before. It's kinda racy.
Now there's a tune I forgot about, thanks! My favorite Alice Cooper song is I'm Alive (That Was The Day My Dead Pet Returned To Save My Life). When I first played that it made me laugh; rather catchy tune in a strange, Alice kind of way. Familiar with it?
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Jeff
Song you picked which was in Saturday Night Fever, is actually a better sounding song. That guy had one heck of a voice.
Speaking of Boogy, how about a homegrown from my town boggie, sparkling, cool yule, great hair Disco man from the 1970's, from Miami, my home town, though I never saw him. Here is one of my favorites, dont hear it anymore. Ha, Ha, Ha. :great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-l5FyA3pgo
I did not know that song was in Saturday Night Fever. I've never actually seen SNF, perhaps I should add it to the Netflix queue.
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I did not know that song was in Saturday Night Fever. I've never actually seen SNF, perhaps I should add it to the Netflix queue.
My sisters loved KC & The Sunshine Band. They played his stuff incessantly. I'm not a big fan but their hits are certainly an important part of the 70's musical story.
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Lost?? I still have the 45 LOL! Have never Seen the video however....very cool! Thank you!
PS: need any lost songs?....have 6,000 45's (down from 98,000) ...Ebay very much in my future :-\
Do you ever listen to Barry Scott's "Lost 45s"? He spins some good ones and has some interesting interviews.
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Getting a bit mellow here, how about a couple from Robbie Dupree:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAsBuABX1p4
You know I had not heard Hod Rod Hearts for many years until about two years ago when we were on the road and dial scanning AM stations for ones that play music instead of talk. Caught the song on a weak signal somewhere around the middle and then lost it. It drove me nuts because I could not for the life of me remember the name or who sung it. Thanks to Google and a tiny bit of lyric I was able to figure it out and ended up downloading it from Amazon because I never owned the album or 45. Thanks for posting.
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I always think of that particular song as being a Klaatu song even though I remember hearing the Carpenters version on AT40 and thinking it odd that they would cover it; just wasn't their style. The only reason I bought the Klaatu album was because of the rumors that it was really the Beatles. Ended up liking the album and their later releases anyway. By the way, don't get me started on Karen Carpenter, that bring-on-the-pain voice of hers is killer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKWYooRaG4
I'm a big fan of Klaatu's first two albums. HOPE is a very interesting album with hints of Queen, Alan Parsons, and Styx in places. it's a little ironic in that their final 3 albums seemed to me to be where they tried to emulate the Beatle's style, long after the rumors they were the Beatle's reunited, had died away. Their albums SIR ARMY SUIT, ENDANGERED SPECIES, and MAGENTA LANE each contain some good material but not nearly as rich and satisfying as the first two. Their debut album, KLAATU, is one of my top 5 LPs of all time.
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This one is a great song, IMO of course. It has horns, strings, good vocals...I'm a sucker for this kind of tune. It debuted on the Cashbox Top 100 at #99 on October 13, 1973 and peaked at #31 on December 22, 1973. Peaked at a mere #53 on the December 3, 1973 Billboard Hot 100. They did better in their home town. According to my CHUM Chart Book, the song peaked at #6 on the CHUM 30 on November 24, 1973. All-in-all they had some success with this one but it is virtually forgotten today. Anyone remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIssdqXKMEQ
BTW, have any of you seen Music Mike's vids before? I found his channel a couple of years ago when I was looking for a video of Jigsaw's Sky High; he's got some really good stuff...check it out.
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Now there's a tune I forgot about, thanks! My favorite Alice Cooper song is I'm Alive (That Was The Day My Dead Pet Returned To Save My Life). When I first played that it made me laugh; rather catchy tune in a strange, Alice kind of way. Familiar with it?
I have all the early Alice Cooper albums up to Lace and Whiskey but can't say I ever heard of that one.
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Jeff
Did you ever find the video of Jigsaw? Like to see it if possible
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Jeff
Did you ever find the video of Jigsaw? Like to see it if possible
Frank,
Here it is; thought it was removed but found it again. The video quality is not great but it is the only one I have ever seen of the band performing the song. If anyone knows of one with better quality, please let me know.
Jeff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87JPhX-5_Mg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpq-lAlJqk8
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This one spent three weeks at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 beginning July 22, 1972. Had not thought of it in quite a while.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBGeBu7asuo
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This one spent three weeks at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 beginning July 22, 1972. Had not thought of it in quite a while.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBGeBu7asuo
Even for 1972, isn't this guy's attire 6-7 years out of date?
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Even for 1972, isn't this guy's attire 6-7 years out of date?
Now that you mention it, it does look kinda 60s. Does he remind you of Jerry Garcia at all?
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Jeff
That Jigsaw Video is great. I was so hooked on that song. Never seen it before. Wonder what happened to all of them.
The Mouth and McNeil song I hadn't thought of for a long time either. Another cool song. Love the outfit. I always wondered what the girl behind that voice looked like, looks not what I expected.
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And Who can forget Ralph Machio's debut .....For MAD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMpswF8945Y
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...and one more....strange how even Metallica will one day be in the oldies section.......
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...and one more....strange how even Metallica will one day be in the oldies section.......
[/youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkjvKBPQjo[youtube]
Good one. The Kings were making their rounds about two years ago on some of the music blogs I read; seems like everyone was featuring something about them. They are still active (http://thekingsarehere.com/store.php (http://thekingsarehere.com/store.php)), and have written a documentary about their one hit wonder.
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Here's a crossover hit that was sitting at #31 on the Hot 100 this week in 1981, a few weeks away from its peak at #22. It had already reached #1 on the Country charts back on May 23, 1981. You won't hear this on Pop or Oldies stations today. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqvG7_ZNh8E
Interesting "cast" - Elvis Costello on 12-string, John Mellencamp on vocals, and John Leventhal on 6-string.
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Frank,
Here it is; thought it was removed but found it again. The video quality is not great but it is the only one I have ever seen of the band performing the song. If anyone knows of one with better quality, please let me know.
Jeff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87JPhX-5_Mg
I always thought a woman sang that!!
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Neil Sedaka has had numerous hits that have continued to be popular well beyond their appearance on the charts - Oh! Carol; Laughter In The Rain; The Immigrant, Calendar Girl; Breaking Up Is Hard To Do; Bad Blood all come to mind. But here's one that I had forgotten about. It reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #17 on the Cash Box Top 100 on May 29 back in our Bicentennial Year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PM_tensf-A
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Interesting "cast" - Elvis Costello on 12-string, John Mellencamp on vocals, and John Leventhal on 6-string.
Just in case he collects Wacky Packages and frequents the forum, also Kris Kristofferson in the group :glasses10:
A great songwriter, here is one of his best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxpTZYIbE6g
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Just in case he collects Wacky Packages and frequents the forum, also Kris Kristofferson in the group :glasses10:
A great songwriter, here is one of his best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxpTZYIbE6g
The "he" you refer to is? Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, or John Leventhal ????
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Funny about Neal Sedaka, just saw him the other day on American Idol in the audience.
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Funny about Neal Sedaka, just saw him the other day on American Idol in the audience.
I just saw him on a commercial that was selling CD collections of hits from back in the day. Great songs on them too. Even though it was late at night, I had to watch because of the music and just the history of it all was really cool. I mean history in the sense of how it brings you back - a personal history. Neat stuff.
I was loading some music into my laptop and had forgot about this one til I saw it:
Come and Get It - Badfinger
Cool song!
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I just saw him on a commercial that was selling CD collections of hits from back in the day. Great songs on them too. Even though it was late at night, I had to watch because of the music and just the history of it all was really cool. I mean history in the sense of how it brings you back - a personal history. Neat stuff.
I was loading some music into my laptop and had forgot about this one til I saw it:
Come and Get It - Badfinger
Cool song!
We went to see the movie SUPER 8 tonight. A pretty good flick with a nice circa 1979 soundtrack
(ELO, The Knack, Blondie, etc). We did catch some Wacky Packages on the wall in one kids' rooms also.
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Thanks for the info on Super 8. My wife said she wanted to see it.
How about this forgotten classic from Rainbow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azuSykV_q4U
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Marshall Crenshaw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKZkhdvSNSI
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The "he" you refer to is? Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, or John Leventhal ????
Your 4 question marks exceeded the question mark limit of 3!!! Strictly enforced by forum bot scrubbers, anything over 3 turns into a funny face :-)
Who is John Leventhal? Probably the greatest guitar player in the world who I haven’t heard of . . .
I always thought Sunday Morning Coming Down was a Johnny Cash song and was recently surprised to learn he didn’t write it.
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Your 4 question marks exceeded the question mark limit of 3!!! Strictly enforced by forum bot scrubbers, anything over 3 turns into a funny face :-)
I think it actually works in this instance!
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Marshall Crenshaw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKZkhdvSNSI
That was his only "hit" (chart-wise) but he's got some great tunes. Here's a cool one that was heard on college radio but not a lot of other places; I know I heard it on radio locally, but not often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXo4vS-81a8
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Jeff
Excellent Crenshaw stuff
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I think it actually works in this instance!
So John Levinthal frequents the forum and has a funny face? x3 ;D
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g Dedicating this to Brad's new Engstrom collection...... :great:
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Thanks for the info on Super 8. My wife said she wanted to see it.
How about this forgotten classic from Rainbow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azuSykV_q4U
Missed this one the other day Frank. Joe Lynn Turner's got a great voice for songs like that. Always liked his stuff. I think some of these still get some airplay. Good call.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hyhrvrLCoQ
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K-Tel has a relatively new web presence (still incomplete) and I was browsing the site this weekend, reliving some K-Tel moments. That got me digging in the K-Tel section of the Exceedrin vinyl archives and I found this song. Although I don't remember this one, nor do I have the single, I do have several of the AT40 broadcasts where it appeared - January 8 (#30) and January 22, 1972 (#40). Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua4sWxKKE-I
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K-Tel has a relatively new web presence (still incomplete) and I was browsing the site this weekend, reliving some K-Tel moments. That got me digging in the K-Tel section of the Exceedrin vinyl archives and I found this song. Although I don't remember this one, nor do I have the single, I do have several of the AT40 broadcasts where it appeared - January 8 (#30) and January 22, 1972 (#40). Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua4sWxKKE-I
This was a big song in the 70's. Hey, how old are you? :]
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A little over 35 years ago, this song was at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. I'm sure many of you remember it but have you thought of it lately?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLiVeRJTtqo
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Jeff
You know I'm a 70's junkie but I dont remember that song too well.
How about this one, not too old but dont hear it.
Must agree Rik has one of the best darn voices and what guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T__TAOrfSjc
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A little over 35 years ago, this song was at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. I'm sure many of you remember it but have you thought of it lately?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLiVeRJTtqo
You are right....I remember the song, but had completely forgotten about it.
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Another forgotten great song from the later 1970's. Remember this one?
Gotta love the simplistic clothes
By the way, never thought the singer of this song looked like that guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOhBSOrCjko
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Jeff
You know I'm a 70's junkie but I dont remember that song too well.
How about this one, not too old but dont hear it.
Must agree Rik has one of the best darn voices and what guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T__TAOrfSjc
I haven't heard that song in a long time brings back memories.
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Here is one hit wonder Ali Thomson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCC67ooABJg
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Here is one hit wonder Ali Thomson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCC67ooABJg
There's a reason why I don't hear that song anymore..LOL I listened to the opening and your avitar together and they were both in tune...LOL
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMOQkW4t1Ks
One for Saturday morning (cartoons)
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Jeff
You know I'm a 70's junkie but I dont remember that song too well.
How about this one, not too old but dont hear it.
Must agree Rik has one of the best darn voices and what guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T__TAOrfSjc
I think you already know I'm a huge Rik fan. We've seen him in various places, some of those have been Strung Out Troubadours shows with Dave Dunlop; those two together are awesome. Got the PRO Trio CD for Christmas, it is excellent.
As for Saved By Love, it's a great tune and so is Middle Ground from the same album.
Another fav
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atGQl1qaB-g
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Another forgotten great song from the later 1970's. Remember this one?
Gotta love the simplistic clothes
By the way, never thought the singer of this song looked like that guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOhBSOrCjko
Yep, remember it well, I think it was on the charts for a good long time...but I've totally forgotten about it. Isn't that what this thread is all about? I love this thread, sometimes even more than the Wacky Packages stuff on here (don't tell anyone).
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NezHead42
Cant believe you found that song. Had totally forgot about it but I used to love that song way back. Used to sing it all the time. Talk about a flood of memories:TAKE A LITTLE RHYTHM.
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Here is one hit wonder Ali Thomson
Good one Nez, that one is completely gone from the brain cells; I even checked my backups. I probably would have liked it if I heard it back then (1980-81?).
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I dug out my old WFIL Boss 30 surveys and here is one that was at number 6 on the October 26, 1970 survey. Do you remember it, or is it forgotten? I have heard it on the radio in the recent past but it isn't played a lot, at least in my listening experience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD5UdXq-JLQ
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At one time I would have said this is probably best forgotten but now I'd have to say I kind of dig it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFfzga-X2x4
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Another 70's gem, but one that maybe is not thought of or remembered much. It took a full 6 months to get to number 16 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart in early December, 1970.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR2E3BCRs2E
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This one was at #10 on the Cash Box Top 100 Hits chart on November 18, 1972 after only 5 weeks. I remember hearing it a lot but it got kind of old real quick. Possibly best forgotten?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaf2w14xaRg
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Jeff
Great stuff.
Keep bringing it on.
This is not exactly a song, but has alot of music in it. Forgotten to me since not seen since I went to the movies with my parents to see it.
Great movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzt6zAj7XUM
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Back to the 70s...oh, wait, we never left! I put this album on for a spin this week. This song easily makes my personal Top 10 of 1978. Remember it? Too bad the video is clipped but I think it's the best one on YouTube because it is vintage and has the entire band. The one at the TOTP archives is no better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26iubAguHu0
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Here's a rather obscure one. Neil Young's version is still in my head but not this one. It peaked at #22 on the November 30, 1974 Billboard Hot 100 and #17 on the November 30, 1974 Cash Box Top 100 Hits. Have you forgotten it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TBUH-9I_xA
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Here's a rather obscure one. Neil Young's version is still in my head but not this one. It peaked at #22 on the November 30, 1974 Billboard Hot 100 and #17 on the November 30, 1974 Cash Box Top 100 Hits. Have you forgotten it?
I never heard it before but now I have and it's forgotten.... :D
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfc8x0NWtIE
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc2coufE-Hc
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Here's a rather obscure one. Neil Young's version is still in my head but not this one. It peaked at #22 on the November 30, 1974 Billboard Hot 100 and #17 on the November 30, 1974 Cash Box Top 100 Hits. Have you forgotten it?
I'm wonderin' if you remember this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6A6oTFdcw
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....and now a shameful ....originally Banned song...... :-\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHGV3PhEg5c
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Chris Rea, man have not heard that song since the 1980's. What great memories. My first year of Senior High School. If I could go back.
Suzi Quatro from Happy Days. Sister to Pinkie Tuscadero(spelling?). Ah, again with the memories.
How about these two? Forgotten?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hNNX73TrJM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbyIeFPFhh0
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I'm wonderin' if you remember this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6A6oTFdcw
I did not, thanks! I remember liking the video for that one. My favorite part is near the start where Neil does a convincing job of looking crazy at the appropriate time. Here's my favorite Neil Young song (the "video" doesn't compare to "Wonderin'"), when he was with Buffalo Springfield:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bsvfcXxmJY
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"Burned" has always been an underrepresented song. You really don't hear it these days and hardly heard it then.
Neil just looks so creepy/funny in that "Wonderin'" video. I love his expressions and his hair. I remember watching it on MTV over and over and thinking about it being the MTV generation's introduction to Neil Young. I couldn't imagine what that first impression must have been like.
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I know this is not forgotten, but had to put this in today.
GOD BLESS AMERICA. May God bless this country of ours that seems to be going down the drain. Cant believe what I am seeing as I approach 50 years of age. The lack of responsibility, the debt(parents taught me to manage debt and not let it get out of hand), the showing weakness to other countries, the inability to punish in a tough(no BS)way.
Despite this, I love this country to the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8QksTKRYS0
8) 8) 8) 8)
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So much pissing and moaning. I have been listening to how shitty things are since I was old enough to listen. Truth is, we have grown up and continue to be in the best time ever to be alive.
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quote author=Gurgle link=topic=509.msg31978#msg31978 date=1309806032
I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN 20 AROUND 1893 LIVING IN CHICAGO WITH THE PSYCOPATHS HH HOLMES,JOHAN HOCK AND BELL GUNNESS OPERATING THEIR BUSINESSES OF KILLING.
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Hey Jeff
You haven't forgotten this one have you? :great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_9DoYjfSjc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIB97h6XwQs
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I know this is not forgotten, but had to put this in today.
GOD BLESS AMERICA. May God bless this country of ours that seems to be going down the drain. Cant believe what I am seeing as I approach 50 years of age. The lack of responsibility, the debt(parents taught me to manage debt and not let it get out of hand), the showing weakness to other countries, the inability to punish in a tough(no BS)way.
Despite this, I love this country to the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8QksTKRYS0
8) 8) 8) 8)
A great patriotic song which has stood the test of time. I also think of the Flyers when I hear it; Kate Smith singing God Bless America was a sort of good luck charm for them when performed in place of the Star Spangled Banner.
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Hey Jeff
You haven't forgotten this one have you? :great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_9DoYjfSjc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIB97h6XwQs
I do remember it. What I can't remember is the last time I heard it. I was never a big Kiss fan although I really like the Destroyer album, which I still have. I also have Love Gun, complete with the cutout pop gun, un-punched. Don't know why I kept that other than it was unusual.
BTW, Beth is their highest charting single (#7). This one is their second-highest (#8) and was co-written by Michael Bolton. Remember it (it's from 1990 so you already can assume I never heard it before today)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_RKO5ozLVo
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Speaking of Michael Bolton, here's an album that has been collecting dust in the Exceedrin archives. Great album, don't care for his current MOR/AC stuff at all. Anybody remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NukzQZM-1Qk
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I do, though haven't heard it in over 20 years
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Speaking of Michael Bolton, here's an album that has been collecting dust in the Exceedrin archives. Great album, don't care for his current MOR/AC stuff at all. Anybody remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NukzQZM-1Qk
That was when Bolton was actually a rocker. Not too many people probably remember him in that way. We used to jam that song a lot.
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I do remember it. What I can't remember is the last time I heard it. I was never a big Kiss fan although I really like the Destroyer album, which I still have. I also have Love Gun, complete with the cutout pop gun, un-punched. Don't know why I kept that other than it was unusual.
BTW, Beth is their highest charting single (#7). This one is their second-highest (#8) and was co-written by Michael Bolton. Remember it (it's from 1990 so you already can assume I never heard it before today)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_RKO5ozLVo
Desmond Child also wrote and co-wrote quite a few Kiss songs. There was a song by Desmond Child and Rouge called Westside Pow Wow that I used to love. I'ts not on Youbtube though. I remember first seeing it on Pop Clips when the Nickelodeon channel first started.
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Here is Desmond Child and Rouge - Westside Pow Wow. Very obscure and almost impossible if not impossible to find
www.wacky-base.com/coolstuff/WestsidePowWow.mp3
You may have to right click on the link and say save.
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Here is Desmond Child and Rouge - Westside Pow Wow. Very obscure and almost impossible if not impossible to find
www.wacky-base.com/coolstuff/WestsidePowWow.mp3
You may have to right click on the link and say save.
Not a bad tune. I have a vague recollection of the name of the band but the song is new for me.
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How about some Scandal
Cool to be young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIDaBF8LILk
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How about some Scandal
Cool to be young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIDaBF8LILk
Or maybe some more Journey, er I mean The Storm. Totally forgot about this one (#26 on the Hot 100).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mOr3P1lvtE
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Here's another one that's been collecting dust in the Exceedrin archives. I really liked this album when I bought it but it's lost some of its charm over the years as my tastes have changed/matured/whatever. Still like this song though...anyone else remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hik0D0n6omU
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These guys are from my home state of Georgia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMq_pzHrZxU
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=netMRfWRTTY
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT6Lv5iBsLM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLdj1myZCis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRjDeE74nDw
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=netMRfWRTTY
I hadn't forgotten this likeable song, but I forgot whether or not I've already posted it here!
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Great stuff
Salt in my tears, hadn't heard that since the 1980's. Nezhead comes up with another one.
Producers, used to watch their videos all the time during the day.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=netMRfWRTTY
Excellent. I liked that song when it was a hit, totally gone from my memory. Thanks for reminding me!
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Here's a cool R&B classic and one hit wonder. I was just getting serious about music and listening to the radio when this was out. It was played a lot on the stations I listened to. It peaked at #5 on the Hot 100 but took about 6 months to do it. Forgotten? You bet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtXKCu9XQHM
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And another, this one from 1973. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt-FKNINZBU
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I'm starting to lose track of what songs we've covered and the search function is not always that useful since most posts don't mention the band or the song title since the video title usually suffices. I don't think this one was covered but it might have been. It was a favorite for a while, back in the definitive year in music for me, 1974. A local radio station had a contest with this song. The first person to send in the correct, complete lyrics won a prize. I taped it and listened and rewound, and listened and rewound but never did get all of them. I don't remember what the prize was or if anyone actually won it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU
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"I'm doing fine now"
Excellent song. I do remember that one.
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Was listening to one of my old AT40's from this past week in 1985. Not a great chart, at least for my tastes, but this song, which I had completely forgotten about, was at #15. I don't think it's one of her best. The second song was "bubbling under" at #42, I've always liked it, and John Parr's stuff in general, but have not thought about it in quite some time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9OSuy4e4HU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVf4_WglzWA
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Remeber these?
Genesis from the DUKE album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLH32F6Xvkw
From Player, 1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrUkwF4DSyU
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I'm starting to lose track of what songs we've covered and the search function is not always that useful since most posts don't mention the band or the song title since the video title usually suffices. I don't think this one was covered but it might have been. It was a favorite for a while, back in the definitive year in music for me, 1974. A local radio station had a contest with this song. The first person to send in the correct, complete lyrics won a prize. I taped it and listened and rewound, and listened and rewound but never did get all of them. I don't remember what the prize was or if anyone actually won it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU
I remember two of my friends trying to "decode" and memorize this song. The best they could come up with was
a kind of phonetics version that sounded like what they were hearing but many of the words were not real or did not
make sense. Remember when Billy Joel used basically the same "list" concept in the song WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE?
Speaking of Billy, here is a song from the 1973 PIANO MAN album that highlights his piano capabilities. Don't think this one got much air play, at least not here in the midwest. Perhaps not forgotten if never heard, but one on my favorites or his early songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZFkz5jjfuc
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From my Time Life Cassette, from 1978, one of my favorites which I never hear anymore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj8SBcGNRWc
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I remember two of my friends trying to "decode" and memorize this song. The best they could come up with was
a kind of phonetics version that sounded like what they were hearing but many of the words were not real or did not
make sense. Remember when Billy Joel used basically the same "list" concept in the song WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE?
Speaking of Billy, here is a song from the 1973 PIANO MAN album that highlights his piano capabilities. Don't think this one got much air play, at least not here in the midwest. Perhaps not forgotten if never heard, but one on my favorites or his early songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZFkz5jjfuc
Great song, hadn't thought about it in ages.
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Remeber these?
Genesis from the DUKE album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLH32F6Xvkw
From Player, 1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrUkwF4DSyU
Both are great songs, and I do hear them from time to time on the local radio, more so the Player song than the Genesis song; they both seem to be on everyone's playlist.
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Did we feature this one before? Seems like it should have been remembered by someone but I can't remember if it was or not.
It owned the #1 spot on the Hot 100 for four straight weeks beginning on September 30, 1978.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpiBdB6yJC8
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Although I may have missed a few, here is a list of all of the songs we've referenced in this thread so far. Quite an eclectic mix.
Injured In The Game Of Love - Donnie Iris
Do You Compute? - Donnie Iris
Little Red House - Glen Burtnik
Follow You - Glen Burtnik
Racing Time - Glen Burtnik
Ah Leah - Donnie Iris
Racing Time - Glen Burtnik
Sausolito Summernight - Diesel
The Rapper - Jaggerz
Five Thirty-five - Buck Dharma
Who's Behind The Door - Zebra
Playin' It Cool - Timothy B. Schmit
Pipline - Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughan
Aquarius/Let The Sunshine - 5th Dimension
Popcorn - Hot Butter
Aquarius - Hair cast
It's A Beautiful Day - White Bird
D.O.A. - Blood Rock
Sky High - Jigsaw
Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
I'm To Sexy - Right Said Fred
Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy
Magic - Pilot
Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet
Fox On The Run - Sweet
Are You Ready? - Pacific Gas & Electric
No - Bulldog
How Do You Do - Mouth & McNeil
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
Hocus Pocus - Focus
How Long - Ace
In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies
Chevy Van - Sammy John
Hooked On A Feeling - B. J. Thomas (or Blue Swede)
Killing An Arab - The Cure
Fight For Your Right - Beastie Boys
Give It Up - Evelyn "Champagne" King
Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day
Love Is All Around - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
An Ending (Ascent) - Brain Eno
Guns Of Navarone - Skatalites
Temptation - New Order
Sweetheart - Frankie & The Knockouts
I La La La Love You - Pat Travers
A MIllion Miles Away - The Plimsouls
Johnny Are You Queer - Josie Cotton
Making Plans For Nigel - XTC
I Melt With You - Modern English
I Like To Rock - April Wine
Enough Is Enough - April Wine
Down Again - Queen City Kids
Dance - Queen City Kids
Wind Him Up -
Love Is The Ritual - Styx
Firestarter - The Prodigy
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
5.7.0.5. - City Boy
The Day The Earth Caught Fire - City Boy
Looking For Lewis and Clark - The Long Ryders
Sniff 'n The Tears - Driver's Seat
Shooting Shark - Blue Oyster Cult
More To Love - Jim Photoglo
Hold On - Triumph
Midsummer's Daydream - Rik Emmett
Holiday - Nazareth
Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya - New England
Addicted - LeRoux
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
My Girl - Chilliwack
Roller - April Wine
Detachable Penis - King Missle
Midnight - Chilliwack
I Wouldn' Want To Be Like You - Alan Parsons Project
Breakdown - Alan Parsons Project
On The Run - Lake
In The Dead Of Night - Mindwalk
Take On Me - Reel Big Fish
Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones
Rendescous 6:02 - UK
Black Noise - Nash The Slash
The Tower - Angel
Rondevous (sic?) - The Hudson Brothers
Anarchy In The UK - The Ukulele Orchestra
Little Willy - Sweet
Action - Sweet
Magic - Pilot
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kicking
Summer Days - Partridge Family
I Woke Up In Love This Morning - Partridge Family
WKRP In Cincinnati Theme - Steve Carlisle
Gilligan's Island - The Gnats
In A Broken Dream - Python Lee Jackson
On The Loose - Saga
Friday - Rebecca Black
I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton John
The Streak - Ray Stevens
Where Have You Been All My Life? - Fotomaker
She Loves To Be In Love - Charlie
Turning To You - Charlie
Eliptical Seasons - Starcastle
Good Times - Chic
Curly Shuffle - Jump In The Saddle Band
Too Late To Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
Float On - The Floaters
My Town - Michael Stanley Band
He Can't Love You - Michael Stanley Band
Song On The Radio - Al Stewart
Midnight Rocks - Al Stewart
I Love The Night - Blue Oyster Cult
Astronomy - Blue Oyster Cult
Live For Me - Blue Oyster Cult
Please Come To Boston - Dave Loggins
I Will Still Love You - Stonebolt
Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton
Heart Of The Night - Poco
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Love Leads To Madness - Nazareth
Neverending Story - Limahl
What About Love? - Toronto
Enough Is Enough - Toronto
Your Daddy Don't Know - Toronto
Innocence - Harlequin
Voices - Russ Ballard
New Girl Now - Honeymoon Suite
Young And Restless - Prism
I Surrender - Rainbow
No Time To Lose - Tarney/Spencer Band
One More Try - Brighton Rock
Inside Out - XYZ
Face Down In The Gutter - XYZ
Need To Believe - Gotthard
Anytime Anywhere - Gotthard
Unconditional Faith - Gotthard
Janine - Trooper
Why Me - Planet P Project
A Fine Fine Day - Tony Carey
What I See - Planet P Project
Pink World - Planet P Project
Comes The Flood - Tony Carey
Fantasy - Aldo Nova
Turn Up The Radio - Autograph
Run, Run, Run - Jo Jo Gunne
Seagull - Bad Company
C'est La Vie - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Pilot Of The Airwaves - Charlie Dore
Girl(s) From Last Nights Dream - Coney Hatch
Don't Run My LIfe - Spys
She Can't Wait - Spys
First Time For Everything - Coney Hatch
Sheila C - Benny Mardones
Every Time I Think Of You - The Babys
Isn't' It Time - The Babys
She Sheila - The Producers
Doesn't Really Matter - Platinum Blonde
I'm Leaving - Taxxi
On My Own - Sharks
Only Time Will Tell - Sharks
I Got You - Split Enz
Mission Of Mercy - The Motels
Good Girls Don't - The Knack
The Logical Song - Supertramp
Small Paradise - John Cougar Mellencamp
Shame - The Motels
Funny Ways - Gentle Giant
Mother - Blondie
Atomic - Blondie
I Love You - Climax Blues Band
Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band
Be Thankful (For What You've Got) - William de Vaughn
Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works
Love Will Find A Way - Pablo Cruise
Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
Take Me To The River - Al Green
Do It Or Die - Atlanta Rhythm Section
Rock On - David Essex
Hot Rod Lincoln - Command Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
Two Triple Cheese Side Order - Command Cody
Rock & Roll Lifestyle - Cake
Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
Weapon Of Choice - Fatboy Slim
We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard
Dreaming - Cliff Richard
Hold On To My Love - Jimmy Ruffin
Love And Rock And Roll - Greg Kihn Band
Saturday NIght - Bay City Rollers
Get Down - Gilbert O' Sullivan
Hold Out - Trillion
Cities - Trillion
Children Of The Sun - Billy Thorpe
The Friends Of Mr. Cairo - Jon & Vangelis
Gold - John Stewart
Loved By The Son - Legend
I.G.Y. - Donald Fagen
Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch
Ordinary Average Guy - Joe Walsh
Ambitious - Jeff Beck
Precious Love - Bob Welch
Great White North - Bob & Doug McKenzie
Limelight - Alan Parsons Project
Walk Between Raindrops - Donald Fagen
So Far Away - Alan Parson & Christopher Cross
Old Fashioned Boy (You're The One) - Stallion
Radioactive - The Firm
Satisfaction Guaranteed - The Firm
All The King's Horses - The Firm
Big Log - Robert Plant
In The Mood - Robert Plant
Rock For Kampuchea - Rockpile w/ Robert Plant
Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Ouch! - The Rutles
Protest Song - Neil Innes
Welome Back Kotter Theme - John Sebastian
Cimarron Strip Theme -
Do You Want Crying - Katrina and the Waves
Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes
Cry - Godly & Cream
Do You Want Crying - Katrina & The Waves
Love Shine A Light - Katrina & The Waves
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Up All Night - Boomtown Rats
Johnny Quest Theme Song
Spiderman Theme Song
Can't Miss - Michael Thompson Band
Spiderman Theme - Ramones
Space Ghost Theme Song
Welcome To The Boomtown - David & David
Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
I Like Dreamin' - Kenny Nolan
Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
The Streak - Ray Stevens
Billy, Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
Live & Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings
Eres Tu - Mocedades
Hocus Pocus - Focus
Eruption - Van Halen
Touch The Wind - Mocedades
Oh My My - Ringo Starr
Sideshow - Blue Magic
This Heart - Gene Redding
Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen
Shannon - Henry Gross
I Could Never Miss You - Lulu
Tired Of Toein' The Line - Rocky Burnette
Hitchin A Ride - Paper Lace
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Point Of No Return - Expose'
Escalator Of Life - Robert Hazzard
Who's Gonna Save The World - The A's
All You Zombies - The Hooters
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
No One Like You - Scorpions
Big City Nights - Scorpions
Bringing On The Heartbreak - Def Leppard
Black Kisses - Curtie & The Boombox
Let It Rain - UFO
Back Into My Life - UFO
Lonely Heart - UFO
Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet
Train Train - Blackfoot
Lookin' Out For No. 1 - UFO
Nicole - Point Blank
Since You Been Gone - Head East
Never Been Any Reason - Head East
Tell Me What You Want - Zebra
Sketches In The Sun - Steve Howe
Elegy - Jethro Tull
Jesu Joy Of Mans Desiring - Steve Morse
Up In The Air - Steve Morse & Rik Emmett
Truth Ola - Steve Morse
Prognosis - Steve Morse
Turn Down The World Tonight - Journey
The Cisco Kid - War
WOLD - Harry Chapin
Foolin - America
Only Game In Town - America
Tall Treasures - America
Raised On Radio - Journey
Man On Your Mind - Little River Band
Isn't Life Strange - Moody Blues
Captured By The Moment - Steve Perry
Without Your Love - Toto
Pamela - Toto
99 - Toto
Africa - Toto
The Joker - Steve Miller
I'll Be Over You - Toto
Dead Ringer For Love - Meat Loaf & Cher
Back To The Egg - Paul McCartney & Wings
Arrow Through Me - Paul McCartney & Wings
With A Little Luck - Paul McCartney & Wings
Coming Up - Paul McCartney & Wings
Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares
More Than A Woman - Tavares
You And Me - Alice Cooper
Please Don't Go - KC & The Sunshine Band
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft - Carpenters
Hot Rod Hearts - Robbie Dupree
Steal Away - Robbie Dupree
Clones (We're All) - Alice Cooper
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu
I Won't Last A Day Without You - Carpenters
Pretty Lady - Lighthouse
Sky High - Jigsaw
RIO - Michael Nesmith
How Do You Do? - Mouth & McNeil
Kickin' Up A Fuss - Blow-Up
The Beat Goes On/Switchin To Glide - The Kings
Seven Year Ache - Roseanne Cash
Love In The Shadows - Neil Sedaka
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson
Come And Get It - Badfinger
Stone Cold - Rainbow
Someday, Someway - Marshall Crenshaw
Whenever You're On My Mind - Marshall Crenshaw
You're So Vain - Carly Simon
Street Of Dreams - Rainbow
White Lies, Blue Eyes - Bullet
Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce
Saved By Love - Rik Emmett
Falling - Leblanc & Carr
Take A Little Rhythm - Ali Thompson
Dark Lady - Cher
Middle Ground - Rik Emmett
Libre Animado - Rik Emmett
Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Middle Of The Road
Yellow River - Christie
Convention '72 - The Delegates
The Man With The Golden Gun - Lulu
Fool If You Think It's Over - Chris Rea
After The Gold Rush - Prelude
Stumblin' In - Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie
Wonderin' - Neil Young & The Shocking Pinks
My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford
Fallin' In Love Again - Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds
Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds
Burned - Buffalo Springfield
God Bless America - Kate Smith
Beth - Kiss
Forever - Kiss
Fool's Game - Michael Bolton
Westside Pow Wow - Desmond Child & Rouge
The Warrior - Patty Smythe & Scandal
I've Got A Lot To Learn About Love - The Storm
Sharpshooter - Whitford-St. Holmes
Storm Inside My Head - Fortnox
The Salt In My Tears - Martin Briley
She Sheila - The Producers
What's He Got? - The Producers
What She Does To Me - The Producers
I've Found Someone Of My Own - Free Movement
I'm Doing Fine Now - New York City
Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) - Reunion
Crazy In The Night - Kim Carnes
St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
Misunderstanding - Genesis
This Time I'm In It For Love - Player
The Ballad Of Billy The Kid - Billy Joel
Use Ta Be My Girl - O'Jays
Kiss You All Over - Exile
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Although I may have missed a few, here is a list of all of the songs we've referenced in this thread so far. Quite an eclectic mix.
Injured In The Game Of Love - Donnie Iris
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Kiss You All Over - Exile
Wow! You get an A++ for effort.
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This one was at #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 on this weekend 32 years ago. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxPuk1coBU
And this one was sitting at #28 on the same chart. Have you forgotten it until now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZz5TaNDrOU
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Although I may have missed a few, here is a list of all of the songs we've referenced in this thread so far. Quite an eclectic mix.
You are the FREAKIN' Man!! Thanks so much for the list.
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Good job Jeff
Love that Exile song
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This is not a forgotten song but one I bet most haven't heard. It's really good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI80169RRKQ
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XYZ:interesting sound. Never heard them before. What years are they from?
Jeff
Good one from Kansas? Ever seem them live? I mean the original group, not the 80's to 90's changed lineup.
Here is one from when I was young. Forgotten?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7-cysfE2c
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XYZ:interesting sound. Never heard them before. What years are they from?
XYZ was big in the late 80's. This song came out about 5 years ago. I believe the band has now broken up.
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XYZ was big in the late 80's. This song came out about 5 years ago. I believe the band has now broken up.
If we're doing XYZ, it's only fair we include ABC...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oak4_095Cug
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If we're doing XYZ, it's only fair we include ABC...
And a little dose of XTC ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo
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And a little dose of XTC ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo
XTC- Peter Pumkinhead one of my all time favorites.
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XTC- Peter Pumkinhead one of my all time favorites.
XTC is one of my favorite bands of all time.
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If we're doing XYZ, it's only fair we include ABC...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oak4_095Cug
Totally forgot about the song and the band. Good call.
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This little Summery gem from a Summer 40 years ago peaked at #19 on the Cash Box Top 100 Hits chart dated July 24, 1971. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bka6Q2wThCs
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And a little dose of XTC ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo
Cool video. Can't recall hearing the song before.
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Here's one for Patrick and the last Shuttle mission.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG7OzvSMBA
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Some great, perhaps forgotten Styx.
These guys were great in 1981 when I same them on the Paradise Theatre Tour. What a great tour. My last year in high school. Will never forget it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0S3tTifcq0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI6n86nftc4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uLDD6iyxys
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Whoville
Good song, but dont recollect it.
Another Forgotten Song
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uLDD6iyxys
A little before my radio listening days began. Good song and not heard at all these days.
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Some great, perhaps forgotten Styx.
These guys were great in 1981 when I same them on the Paradise Theatre Tour. What a great tour. My last year in high school. Will never forget it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0S3tTifcq0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI6n86nftc4
The Styx selections are excellent. Lorelei still get some airplay and I totally forgot about Crystal Ball; the live video is cool. I was never a huge Styx fan, but I do generally like a lot of their stuff. Tommy Shaw, on the other hand, is a favorite; a very versatile player and writer. Here are a couple of his that I like from two more albums that have been collecting dust in the Exceedrin vinyl archives for quite a while. The first cracked the Top 40 back in 1984, peaking at #33 in November, the second is from the same debut solo album, and the third was the theme song from a movie I haven't thought about in years, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, any one remember it? If you have, you are one of a hundred or so who did, I don't think it was exactly Oscar material. I really can't remember much about the movie, might have to watch it again if I get some time to waste in the next week or so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FOo4_Rzf70
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACuRTxvqYpM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDW4CV-Ge-4
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Jeff
Big fan of Tommy Shaw also. Great singing voice. Good selection. His voice makes just about any song sound good.
Here is what I thought was a great song in my last year of high school from the Paradise Theatre tour, did I mention a GREAT GREAT TERRIFIC TOUR. A FORGOTTEN SONG.
Interesting enough, James Young(also a good singer) mentions Backward Masking. For those who dont know, when you put song on reel to reel tape and play it backwards. I heard this song backwards then and it had what SOUNDS LIKE weird messages. Me and some of my friends thought then some of these songs are satan driven. (Well I was 16 years old, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT). The song we heard with the most messages was STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.
Of interest more, BLACK OAK ARKANSAS did a song live and when played backwards, had a message. That was the creepiest scariest one ever.
Anyway, this song is interesting, I'm sure you know what the topic is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BwQZLBYGVU
Sorry, out of home all day and did not realize had a problem inserting the link from youtube.
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Jeff
Big fan of Tommy Shaw also. Great singing voice. Good selection. His voice makes just about any song sound good.
Here is what I thought was a great song in my last year of high school from the Paradise Theatre tour, did I mention a GREAT GREAT TERRIFIC TOUR. A FORGOTTEN SONG.
Interesting enough, James Young(also a good singer) mentions Backward Masking. For those who dont know, when you put song on reel to reel tape and play it backwards. I heard this song backwards then and it had what SOUNDS LIKE weird messages. Me and some of my friends thought then some of these songs are satan driven. (Well I was 16 years old, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT). The song we heard with the most messages was STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.
Of interest more, BLACK OAK ARKANSAS did a song live and when played backwards, had a message. That was the creepiest scariest one ever.
Anyway, this song is interesting, I'm sure you know what the topic is.
#Invalid YouTube Link#
You've got me on the edge of my seat Frank, please fix that YouTube link!
Jeff
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Jeff
Sorry, here it is.
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Jeff
Sorry, here it is.
I still don't see it.
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This thread has slowed down a bit, must be the heat. How about this ode to the season by a great band...War. Haven't really thought of this one in a while, let alone hear it on the radio. It went gold and was sitting at #40 on the Hot 100 this week in 1976.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQAlfyaKyc
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How about another seasonal forgotten hit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahhmiuyko0
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jeff
Sorry, I had put the video in the original link
Here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BwQZLBYGVU
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jeff
Sorry, I had put the video in the original link
Here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BwQZLBYGVU
Sorry, didn't notice that! Good vid.
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Here's one I had forgotten about until I was recently browsing through the archives...remember it? This one hit wonder reached #21 on the Cash Box Top 100 Hits for the week ending May 26, 1979 (it reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3RIMlSXh5g
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Jeff
Pulled a classic forgotten song there. It seems I've heard it before but dont remember the name Tycoon. Back then, I used to listen to the radio constantly because of lack of media like we have now. Glad you can bring some of the songs back that I had totally forgotten
Great on that big long list of songs you did a few days ago
Here is one that some may remember, from 1987. I think it is forgotten, but I liked this song and the movie then. I listed to the cassette over and over again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gf2CsYDsD4
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Jeff
Pulled a classic forgotten song there. It seems I've heard it before but dont remember the name Tycoon. Back then, I used to listen to the radio constantly because of lack of media like we have now. Glad you can bring some of the songs back that I had totally forgotten
Great on that big long list of songs you did a few days ago
Here is one that some may remember, from 1987. I think it is forgotten, but I liked this song and the movie then. I listed to the cassette over and over again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gf2CsYDsD4
You got me on that one Frank, do not remember it at all, although I did see The Lost Boys back when it came out. Don't remember a thing about the movie either, must be getting old or something...
How about a slight change of pace? Jefferson Starship's Freedom At Point Zero and Modern Times albums were no-brainers as "keepers" when I divested myself of about half of my vinyl some years ago. Here's "Stranger" from Modern Times; it charted fairly high but I had forgotten about it until recently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j21RoiONM5Q
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How about a few with a Country Western Flavor....
Marshall Tucker Band - HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLava2fGXPw
Pure Prairie League - AMIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QqveNZpk9M
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How about a few with a Country Western Flavor....
Marshall Tucker Band - HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLava2fGXPw
Pure Prairie League - AMIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QqveNZpk9M
Cool. Occasionally my wife and I will spontaneously either start whistling Heard It In A Love Song or try to sing it, it's one of our favorites. Definitely not forgotten in this household.
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Hey Scoot
Good stuff. Love them both.
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I started digging in the cutout section of the Exceedrin vinyl archives the other day. Remember this band? They got decent airplay on the AOR stations I listened to. Their single I Have The Skill charted at #61 in the US. A favorite is We Ride Tonight and actually the whole Defying Gravity EP is pretty cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tRnlSydDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcvphpZ98cU
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Jeff
I love this album. Listen to these.
Tim Capello starts it off.
Then it is our own FOREIGNER, Lou Gramm doing Lost in the Shadows
and then ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN doing a cover of the Doors.
Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdaaGlyu7EQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSG_uYkExHY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sj3FbfuFV8
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Do you remember this one? I find the riff irresistible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOI06aLkz0Y
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Jeff
Sherbs sounds familiar. May have heard it way back when MTV first started. Their sound is a classic 80's type sound
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Do you remember this one? I find the riff irresistible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOI06aLkz0Y
There's just no end to the talent that comes out of Australia.
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This song is most definitely not forgotten, but I thought I'd share it anyway since I think this is an awesome live performance of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5b65hociXU
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Don't know if this has been covered already... I one hit wonder for the Pipkins...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEy615Jzg4
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I remember this one because I live in Indiana but don't know if others do. Could not find a performance video on You tube by the performer, R. Dean Taylor, however.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaQZcK_IS40
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Here's one I still really like by The Marmalade... Very typically looking and sounding 70s group but I would say this song is a little above typical.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E
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I remember this one because I live in Indiana but don't know if others do. Could not find a performance video on You tube by the performer, R. Dean Taylor, however.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaQZcK_IS40
Yep, this was mentioned a while back on here but it's good to hear it again.
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Here's one I still really like by The Marmalade... Very typically looking and sounding 70s group but I would say this song is a little above typical.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E
Another good call. I hear that from time to time and think it is popular on the oldies stations. Their follow-up to this one, Rainbow, did well in the charts as well. They have a pretty ecclectic catalog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dv-e-EIXGI
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Going a little retrospective here. Nezzhead found this song that I've been singing ever since. Loved this song when I was in high school. Here is live version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAxp4PgyZKo
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Jeff
Diamond Girl, grew up on that song. Over and over and over again hearing that. still love it
Indiana Wants Me, not heard that since the 1970's.
Great job on the memories
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Marmalade:good stuff ;D
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Let's check out a great song, some may have forgotten
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAIsqvTh7g
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How about the Spinners in 1973
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIAcSfOa5Y4
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Huey Lewis and the News charted four Top 10 hits from the Sports album. This next song was not one of them but it did rather well also, peaking at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 back in '84. I think it is one of the bands better songs; remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj6Q22dtMTM
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jeff
Yes, I had forgotten that song. Remember it when I was in college. Actually, takes me back alot to FIU college. I finally saw them about 4 years ago here at Ruth Eckerds Hall and excellent show. Huey still has a great voice.
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Going a little retrospective here. Nezzhead found this song that I've been singing ever since. Loved this song when I was in high school. Here is live version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAxp4PgyZKo
I completely overlooked this post, Frank, must have scrolled too fast. Nez does come up with some gems. I had completely forgotten about it. Another good one...
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OMG if I never hear that song again I will be very happy. Are you guys serious or just messing with him? This may not be on my iPod play list...LOL
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I was digging into late 70's charts and noticed this one. Remember it? I certainly had conveniently forgotten about it, it's just not my taste. Hard to believe (for me) that it made it to #16 on the Hot 100. As the old idiom goes, there is no accounting for taste. BumChex, is this on your iPod? Is it on anybody's iPod?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVgM7qeAlko
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I was digging into late 70's charts and noticed this one. Remember it? I certainly had conveniently forgotten about it, it's just not my taste. Hard to believe (for me) that it made it to #16 on the Hot 100. As the old idiom goes, there is no accounting for taste. BumChex, is this on your iPod? Is it on anybody's iPod?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVgM7qeAlko
Don't recall this artist or song. What a shame. ;)
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I was digging into late 70's charts and noticed this one. Remember it? I certainly had conveniently forgotten about it, it's just not my taste. Hard to believe (for me) that it made it to #16 on the Hot 100. As the old idiom goes, there is no accounting for taste. BumChex, is this on your iPod? Is it on anybody's iPod?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVgM7qeAlko
Yes it actualy is on my iPod. I was singing it a few years ago and I downloaded it so my son could hear it. Too funny. It was a fun song in it's day but now it's totally dumb. Another one I used to sing to my son was Hotline. We used to make up a diaper changing routine to it to make things fun. Let me see if it's on YouTube.
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Hotline was by the Sylvers. It's on eBay but I'm on my iPad and can't add the link
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Hotline was by the Sylvers. It's on eBay but I'm on my iPad and can't add the link
Hah, forgot about this one too; can't figure out why.
Here it is for everyone's amusement...I mean enjoyment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErU8Lo2WcO4
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Yes it actualy is on my iPod. I was singing it a few years ago and I downloaded it so my son could hear it. Too funny. It was a fun song in it's day but now it's totally dumb. Another one I used to sing to my son was Hotline. We used to make up a diaper changing routine to it to make things fun. Let me see if it's on YouTube.
Too funny, When it was time for my daughter's bedtime re-diapering, etc. I sang a mashed up version of
THE BIRD IS THE WORD and PA PA OOM MOW MOW (virtually the same song anyway). She just turned 20 years old a month ago and sill remembers... or perhaps, more aptly stated, still traumatized by it.
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Hotline.
Great song, used to sing it as a kid in the 1970's. Big stuff at the Youth Fair in Miami in the 1970's. Played it over and over on local
song stations
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Too funny, When it was time for my daughter's bedtime re-diapering, etc. I sang a mashed up version of
THE BIRD IS THE WORD and PA PA OOM MOW MOW (virtually the same song anyway). She just turned 20 years old a month ago and sill remembers... or perhaps, more aptly stated, still traumatized by it.
You guys must have loved "The Family Guy" episode where Peter sings "Surfin' Bird" repeatedly. He keeps asking "Have you heard?" and after someone asks "Heard what?", breaks into song. Here's just one of the many:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184
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You guys must have loved "The Family Guy" episode where Peter sings "Surfin' Bird" repeatedly. He keeps asking "Have you heard?" and after someone asks "Heard what?", breaks into song. Here's just one of the many:
the first 15 minutes of that episode is one of the awesome things they have ever done. Rest of the episode was 'meh', but the Surfin' Bird part was stellar.
Peter: Brian, can I see that paper for a sec? [Brian hands him the paper] Huh, that's odd. I thought that would be big news.
Brian: You thought what would be big news?
Peter: Well, there seems to be an absence of a certain ornithological piece. A headline regarding mass awareness of a certain avian variety.
Brian: What are you talking about?
Peter: Oh, have you not heard? It was my understanding that everyone had heard.
Brian: Heard what?
Stewie: Brian, don't!
[Peter puts the Surfin' Bird record on and starts dancing and singing]
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You guys must have loved "The Family Guy" episode where Peter sings "Surfin' Bird" repeatedly. He keeps asking "Have you heard?" and after someone asks "Heard what?", breaks into song. Here's just one of the many:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184
My daughter, son and I all watch FAMILY GUY so we thought it was hilarious. Better, yet.. it has become a running gag on the show. Every once in awhile, Peter will just ask, "Have you heard?" out of the blue.
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You may not recognize the name Billy Rankin (formerly of Nazareth) or even the names of these two songs by him but I think you might remember the songs once you hear them. They were both played on the AOR stations I listened to back in the 80's. Do you remember?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YuSHZNaqt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnOPya-tQc4
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You may not recognize the name Billy Rankin (formerly of Nazareth) or even the names of these two songs by him but I think you might remember the songs once you hear them. They were both played on the AOR stations I listened to back in the 80's. Do you remember?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YuSHZNaqt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnOPya-tQc4
Can't confess to remembering either of these but good solid songs. I have to wonder if Billy Squire counted Billy Rankin as one of his influences after viewing some more of his videos.
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You may not recognize the name Billy Rankin (formerly of Nazareth) or even the names of these two songs by him but I think you might remember the songs once you hear them. They were both played on the AOR stations I listened to back in the 80's. Do you remember?
I don't remember the first one, but "Baby Come Back" definitely came back to me. Great stuff, thanks for posting!!
Here's one you probably remember - or will once you hear it - from Tenpole Tudor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qj5AHm6u80
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Here's one you probably remember - or will once you hear it - from Tenpole Tudor:
I didn't remember it at all until the chorus... "Wunderbar!"
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You may not recognize the name Billy Rankin (formerly of Nazareth) or even the names of these two songs by him but I think you might remember the songs once you hear them. They were both played on the AOR stations I listened to back in the 80's. Do you remember?
I totally forgot about this guy. Baby come back was a good song. I tried to look up his songs in iTunes and Spotify with zero results.
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I don't remember the first one, but "Baby Come Back" definitely came back to me. Great stuff, thanks for posting!!
Here's one you probably remember - or will once you hear it - from Tenpole Tudor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qj5AHm6u80
I had forgotten about this band. Do remember the video...Brits singing a German refrain, decked out in Scandinavian garb!
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How about a little Philly Phunk? On this date in August of 1975, this song was just starting to makes it's way to a peak position of #11 on the Hot 100. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXS_KJuCcEg
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Since dusting off the Sherbs albums found in the Exceedrin vinyl archives, I have been reading about the band's early success in their native Australia (as Sherbet, not The Sherbs) and enjoying some of their earlier releases. Here's a great one (IMO) that went #1 in Australia (#61 in US back in '76). I like it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUwgZkiIFo4
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Jeff
Cool stuff
Here is a couple forgotten(but not tool old)
first one is 4Him with back up Jon Anderson(of YES). Great song(I think)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jL0Hjkn9C8
From same album called STREAMS is
a cool song from SIXPENCE NONE the RICHER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDSO04nU5jY
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Doubt this is forgotten to most, but we'll give it a shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye8KvYKn9-0
How about this one for all us 40 somethings +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbYLjWEEQA
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Jeff
Cool stuff
Here is a couple forgotten(but not tool old)
first one is 4Him with back up Jon Anderson(of YES). Great song(I think)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jL0Hjkn9C8
From same album called STREAMS is
a
Speaking of Jon Anderson, here is one of my favorite collaborations he did with Vangelis. Donna Summer did a cover but I prefer the original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v8Wden1LFs
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Another nice Anderson/Vangelis work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VosFiY1SifA
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Doubt this is forgotten to most, but we'll give it a shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye8KvYKn9-0
Okay... couldn't pass the opportunity to add Weird Al Yankovic's JAMES BOND theme style parody.
This was the oppening credits for the spoof flick SPY HARD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7KMMxAQp8I
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Jeff
Cool stuff
Here is a couple forgotten(but not tool old)
first one is 4Him with back up Jon Anderson(of YES). Great song(I think)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jL0Hjkn9C8
I've always liked the 4Him lead singer's voice; very nice harmony with Mr. Anderson, I like it.
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Another nice Anderson/Vangelis work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VosFiY1SifA
Like both Jon Anderson songs. The title track from The Friends of Mr. Cairo was featured earlier in this thread, that whole album is great in my opinion.
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Jeff
You may have heard this 4Him song, or may be forgotten. A totally beautiful song. Lead singer has a uinque voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE0Dh-cogcU
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Jeff
You may have heard this 4Him song, or may be forgotten. A totally beautiful song. Lead singer has a uinque voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE0Dh-cogcU
We saw them live here in the area; they could harmonize extremely well in my opinion. A favorite would be The Measure Of A Man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQwpJr9Lvjg
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Here's one I pulled from the archives recently. Do any of you remember when Ronnie Montrose formed another band back in the early 80's?
Here's a single that made it onto the Hot 100 and did well on the album tracks chart also.
The AOR stations in this area played it quite a bit back then...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4iIhjjhasY
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As I continue to familiarize myself with a time period during which I barely paid any attention to "Pop" music, the late 80's and beyond, I ran across this one. Interesting band name and interesting song. Anyone remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gUDMeIEMMI
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The signature sound of Atlanta Rhythm Section. This one did pretty well on the charts (#29 Billboard/#27 Cashbox), but do you remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9MW-6PY44M
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The Ohio Players have songs I'm sure you remember, but did you forget this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVwaa2BKk6k
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The Ohio Players have songs I'm sure you remember, but did you forget this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVwaa2BKk6k
Remember it well...
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Jeff
ARS, great group. Lets just remember:DO IT OR DIE.
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Jeff
ARS, great group. Lets just remember:DO IT OR DIE.
Had forgotten that one! So here it is in case anyone else forgot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOGMQUbJ4XE
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In my youth, when I would try to pull in far away AM stations late at night, 1050 CHUM from Toronto made regular appearances on the dial but so did CKLW from Detroit (Windsor, ON actually). I was searching for some CKLW jingles when I came across this one which is followed by a great "forgotten" favorite. This is one that I loved in the day but had totally forgotten about, you never hear it on the radio. Do you remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oydVp_uBGAU
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In my youth, when I would try to pull in far away AM stations late at night, 1050 CHUM from Toronto made regular appearances on the dial but so did CKLW from Detroit (Windsor, ON actually). I was searching for some CKLW jingles when I came across this one which is followed by a great "forgotten" favorite. This is one that I loved in the day but had totally forgotten about, you never hear it on the radio. Do you remember it?
I don't remember the song, but I cetainly remember the CKLW jingle since I grew up in the Detroit area. Thanks for that great memory!
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I don't remember the song, but I cetainly remember the CKLW jingle since I grew up in the Detroit area. Thanks for that great memory!
Here's some more for you Doctor...http://www.thebig8.net/sounds.html (http://www.thebig8.net/sounds.html)
and the main page is at http://www.thebig8.net/index.html (http://www.thebig8.net/index.html)
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Was digging in some of the least visited boxes in the Exceedrin Vinyl Archives and came across one that puzzled me. I had no recollection of it until I played the first track which is a decent tune that, as I recall, got quite a bit of airplay on local AOR stations in my area. And it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 twice; at #88 on May 19, 1979 and at #84 on September 19, 1981. Both times it spent just a few weeks in the nether reaches of the chart. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWN1z5Evm44
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Here's some more for you Doctor...http://www.thebig8.net/sounds.html (http://www.thebig8.net/sounds.html)
and the main page is at http://www.thebig8.net/index.html (http://www.thebig8.net/index.html)
Some of those are very familiar to me, thanks!
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As was mentioned a while back in this thread, Tarney Spencer Band had that great song and used to show it on MTV when MTV first started back in 1981 or so.
Great tune and despite it being a simple video, thought it was great, like the girl carrying the Jukebox or the guy weaving around in his skates.
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Was digging in some of the least visited boxes in the Exceedrin Vinyl Archives and came across one that puzzled me. I had no recollection of it until I played the first track which is a decent tune that, as I recall, got quite a bit of airplay on local AOR stations in my area. And it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 twice; at #88 on May 19, 1979 and at #84 on September 19, 1981. Both times it spent just a few weeks in the nether reaches of the chart. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWN1z5Evm44
Thanks for posting that song. I haven't heard it since it first was released. I can't seem to find the MP3.
Update! I found the MP3 for this song.
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Here's a song that I think is sort of forgotten, I don't recall hearing it for a long time. It only took 5 weeks to make it to number one on the Hot 100 for this week in 1975 and it was on the chart for a total of 19 weeks. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_bdMecxias
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Jeff
John Denver is terrific and loved hearing his songs as I grew up.
How about this one when I was young?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLi0ppwOOwI
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Jeff
John Denver is terrific and loved hearing his songs as I grew up.
How about this one when I was young?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLi0ppwOOwI
There's one you never hear. Interesting video as well.
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One of the forgotten songs that showed up in the first hour of the American Top 40 with Casey Kasem for this week in 1977 was this one. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBvwDBZGr0I
Eric Carmens voice is so unique how could anyone think otherwise?
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Here's an addendum to the original list of the songs discussed on this thread. Another eclectic set!
Weekend - Wet Willie
People Of The South Wind - Kansas
All I'm Asking - XYZ
Lucky Man - Greg Lake
The Look Of Love - ABC
Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC
Summer Sand - Dawn
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Crystal Ball - Styx
Lorelei - Styx
Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal
Girls With Guns - Tommy Shaw
Kiss Me Hello - Tommy Shaw
Remo's Theme (What If) - Tommy Shaw
Snowblind - Styx
Summer - War
Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone
Such A Woman - Tycoon
Cry Little Sister - Gerard McMann
Stranger - Jefferson Starship
Heard It In A Love Song - Marshall Tucker Band
Amie - Pure Prairie League
We Ride Tonight - The Sherbs
I'm Alive - The Sherbs
The Danger Zone - The Sherbs
I Still Believe - Tim Capello
Lost In The Shadows - Lou Gramm
People Are Strange - Echo And The Bunnymen
Slave Girl - The Lime Spiders
Diamond Girl - Seals and Crofts
Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins
Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade
Rainbow - The Marmalade
Take A Little Rhythm - Ali Thomson
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love? - The Spinners
Walking On A Thin Line - Huey Lewis & The News
Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
Hotline - The Sylvers
Where Are You Now - Billy Rankin
Baby Come Back - Billy Rankin
Wunderbar - Tenpole Tudor
Do It Any Way You Wanna - People's Choice
Howzat! - Sherbet
The Only Thing I Need - 4Him
Breathe - Sixpence None The Richer
James Bond Theme - John Barry/Monty Norman
Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
State Of Independence - Jon & Vangelis
I'll Find My Way Home - Jon & Vangelis
Spy Hard - Weird Al Yankovic
Where There Is Faith - 4Him
The Measure Of A Man - 4Him
Right The First Time - Gamma
Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
Alien - Atlanta Rhythm Section
Who'd She Coo? - Ohio Players
Do It Or Die - Atlanta Rhythm Section
Wham Bam - Silver
No Time To Lose - Tarney/Spencer Band
I'm Sorry - John Denver
Love Is All Around - The Troggs
She Did It - Eric Carmen
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Here's an addendum to the original list of the songs discussed on this thread. Another eclectic set!
Weekend - Wet Willie
People Of The South Wind - Kansas
All I'm Asking - XYZ
Lucky Man - Greg Lake
The Look Of Love - ABC
Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC
Summer Sand - Dawn
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Crystal Ball - Styx
Lorelei - Styx
Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal
Girls With Guns - Tommy Shaw
Kiss Me Hello - Tommy Shaw
Remo's Theme (What If) - Tommy Shaw
Snowblind - Styx
Summer - War
Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone
Such A Woman - Tycoon
Cry Little Sister - Gerard McMann
Stranger - Jefferson Starship
Heard It In A Love Song - Marshall Tucker Band
Amie - Pure Prairie League
We Ride Tonight - The Sherbs
I'm Alive - The Sherbs
The Danger Zone - The Sherbs
I Still Believe - Tim Capello
Lost In The Shadows - Lou Gramm
People Are Strange - Echo And The Bunnymen
Slave Girl - The Lime Spiders
Diamond Girl - Seals and Crofts
Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins
Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade
Rainbow - The Marmalade
Take A Little Rhythm - Ali Thomson
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love? - The Spinners
Walking On A Thin Line - Huey Lewis & The News
Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
Hotline - The Sylvers
Where Are You Now - Billy Rankin
Baby Come Back - Billy Rankin
Wunderbar - Tenpole Tudor
Do It Any Way You Wanna - People's Choice
Howzat! - Sherbet
The Only Thing I Need - 4Him
Breathe - Sixpence None The Richer
James Bond Theme - John Barry/Monty Norman
Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
State Of Independence - Jon & Vangelis
I'll Find My Way Home - Jon & Vangelis
Spy Hard - Weird Al Yankovic
Where There Is Faith - 4Him
The Measure Of A Man - 4Him
Right The First Time - Gamma
Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
Alien - Atlanta Rhythm Section
Who'd She Coo? - Ohio Players
Do It Or Die - Atlanta Rhythm Section
Wham Bam - Silver
No Time To Lose - Tarney/Spencer Band
I'm Sorry - John Denver
Love Is All Around - The Troggs
She Did It - Eric Carmen
Thanks for listing those as I lose track of what we've discussed. And thanks for all your efforts in keeping this thread going - I've re-discovered some songs I really liked.
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For all you 70's cats, remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxdsk-cFX-k
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And one of my faves. Remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnfSoaJxe3Y
And yet another one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_P-v1BVQn8
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For all you 70's cats, remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxdsk-cFX-k
I turned 11 in 1970 so the 70s decade were my formative teen radio-listening days. I remember all three of these... they bring back lots of memories. But man, ALONE AGAIN is one depressing song. Here another that seemed to get almost constant radio play when it was hot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM7LR46zrQU
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I heard this, for the first time in almost 30 years, last night in a grocery store.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4JXoEc3LCY
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I heard this, for the first time in almost 30 years, last night in a grocery store.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4JXoEc3LCY
Good one and totally forgotten by self. And as for hearing it in the grocery store, I've heard better songs at the grocery store than on the radio since our local store started subscribing to SiriusXM Radio and playing the 70's and 80's channels!
How about this one? A gold record and peak at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in '72 the first time out for these guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc6EWYws_X4
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For all you 70's cats, remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxdsk-cFX-k
I hear it all the time on our local stations Frank. It's one of those classics that I never really get tired of even though it's played so much. Here's another one like that, probably not forgotten by anyone, it's played quite frequently on the radio but never gets old, at least for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_FOQ7-P30
And as a bonus, here's another Dave Mason song that I really like...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIYLZOp_Bzc
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Anyone remember Thin Lizzy? I only got to see them live once, at the Tower Theater during my first year of college. It was a great concert with Scott Gorham and Gary Moore on guitar at that time. A few years before that concert, back in the Fall of 1976, they charted with this song, a favorite of mine. Do you remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXbGI0vn9FQ
Bonus Track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSo9CC2wKVI
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Jeff
Yes remember Thin Liz...From the 70's
Cool on the Mason song.
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I have several albums by a Canadian band called Max Webster which I have not thought of in quite a few years. Their lead singer/guitarist released a few solo albums as well. This single, from one of those solo efforts, charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and I remember hearing it for a short while on local stations back in the mid 80's. Show of hands if you remember this one...I'm guessing not too many of you, if any, will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4DYEVvuB7o
Bonus!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhc8-vUp8o
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I have several albums by a Canadian band called Max Webster which I have not thought of in quite a few years. Their lead singer/guitarist released a few solo albums as well. This single, from one of those solo efforts, charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and I remember hearing it for a short while on local stations back in the mid 80's. Show of hands if you remember this one...I'm guessing not too many of you, if any, will.
I certainly don't remember them. But I do think I recognize Andrea Martin of SCTV fame introducing the first song.
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Jeff
Interesting sound. Never heard of them.
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I certainly don't remember them. But I do think I recognize Andrea Martin of SCTV fame introducing the first song.
Yep, I'm pretty sure that's from when she co-hosted the Junos with Martin Short.
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I have several albums by a Canadian band called Max Webster which I have not thought of in quite a few years. Their lead singer/guitarist released a few solo albums as well. This single, from one of those solo efforts, charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and I remember hearing it for a short while on local stations back in the mid 80's. Show of hands if you remember this one...I'm guessing not too many of you, if any, will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4DYEVvuB7o
Bonus!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhc8-vUp8o
I didn't realize Kim Mitchel was the lead singer of Max Webster. I never got into Max Webster but have heard of them living up nort eh! The Canadian bands we were into were harlequin, queen City kids, Brighton rock, streetheart, coney hatch, headpins, fist, loverboy, lee aaron, & toronto.
I saw both harlequin and Brighton rock in Winnipeg night clubs back in the early 90's
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I didn't realize Kim Mitchel was the lead singer of Max Webster. I never got into Max Webster but have heard of them living up nort eh! The Canadian bands we were into were harlequin, queen City kids, Brighton rock, streetheart, coney hatch, headpins, fist, loverboy, lee aaron, & toronto.
I saw both harlequin and Brighton rock in Winnipeg night clubs back in the early 90's
I made my first journey to Toronto in 1981 after becoming interested in what it was like up there from listening to 1050 CHUM late at night. Got to see some excellent bands there in the early to mid 80's, including Toronto, Honeymoon Suite, and Red Rider at the El Mocombo.
And now back to some more potentially forgotten tunes...
John Stewart was featured a while back on this thread with his hit "Gold" from the Bombs Away Dream Babies album (love that title). Another great track from that album was sitting at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 around this week back in 1979. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhu4kun1_W8
I pulled some Red Rider and Tom Cochrane records out of the vinyl archives and gave them a spin recently. Remember this one? It got plenty of airplay on local AOR stations...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqUa_G1h3pw
...and so did this one...remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypKngS7g4QU
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ah LUNATIC FRINGE from one of my favorite 80's movies VISIONQUEST
Any one agree?
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This week back in 1980 saw this song sitting at its peak position of #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 (it reached the same peak position in the same week on the Cashbox Top 100). Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCZGNnaWcaY
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Jeff
Darn, have not heard that song since I was in college in the early 1980's.
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This week back in 1980 saw this song sitting at its peak position of #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 (it reached the same peak position in the same week on the Cashbox Top 100). Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCZGNnaWcaY
That one always reminds me of this one by Jim Stafford (the SPIDERS AND SNAKES guy) which is also appropriate for Halloween listening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LgM7PxgXL0
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Here's one that is a little bit out of character, so to speak, for this thread but in honor of the season (my favorite time of year) and in memory of Roger Williams who died a couple of weeks ago, here is a #1 smash hit (pretty much world-wide) from 1955 that you may have forgotten or more likely never heard of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4OR5sBVirk
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That one always reminds me of this one by Jim Stafford (the SPIDERS AND SNAKES guy) which is also appropriate for Halloween listening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LgM7PxgXL0
Good one! Probably when most think of Jim Stafford they name Spiders and Snakes or maybe My Girl Bill or Wildwood Weed. This song preceded all of them on the charts, though, and definitely qualifies as "forgotten" for a lot of people.
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Remember this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=725c7vX8vRQ
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Remember this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=725c7vX8vRQ
A great Styx tune, Frank. A lot of their stuff still gets airplay but haven't heard this one in quite some time.
Here's my favorite live version of the song, at least that I've found so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7YEKzHZqjA
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Jeff
Cool version of the song. Like the keyboard playing. Saw them only once in concert in 81 Paradise Theatre tour. Was a great concert for a 17 year old like me in last year of High School. Always like Tommy Shaw Vocals.
Could never get used to lack of Dennis Deyoung however, the mastermind behind the group, in later years.
Passing away of 2 brothers(bass and drummer) tragic on its face. Sincerely hope they righted themselves with God before their demise.
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Here's one that is a little bit out of character, so to speak, for this thread but in honor of the season (my favorite time of year) and in memory of Roger Williams who died a couple of weeks ago, here is a #1 smash hit (pretty much world-wide) from 1955 that you may have forgotten or more likely never heard of.
Wow, I have not heard that in ages and enjoyed it a lot. A great classic!
I wonder if anyone remembers this early 80’s electro-industrial track by Al Jourgensen of Ministry
Well I live with snakes and lizards
and other things that go bump in the night
cos to me everyday is Halloween
I have given up hiding and started to fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtX9u7_6F8
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Interesting sound Ministry
Never heard it before
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I wonder if anyone remembers this early 80’s electro-industrial track by Al Jourgensen of Ministry
oh yeah. it's in my permanent rotation in my ipod. This and the Twitch album were their defining moment for me. then they went all speed/thrash metal and I haven't listened to any new stuff since then.
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I love the John Stewart posted earlier. Midnight Wind was a killer song off of that album. The whole LP is great. Lindsey Buckingham produced the LP. John Stewart was a huge influence on him as a teenager.
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Who remember this one from these German electronic pioneers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGKhV6WsNrA
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From my childhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZcbifYqpGc
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I love the John Stewart posted earlier. Midnight Wind was a killer song off of that album. The whole LP is great. Lindsey Buckingham produced the LP. John Stewart was a huge influence on him as a teenager.
I bought the Bombs Away Dream Babies album all those years ago on the strength of the single Gold but the entire album is a gem and I dust it off from time to time to give it a spin. I remember hearing a brief mention of his death a few years ago and feeling like someone I knew had died. Here's another Top 40 song from the same album, and a truly forgotten one. As a bonus, one of my favorite Rosanne Cash songs, Runaway Train (written by John Stewart), is included for your enjoyment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAmOez4jZJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aApAFwZRxuU
[edited for punctuation on 11/5/11]
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From my childhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZcbifYqpGc
Thanks Frank. Been working through that series on Netflix through the Roku box.
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On this very day in 1977 Johnny Rivers' top 10 hit was making its way off the charts but it was still in the Top 40 (at #27). Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIKZU_rvU64
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The Exceedrin vinyl archives is home to quite a few albums that I bought for reasons now forgotten but still somehow made the cut when I "cleaned house" and cut my collection down to only what I considered essential at the time. I pulled Crawler for a listen recently and it's not bad. I know very little about the band but I do remember hearing Stone Cold Sober for a while on WMMR, the predominate progressive station in the area at that time. I dug it back then and still think it's pretty decent. It spent a mere seven weeks on the Hot 100, peaking at #65. How many remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQ5qHZAabM
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How about this forgotten tune? I really liked this song, which was popular when I was in college, and it is still pretty catchy imho.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGtwMMgaCCk
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How about this forgotten tune? I really liked this song, which was popular when I was in college, and it is still pretty catchy imho.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGtwMMgaCCk
I always liked this song (TURNING JAPANESE). These guys have a similar sound to some earlier bands like THE CARS and THE KNACK. Speaking of the Knack, I ran across this song on an oldies station today. While some of the popular groups of the time like Styx, Kansas, ELO, ELP etc. had a sound that was becoming increasingly complex and "orchestrated", THE KNACK tried a return to early BEATLES style, beat driven tunes. Not even sure how many albums they made, but I really liked their first one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc4l5EpCMEc
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I always liked this song (TURNING JAPANESE). These guys have a similar sound to some earlier bands like THE CARS and THE KNACK. Speaking of the Knack, I ran across this song on an oldies station today. While some of the popular groups of the time like Styx, Kansas, ELO, ELP etc. had a sound that was becoming increasingly complex and "orchestrated", THE KNACK tried a return to early BEATLES style, beat driven tunes. Not even sure how many albums they made, but I really liked their first one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc4l5EpCMEc
"Good Girls Don't" was my favorite Knack song.
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The Nails came to my college back in the 80s. Remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ITtKae130
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The Nails came to my college back in the 80s. Remember this one?
I had totally forgotten that song! Great track. Love the Casio keyboard. (At first I thought it was LaTour's, "People are Still having Sex")
Sorry if we’ve covered this one before. Sure is a fun video. Lee Hazlewood, 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww
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"Good Girls Don't" was my favorite Knack song.
This would be a top pick for me from The Knack's catalog...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYQizr-cafM
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I had totally forgotten that song! Great track. Love the Casio keyboard. (At first I thought it was LaTour's, "People are Still having Sex")
Sorry if we’ve covered this one before. Sure is a fun video. Lee Hazlewood, 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww
Yeah, Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's collaborations were part of that late 60's 'underground' sound; interesting stuff. Here's a favorite...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQiDs9tKZv4
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How about this possibly forgotten Top 10 hit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fymw5ie9Zd4
And as a bonus, how about some groovy Hammond organ work by Mr. Michaels?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wC5qVbXXBg
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Voices Carry is probably not forgotten by anyone but what about this one? It made it well into the Top 40 and for me personally is a better tune than Voices Carry. Anyone remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRwiLjZ0s4
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Voices Carry is probably not forgotten by anyone but what about this one? It made it well into the Top 40 and for me personally is a better tune than Voices Carry. Anyone remember it?
Being a local band, 'Til Tuesday got a lot of play around here. That one and the next one on the album, "Coming Up Close," were all over the radio.
Here's a song I recently heard on the radio that I'd forgotten about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4NoZtmxf6o
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How about this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGSrv1GnXMM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqATBMH6IM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzVkrlirFPE
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I've always thought this was a really cool video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Ae0k27LT4
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How about this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGSrv1GnXMM
Good one. I have the first two albums...haven't listened in ages but they all hold up pretty good in my estimation - Vandenberg, Gun, Giuffria; and then later, bands like Queensryche, Vanden Plas, and Porcupine Tree.
Really like this one...you probably never heard of them, did you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWoezmNaSYw
How about these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1q50WKVRUM
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The Nails came to my college back in the 80s. Remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ITtKae130
New one for me, never heard of 'em...
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Being a local band, 'Til Tuesday got a lot of play around here. That one and the next one on the album, "Coming Up Close," were all over the radio.
Here's a song I recently heard on the radio that I'd forgotten about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4NoZtmxf6o
The Waterboys are an interesting band; I like some of their stuff. Haven't heard anything by them in ages..until now.
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Here are three songs by Gallery, all of which charted in the Top 40 in 1972. Remember any of them? I'm sure you do...
Their biggest hit, peaking at #4 and earning them a gold record:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIDfiVSaVF8
Peaked at #23:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcly3z-Nxrk
Peaked at #22:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc1b_gpjM-w
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Here are three songs by Gallery, all of which charted in the Top 40 in 1972. Remember any of them? I'm sure you do...
Their biggest hit, peaking at #4 and earning them a gold record:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIDfiVSaVF8
Peaked at #23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcly3z-Nxrk
Peaked at #22:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc1b_gpjM-w
Definitely remember the 1st and 3rd songs... Not so much the 2nd.
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I had forgotten about this song and found it on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzToUPIiV9w
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For some reason, this song has been stuck in my head for weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy51CTN6AfE
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For some reason, this song has been stuck in my head for weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy51CTN6AfE
I'll never forget the Christmas I requested, and got, The Wedding Album . I wanted it because of "Black Lassie" and didn't know anything about the rest of it. Got it on 8-track (!) to play on the Soundesign all-in-one (AM/FM, 8-track, turntable) my siblings and I got the Christmas before. I think I actually played it Christmas Day and several of my relatives, and more importantly my Dad, heard it and were appalled. I had to take it back and exchange it for something else so I got Elton John's Greatest Hits on vinyl, which I still have to this day.
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Ha ha! I had the Wedding Album, too but never would have considered playing it for my family!
I was looking for the full length version with the song with the skit included but only found the song as it was used in the movie.
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Christmas music season officially opened recently in the Exceedrin household (Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music is up on the turntable as I write this) but I've also been on a Who kick. So I pulled out a Pete Townshend solo project from the vinyl archives. Anyone familiar with White City, a sort of concept album that Pete put out back in '85? It is a pretty cool record that I had not played in ages. I don't believe any singles were released off of it but you may have heard this one on AOR radio back then, I know I did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXf90OGTHE
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Ha ha! I had the Wedding Album, too but never would have considered playing it for my family!
I was looking for the full length version with the song with the skit included but only found the song as it was used in the movie.
I wish you would have warned me sooner, lol.
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Christmas music season officially opened recently in the Exceedrin household (Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music is up on the turntable as I write this) but I've also been on a Who kick. So I pulled out a Pete Townshend solo project from the vinyl archives. Anyone familiar with White City, a sort of concept album that Pete put out back in '85? It is a pretty cool record that I had not played in ages. I don't believe any singles were released off of it but you may have heard this one on AOR radio back then, I know I did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXf90OGTHE
Hey, that's David Gilmour on guitar! Yeah, I heard this song quite a bit when it came out but not much since.
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Hey, that's David Gilmour on guitar! Yeah, I heard this song quite a bit when it came out but not much since.
Yep, David Gilmour has shown up on stage quite a few times over the years with The Who or Who members. I remember seeing Quadrophenia, recorded at Hyde Park, with David on guitars; might have been on HBO or something.
Remember this Who classic? I saw them on this tour at JFK Stadium, what a show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HTVMh7fur4
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When Eminence Front first hit the radio, I had no idea what he was saying. It sounded to me like, "Living in a truck."
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When Eminence Front first hit the radio, I had no idea what he was saying. It sounded to me like, "Living in a truck."
I always liked the live video for Eminence Front that they recorded at a sound check that got played alot on MTV in the early days. The video was really a live recording and not them synched up to the studio recording. I am pretty sure it was recorded during the 1982 Farewell Tour. The first of many "this is the end" tours by The Who.
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Yep, David Gilmour has shown up on stage quite a few times over the years with The Who or Who members. I remember seeing Quadrophenia, recorded at Hyde Park, with David on guitars; might have been on HBO or something.
And Pete worked with David Gilmour (not sure why I can refer to Pete by his first name only, but not DG. Maybe it's because I can never remember if there's an "h" in Townshend) on his 1984 About Face album, writing the lyrics for "Love on the Air" and "All Lovers Are Deranged." Here's the latter track, one of my favorites from that album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdnZGiWkfhw
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Cool. I had no idea those two worked together so much. That one's on my iPod.
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Jeff
Excellent on the Vandenberg, not heard them in years
Love Gallery Song #1. Agree also know third song, but not second.
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How about this one. Anyone remember this one?
Loved it when I was in college. Just love this girl's voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz5DkTF2RW8
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How about this little classic?
Anyone remember?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hgI1aGTtg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiA1XBXAE6U
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How about this one. Anyone remember this one?
Loved it when I was in college. Just love this girl's voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz5DkTF2RW8
Hey, now there's one I forgot about...never would have thought of that one Frank.
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How about this little classic?
Anyone remember?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hgI1aGTtg
I don't believe I have ever heard that one before. I am not very knowledgeable about that style of music.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiA1XBXAE6U
Excellent. Love anything by Mr. Howe.
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Anyone remember this one? Their song Pretty Lady was featured a while back, but this one got more airplay and charted much higher (#24).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvVN_KRriTM
<changed YouTube link because previous one was removed from there>
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You got me on that one. Never heard that. In 1982 when that was filmed, huge amt of time listening to music and still dont
remember that one. Definition of a forgetten song, for me at least.
1970's mustache
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8CibAuvZM4
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Ah....yes ....and in keeping with the Christmas Spirit....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmZYIyySxPE
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8CibAuvZM4
Good one Gurgle. I only know his work from Stealing Fire which is an excellent album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vCww3j2-w
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Ah....yes ....and in keeping with the Christmas Spirit....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmZYIyySxPE
Was wondering if someone would take this topic in a Christmas direction. I've been too busy cleaning, de-clicking, and ripping all my new Christmas vinyl acquisitions to even log in and check until now. So here's my contribution to the Christmas theme. Although Three Ships has been in the archives since '85, I finally ripped it this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rFFr2lpl3A
And in the Christmas spirit, I may as well include a bonus song from Three Ships. Merry Christmas everyone!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mZ3XwLy2UI
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Here's a song that a lot of people think is either Bowie or Iggy, but it's a one-hit wonder by Edwyn Collins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkKxGzm98AU
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Here's a song that a lot of people think is either Bowie or Iggy, but it's a one-hit wonder by Edwyn Collins.
Well, color me a lot of people as I sure thought that was either Bowie or Iggy. And there's a good chance I'll continue to think that in a few years when I next hear that song. Good one!
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Well, color me a lot of people as I sure thought that was either Bowie or Iggy. And there's a good chance I'll continue to think that in a few years when I next hear that song. Good one!
More like a mix of David Bowie and Billy Idol.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeogQN0CSx4
Not sure if we did this one but it's my fave from Harlequin and still sounds good.
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I got to thinking about Miracles and then I remembered these other 70's Jefferson Starship hits. Marty Balin has such a great voice. The music tracks have a great feel to them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBttQmhDBw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMuK7YYxeg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DimjLEZsM8M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCC09Ppwe7k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ8Zy-gZlf8
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Out and about at a local store recently I bumped into the sister of a childhood friend of mine. After talking a bit she asked me if I remember her favorite song that she played that me and her brother hated. Thought I'd share it here (forewarned, it's disco)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD3Oc-6Brdw
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Out and about at a local store recently I bumped into the sister of a childhood friend of mine. After talking a bit she asked me if I remember her favorite song that she played that me and her brother hated. Thought I'd share it here (forewarned, it's disco)
great one!
They played this at the skating rink I went to
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great one!
They played this at the skating rink I went to
If you liked that one then you might remember the following song. Title song from a a TV show called Makin It. This I believe was the same guy that did the Dr. Pepper commercial and also the movie Werewolf in London. I thought this may have been posted in the thread before but a quick search I did not find it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8
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If you liked that one then you might remember the following song. Title song from a a TV show called Makin It. This I believe was the same guy that did the Dr. Pepper commercial and also the movie Werewolf in London. I thought this may have been posted in the thread before but a quick search I did not find it.
Where the heck did you come up with this one...HaHaHa
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Where the heck did you come up with this one...HaHaHa
Going over some of my old TV theme songs and movie soundtrack albums and this was within the mix. I barely remember the TV show/series "Makin It" but it was only on for one season back late 70's early 80's time frame.
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"Makin' It" actually first appeared in the movie "Meatballs" during the camp dance scene. David Naughton then took the popular single from there to the theme song of the sitcom for which he also starred. Yes, I know way too much about music like this. PS - I love this song, always have.
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Out and about at a local store recently I bumped into the sister of a childhood friend of mine. After talking a bit she asked me if I remember her favorite song that she played that me and her brother hated. Thought I'd share it here (forewarned, it's disco)
I don't remember that Dan Hartman song. Funny you can hear a sax towards the end, but no sax player in the video.
I like these other three of his:
I Can Dream About You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=621Nk3Ubz4A
I first heard that one in the movie "Streets of Fire"
Second Nature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewocec8hTns
We Are the Young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uzGmcRN114
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The Nails came to my college back in the 80s. Remember this one?
Thanks for posting that. Haven't heard that one in ages.
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I'm on a Marty Balin kick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0xufWPxX3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqWO-1PPdgE
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Here's a one hit wonder from 707, I like the studio version better than the live one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qXxCUYJ67g
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Here's a one hit wonder from 707, I like the studio version better than the live one.
I haven't heard that in years. Thanks for posting.
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Here's a one hit wonder from 707, I like the studio version better than the live one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qXxCUYJ67g
A song truly in the spirit of this thread. I had that album at one time, but have totally forgotten about it. 707 is related to Journey and Santana; anyone know how? Hint: We featured a song earlier that provides the answer.
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Here is addendum #2 to the original list of songs we've discussed on this thread. Another awesome, eclectic list! Hope we can keep the thread going in 2012.
I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
Baby Come Back - Player
Alone Again - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart
Heart Of The Night - Poco
Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
We Just Disagree - Dave Mason
Feelin' Alright - Traffic
Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy
Rosalie - Thin Lizzy
Go For Soda - Kim Mitchell
Paradise Skies - Max Webster
Midnight Wind - John Stewart
Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Legend Of Wooley Swamp - Charlie Daniels Band
Swamp Witch - Jim Stafford
Autumn Leaves - Rogers Williams
Crystal Ball - Styx
Every Day Is Halloween - Ministry
Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk
Theme From The Rat Patrol - Dominic Frontiere
Lost Her In The Sun - John Stewart
Queen Of Hollywood High - John Stewart
Runaway Train - Rosanne Cash
Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancing) - Johnny Rivers
Stone Cold Sober - Crawler
Runing Japanese - The Vapors
Good Girls Don't - The Knack
88 Lines About 44 Women - The Nails
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra
Can't Put A Price On Love - The Knack
Summer Wine - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
Do You Know What I Mean? - Lee Michaels
No Part Of It - Lee Michaels
What About Love - 'Til Tuesday
Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
Burning Heart - Vandenberg
Call To The Heart - Giuffria
I Must Be Dreaming - Giuffria
Screaming In The Night - Krokus
Taking On The World - GUN
Trains - Porcupine Tree
Nice To Be With You - Gallery
Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery
I Believe In Music - Gallery
Smiling Islands - Robbie Patton & Stevie Nicks
Earache My Eye - Cheech & Chong
Give Blood - Pete Townsend
Eminence Front - The Who
All Lovers Are Deranged - David Gilmour
I Know There's Something Going On - Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee
Mood For A Day - Steve Howe
One Fine Morning - Lighthouse
If A Tree Falls - Bruce Cockburn
Christmas in Heaven - Graham Chapman
If I Had A Rocket Launcher - Bruce Cockburn
Three Ships - Jon Anderson
How It Hits You - Jon Anderson
A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins
Sweet Things In Life - Harlequin
Miracles - Jefferson Starship
Count On Me - Jefferson Starship
Runaway - Jefferson Starship
Jane - Jefferson Starship
Find Your Way Back - Jefferson Starship
Instant Replay - Dan Hartman
Makin' It - David Naughton
I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman
Second Nature - Dan Hartman
We Are The Young - Dan Hartman
Hearts - Marty Balin
Atlanta Lady - Marty Balin
I Could Be Good For You - 707
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Thanks for posting that. Haven't heard that one in ages.
Enjoyed the Charlie Brown Christmas Wacky Style.
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In between two weeks of vacation and searching out and buying a ton of Christmas vinyl that I didn't have (and now have to clean, de-click, noise reduce, and rip, which will take me well into the Summer no doubt), I put this one on for a spin over the holidays for a little change of pace. I've always liked this solo effort by Mr. Setzer but am pretty sure it's not the first album most would think of at the mention of his name. I remember hearing the title track on WMMR, but not a lot. Anyone else?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiQ6uHgrJDU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INgxH6QAgIo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5jo61EaajQ
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A song truly in the spirit of this thread. I had that album at one time, but have totally forgotten about it. 707 is related to Journey and Santana; anyone know how? Hint: We featured a song earlier that provides the answer.
Let's see, does it have to do with Gregg Rolie singing for all three bands?
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In between two weeks of vacation and searching out and buying a ton of Christmas vinyl that I didn't have (and now have to clean, de-click, noise reduce, and rip, which will take me well into the Summer no doubt), I put this one on for a spin over the holidays for a little change of pace. I've always liked this solo effort by Mr. Setzer but am pretty sure it's not the first album most would think of at the mention of his name. I remember hearing the title track on WMMR, but not a lot. Anyone else?
I have vague memories of the title track thanks for posting. And thanks for putting the list together, we've covered so many songs it's hard to remember them all.
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Enjoyed the Charlie Brown Christmas Wacky Style.
:great:
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A favorite from high school. Dont hear it anymore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyU2RAQtxP4
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How about some Classic Chicago from late 1970's. Love this album. Best 2 songs. Jeff or anyone else remember?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FxZwZ31vNc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IRpwjTnZ7s
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Good ones Frank. Alive Again is one of my favorite lesser-known hits by Chicago (it peaked at #14 back in '78). As often as I hear Chicago tunes on the radio these days, I can honestly not remember hearing Alive Again in quite some time.
How about this one? This week back in 1976 it had reached its peak position of #9 on the Hot 100 which it would hold for one more week before dropping to #23.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pFT18a3VwQ
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I can't remember, has this one been mentioned?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPStw1SzcQc
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Was this one mentioned? I had forgotten about it until I heard it on the radio today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK0GgLKUU_I
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I got a late start with Soul Train but even though I did not get to see it on a regular basis as I did American Bandstand it resonates more with me now than AB does. I first saw an episode back in, I think, late '74. Not long after that everything was disco and I moved on to prog rock. But for the year or so that I did watch, I witnessed a lot of great artists, some of them with "forgotten" songs that we've featured here. And that play list was certainly an important part of the musical education for this teenage music fan in the mid-70s. And Don Cornelius, what can I say? The man was cool, just plain cool...and he even wore glasses like I did!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YHkGvrivPI
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I heard this recently and realized I had totally forgotten about it. How about you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnY7l0W3cxE
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Now here is one I forgot about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceM-RDntk2Y
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Now here is one I forgot about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceM-RDntk2Y
I never heard that one before. Thanks!
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Bet you forgot about this one. This week, way back in '79, it was sitting at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second week in a row. Another gem from Mr. Rafferty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_F47TRI7pU
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I don't remember ever hearing any Gerry Rafferty after Baker Street.
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I don't remember ever hearing any Gerry Rafferty after Baker Street.
I think that may be true for a lot of people. I did buy Night Owl for Days Gone Down but didn't listen to it much. But then about 8 or 9 years ago I found copies of both The New Humblebums and Open Up The Door on the same crate digging expedition at Plastic Fantastic (now Gold Million and still a GREAT shop). I eventually was able to pick up the rest of his solo catalog up to and including Sleepwalking. They all make regular appearances, once a year at least for the lesser known ones, on the turntable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YA4lDu0bWE
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Jeff
Great song. Had not heard that Raff song in years. Great to hear it again
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I love Gerry Rafferty! In a perfect world, Home and Dry would be as well known as Baker Street or Right Down the Line.
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Some more Pablo Cruise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uNG0IG7fbw
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Days Gone Down
exceedrin, great great Gerry Rafferty selection. I had totally forgotten about this classic song. Used to listen to it a lot as a teen.
Flash forward ten years to 1989, are there any JAMC fans out there? Parts of this song sure are New Order-ish.
Couldn’t decide to post this or Just Like Honey, (a great track too - a song I’d like to be played at my funeral, not that I am making plans, knock on wood)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGp47YwDZ48
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I love Gerry Rafferty! In a perfect world, Home and Dry would be as well known as Baker Street or Right Down the Line.
I wholeheartedly agree!
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Some more Pablo Cruise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uNG0IG7fbw
Worlds Away is a very good album, Frank. I particularly like "I Go To Rio"; don't remember if it charted or not... and the title track isn't bad either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zbSnoQHLDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYATS6J0HVM
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Love that P. Cruise album Jeff.
How about this one? Dont know if any one has put this up.
I loved this when I was a kid in the 70's and just saw it this sunday on Sci Fi Channel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCtcgI4BcIQ
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Love that P. Cruise album Jeff.
How about this one? Dont know if any one has put this up.
I loved this when I was a kid in the 70's and just saw it this sunday on Sci Fi Channel.
Great Burt Bacharach tune. We dance around to that one around Halloween each year.
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exceedrin, great great Gerry Rafferty selection. I had totally forgotten about this classic song. Used to listen to it a lot as a teen.
Flash forward ten years to 1989, are there any JAMC fans out there? Parts of this song sure are New Order-ish.
Couldn’t decide to post this or Just Like Honey, (a great track too - a song I’d like to be played at my funeral, not that I am making plans, knock on wood)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGp47YwDZ48
Although I've certainly heard of them, I've never heard much of their music. They gained notoriety right about the time I was beginning to tune out to modern music in the mid-to-late '80s. After listening to a few of their other songs I found on YouTube (April Skies and Just Like Honey) I'm not inclined to add them to my listening rotation but definitely appreciate knowing about them. It's another example of the very eclectic tastes that regular posters to this thread bring to the table which, for me, makes this thread the one I look forward to reading the most. Keep it coming.
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How about this one? Relatively obscure, I had completely forgotten about it until I was recently reviewing an old AT40 broadcast from August 29, 1981 where it was sitting at #33 in Billboard (third week in the Top 40) and #34 in Cash Box. Jog any memories?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4qLv__54ns
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Jeff
Good one. Not heard that since way back then
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Has this one been mentioned? I rented a car that had XM radio and listened to First Wave. They played this one I forgot about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdHOyrS72jg
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As the 70's took a final bow, this song peaked at #34 on the Cash Box chart. You may not remember the song, but you may very well recognize the voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpp3qzdlHuY
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Here are a couple of Forgotten Songs by a forgotten artist. Both were on the charts toward the end of '79 as the Disco backlash saw that genre virtually disappear from the Top 10 by the end the decade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTbl_8_hqag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ4VcXKWNgk
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A great (forgotten?) song from what is possibly my favorite album of the entire 80's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeT6alIlTu4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHZ79InLGRY
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Flash forward ten years to 1989, are there any JAMC fans out there? Parts of this song sure are New Order-ish.
Couldn’t decide to post this or Just Like Honey, (a great track too - a song I’d like to be played at my funeral, not that I am making plans, knock on wood)
dang, I haven't listened to those guys in quite awhile.
I probably would have posted Never Understand, but those other two are great ones.
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Today is St. Patrick's Day so how about a traditional Irish song, performed live in Ireland by an Irish band?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zEZriQOA2o
Bonus track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjjpBb9q1PA
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I first encountered Mahogany Rush when the Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Live album came out. My favorite cut was Electric Reflections of War. Here's one that could be considered a "hit" for Frank, released on his second solo album. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzfiqa1aLCw
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Jeff
What year is that from?
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Jeff
What year is that from?
Frank, the Juggernaut album was released in 1982.
Jeff
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Here's one from ELO that I had forgotten about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-uaXyc6Mlw
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This week's AT40 rebroadcast was from March 31, 1973. At #39, up from #45, is this one which I have not heard in a while. Do you remember it?
That particular AT40 show was interesting to me for several reasons, including that Stuck In The Middle With You made its debut in the Top 40 at #34, up from #48. It would eventually climb to #6, and yours truly remembers quite clearly hearing it for the first time and then following it every week, rooting for it to reach #1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9bJJNUdXEs
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Great song. To be remembered forever.
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I heard this song on XRB this afternoon. It squeaked into the Billboard Top 40 in early November of 1978. I had not heard it in many years...remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iJBDR32XLM
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Here's the third addendum to bring us up to date on all of the songs featured on this thread. Things have slowed down a bit; it's getting harder to remember the songs you've forgotten isn't it? ;)
The Knife Feels Like Justice - Brian Setzer
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Brian Setzer
Radiation Ranch - Brian Setzer
In Your Letter - REO Speedwagon
Alive Again - Chicago
No Tell Lover - Chicago
Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin
Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop
Mother Mother - Tracy Bonham
There's The Girl - Heart
Sound Of A Breaking Heart - Prophet
Home And Dry - Gerry Rafferty
Days Gone Down - Gerry Rafferty
Wat'cha Gonna Do? - Pablo Cruise
Head On - The Jesus And Mary Chain
I Go To Rio - Pablo Cruise
Worlds Away - Pablo Cruise
Beware Of The Blob - Burt Bacharach/Mack David
Breaking Away - Balance
Images Of Heaven - Peter Godwin
Tom Johnston - Savannah Nights
Rolene - Moon Martin
No Chance - Moon Martin
Show Me - Pretenders
When The Children Cry - White Lion
Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy
Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) - Thin Lizzy
Strange Dreams - Frank Marino
Twilight - Electric Light Orchestra
Wildflower - Skylark
Flying High - Commodores
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The Tarney Spencer band was still the find of this thread. Hands down!
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I just finished reading a book about the Border Blaster radio stations of Mexico. A fascinating read, it reminded me of the few times I was able to catch XERF late at night in the 70's all the way here in Pennsylvania. This would have been well after Wolfman Jack's time there but I did hear some great tunes and the "exotic" nature of hearing a station from that far away was always very appealing to me. I do remember very well hearing Wolfman on CHUM, my favorite not-quite-border-blaster station from the other border. This one was the Guess Who's last Top 10 hit, remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u12xbLeMY6A
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Just making it into the Top 40 at number 39 this week way back in 1977 was this song. I have no recollection of it and that is probably because two weeks later it plummeted to #59 after peaking at one notch higher the week before. Anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUizU-Seh2g
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I'm sure most have heard by now that Robin Gibb lost his battle with multiple cancers today. This is not a forgotten song, but one that surely spotlights Robin's talent and should go down as an all-time classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frA2K5oqm54
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Just making it into the Top 40 at number 39 this week way back in 1977 was this song. I have no recollection of it and that is probably because two weeks later it plummeted to #59 after peaking at one notch higher the week before. Anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUizU-Seh2g
I don't recall that one but is sounds reminiscent of a similarly titled song by King Harvest...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR47TZdJg64
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Just making it into the Top 40 at number 39 this week way back in 1977 was this song. I have no recollection of it and that is probably because two weeks later it plummeted to #59 after peaking at one notch higher the week before. Anyone?
The only Starbuck song I know is Moonlight Feels Right. Was that already mentioned? It must have been mentioned...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCuQQcISZTM
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Heard this song by the dBs for the first time in a long time the other day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEqGcES4Xw
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When I heard the news yesterday of Bob Welch's death I thought immediately of two songs - "Sentimental Lady" and this one, perhaps forgotten by most, but one of my favorites. Remember?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYExujyrZ_k
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I had that Bob Whelch 8 track. Played it a lot. Classic!
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Being the first day of Summer and all...I thought we featured this one already but my records indicate that to be untrue. Tony Carey has always been a big favorite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3-DxOR6wus
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Ah, yes, I was singing that Tony Carey song just the other day. Funny what pops in your head. Definitely a forgotten track by most folks.
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Being the first day of Summer and all...I thought we featured this one already but my records indicate that to be untrue. Tony Carey has always been a big favorite.
I don't think I have heard that song before. The only Tony Carey song I remember is Fine Day. Good stuff.
I also just remembered I won't be home tonight! :great:
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Both songs were from the same album. They were both hits on the radio back in the day as I recall.
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I can always count on Radio Brownsburg to play something that stimulates the memory cells. Hadn't heard this one, or thought of it, in many, many years until they played it this afternoon. It peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 9, 1974.
Not the greatest quality but I think it's cool that someone actually has a live clip of this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUnetTZeyhI
Anyone remember it now?
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Sorry if you wanted to forget this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZlXJtLhMQ
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I remember seeing this one on MTV. I don't recall having heard the song on local radio though. Do you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuiEWVvETss
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I pretty much wore out Dwight Twilley's Scuba Divers album back in the day and just picked up a pristine copy to replace it. This song is a particular favorite from the album. Anyone else know it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G8mbmDSnVk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxG83V-bLw4
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I pretty much wore out Dwight Twilley's Scuba Divers album back in the day and just picked up a pristine copy to replace it. This song is a particular favorite from the album. Anyone else know it?
I don't think I have ever heard that song. It's kinda catchy even though I don't know what the cheesy lyrics mean...HaHa
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I don't think I have ever heard that song. It's kinda catchy even though I don't know what the cheesy lyrics mean...HaHa
It is indeed catchy!
There is a line in the song that explains the lyrics quite nicely...
"What it means is what it means is what it really means." :]
Maybe this Top 20 hit will ring a bell...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpU05HKaJug
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It is indeed catchy!
There is a line in the song that explains the lyrics quite nicely...
"What it means is what it means is what it really means." :]
Maybe this Top 20 hit will ring a bell...
It doesn't sound familiar. I looked it up on iTunes and they said listeners also bought the Shoes. I remember the Shoes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Opz_drg1O8
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Hey, good one, I had that album called Present Tense, but it was a victim of the archives rationalization I did, regrettably, some 20 years ago. Some of their stuff reminded me of The Raspberries, kinda, sorta. Totally forgot about them!
(edited to properly end the Italic modifier!!)
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Here is a decent Walter Egan penned song that I was going to post about some time ago but opted for something else instead.
This week's AT40 70's presentation is for August 4, 1979 and it just so happens the song was at #39, on its way to peaking at #18. If you look at the somewhat abbreviated video clip on YouTube of the band performing this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kji0iO4bwMw) you may recognize Chris Thompson of Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
The follow-up album to this one resides in the Exceedrin Vinyl Archives but did not yield any chart hits to my knowledge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs2mlV09Iw8
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I can't remember if we discussed Mama's Boys. This one was one of my faves from them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0uywUcZlm8
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We used to jam the shit out of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQbSYIC804
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I just saw Sixteen Candles recently and heard this song at the end. I don't remember ever hearing on the radio. It's really eerie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2ahzuziEw
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I can't remember if we discussed Mama's Boys. This one was one of my faves from them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0uywUcZlm8
Never heard of 'em. I like the guitar solo...
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We used to jam the shit out of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQbSYIC804
Interesting and unexpected place for a saxaphone! I did hear a saxaphone, right?
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I just saw Sixteen Candles recently and heard this song at the end. I don't remember ever hearing on the radio. It's really eerie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2ahzuziEw
Never heard it before. Completely different than "Hold Me Now"...
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Interesting and unexpected place for a saxaphone! I did hear a saxaphone, right?
There might be a sax involved :great:
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Never heard it before. Completely different than "Hold Me Now"...
I know but I love it. Even 20+ years later.
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Remembered this song today while conversing with a friend. It was a big hit on Atlanta's WKLS 96ROCK back around 1984-1986. It got played up until the early 1990s and then disappeared.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI
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Remembered this song today while conversing with a friend. It was a big hit on Atlanta's WKLS 96ROCK back around 1984-1986. It got played up until the early 1990s and then disappeared.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI
This was a staple on the Dr. Demento shows for years. I particularly enjoy the following part...
They said I'd blown a seal
I said, "Fix the damn thing
And leave my private life out of it
Okay pal?"
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Back around this time in 1972 this song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 80 on its way to number 2. The artist is probably better known for other songs but I've always liked this one's cool groove. Remember it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbN8jqDhHO8
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Anyone who's ever had a heart
Wouldn't turn around and break it
And anyone who's ever played a part
Wouldn't turn around and hate it
It takes some nerve to cover a classic such as Sweet Jane. I think this band does an outstanding job.
Here is a great live version (words I rarely utter). It's nice seeing Johnny too. Hearing him say, “Good stuff” brings a smile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtoxrBKGBCE
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In celebrating Rick Springfield's new album tomorrow here is one I haven't heard in a long time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGQwRcd87-U
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Let's also give some love to Kiss who also has a new album tomorrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tET3vtelQ6A
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Haven't logged in for a while...good posts Jean and Bum.
Recently heard this song on an aircheck of border blaster XROK 80 from back in 1976 and it sounded awesome. You could almost feel the 150,000 watts 36 years later. Here's another instance of it from The Midnight Special...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-5Y5PX2qHQ
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...good posts Jean and Bum
He usually hangs out with Mabel
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I just listened to Jay Ferguson - Shakedown Cruise - haven't heard that song in a long time.
Strange Way from Firefall was going through my head for some reason so I had to check out their other songs. I totally forgot about Cinderella and 'I said God Damn!' LOL
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Here's a place to post songs that others may have forgotten.
Here is a classic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw_o
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This one entered the Billboard Hot 100 on March 17, 1979 at position 86 and peaked at #36. I don't mind it but perhaps it is best forgotten, eh? I remember the album cover more so than the song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnGfkD5UveE
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This one entered the Billboard Hot 100 on March 17, 1979 at position 86 and peaked at #36. I don't mind it but perhaps it is best forgotten, eh? I remember the album cover more so than the song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnGfkD5UveE
Never heard it before. It's probably best to be forgotten...LOL
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08NlhjpVFsU
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WTF?
How about some abscure stuff like Songs of the south?
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WTF?
How about some abscure stuff like Songs of the south?
Okay...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47ak4vjiNzw
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Okay...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47ak4vjiNzw
There you go! :great:
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I've watched it twice but don't understand why the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah clip might be interpreted by some people to possibly be racist
Here's a white dude singing it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmn_cnYmlUg
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Heard this today for the first time in eons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYhgqrZIqU
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Here's one for this forgotten topic:
I Ain't Ever Satisfied - Steve Earle and The Dukes -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ituFNPXAaE8
Sorry about the 17 second commercial, but at least it's the official video.
After looking up Steve Earle spurred by hearing a couple of his songs during a re-watching of The Farrelly Brothers' "Fever Pitch" realized I knew and liked some of his work.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVStJaB-lg4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVStJaB-lg4
They're tryin' to getcha Jimmy, indeed.
Growing up in the Detroit area, we occasionally would drive by the last place he was seen alive, the Machus Red Fox restaurant, and it would often spark conjecture about what happened to him.
Jimmy disappeared July 30th 1975, so I bet he never got to see the 16th series!
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WHAT HAPPENED DID THEY THROW OUT ALL THE MUSIC ...................///////////////////////......................
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WHAT HAPPENED DID THEY THROW OUT ALL THE MUSIC ...................///////////////////////......................
Remember “Super Trouper”?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSI2E-B9iw