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Edgy MD May 27 2013 04:04 PM

From this week in 1977. Wasn't able to access the Billboard Charts. They supposedly made them available after years of hiding 'em, but I damned if I can find 'em. Here's the top 40 from Music Box. A cursory look says the top ten is pretty much the same. Check out the Rocky theme charting twice at the same time. TW TITLE | Artist (Label) LW 2WK 3WK WKS 1 SIR DUKE Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54281) 2 5 9 9 2 I’M YOUR BOOGIE MAN KC & Sunshine Band (T.K. 1022) 3 4 7 13 3 WHEN I NEED YOU Leo Sayer (Warner Bros. 8332) 1 1 1 14 4 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros. 8371) 5 7 15 7 5 GOT TO GIVE IT UP (pt. 1) Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54280) 6 8 13 7 6 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell (Capitol 4376) 4 2 2 15 7 COULDN’T GET IT RIGHT Climax Blues Band (Sire 736) 8 9 11 16 8 LONELY BOY Andrew Gold (Asylum 45384) 11 19 25 11 9 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS Hot (Big Tree 16085) 10 11 12 16 10 LUCILLE Kenny Rogers (United Artists 929) 13 16 21 9 11 CALLING DR. LOVE Kiss (Casablanca 880) 12 13 14 12 12 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Foreigner (Atlantic 3394) 15 17 22 10 13 GONNA FLY NOW (Theme From “Rocky”) Bill Conti (United Artists 940) 16 23 30 7 14 HOTEL CALIFORNIA Eagles (Asylum 45386) 7 3 3 13 15 HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG Marshall Tucker Band (Capricorn 0270) 17 22 26 12 16 UNDERCOVER ANGEL Alan O’Day (Pacific 001) 21 27 39 9 17 JET AIRLINER Steve Miller Band (Capitol 4424) 20 26 34 5 18 AIN’T GONNA BUMP NO MORE (With No Big Fat Woman) Joe Tex (Epic 50313) 19 21 24 10 19 WHODUNIT Tavares (Capitol 4398) 22 25 29 11 20 MAINSTREET Bob Seger (Capitol 4422) 23 28 36 6 21 HELLO STRANGER Yvonne Elliman (RSO 871) 14 15 18 11 22 SLOW DANCIN’ DON’T TURN ME ON Addrisi Brothers (Buddah 566) 26 32 40 10 23 MARGARITAVILLE Jimmy Buffett (ABC 12254) 25 30 38 10 24 LIDO SHUFFLE Boz Scaggs (Columbia 10491) 9 6 6 12 25 I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU Rose Royce (MCA 40662) 18 10 10 13 26 LIFE IN THE FAST LANE Eagles (Asylum 45403) 36 61 — 3 27 HIGH SCHOOL DANCE Sylvers (Capitol 4405) 34 43 49 7 28 I’VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND Natalie Cole (Capitol 4360) 24 12 4 17 29 LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT Barry Manilow (Arista 0244) 38 65 77 4 30 CINDERELLA Firefall (Atlantic 3392) 32 35 37 10 31 CHERRY BABY Starz (Capitol 4399) 30 29 27 11 32 RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT Jennifer Warnes (Arista 0223) 27 14 5 17 33 TRYIN’ TO LOVE TWO William Bell (Mercury 73839) 28 18 8 15 34 YOUR LOVE Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (ABC 12262) 29 24 16 12 35 BACK TOGETHER AGAIN Daryl Hall & John Oates (RCA 10970) 40 58 72 4 36 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING Andy Gibb (RSO 872) 43 54 61 6 37 GONNA FLY NOW (Theme From “Rocky”) Maynard Ferguson (Columbia 10468) 41 45 51 7 38 DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE Peter McCann (20th Century 2335) 44 56 66 6 39 ON THE BORDER Al Stewart (Janus 267) 42 51 54 6 40 DANCIN’ MAN Q (Epic 50335) 31 20 20 12

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2013 04:50 PM Re: America's Top 40

Songs I don't think I know: Angel in Your Arms Ain't Gonna Bump No More Whodunnit Hello Stranger High School Dance Slow Dancin Don't Turn Me On Dancin Man Would not have guessed Cherry baby charted so high, even if it is No. 30. Who was a fan of Starz?

Ashie62 May 27 2013 05:42 PM Re: America's Top 40

I can almost hear the radio on my old VW Beetle...

MFS62 May 27 2013 05:44 PM Re: America's Top 40

Wow! 13 weeks on the charts and the last three at #1? Except for "You Make Me Feel Like Dancin'", I don't remember Leo Sayer being this high - even with his platfom shoes. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2013 05:47 PM Re: America's Top 40

Lonely Boy the heatseeker of the week, looks like.

Edgy MD May 27 2013 06:09 PM Re: America's Top 40

Songs I don't think I know: Angel in Your Arms Ain't Gonna Bump No More Whodunnit Hello Stranger High School Dance Slow Dancin Don't Turn Me On Dancin Man That sounds about where I was. "Slow Dancin Don't Turn Me On" was a lite funk thing, and I thought it was called "Slow Dancin'" at first, which didn't jibe with the funk. When I realized that it was an anti-slow-dancing song, I thought it might have been an answer track to "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')" by Johnny Rivers, but the Rivers song was in fact not released until June. That being said, the Rivers song had been recorded earlier by the Funky Kings, which included the song's composer Jack Tempchin. It was released in 1976 and went to #13 on the adult contemporary charts, so maybe the Addrisi Brothers were answering that song. The funny thing is that the Funky Kings release called the song " "Slow Dancin'," which I imagine most of us think of as the title. The Johnny Rivers version had a different name to avoid confusion with "Slow Dancin Don't Turn Me On" by the Addrisi Brothers. So it had to be renamed to avoid confusion with the song that was probably written as an answer to it. Another note about "Slow Dancin Don't Turn Me On": Notice that it's on Buddha Records. Buddha had a nice run as the worldwide leader in bubblegum music from 1968 to 1973, and was the home of the likes of The 1910 Fruitgum Company and The Lemon Pipers. They also scored a minor hit on the album charts with Miracle Mets by the 1969 Mets. The record didn't close the books on the label's association with the team, however. They would go on to hire Ed Charles in an A&R role, and the label's president would go on to marry Carol Lockwood after her divorce from this forum's namesake. Had no idea that they were still makin' money on nu releases as late as 1977. Another note about Jack Tempchin: He was a frequent collaborator with Glen Frey, writing songs with or for the secondary Eagle, during the Eagles years and during his time as a solo act. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" was his, and and he co-wrote "Already Gone", "The Girl From Yesterday," "Somebody," and "It's Your World Now." In the eighties his songs helped give Glen his sleezy saxxy image with "You Belong to the City" and "Smuggler's Blues." Back to the topic. It included this great couplet: [list]Somebody play some rock 'n' roll So I can shake and bake some sweet woman's soul.[/list:u] [youtube]CyP9mpsGmr8[/youtube]

cooby May 27 2013 07:12 PM Re: America's Top 40

The week I graduated high school. I don't remember pretty much the same ones Widey doesn't remember, except these three Whodunnit Hello Stranger Slow Dancin Don't Turn Me I can remember when "Slow Dancin, Swaying to the Music" came out, sometimes the DJ would play that and "Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On" back to back for a joke.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2013 07:19 PM Re: America's Top 40

Never forget my neighbor's interpretation which went: Uncover Angel! Answer to me prayers I never knew you had crusty underwear!

Edgy MD May 27 2013 08:01 PM Re: America's Top 40

Was your neighbor Scottish?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2013 09:13 PM Re: America's Top 40

DID YOU KNOW: The lead vocals on Bill Conti's "Gonna Fly Now" were performed by DeEtta Little, younger sister of late "Blazing Saddles" actor Cleavon Little. The lead vocals on "Hotel California," meanwhile, were performed by Not-So-Little Dickbag Don Henley.

MFS62 May 28 2013 05:55 AM Re: America's Top 40

Why the un-love for Henley? Later

Frayed Knot May 28 2013 06:25 AM Re: America's Top 40

MFS62 wrote: Why the un-love for Henley? [youtube]Wm-o7_VVAoU[/youtube]

Swan Swan H May 28 2013 06:28 AM Re: America's Top 40

MFS62 wrote: Why the un-love for Henley? Later Because it's the right thing to do. The Nassau Community College radio station has a two-hour 70s show at 7 AM Saturdays. I have XM, and occasionally pop on their 70s station, but it always seems to be the most mainstream hits that have managed to stay somewhat popular. The guy who does this show (Ron Stevens, his name is) manages to pick out the most wonderfully cheesy stuff on a weekly basis. I mean, the DiFranco Family? Cooby, he played Whodunnit a couple of weeks ago. You want cheese? This is the pure Velveeta. Whodunit, who stole my baby? Whodunit, everyone in the room looks shady Whodunit, who stole my girl from me, yeah? Whodunit, who took my honey? Whodunit, I know the motive was not funny Whodunit, it's a bedside mystery, yeah, yeah Hey, where's the phone to call Sherlock Holmes? Somebody took my baby I've been framed by what's his name and he's gettin' away, Charlie Chan, see if you can help me find those two, won't you? Where were you on the night of the 12th I was by myself, She went dancin' in the dark Somebody stole her heart, Ellery Queen if you're so keen Won't you help me find my sweet thing, yeah, yeah Whodunit, who stole my baby? Whodunit, everyone in the room looks shady Whodunit, who stole my girl from me, yeah? Whodunit, whodunit, who took my honey? Whodunit, I know the motive was not funny Whodunit, whodunit, it's a bedside mystery The place is surrounded, the place is surrounded Nobody leaves till I found her, nobody leaves till I found her Until this case is solved It's up against the wall, you all Whodunit, I wonder, wonder who, who stole my baby? Whodunit, whodunit, everyone in the room looks shady Whodunit, I wonder who, was it you? Who stole my girl from me? Hey Baretta, won't you please go get her Whodunit, for cryin' out loud, who took my honey? Whodunit, somebody call McCloud, I know the motive was not funny Whodunit, where is my baby? It's a bedside mystery Yeah, Kojak won't you bring her back Whodunit, Ironside, don't you let her slide, who stole my baby? Whodunit, tell Dirty Harry, everyone in the room looks shady We're supposed to get married Whodunit, who stole my girl from me, from me, from me?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 28 2013 07:16 AM Re: America's Top 40

Frayed Knot wrote: MFS62 wrote: Why the un-love for Henley? [youtube]Wm-o7_VVAoU[/youtube] Almost like a total set-up.

Edgy MD May 28 2013 11:19 AM Re: America's Top 40

Note that Stevie Wonder is deservedly at number one, with an amazing track that simultaneously references classic swing, contemporary funk, and reggae. But it's a double apotheosis of sorts. It's the third of three consecutive number ones from the amazing Songs in the Key of Life ("I Wish" and "Isn't She Lovely?" preceded), and with Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)," suggests that Motown was as healthy as ever. But the album's next two singles would only reach numbers 32 and 36 respectively, and Stevie would go into a period of seclusion for three years, emerging as more reflective than ever. His concept albums bejeweled with hard-hitting, funky pop masterpieces would become concept albums more drenched in abstraction than ever, and eventually become concept albums bejeweled with Hallmark treacle. The live-sounding bite of his albums' horns, drums and squealing organs would increasingly be replaced by synthetic and gated sounds. He had one more kick in the face left for radio listeners in his career (1980's "Master Blaster (Jammin')" but Motown would never again have an artist as dominant as Stevie was at this moment in time --- or as he and so many of his predecessors were priorly. If you remember his TDK commercials circa 1980, you remember him being less a ghetto prophet and more a new age guru. Casey's backstory before playing the record told of how Stevie's first hit --- the Ray Charlesy "Fingertips (Part 2)" --- was clearly a live recording, but the label couldn't reference the performance (as was standard for live recordings) because someone would have gotten arrested, as Stevie was 15 and underage for the club he was playing in. Casey didn't say it, but I imagine the reason Stevie was originally billed as "Little Stevie Wonder" was to deflect attention from his youth, and pre-emptively suggest to audiences that he wasn't young, he was just small.

bmfc1 May 29 2013 06:48 AM Re: America's Top 40

AT40 charts are here: http://www.charismusicgroup.com/calendar.htm scroll down for the calendar.

Edgy MD May 29 2013 07:18 AM Re: America's Top 40

Nice. Thanks.

Ceetar May 29 2013 07:42 AM Re: America's Top 40

I know like ..maybe 4-5 of those from the title/artist. Probably recognize at least half if I heard them. I'd probably do much better on more current top 40s.

Mets – Willets Point May 29 2013 10:20 AM Re: America's Top 40

Ceetar wrote: I know like ..maybe 4-5 of those from the title/artist. Probably recognize at least half if I heard them. I know 11 of the songs by title/artist, not counting the alternate version of "Gonna Fly Now." There are a lot of artists in that list that make me go "Huh?"

seawolf17 May 29 2013 10:25 AM Re: America's Top 40

Had no idea this was a cover. [youtube:3vfwketd]VXZcO7J2AnM[/youtube:3vfwketd]

G-Fafif May 29 2013 10:35 AM Re: America's Top 40

Mrs. Fafif and I had a discussion about "Angel In Your Arms" during one of this countdown's airings, impressed by how Hot's lead singer executed her plan to get even with her cheating spouse. When I first found out I hurt all over I felt so left out till I got to know her So I tried the way that she got over And I became just like her So don't be surprised to find That the angel in your arms this morning Is gonna be the devil in someone else's arms tonight You might say our protagonist was also an undercover angel, having effected some sort of secret identity to "get to know her". In fact, she might have been one of Charlie's Angels. "Sabrina, you need to get know the girlfriend. Bosley's gotten you a job at the same health club where she works. You'll be leading one of those new aerobics classes." "That'll be a lot of bouncing up and down, Charlie." "I'm sure you're up for it. Take Kelly with you for backup."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2013 10:36 AM Re: America's Top 40

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Ceetar wrote: I know like ..maybe 4-5 of those from the title/artist. Probably recognize at least half if I heard them. I know 11 of the songs by title/artist, not counting the alternate version of "Gonna Fly Now." There are a lot of artists in that list that make me go "Huh?" 25 or 26 here. But then, when I was a kid, we had an AM-Gold-type station on in our bathroom radio, which went on whenever someone turned the lights on in there; I recognize far too much Crystal Gayle, Climaxx, and Gibb-related musicalation than someone my age should. I've been programmed, in other words.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 29 2013 10:41 AM Re: America's Top 40

You get one song of the above 40 on your Desert Island Mix Tape. Which? Why?

G-Fafif May 29 2013 10:47 AM Re: America's Top 40

"Ariel," for reasons spelled out here. OE: "Ariel" was on the Billboard chart that AT40 played, but I realize the list above isn't Billboard, in which case I'll go with the song that got us here, "Undercover Angel," because on a desert island, I'm gonna need something catchy to hum until I'm rescued and something weird to distract me.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 29 2013 10:53 AM Re: America's Top 40

G-Fafif wrote: "Ariel," for reasons spelled out here. But wait, that's not on the list. (referring to the list in the first post). Couldn't Get It Right is. I think that's my pick. (edit -- OK)

G-Fafif May 29 2013 11:02 AM Re: America's Top 40

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: G-Fafif wrote: "Ariel," for reasons spelled out here. But wait, that's not on the list. (referring to the list in the first post). Couldn't Get It Right is. I think that's my pick. (edit -- OK) "Couldn't Get It Right" ranks ahead of "Undercover Angel" on the Top 500 and would be wonderful to hear on any island. Made life on Long Island more enjoyable when I was 14.

Edgy MD May 29 2013 11:13 AM Re: America's Top 40

I'm not sure I don't go with Maynard Ferguson's version of "Gonna Fly Now" just to keep my spirits up during the long wait for rescue and to inspire me to exercise daily. AT40 note of the day: The dueling versions of "Gonna Fly Now" was a rarity on Casey's countdown. The most recent example of two versions of the same "song" simulcharting, before "GFN" had been in 1973, when the country, feeling vulnerable during a national crisis, began passing around copies of an essay by Canadian journalist/commentator Gordon Sinclair praising US generosity, ingenuity, and all-round can-do spirit. (This same essay would re-appear on message boards and in inboxes after the attacks of 2001, often suggested or implied to be a recent composition, sometimes with a latter-day author's name attached.) The reading of the essay over the radio would inspire hushed reverence in households across America that hadn't been known since the gilded radio days of the Great Depression and World War II. It was only a matter of time before somebody set it to music. And two damn different versions of the essay read with patriotic music in the background were released and charted at the same time. The sentiments were certainly good and defensible, but I'm sure it wore thin pretty quickly, and drove Casey mad to have to sit through the whole essay twice week after week for a month or so while both were selling. It got old soon enough, and despite the "hit" status of both records, you'd be hard pressed to find an oldies station play either one today. The version read by Sinclair himself peaked at #24, making him, at 73, the oldest recording artist to crack Billboard's AT40 since Moms Mabley hit in 1969 with "Abraham, Martin, and John" at 75. The other version, read by Toronto news director Byron MacGregor went all the way to #4. Could you imagine the professional musicians not making the charts while a news director reading an essay was selling like hotcakes? I'm trying to think of the next time after "Gonna Fly Now" where two versions of the same song charted simultaneously. I'm thinking "Der Kommissar" by Falco and "After the Fire." The hits keep coming.

Mets – Willets Point May 29 2013 11:22 AM Re: America's Top 40

"Sir Duke" would be my Desert Island Mixtape pick. I've always loved that song. In fact, if you did a Stevie Wonder Desert Island Mixtape poll I might still pick it. That or "Ma Cherie Amour". But I think I'd need "Sir Duke" to keep my spirits up on the desert island.

G-Fafif May 29 2013 11:25 AM Re: America's Top 40

"Billy Don't Be A Hero" was a blowout for Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods, their version hitting No. 1 while Paper Lace's stalled at No. 96 -- but they got over it when "The Night Chicago Died" raced up the charts that same summer of '74. There was actually a third version of "The Americans" floating around, recorded by Tex Ritter. Got airplay on WHN. Byron MacGregor's was the highest-charting, though. And some 11-year-old I know bought the 45 and still has it.

seawolf17 May 29 2013 11:31 AM Re: America's Top 40

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: You get one song of the above 40 on your Desert Island Mix Tape. Which? Why? Since I'm assuming you won't let me take the White Zombie cover, I'll take "Calling Dr. Love" because the rest of those songs are largely terrible.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 29 2013 11:41 AM Re: America's Top 40

R&B/soul/disco family group Taveras did a lot of that sort of thing. They had hits with "Free Ride" and "She's Gone", basically, bringing white-boy songs to the soul listener, but I couldn't tell you if they ever shared the same Top 40 week.

G-Fafif May 29 2013 11:47 AM Re: America's Top 40

Bee Gees had an open net for a fourth consecutive No. 1 with "More Than A Woman," which was getting massive airplay as Saturday Night Fever gripped America in the spring of '78, but never released it as a single in deference to Taveras, who took the superior cover (IMO) to the Top 40. The "in deference" part is according to Casey a few weeks (and 35 years) ago. Maybe RSO was just wary of saturation.

G-Fafif May 29 2013 11:50 AM Re: America's Top 40

[youtube:3es452c1]ffCEr327W44[/youtube:3es452c1] vs. [youtube:3es452c1]aBwvFBxf_Eg[/youtube:3es452c1] 1993

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2013 12:17 PM Re: America's Top 40

Just one from this list? Has to be "Sir Duke," no? The funk of "Got To Give It Up," fused with the get-up-and-go of "Gonna Fly Now"... it's probably the song on my desert island alarm-clock-radio.

Edgy MD May 29 2013 12:42 PM Re: America's Top 40

seawolf17 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: You get one song of the above 40 on your Desert Island Mix Tape. Which? Why? Since I'm assuming you won't let me take the White Zombie cover, I'll take "Calling Dr. Love" because the rest of those songs are largely terrible. I dare you to listen to "Sir Duke" and call it terrible.

G-Fafif May 29 2013 12:50 PM Re: America's Top 40

BTW, an outstanding accessory for any AT40 rebroadcast. (We have the '80s version, too.)

Edgy MD May 30 2013 11:58 AM Re: America's Top 40

I should have known but didn't, but donning a leisure suit, an open shirt, and an engaging smile, and singing them country ballads wasn't Kenny Rogers second job, as I had thought, but his third. Before The First Edition he sang and played bass with folk powerhouse The New Christy Minstrels. And that's just successful jobs, as he had several failed ventures doing folk and jazz and pop in between. Now when I say "ballads," I mean to be giving the Kenster some credit, as I mean it by the more traditional sense of story-songs, less than the latter day meaning of slow love songs. What I realized listening to Casey on Sunday was that "Lucille" was Kenny's first pop hit as a solo artist. It would get to Billboard Hot 100 #5 and #1 on various auxiliary charts. In listening more intentionally to the lyrics, I realized that the singer is not the one who has been left by Lucille at all, but rather a third party sitting in a bar next to a runaway mother and the man come to take her back. The refrain is all in quotes. I guess this was, in it's way, the blueprint for Kenny's bigger song that became the signature release of his career "The Gambler" --- presenting Kenny as the wandering American stumbling into other people's stories, telling how he met them, and singing their tales in his refrains. I imagine the A&R guys were calling up Nashville songwriters and saying, "I'm in the studio with Rogers on Thursday and we need a second song. Give me something with 'I met a... something...' in the first verse. It'll be great." The hits just keep fuckin' coming.

Mets – Willets Point May 30 2013 12:02 PM Re: America's Top 40

30 years ago this month: [youtube:1ca4hucs]-bYnqMWWZak[/youtube:1ca4hucs] * Why is Casey checking his watch? * Also, New Edition were so young. * And I don't think any of Neil Diamond's film projects made it anywhere.

Ashie62 May 30 2013 05:17 PM Re: America's Top 40

Boz Skaggs and the Lido Shuffle...love this bassline and it rocks....

Edgy MD Aug 30 2013 04:58 PM Re: America's Top 40

Here's a pretty hard-to-live down top ten from November of 1985. 10. "Lay Your Hands on Me" --- The Thompson Twins 9. "Be Near Me" --- ABC 8. "Never" --- Heart 7. "Broken Wings --- Mr. Mister 6. "Separate Lives (Love Theme from White Nights) --- Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin 5. "Part Time Lover" --- Stevie Wonder 4. "Head Over Heals" --- Tears for Fears 3. "Miami Vice Theme" --- Jan Hammer 2. "You Belong to the City" --- Glen Frey 1. "We Built This City" --- Starship Mediocre, if formulaic tracks from a few makeup-and-haircut Brit acts, and a whole lotta hateful corporate rock on top. This might've been the exact moment that Nirvana was born. Did Glen Frey belong to the same city that Starship built?

vtmet Aug 31 2013 10:29 AM Re: America's Top 40

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Would not have guessed Cherry baby charted so high, even if it is No. 30. Who was a fan of Starz? As a teenager, I was a fan of Starz...IMO, good "guitar rock" and one of the better "warm up" bands of the era along with Foghat (not "head liner" material, but still a good 45-60 minute set before the Headliner)... "Cherry Baby" was a relatively lame "pop" song that made it to the juke box at the local public swimming pool, but they had some good rocking songs in their short recording history... I have 3 of their 4 studio albums. While I find "Starz", "Violations" (which featured Cherry Baby), and "Attention Shoppers" to be relatively lame albums; their final effort "Coliseum Rock" was IMO a solid album, which had several good songs on it...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 31 2013 12:22 PM Re: America's Top 40

"So Young, So Bad" ... so good! So cheesy! So statutory-rapey! Talk-box solo is way hot. [youtube:3imk2fs0]ImEngJpfc9g[/youtube:3imk2fs0]

vtmet Aug 31 2013 01:59 PM Re: America's Top 40

Like I said...when I was a teenager...I was probably about 14-15 when I listened to them (looks like I was 13 when their last album was released)...I was more into the music than the words (plus since I was in jr/senior high, I probably wouldn't have reacted the same as an adult)...They were a phase between my Nugent/Cars/Meatloaf/Foreigner phase and just before my Heavy Metal phase...the main songs by them that I liked was the guitar in "Colliseum Rock/It's a Riot" and also my brother's friends had a band, and one of the songs that they played was "Outfit" (which yes, as an adult the lyrics are pretty cheesy)... [youtube:1753ba96]AxY9Rja2ohM[/youtube:1753ba96] there's a lot of albums that I listened to back then, that I probably wouldn't now that I've been a parent (that as a teenager, I wouldn't have even thought about)... One night, I started to listen to my old George Carlin collection...and about 3 minutes in (if even that long), I thought to myself: probably not appropriate to play around the family...and took it off...

Edgy MD Aug 31 2013 02:08 PM Re: America's Top 40

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: "So Young, So Bad" ... so good! So cheesy! So statutory-rapey! Talk-box solo is way hot. [youtube]ImEngJpfc9g[/youtube] I try and keep a mental list of inductees to the Talkbox Guitar Solo Hall of Fame, but after inaugural honorees Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh, I always forget folks. Starz definitely should be there. (Bon Jovi, of course, gets special commendation for feeding the talkbox through the bass.) I hope whoever designed that Starz logo won about a dozen awards at the Denim Jacket Painters Association annual meeting that year.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 01 2013 12:30 PM Re: America's Top 40

Some hot talk-box action on this forgotten track from 1978. It's mostly background but extra points for it being a violin talk-box. [youtube]sgNDEjFQ7w8[/youtube]

Edgy MD Sep 01 2013 03:11 PM Re: America's Top 40

That's a nice one. Punk violin talkbox. Who'd'a thunk?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 01 2013 07:04 PM Re: America's Top 40

I used to conflate the Fabulous Poodles with the Psychedelic Furs, before the latter got bigger and the former got smaller.

Edgy MD Sep 21 2013 10:31 AM Re: America's Top 40

At number 35, this week in 1975, was "The theme to the motion picture... Jaws." Good dramatic pause there, Casey. Like you knew, somehow, 38 years later, I'd be listening to rebroadcast, on the edge of my seat, ready to go, "NO WAY!"

Ashie62 Sep 21 2013 11:06 AM Re: America's Top 40

Edgy MD wrote: That's a nice one. Punk violin talkbox. Who'd'a thunk? Produced by John Entwhistle...