WE DON’T NEED THIS FASCIST GROOVE THANG RIGHT KIDS?
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WE DON’T NEED THIS FASCIST GROOVE THANG RIGHT KIDS?
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US 7" of Tommy Tutone - Girl in the Back Seat
Charts: nope
Versions: the LP cut is on the single
open.spotify.com/track/3mKtr0...
Tommy Tutone - Girl in the Back Seat was a pick in Billboard and Record World on September 6, 1980
Pre-Jenny, TT is The Knack at the Malt Shoppe, breezy nudge-nudge innuendo, but not much of a hook. 5/10🎧
When Prince sings “animals strike curious poses” what is the first animal you think of and what pose is it striking? For me it’s a lemur up on its hind legs looking around in mild alarm.
Finally they made a whole festival around the universal 1990s experience of spending $18.99 for a CD to find out it was 78 minutes long but only had 1 1/2 good songs.
They're all just out of frame, laughing too
Seeing the only two pre-90s acts (Violent Femmes and Susanna Hoffs) in smaller type is fine, everything is fine
As a kid, hearing Pia Zadora's name on the radio, I thought her name was actually P. Isadora
Was this just me
Watched it? Hell, I've reviewed this movie. It's even more magnificent than the poster would lead you to believe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEy5...
Voyage of the Rock Aliens movie poster with Pia Zadora and Craig Scheffer
Has anyone actually sat down and watched this movie (which is on Tubi)
Dutch 7" picture sleeve of Bob Welch - Don't Rush the Good Things
US 7" of Bob Welch - Don't Rush the Good Things
Missing from streaming along with the Man Overboard LP
Bob Welch - Don't Rush the Good Things was a Billboard Recommended Single Pick on September 6, 1980 and a Cash Box Single Pick on September 20, 1980
The only song on Man Overboard not written by Welch, and the only single, it didn't chart. A bit of a Steve Miller knock-off, 5/10🎧
New podcast episode: Paul Rees discusses Raised On Radio, his oral history of AOR, and celebrates the splendours of Boston, Toto and Journey... www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis...
The week ending March 2, 1991, the iconic voice/co-founder of The Bangles, Susanna Hoffs, earned solo US #OneHitWonder honors when her sassy, sexy jangle-pop single “My Side Of The Bed” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #40. The single spent 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #30. #OneHitWondered
IS YOURS, A BIG 'UN? HERE IS where we start the first annual Stray Cats Quill Contest. Is your quiff bigger than theirs? First contender Is Eugene from the Revlllos who sincerely believes his is bigger than anyones. If you hare a worthy contender send, your picture to me at Record Mirror and a prize will be thought of In due , course. It'll be something triff of course
Time to bring this back (Record Mirror, September 6, 1980)
This song was simply ahead of its time. Pretty much no one was helpless without their computers in 1984
this had me at [USSR/Latvia, Space Disco] (1980)
US 7" picture sleeve of Suzi Quatro - Rock Hard - from the OST Times Square. A Robert Stigwood production
US 7" of Suzi Quatro - Rock Hard
Charts: missed the in the US, but hit Australia #9, UK #68
Versions: on streaming from the Rock Hard LP, which has the single version
open.spotify.com/track/3tiiJM...
Suzi Quatro - Rock Hard was a pick across Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World on September 6, 1980
Big thudding glammy fun in the vein of Sweet or Slade, a 7/10🎧
Eddie Trunk, Bob Lefsetz, Rick Beato…we must move past the need for these freaky little rockist men
US 7" of Crystal Gayle If You Ever Change Your Mind on the orange Columbia label
Other charts: Record World #105
open.spotify.com/track/7g15ii...
Crystal Gayle - If You Ever Change Your Mind was a Billboard Single Pick on September 6, 1980. It missed Billboard Pop but hit Country #1, AC #18.
Honestly a real snooze, 3/10🎧
Tidal Wave Showcase Concerts at Second Chance, 516 East Liberty, Ann Arbor. Kingbees w/ The Look; Motels w/ Nikki & the Corvettes; The Kings w/ The Maxx; The Shirts w/ Art in America
Shows at the Second Chance, Ann Arbor, from the September 5, 1980 issue of the Michigan Daily
UK 7" picture sleeve of Robert Palmer - Johnny & Mary with lyrics printed on the sleeve
US 7" of Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary on the Island label
Missed Pop in the US but hit Billboard Dance #18. Other charts: Australia #20 / Canada #32 / UK #44
open.spotify.com/track/0ldTcp...
Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary was a pick in Billboard and Cash Box on September 6, 1980 and in Record World on September 13, 1980
Just about the platonic ideal of a song, simmered down like a reduction sauce. Soon covered by Melissa Manchester, Tina Turner, and Ellen Foley
F it - 10/10🎧
Missed Recs cont
Scooters- Let Me In (DNC)
Terence Boylan - Did She Finally Get to You (DNC)
Tommy Tutone - Girl in the Back Seat (DNC)
Wild Horses - Funky Poodle (DNC)
First Time Around:
Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin' (13)
Missed Recs cont
Black Sabbath - Lady Evil (DNC)
Bob Welch - Don't Rush the Good Things (DNC)
Huey Lewis & The News - Now Here's You (DNC)
Kiss - Tomorrow (DNC)
Lobo - With a Love Like Ours (DNC)
Mary Burns - Daddy's Eyes (DNC)
Orchids When Does the Love Turn Out Right? (DNC)
Missed Recs cont
Jimmy Hall - I'm Happy That Love Has Found You (27)
John Cougar - This Time (27)
Average White Band - For You, For Love (101)
Gary Numan - I Die: You Die (102)
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (On the Radio) (102)
Sammy Johns - Falling for You (103)
Tim Weisberg - I'm the Lucky One (106)
Missed Picks cont (all DNC)
Crystal Gayle - If You Ever Change Your Mind
Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary
Suzi Quatro - Rock Hard
Teri DeSario - Caught
Winning Recs
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (35)
Missed Recs
Cliff Richard - Dreaming (10)
Roger Daltrey - Without Your Love (20)
Winning Picks
Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love (1)
Doobie Brothers - Real Love (5)
Missed Picks
The Cars - Touch and Go (37)
Allman Brothers Band - Angeline (58)
Genesis - Turn It On Again (58)
Melissa Manchester - If This is Love (102)