40. Speaking of bunnies, this former Playboy bunny had a #1 hit song. In fact, she had FOUR of them.. Can you name this female rock icon that had four Billboard Hot 100 #1 songs and can you name those #1 songs?
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40. Speaking of bunnies, this former Playboy bunny had a #1 hit song. In fact, she had FOUR of them.. Can you name this female rock icon that had four Billboard Hot 100 #1 songs and can you name those #1 songs?
41. This song , written by Lolly Vegas, was originally released as a promotional track under the name "Hail." The song's prominent lyric, however, eventually became the song's official title, because it was considered more catchy and commercial-friendly. The song's title reportedly originated from the mouth of a hooker on Hollywood Boulevard, who called out to the band with the phrase that eventually became the song's title.
The song rose all the way to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the first time a Native American band had reached the Top 5 in the Billboard chart. The band was pretty groundbreaking in that they were one of the first mainstream Native American rock bands to perform in Native dress. The song spent 18 weeks in the top 40 in 1974 and was the fourth most popular song of that year.
Name the song and the band who took it to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974 . Also name the hooker( just kidding on that one ... lol) .
42. On New Years Eve, 1977, this band's co-founders were invited to Studio 54 in NYC by Grace Jones but were turned away by a rude doorman(something the club was notorious for doing) . The bandmates shouted "F*** Off!" at the doorman and went home and wrote a song about the experience.
The original chorus was "Ahhhh, F**** Off!" Obviously, they realized that would not get them any radio play, so they changed the curse word to something more friendly to radio , but kept the rest. A club snub at the door of the famous Studio 54 thus became the inspiration for an iconic dance anthem .
The hit was the very first song ever to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on three separate occasions. It was #1 in both 1978 AND 1979, spending a total six non-consecutive weeks at the top spot. The record sold over 7,000, 000 copies worldwide, and is certified 5X platinum by the RIAA.
Can you name the song and the band who took it to top of the charts on the Billboard Hot 100 on three different occasions?
No Idea about the hooker, but that's got to be Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love."Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
I'll think about the other two, but they aren't jumping out at me.
Didn't know the story, but judging from the time frame F**** Off became Freak Out pretty easily. La Chick?Quote:
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No idea who the Playboy Bunny was and I'm a little surprised at that.
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That has to be Debbie Harry. With Blondie, I am pretty sure that the 4 number 1s are Call Me, Heart of Glass, Rapture and The Tide Is High.Quote:
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100% correct. There's no stopping you. One can only hope to contain you. :)
Not true. Start asking questions about Rap and/or post 80’s Pop that didn’t cross over to some form of Rock Radio Format - Mainstream/Active Rock or Adult Album Alternative - and I won’t have a chance.Quote:
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I can't. I quit listening after the 80's. lol
43. One would think that a singer/songwriter that has been responsible for writing or co-writing 32 #1 songs would be devoid of criticism for the kind of songs he writes. But that's no so in this case. He has written more than 1,000 songs, with some sources suggesting that his catalog includes as many as 1,700 songs. Yet, there are critics, including one of his former bandmates who once said his love songs were "lightweight," or too "sentimental" or soppy." As a direct, defiant response to his critics and former bandmate, he, along with his wife, penned a song in early 1976, crafting it as a defiant statement about the power and universality of love.
The song reached the top spot of the Billboard 100 in late May of '76 , knocking the Sylvers' "Boogie Fever" out of the pole position. It sat at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks in the late spring and early summer of the bicentennial year and went on to become the top song for the entire year of 1976. Not too bad for a soppy, sentimental , lightweight song. All hail the power of love!
Can you name this song, which was written around this time 50 years ago , eventually becoming the #1 song of the year? Also, what was the name of the band who rocketed it up the charts at the speed of sound?
Wings. Paul McCartney slagged by John Lenno, Silly Love Songs.
Reading articles or listening to interviews, I don't think John Lennon was a fan of Paul.
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I know this is rock n roll heresy but I am a bigger fan of "Wings" music than "Beatles" music. One of my favorite '70's bands.
https://youtu.be/ap87QgZKTNw?list=RDap87QgZKTNw
44. Speaking of silly love songs, this song was inspired by the Happy Hour menu of discounted drinks and snacks at a Georgetown, D.C. restaurant called Clyde's. The songwriter began penning the song while his then-wife was in the hospital having surgery and he was watching football games. The phrase on the happy hour menu sparked a playful idea for a song about stolen romantic moments during the day, with suggestive undertones.
The song's lyrics use innocent sounding phrases and metaphors(which played well in the bicentennial year) to hint at daytime sexual encounters , and its catchy melody and harmonies made it radio-friendly, masking its cheeky message.
The song replaced Wings' "Silly Love Songs" at #1 on the charts in July of '76, and somehow managed to win two Grammy's, one for Best Arrangement for Voices and one for Best New Artist. I'll never understand how Boston didn't win for Best New Artist, but that's for another question and another day.
Name this silly love song that replaced "Silly Love Songs" at the top of the Billboard chart, capturing America's imagination and bicentennial fervor in the summer of '76 ? Also, what the name of the band who recorded it and was named Best New Artist?
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True. But I think he privately respected Paul's talent.
45. This song, Lennon LOVED. He labelled it " A great one," one of the few times he publicly praised Paul's work. John actually thought the song was written for him. He interpreted the song as a personal message of encouragement, or even a farewell from Paul to him. However, the fact is, the song was written for John's young son, Julian, to comfort him during his parents' divorce. The original title, in fact, made reference to Julian.
Name the song, RZ music trivia fans.
Hey Jude was written for Julian Lennon, whose nickname was Jude. And that is so John Lennon to think it was written about/for him. John Lennon loved him some John Lennon.
Afternoon Delight by Starland Vocal BandQuote:
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45. Speaking of John Lennon. An album was released n 1972 by a band that basically was a duo along with session musicians. It was their first album and on it was a song that reportedly mocked John Lennon and his greatest solo hit, Imagine. Obviously, this duo did not think much of it. Anyhow, name the band and the song.
Heresy indeed. I’m a huge McCartney fan but Wings had their moments but it’s like comparing Mozart to Wham!Quote:
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I’m sure I’ve told this story before, but Mrs. Tucker #1 and I went to the Riverfront Coliseum in 1976(ish) to see McCartney and Wings. It was a pretty good show but heavy on Wings and light on Beatles.
But, because we knew we’d get loaded to the gills on cheap ass beer at the show, some bad mescaline, and firing up some fat doobies, we stayed at a downtown hotel (I forget which). But, at the hotel room, I went to get some ice and met a pretty good looker in the elevator. Between floors 1 and 10, we talked and she asked me if I wanted some company. I realized I wasn’t dazzling her with my charms and that she was a working girl looking for some $$$ for a fast bj. My midwestern manners kicked in ano I said no thank you.
Roy is about 10 or so years older than Ky Fried, so about the only Beatles song I remember really listening to as a 6 or 7 y.o. kid was "Hey Jude," which I really liked. I think we all kinda have special feelings for songs and music we grew up with. I was a 70's child. Seventies music is my passion fruit. It's when I was a teen, starting liking girls, played Little League, first starting following the Reds. That's why I love that music so much. The Beatles were before my time. "Wings" came along when I really started loving music. I listened to it everyday on my little radio(until the Reds game started).Quote:
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Give me "Band on the Run" over any Beatles' song..
That’s cool. I loved Band on the Run. It felt like a Beatles album and I was a big fan of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
We’re all just a product of where and when we were born. I can listen to various Beatles albums and get instantly transported to a time and a place and the emotions of that time. Mostly good but some tough times as well. Probably the same feelings that anyone had going through their teens and 20’s and beyond no matter what the era.
Coda: I saw McCartney at the same Riverfront Coliseum with Mrs Tucker #2 in 2016 and it was probably the best show I’ve ever been to. He played Beatles songs and Wings songs over decades worth of music and it was just fantastic. After the show, I told my wife “I can die now”.
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I could listen to your stories all night long. :)
46. One of my favorite songs closing out the decade of the seventies. Very undervalued song by an undervalued band, imo. Very romantic love song about New Orleans, inspired by the songwriter's deep love and lust for New Orleans, capturing the city's unique nightlife and natural beauty and reflecting his strong attraction to the South after living in Chicago. It includes a short, but memorable alto sax solo by Phil Kenzie, who met the band while he was on tour with Al Stewart(Remember "In the Year of the Cat"?)
The song was released at the end of my junior year of high school. I loved it then, but I love it even more now. Only around twenty years ago did the song present me with a very poignant moment. The lyrics now are not only beautiful and romantic, they are haunting. The words eerily seem to foreshadow the catastrophic natural disaster that befell the city in August of 2005 :
... In the cool southern rain
There's a full moon in sight
Shining down on the Pontchartrain
And the river she rises
Just like she used to do
She's so full of surprises
She reminds me of you
True story...
I was watching on TV, as the horrific events were unfolding in real time. I was just kinda numb at what I was seeing - people perched on the top of houses, desperately hoping to be rescued. Others were being washed away. It was shocking to actually be witness to the drowning of a major American city. Anyway, I had a mix of some 70's music playing while I was watching TV of the disaster going on in New Orleans... and the above song came on. The images of what I was seeing on TV, together with the heartfelt words of love for the city in this song, hit me pretty hard. Tears starting streaming down my face . It was pretty emotional and overwhelming. I like the song even more today than I did as a junior in high school.
The song peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 but, in my mind, it should have been an even bigger hit. The band had two other top 20 hits, one in '79 and one in '89. The one in '79 spend seven weeks at #1 on the AC chart and was the #1 song of the year on the AC. They also had a top 40 hit in '89, as well.
What is the name of this love song about New Orleans and what band made it a hit?
My folks lived in New Orleans for about 18 months, my dad being transferred there by his company. They liked living there, but my dad could not wait to move. He said if a hurricane hit and the levees gave way that the city would turn into one giant swimming pool. They lived in Metairie which was one of the hardest hit areas. Luckily, they had moved to Houston years before.
We're going to Party, Karamu, Fiesta, foreverQuote:
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Your dad was Nostradamus. I'm glad he followed his instincts out of town. That disaster was inevitable.Quote:
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Written and sung by the late, Paul Cotton:
https://youtu.be/VApfFYKrOf4?list=RDVApfFYKrOf4
In the heart of the night, oh, oh
Down in New Orleans
And I'm so glad to be back in New Orleans
Please don't wake me, don't shake me
If it's only, if it's only just a dream
'Cause it's the only place I can face that makes me feel so right
Below that Dixie moon and loving you
In the heart of the night
Maybe back in the 80's but now that I'm older, with aching bones and limp libido, it's more "Easy, like Sunday morning."Quote:
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47. Remember Terry Melcher , the guy who drew the ire of Charlie Manson after Melcher told him his music wasn't good enough for a record deal? Well, Terry Melcher was a co-writer of this #1 hit from the 1988 Tom Cruise movie, Cocktail. Melcher wrote the song's bridge, while "Papa" John Phillips and Scott McKenzie("San Francisco") wrote the other verses. One of the founding members of the band who recorded the song added the catchy chorus. The band had not had had a #1 song for over two decades until this song topped the charts late in 1988. At the time, the 22 year gap between #1 songs was a record.
While the lyrics describe a fictional island paradise, the song's title was chosen partly because it is the name of a real city in north central Indiana that was known in blues history as a waypoint for bluesmen travelling from Chicago to St. Louis. One such blues musician(real name, Joseph Harvey), was well known in the blues circuit in the Indiana city. So, the song was a homage to him, as well.
Do you remember the song and the band whose career it revitalized ? As a bonus question, can you name the band's last #1 hit , 22 years prior to the one described above?
Once, twice, three times hit the snooze bar.Quote:
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It has to be the Beach Boys, Kokomo. What the prior #1 was I have no earthly idea.
48. This song has been called the worst rock song of all time. In 2004, Blender Magazine called it the worst song ever, writing “It purports to be anti-commercial but reeks of ‘80s corporate-rock commercialism. It’s a real reflection of what practically killed rock music in the ‘80s.” Further, in a 2011 poll of its online readers, Rolling Stone not only named the song the worst of the ‘80s, but revealed that it was “the biggest blow-out victory in the history of the Rolling Stone Readers Poll.”
The song's lyricist, better known as being one half of a Hall of Fame writing tandem alongside a rock icon, said the song started out as “a very dark song about how club life in L.A. was being killed off and live acts had no place to go.” What it turned into, thanks to Australian producer Peter Wolf(remember Wang Chung's "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"?) , however, was a more upbeat and hopeful (and infectious ) synth-heavy dish of earworm candy.
When the song came out in late summer 1985, Billboard called it an “unusual rock ‘n’ roll anthem ... as wise as it is rebellious.” The Grammys liked it well enough too, nominating it for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group in 1986(it lost the award to Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" ) . It was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in November of '85, no doubt much to the chagrin of Paul Kantner.
Listen, this song has been streamed on Spotify almost 700,000,000 times. That's a helluva lot of hate-listens. The fact is, the public doesn't hate this song, at all. I've been to this band's shows multiple times. No song gets a bigger ovation when it begins playing than this one. It's not a great song, by any stretch. But, the worse song ever??? NO WAY! Not even close. Just the fact of who wrote the song and who sings the song makes it impossible to be the worst ever. I'll bet everyone here on RZ, at one time or another , has sung along to this song(although you may not want to admit it).
"Marconi plays the mamba... " WHAT THE HELL ?!?!!!!
What's the song and who's the famous lyricist who penned the words?
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The song: Starship’s We Built This City.Quote:
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The Lyricist - if I am not mistaken: Bernie Taupin.
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Grace Slick hated this song but agreed to sing it because she felt like she had been a bad bandmate in previous years(like getting drunk at a show in Germany and insulting the German audience about being on losing end of WWII... lol) God. I love Grace.
https://youtu.be/K1b8AhIsSYQ?list=RDK1b8AhIsSYQ
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Album - Can't Buy a Thrill
Song - Only A Fool Would Say That
That was a dandy question. Jimmy Carter loved "Imagine." It was performed at his funeral by Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.Quote:
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Jimmy Carter was a great man.
Has anyone driven across the Causeway on Lake Pontchartrain? That is a trip. It is so long that eventually you cannot see land in any direction. It's water as far as the eye can see. It can be very disconcerting. We started off once and the weather was sunny. Before long the sky turned dark and you could see a waterspout off in the distance. My kids freaked out. There's nothing you can do but keep driving. Normally, cars drove in packs. Not intentionally, I'm sure. But, somehow, it was more reassuring that way.
No, but that would be something else! I can see where it would be very disconcerting.Quote:
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49. Unlike "We Built This City," here's a song that is considered by many to be one of the best rock songs of all time. The song was born from the mind of the band's founder, chief songwriter, and primary guitarist. He is an MIT-trained engineer who spent years perfecting the unique sound that would become his band's signature. This particular song was inspired by the songwriter's emotions after a school love affair ended, and the name of the girl mentioned in the song was the name of a girl he had a childhood crush on---his much older cousin, Marianne.
The songwriter/guitarist took a leave of absence from his job as an engineer at Polaroid to complete work on the songs that would make up his band's debut album . He had been perfecting these songs in his basement studio for five years, prior to getting a record contract. The song in question here was the debut single on their hugely successful debut album(the best debut album ever, imo).
The songwriter has said that The Left Banke's "Walk Away Renée" was a significant inspiration for this song, influencing its "heart-tugging mood" and the song's nostalgic theme of lost love, and that he even incorporated similar musical ideas like descending chords and the dreaminess of the melody. I love "Walk Away Renee." It's a terrific song but I love this song even more. It has every single element that an iconic rock song should have.
This song also features what many consider to be the best vocal performance ever heard on a rock record, with the lead singer reaching, and holding, some insanely high notes. The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The four songs above it--- "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"-Leo Sayer; "The Rubberband Man"-The Spinners; "You Don't Have To Be a Star"(To Be In My Show)-Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. ; "Tonight's The Night"(Gonna Be Alright)-- Rod Stewart. None of those songs receive anywhere close to the radio play that this song receives on Classic Rock radio. It's still one of the most played songs on retro rock stations.
It is included in the R n' R Hall of Fame's 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll. In 2008, VH1 rated it the 39th best hard rock song of all time(I rate it much higher than that).
Name this rock classic song and the band that made it an iconic rock record.
More Than A Feeling - Boston.Quote:
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