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I’ve been to Weirton WV which is right across the Ohio River from Steubenville. I did some computer consulting for Weirton Steel in the mid 80’s when I worked for DEC. Spent a month onsite writing device drivers for factory shop floor machinery. Pretty weird writing code while seeing steel poured. The original company had gone out of business but the employees bought the company. Good folks but not much happens in Weirton.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
While we are in the vicinity: What's the biggest moving job in history? Wheeling, West Virginia. <groan>
I am fairly certain that I have been through Steubenville. When I was 6, my family had 2 weeks to wait to move into a new house. So, it was a spur-of-the-moment vacation. We travelled along the Ohio River up to New Martinsville, where one of my dad's army buddies lived. An overnight stop there, and then a drive up to Pittsburgh where my father lived for a few years growing up. We saw his old stomping grounds, Mount Washington. It reminded me of some of the hills in Cincinnati, down along the river. My memories of the whole trip are a bit fuzzy. I don't recall any women standing on the side of the road holding up signs that read "Will marry for food". But, it could happen.
168. Sometime in 1980, Waylon Jennings called this singer/songwriter and asked her to write a song for him and his wife Jessi Colter to do on an duet album they had planned for release early in '81. He even told the songwriter what he wanted the title of the song to be. When the song's chorus was done, she sent it to Waylon and he loved it and told her to go ahead and finish the rest of the song. It was not one of these songs that was written in 20 or 30 minutes. This one took awhile... a long while.
Upon finally finishing the song, the singer/songwriter learned that Waylon and Jessi were breaking up. Waylon told her he still wanted to do the song by himself. But with all the work she had put into this project of writing a song that explains what it's like to be in love with someone in the same business, and how to approach dealing with each other, she told Waylon that this was not a song that could be sung solo. And it wasn't done solo. It would eventually be sung by the song's writer and her musician/ lover , who had a torrid and tumultuous, ill-fated love affair, fueled by by excess and drug abuse and aggravated by the music industry.
In fact, about this time in her life, she wrote , " After all the work I had put into the philosophy of two people dealing with this problem, I told Waylon that only 4 people in this world could sing this song: he and his wife, or myself and Don. " Problem is, her lover, Don, hated the song at first. He thought it was terrible. He told her to start over and work til she got it right(what an ass!) After painstakingly working to get the finished product the way way she wanted, she recorded a simple demo of the song with Don.
The writer/songstress added," Don and I had been going out for quite awhile, and, bless his heart, he did sing it with me, and again, as fate would have it, it became one of the most special love songs that I would ever write... and remains that, even today, after all these years. All in all, it was an unforgettable experience, as was he. Blame it on my wild heart."
The song peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 early in 1982. Waylon and Jessi never got to sing the song that was written for them. Their duet album was released early in 1981 and bore the same title as the title of the song they never got to record. Instead, the song's creator and her musician lover recorded the song that climbed the charts late in 1981 and early in '82 .
Can you name the song and the two singers who took it to #6 on the Billboard chart?
Leather and Lace, by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley. The Don hint may have given this one away [emoji6] Absolutely love that song!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
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https://youtu.be/iLEMiDrdSKU?list=RDiLEMiDrdSKU
169. For those who don't know, the torrid, but ill-fated love affair between Nicks and Henley produced a pregnancy, which Nicks terminated. She did, however, name the never born child. In fact, it served as part of the inspiration for yet another one of Ms. Nicks' hit songs, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980.
Now, if you are a regularly reader of this thread , you know that this song is not a favorite of Roy Tucker, whose first wife had the same name as the title of this song. You'll hear it often on classic soft rock radio channels. You know the song, don't you?
170. The guys who wrote this song gave it to the R&B band, Tavares, to record. Tavares took the record to #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. Now, you are not going to hear Tavares' version on classic rock radio. You'll hear the version recorded by the guys who wrote the song. The creators of the song never released it as a single. Instead, their version of the song was included on the album soundtrack to a movie, as was the Tavares version. Also, both versions of the song were included in the movie. The album soundtrack, which featured both versions of the song , is the second best selling soundtrack of all time, and possibly the most culturally influential on the music industry in history.
Can you name this song, which was a major part of an iconic soundtrack, and is more associated with the guys who wrote the song than it is with the band who recorded it and took it to #32 on the Billboard chart?
More Than a Woman by The Bee Gees. Off the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
My parents were in Florida and I was there for business. God knows why, but I went with my mom to see this movie. There were parts of it where she said “oh my”.
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Bee Gees:
https://youtu.be/717TcuN_-oo?list=RD717TcuN_-oo
Tavares:
https://youtu.be/D53HgCX1dR8?list=RDD53HgCX1dR8
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Wait. She named the baby as if it were a real human being and terminated it? Someone explain that one to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg
The role of Stephanie Mangano was played by Karen Lynn Gorney. She also played the role of Tara Martin in the soap opera All My Children. She was in the love triangle of Tara, Phil, and Jeff. I watched All My Children for a while when I was in college. We’d watch it at the OSU student union. When I saw her in this movie, I went “OMG it’s Tara!!!”Quote:
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171. Who am I Redzone music fans?
* I was born Steven Demetre Georgieu in London to a Greek father and a Swedish mother
* The first single I ever recorded was called "I Love My Dog."
* I've sold over 100 million records and have over 2 billion streams
* In 2004, I was traveling to the U.S. to meet with Dolly Parton , when my flight from London to Washington was diverted, and I was denied entrance into the U.S. I was put on a terrorist "watchlist."
* I recorded a demo of a song in 1965, that I sold for 30 British pounds. The song became an international hit for four different artists. Forty years after I first demoed the song, I received back-to-back ASCAP "Songwriter of the Year" Awards for this song in 2005-2006.
* I contracted tuberculosis in 1969 and came very close to death.
* I nearly drowned off the coast of Malibu in 1976. After shouting, , "Oh, God! If you save me I will work for you," a wave appeared and carried me back to shore.
* Following my second nomination , I was inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame by Art Garfunkel.
* One of my songs was included in the movie "Clash of the Titans. The same song was included in the soundtrack to the movie "We Are Marshall."
* My former lover, Carly Simon , wrote the song "Anticipation " about me. I wrote "Sweet Scarlett" to her.
Do you know my crazy ass and the song that won me back-to-back ASCAP songwriting awards?
Based on only this My former lover, Carly Simon , wrote the song "Anticipation " about me. I wrote "Sweet Scarlett" to her.
I'm going to say Cat Stevens. I didn't know the other stuff
I started to include just the above clue but I thought that would be too hard. So I tossed in some extra. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Sea Ray