The cover of Rolling Stone ---March 29, 1973 :
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The cover of Rolling Stone ---March 29, 1973 :
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...2CnLl-yVMkSQ&s
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Originally Posted by Sea Ray
I don't think anyone could have sung "Sylvia's Mother" as effectively as Dennis Locorriere did with emotive, scratchy voice. That song sticks in our minds after all of these years because of how Dennis performed it.
https://youtu.be/tXcJNljjTG0?list=RDtXcJNljjTG0
^^^^
My eyes are not the best in the world but isn 't that Mick Fleetwood sitting next to Shel Silverstein in the video houseboat jam session above (about 2:51 of the video) ?
I subscribed to Rolling Stone from about 1972 to 1980. When I cancelled my subscription, they called me up and tried to talk me into re-upping. I wish I could remember the guys name because it was some honcho from the magazine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
Rolling Stone and The Sporting News were my favorite things to read on weekends aa a kid. Did you ever subscribe to TSN ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Tucker
Give me a Rolling Stone and The Sporting News, some American Bandstand[, followed by Soul Train, Baseball's Game of the Week , then an episode of Sports Challenge and my Saturday was GOLD.
My dad was in the advertising business and got a complimentary subscription to about every known magazine. Probably from 1963 to 1968, I studied the stats published in TSN religiously. In those pre-Internet days, it was the only way to get that data. I know that’s hard to conceive of these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
I also read Time, Newsweek, Life, US News and World Report, Harper’s, Ramparts, Vogue, etc etc. Again, we had no internet for all necessities provided, all anxieties tranquilized, all boredom amused.
I mentioned my condo on the Chesapeake in my Thunder Island appreciation post. There happens to be a yacht rock staple that features the lines:
I'll take you on a trip beside the ocean
And drop the top at Chesapeake Bay
Can you name the song that peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, and the band who recorded it?
Moonlight, Feels RightQuote:
Originally Posted by RichRed
Can't think of the group yet. Starlight Vocal Band?
StarbuckQuote:
Originally Posted by Sea Ray
https://youtu.be/HYnQsvtfEsQ?si=dKBSJHP6J3Foj_vx
I started to say this band shares a name with a TV sci-fi character from the same decade, but I knew texasdave didn’t need the help.
Wow, I was actually working on a trivia question on this song . The song always makes me smile. LOVE iT!Quote:
Originally Posted by texasdave
187. Who's the only artist to have been inducted into the R&R HOF three times?
188. There are only two bands in which each band member is a multiple Hall of Fame inductee. One of the bands is, of course, the Beatles. Who's's the other band?
I know this one. Eric Clapton as a solo artist, a member of Cream, and a member of the Yardbirds. DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
One of the members of this band is the only inductee ever to be inducted twice in the same year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
Stills went in for Buffalo Springfield and Crosby Stills and Nash in 1997.
This is kind of a trick question. Do you consider CSN and CSNY as separate bands?
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Originally Posted by texasdave
The R&R HOF obviously does. lol CSN is in ; CSNY aren't. I've always thought of them as two incarnations of the same band.
I consider them similar but different. CS&N is more of a folky band with Nash as the high harmony. CSN&Y is more of a guitar band with Young dominating the higher register along with his crashing guitar. YMMV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
Roy, I know you're a big Neil fan, did you prefer CSNY or the less Young, CSN ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Tucker
Eh, hard to say. Both groups occupy big chunks of play time and personal history for me. All 4 of those guys have spun off into different bands and different combos. I’m more of a CSNY fan but a big fan of CSN too. Kind of a non answer I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
I grew up in the 70's , so CSN was a big part of my life's soundtrack in my teens and young adult years. Plus, "Southern Cross" is my top ranked song of the '80's and one of my top five songs of all time, so I'm going CSN, but I loved 'em with Neil also. Just a great band. Incredible harmonies. Poignant music that stands the test of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Tucker
I prefer the band with Y over them without Y. It gave them more of an edge.
189. Can you imagine having a secret crush on your neighbor for 24 years and then one day she moves away , leaving you devastated? Songwriter Mike Chapman revealed that his inspiration for the narrative of this song was the 1972 hit by Dr. Hook, "Sylvia's Mother." He wanted write something along the same lines. The song was initially recorded in '72 by an Australian pop group, without much success. It wasn't until a British band recorded the song that it made hay on the charts. It peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976 and went to #1 in Australia and #3 on the UK Singles chart.
While the original song is a melancholic ballad, the song is famously known today for a raucous and vulgar crowd chant that originated in the mid-1990's in Dutch pubs and clubs. The song represented the band's only hit on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the band's lead singer went on to record a duet with a lady who played a recurring role on the sitcom "Happy Days." That duet was a huge hit which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 around this time 47 years ago. It spent a total of 28 weeks on Billboard.
Can you name the song which was inspired by Dr. Hook's song "Sylvia's Mother" and the one-hit wonder band which took it to #25 in 1976? Also, can you name the song that the band's lead singer and a "Happy Days" actress took to # 4 on the Billboard chart in 1979?
190. WHO AM I ?
*** I'm the only Welsh artist to ever top the Billboard Hot 100. And no, I'm not Tom Jones. As my friend, Sir Tom, would say about me, "She's a lady... woah, woah, woah, she's a lady."
*** I was awarded the Grand Prix honor at the 1979 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo. I represented the UK. I beat out , among others, Cissy Houston (who represented the United States) for top honors.
*** I was the first singer to record and release the song "The Best ," a year before Tina Turner did. Tina's global hit was actually a cover of my version. Bet you didn't know this was originally my song, did you ?
*** In 1977, I had to have throat surgery and was mandated to remain silent for six weeks . One day, out of sheer frustration, I let out a scream. That scream did permanent damage to my vocal cords giving me my signature husky tone.
Can you identify me?
She needs a hero because she just had a total eclipse of the heart. Most people would just shake it off. But nooooo! Not Bonnie Tyler.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
These were some very good questions, so I had to work around a bit to get the answers. First of all, I knew Suzi Quatro had made appearances on Happy Days. So, that meant she was probably one of the answers. Next, I googled Suzi to see if she had any Billboard #1 records as part of a duo. And, yes, yes she did. She had a song that went to the top with a Chris Norman (who I had never heard of before). It was 'Stumblin In'. Good song. Then, I googled Chris Norman and found out that he was part of a band called Smokie. Turns out that Smokie had a hit record entitled, "Living Next Door to Alice" And, so everything fell into place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
Bonnie's so hot I'm about to catch fire just watching this video... one of my favorite 80's gals. SO SEXY !!!!
https://youtu.be/LKV5YAxwv3Q?list=RDLKV5YAxwv3Q
https://youtu.be/bEOl38y8Nj8?list=RDbEOl38y8Nj8
Do you recognize the young 15 year-old with Bonnie here? This was at the 1979 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo. The youngster asked Bonnie for her autograph backstage.
https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net..._w&oe=6A1BDDAF
189. Can you imagine having a secret crush on your neighbor for 24 years and then one day she moves away , leaving you devastated? Songwriter Mike Chapman revealed that his inspiration for the narrative of this song was the 1972 hit by Dr. Hook, "Sylvia's Mother." He wanted write something along the same lines. The song was initially recorded in '72 by an Australian pop group, without much success. It wasn't until a British band recorded the song that it made hay on the charts. It peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976 and went to #1 in Australia and #3 on the UK Singles chart.
While the original song is a melancholic ballad, the song is famously known today for a raucous and vulgar crowd chant that originated in the mid-1990's in Dutch pubs and clubs. The song represented the band's only hit on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the band's lead singer went on to record a duet with a lady who played a recurring role on the sitcom "Happy Days." That duet was a huge hit which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 around this time 47 years ago. It spent a total of 28 weeks on Billboard.
Can you name the song which was inspired by Dr. Hook's song "Sylvia's Mother" and the one-hit wonder band which took it to #25 in 1976? Also, can you name the song that the band's lead singer and a "Happy Days" actress took to # 4 on the Billboard chart in 1979?
Billboard #25 ( 1976) :
https://youtu.be/Z6qnRS36EgE?list=RDZ6qnRS36EgE
Billboard #4 (1979) :
https://youtu.be/0AbvnTgGH8s?list=RD0AbvnTgGH8s
Suzi Quatro really paved the way for people like Joan Jett, Pat Benatar , Chrissy Hynde. All of these ladies were heavily influenced by Suzi. A real pioneer, Ms. Quatro.
https://youtu.be/9vFTksaposs?list=RD9vFTksaposs
Suzi as Leather Tuscadero on "Happy Days" :
https://youtu.be/njGFPS7pU90?list=RDnjGFPS7pU90
Whitney Houston?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
I do, actually. I think. That looks like a young Whitney Houston. I could be wrong. Ooops! I think goreds beat me to itQuote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
^^^
Whitney's mom, Cissy, was in the same singing contest as Bonnie. Cissy represented the US ; Bonnie represented the UK. Young Whitney accompanied her mom to Tokyo for the '79 event. Bonnie said Whitney came backstage and asked for her autograph. Bonnie won the Grand Prix International Award with this song:
https://youtu.be/xywTsSHIl88?list=RDxywTsSHIl88
191. This song has some monster-like guitar riffs. I mean, monstrous guitar. Some of the best you'll ever hear.
The song never charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but has become a staple on Classic Rock Radio. I have literally heard it three times in the last week, which is why you are getting this question. Despite never charting on the Billboard Hot 100, the track has become a "cult" classic(literally). Gomer Pyle, who was a big fan of monster movies , probably would have liked this song, which was featured in the 1999 film "Detroit Rock City" and a cover version of the song played during the film credits in a 2019 monster film.
While the song is primarily a fun, catchy tongue-in-cheek tribute to an iconic monster, it does have some deeper, more serious themes. The famous refrain chants, "History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man," reflecting the idea that humanity's hubris (and man-made destruction) brings nature's wrath upon itself.
Despite being primarily a fun, heavy-metal ode, it touches on the cultural anxiety and nuclear fear of the 1970s Cold War era, serving as a reminder of the atomic origins of the song's main character.
Rapper Eminem had a different song with the same title that debuted at #1 on the UK Singles chart. Hideki Matsui called from 1993 and he wants his name back.
Of course you know the name of the song I heard yesterday on Sirius Classic Rock Radio... DON'T YOU??
I’d have to turn in my classic rock card if I didn’t answer this. “Godzilla” by Blue Oyster Cult.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
https://youtu.be/FE1BynevdUo?list=RDFE1BynevdUo
192. Been a few days, so let's do another one of these. My dad was playing music on his "Alexa" yesterday, and this song from 1963 came up . Yes, dad's 86 and he plays old folks music. lol Of course, I know more about this song's history than dad does.
This song, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, was first recorded as a demo tape by Dionne Warwick in 1963. It first charted for Lou Johnson in 1964, peaking at # 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sandie Shaw covered it '64 also and did slightly better on Billboard, peaking at #49 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, Shaw's version was #1 on the UK Singles chart, as well as in Canada and South Africa. R.B. Greaves took the song to #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. And I think the Carpenters included the song on a 1971 album.
But it wasn't until 20 years after the song was composed that it entered the top 10 in the US. A new wave, pop synth duo, took the song to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 around this time in 1983.
Can you name the song and the new wave , pop synth band that took it to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 around this time 43 years ago?
I believe that’s Always Something There to Remind Me by Naked Eyes.
I remember the Dionne Warwick version. Yes I’m old.
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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
#8 (1983) :
https://youtu.be/lVrELhxOFnM
Dionne's original(1963):
https://youtu.be/Y3RGdzM7mbA
R.B. Greaves ( #29/ 1970):
https://youtu.be/izvMbQpGDi0
Sandie Shaw( #1 UK Singles- 1964)
https://youtu.be/0_pBa5EVpGA
Here's a mix that was created from the Carpenters '71 version :
https://youtu.be/GS4jIoVn_q8