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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg

32. I've never made any bones about it. I 've always been a sucker for sappy love songs. You put me on a boat with some Yacht Rock bands from the 70's and I've died and gone to heaven.

One of my favorite songs from the late 70's was was three plus minutes of pure, beautifully crafted melodic sap with a killer ear worm hook. The song was inspired by the singer/songwriter's intense infatuation with Stevie Nicks(I mean didn't all of us old dudes have that same infatuation for Stevie back in the day?). The singer/songwriter had been working with Nicks, and her longtime boyfriend and fellow Fleetwood Mac bandmate, Lindsey Buckingham. He developed a very strong attraction for Nicks, whose relationship with Buckingham was on the rocks at the time

On a late night drive home one night , while thinking about Nicks , the singer saw the license plate on a car that read: NOT SHY . This inspired the metaphor that he used for the song title, describing the intense "push-pull" attraction between he and Stevie. It also gave him the courage to go ahead and pursue her. "NOT SHY" became the title of his album, which Buckingham produced. In the song there is a line in which he sings, "With you I'm not shy... " Both Stevie and Lindsey sing background vocals on the song,

The song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978 and was his only Top 40 hit.


Do you know the song and the singer who had the hots for Stevie in a bad way?

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Magnet and Steel by, I want to say, Elvin Bishop.

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Originally Posted by RichRed

Magnet and Steel by, I want to say, Elvin Bishop.

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You were close, Rich. It’s Walter Egan, who was later a contestant on either Wheel Of Fortune or Jeopardy.

Elvin Bishop’s hit was Fooled Around and Fell In Love. The vocalist: Pre-Starship Mickey Thomas.


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Originally Posted by Revering4Blue

You were close, Rich. It’s Walter Egan, who was later a contestant on either Wheel Of Fortune or Jeopardy.

Elvin Bishop’s hit was Fooled Around and Fell In Love. The vocalist: Pre-Starship Mickey Thomas.


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I looked it up after I guessed and immediately thought, I sure am no Rev4Blue or texasdave when it comes to this game.

Since you are 63, the first song was from 1962. The singer was in a group at the time. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

8th grade would have been 1974. My Eyes Adored You. Frankie Valli as a solo artist. Interestingly enough. it was first recorded by the FV and 4 Seasons. The recorded company balked at releasing it. Valli purchased the rights for a mere pittance ($4,000). He found another production company to release it, and the rest is history.

Junior year was a song everyone knows. Grease. Frankie Valli as a solo artist. The song was the second one written for Grease, the Broadway play. It was penned by one of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb. Ah, the Circle of Life.

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Originally Posted by RichRed

I looked it up after I guessed and immediately thought, I sure am no Rev4Blue or texasdave when it comes to this game.

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You're pretty damn good.

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Originally Posted by texasdave

Since you are 63, the first song was from 1962. The singer was in a group at the time. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

8th grade would have been 1974. My Eyes Adored You. Frankie Valli as a solo artist. Interestingly enough. it was first recorded by the FV and 4 Seasons. The recorded company balked at releasing it. Valli purchased the rights for a mere pittance ($4,000). He found another production company to release it, and the rest is history.

Junior year was a song everyone knows. Grease. Frankie Valli as a solo artist. The song was the second one written for Grease, the Broadway play. It was penned by one of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb. Ah, the Circle of Life.

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My 8th grade year was 1975-76 . Born in October of '62, so I didn't begin 1st grade until August of '68.


#1 song on the day I was born :

https://youtu.be/e6LqC9_iBBA?list=RDe6LqC9_iBBA


#1 song in 8th grade:


https://youtu.be/mTUhnIY3oRM?list=RDmTUhnIY3oRM



#1 song at start of my junior year:

https://youtu.be/aOpnnrS4ags?list=RDaOpnnrS4ags

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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg

32. I've never made any bones about it. I 've always been a sucker for sappy love songs. You put me on a boat with some Yacht Rock bands from the 70's and I've died and gone to heaven.

One of my favorite songs from the late 70's was was three plus minutes of pure, beautifully crafted melodic sap with a killer ear worm hook. The song was inspired by the singer/songwriter's intense infatuation with Stevie Nicks(I mean didn't all of us old dudes have that same infatuation for Stevie back in the day?). The singer/songwriter had been working with Nicks, and her longtime boyfriend and fellow Fleetwood Mac bandmate, Lindsey Buckingham. He developed a very strong attraction for Nicks, whose relationship with Buckingham was on the rocks at the time

On a late night drive home one night , while thinking about Nicks , the singer saw the license plate on a car that read: NOT SHY . This inspired the metaphor that he used for the song title, describing the intense "push-pull" attraction between he and Stevie. It also gave him the courage to go ahead and pursue her. "NOT SHY" became the title of his album, which Buckingham produced. In the song there is a line in which he sings, "With you I'm not shy... " Both Stevie and Lindsey sing background vocals on the song,

The song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978 and was his only Top 40 hit.


Do you know the song and the singer who had the hots for Stevie in a bad way?

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https://youtu.be/Ar5GaTC440M?list=RDAr5GaTC440M

34. One of my favorite pop songs EVER.... Composed and sung by one of my favorite singers of love songs in the 70's. I just adore this song. It really takes me to another plane of existence every time I hear it. In fact, if I was lying on my death bed, about to drift off into the nether world, and could listen to just one song, this would be it.

The song was born from the singer/songwriter's spiritual journey, influenced by an Indian guru and some Persian poetry, equating love with the divine. He wrote the song for a woman(obviously!) but the song also reflects his quest for a spiritual connection. The song also reflects his band's evolution from it's Vietnam War-era psychedelic roots to a more polished sound, reflecting the changing times in the mid-70's. The song became the band's biggest hit for this particular incarnation of the band, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.

The song has some pretty sexually suggestive lyrics("When I pluck your body like a string") but most fans don't care because of the song's romantic and ethereal feel. The song was certainly not without controversy. Radio stations censored the song, particularly a line with a very explicit sexually suggestive reference("I had a taste of the real world when I went down on you, girl"). The offending line was either bleeped out or removed entirely in radio edits. Radio stations also shortened the length of the song from over six minutes to about 3.5 minutes to make it more AM radio-friendly.

Can you name this wonderful pop song from the mid 70's , the guy who wrote and sang the song, and his band that made it a hit? God, I love this song...

35. My very favorite song from the decade of the 80's . Originally inspired by a Curtiss Brothers song about mythical boots, the songwriter transformed the song into a reflection of his own personal journey of healing after a painful divorce. The song captures his emotional sojourn as he recounts his experiences on a transformative, long boat trip across the Pacific, and finding solace and perspective while sailing through French Polynesia. The writer described it as "The power of the Universe to heal your wounds." I can vouch for that statement, which is one reason why the song connects with me so much. I love the line "Spirits are using me, larger voices callin' ."

The metaphorical song title refers to a constellation of stars, crucial for navigation in a certain part of the world, and symbolizing guidance and hope in times of darkness. I named two of my cats ("Mimi" and "Immi" ) after stars (Mimosa and Imai) in this constellation. My cats don't seem to enjoy the song as much as I do.

The song peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100. How it wasn't a #1 song is beyond me. The band never had a chart-topping song on the Billboard charts. That also is pretty unbelievable.

Can you name this 80's classic and the writer and lead singer of the song?

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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg

34. One of my favorite pop songs EVER.... Composed and sung by one of my favorite singers of love songs in the 70's. I just adore this song. It really takes me to another plane of existence every time I hear it. In fact, if I was lying on my death bed, about to drift off into the nether world, and could listen to just one song, this would be it.

The song was born from the singer/songwriter's spiritual journey, influenced by an Indian guru and some Persian poetry, equating love with the divine. He wrote the song for a woman(obviously!) but the song also reflects his quest for a spiritual connection. The song also reflects his band's evolution from it's Vietnam War-era psychedelic roots to a more polished sound, reflecting the changing times in the mid-70's. The song became the band's biggest hit for this particular incarnation of the band, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.

The song has some pretty sexually suggestive lyrics("When I pluck your body like a string") but most fans don't care because of the song's romantic and ethereal feel. The song was certainly not without controversy. Radio stations censored the song, particularly a line with a very explicit sexually suggestive reference("I had a taste of the real world when I went down on you, girl"). The offending line was either bleeped out or removed entirely in radio edits. Radio stations also shortened the length of the song from over six minutes to about 3.5 minutes to make it more AM radio-friendly.

Can you name this wonderful pop song from the mid 70's , the guy who wrote and sang the song, and his band that made it a hit? God, I love this song...

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He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg

34. One of my favorite pop songs EVER.... Composed and sung by one of my favorite singers of love songs in the 70's. I just adore this song. It really takes me to another plane of existence every time I hear it. In fact, if I was lying on my death bed, about to drift off into the nether world, and could listen to just one song, this would be it.

The song was born from the singer/songwriter's spiritual journey, influenced by an Indian guru and some Persian poetry, equating love with the divine. He wrote the song for a woman(obviously!) but the song also reflects his quest for a spiritual connection. The song also reflects his band's evolution from it's Vietnam War-era psychedelic roots to a more polished sound, reflecting the changing times in the mid-70's. The song became the band's biggest hit for this particular incarnation of the band, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.

The song has some pretty sexually suggestive lyrics("When I pluck your body like a string") but most fans don't care because of the song's romantic and ethereal feel. The song was certainly not without controversy. Radio stations censored the song, particularly a line with a very explicit sexually suggestive reference("I had a taste of the real world when I went down on you, girl"). The offending line was either bleeped out or removed entirely in radio edits. Radio stations also shortened the length of the song from over six minutes to about 3.5 minutes to make it more AM radio-friendly.

Can you name this wonderful pop song from the mid 70's , the guy who wrote and sang the song, and his band that made it a hit? God, I love this song...

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Isn’t that Miracles by Jefferson Starship?

They cut that went down on you line for the singles version IIRC.

I knew 34 instantly, but then several folk have beat me to it.
I'm pretty sure that 35 is Southern Cross from CSN which was a darned good album.

Oh. And I had NO IDEA that Marty Balin was from cincy.

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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg

34. One of my favorite pop songs EVER.... Composed and sung by one of my favorite singers of love songs in the 70's. I just adore this song. It really takes me to another plane of existence every time I hear it. In fact, if I was lying on my death bed, about to drift off into the nether world, and could listen to just one song, this would be it.

The song was born from the singer/songwriter's spiritual journey, influenced by an Indian guru and some Persian poetry, equating love with the divine. He wrote the song for a woman(obviously!) but the song also reflects his quest for a spiritual connection. The song also reflects his band's evolution from it's Vietnam War-era psychedelic roots to a more polished sound, reflecting the changing times in the mid-70's. The song became the band's biggest hit for this particular incarnation of the band, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.

The song has some pretty sexually suggestive lyrics("When I pluck your body like a string") but most fans don't care because of the song's romantic and ethereal feel. The song was certainly not without controversy. Radio stations censored the song, particularly a line with a very explicit sexually suggestive reference("I had a taste of the real world when I went down on you, girl"). The offending line was either bleeped out or removed entirely in radio edits. Radio stations also shortened the length of the song from over six minutes to about 3.5 minutes to make it more AM radio-friendly.

Can you name this wonderful pop song from the mid 70's , the guy who wrote and sang the song, and his band that made it a hit? God, I love this song...

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I just loved Marty Balin's songs . He could really sing a romantic tune. "Miracles" was a gem.


https://youtu.be/HBWBOGhFDnM?list=RDHBWBOGhFDnM

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Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg

35. My very favorite song from the decade of the 80's . Originally inspired by a Curtiss Brothers song about mythical boots, the songwriter transformed the song into a reflection of his own personal journey of healing after a painful divorce. The song captures his emotional sojourn as he recounts his experiences on a transformative, long boat trip across the Pacific, and finding solace and perspective while sailing through French Polynesia. The writer described it as "The power of the Universe to heal your wounds." I can vouch for that statement, which is one reason why the song connects with me so much. I love the line "Spirits are using me, larger voices callin' ."

The metaphorical song title refers to a constellation of stars, crucial for navigation in a certain part of the world, and symbolizing guidance and hope in times of darkness. I named two of my cats ("Mimi" and "Immi" ) after stars (Mimosa and Imai) in this constellation. My cats don't seem to enjoy the song as much as I do.

The song peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100. How it wasn't a #1 song is beyond me. The band never had a chart-topping song on the Billboard charts. That also is pretty unbelievable.

Can you name this 80's classic and the writer and lead singer of the song?

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What a gem!!! Stills was a great songwriter. None better than this one.


https://youtu.be/Bw9gLjEGJrw?list=RDBw9gLjEGJrw

36. Imagine being a kid at college and falling head over heels for this good-looking girl that you see on campus.(We've all been there) Imagine ,now, that the girl is five years your senior and married . Imagine, further, that she is the wife of your professor AND she is pregnant with his child. As fate would have it, you are at a Halloween party on campus, and guess who shows up? Yep, your fantasy girl!!! You get to talking... and flirting. Even though you are aware she's married to your teacher and she's pregnant, you give her your phone number and ask her to call you. She never does. (Again, we've all been there)

That's exactly what happened to this one dude at Bard College back in the late sixties. The woman later admitted that she was intrigued by the horny college guy at the party and was tempted to call him , but decided against it. About six years later the guy wrote a song about the experience and the song climbed the Billboard charts all the way to #3 . He didn't get the girl but we all got a great song as a result of that meeting at a Halloween party on the campus of Bard College.


Name the song and the horny college lad?