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And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

AndrewLawson said:
Accepting the award for Mr. Radknowski, Uncle Oskie. John C, heaven help us if the number of views on this thread surpasses the Dow. Ouch!
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I was trying reverse psychology with that prediction. I obviously hope it doesn't happen but it's closer now than it was at the beginning of the week. :( "I'm looking for a place to go..."
 
As I proved earlier this post my memory sucks so I will turn to the experts with all/most/more than my brain cells intact. What was the Lighthouse (Toronto group) song that was on the radio in this area back in the late 60's, 1970? Was it "One Fine Morning"? Would this have been a regional hit without national exposure? And was there a follow up "stiff" connected to it? Thanks for any help here.
 
Lighthouse did in fact do "One Fine Morning". I heard it a few weeks ago on "The Deep End". You can find it on songza.com I don't know how big a hit it was or if they had a "stiff" follow up...
 
John C said:
Lighthouse did in fact do "One Fine Morning". I heard it a few weeks ago on "The Deep End". You can find it on songza.com I don't know how big a hit it was or if they had a "stiff" follow up...
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"One Fine Morning" made it to 24 "on the charts" in 71 (not likely regional). Of course they followed it up with a stiff called "Sunny Days" in 72. Actually "Morning" wasn't bad for it's time (we all liked whatever was played- at the time, but what the hail was "Sunny Days"?)
 
Thought this thread had slowed momentum, but like the American Way, received a stimulus package :eek:. Keep this up, and it WILL catch the Dow in a day or two ;D
 
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Lighthouse also headlined WKBW's "Music To The People" concert at The Delaware Park Rose Gardens in 1971 (2?). Anybody from this board there?
Years later I worked with drummer/writer Skip Prokop when he was a salesman for and host of "Between A Rock and A Hard Place"---a Sunday morning religious (!) show on cfny.
 
With the success of Blood, Sweat, and Tears and Chicago Transit Authority, Lighthouse had that big brass sound which filled the airwaves in 70-71...like The Ides of March "Vehicle" (1970) and how about Chase "Get It On" (1971)
 
Try this on for size: The Addrissi Brothers We've Got to get It On Again. A stiff, but a good song from two guys who wrote The Association's "Never My Love." Probably still getting royalty checks for that one. And from the 80s bin, The Polecats (please, no jokes about Unclie Oskie and Aunt Helen) Make A Circuit With Me. Jitterbug, Aunt Helen? Engineers dug this song just for the "generator, oscillator" lyrics.
 
The Addrisi Brothers also charted with "Slow Dancin' (Don't Turn Me On) back in 1977. Another nugget to drop in the bucket comes from Procal Harum called "Conquistador" from 1972.
 
I believe that I orginally found Lighthouse because of a previous Skip Prokop group "The Paupers". I break the LP out every so often and play "Magic People" to get my TO psychedelic on ;D
 
Okay, here's one. Speaking of Stiffs in America and Cananadian musicmakers, how many remember "Love-itis" by Dominic Troiano and Mandala? I think it was on the Atlantic label.
 
This one might have been mentioned earlier, but I heard it today..."Rocky" by Austin Roberts.
EeeGads!  What a horrible tune and we actually played it, over and over and over...

(By the way, Radknowski-this thread's long enough that you need to develop an index!  I mean who's got the time to page through 30 pages to see if a tune has already been mentioned or not?)
 
Like every good radio pronounciator, Sherlock decides to show some competition next door(but uses a big word like "Juxtapostion" to entice readers). As this thread hangs in recurrent status, you can tell there's fodder for some killer tunes over there. Please don't all run at once, the ship will lean starboard.
 
I think I have already mentioned "Don't Tell Me The Time" by Martha Davis (of the Motels), but I don't think I've mentioned "Must Have Been Crazy" by Chicago, from their second post-Terry Kath album "13". That was not a lucky number for them. I think that song peaked at something like #92. The follow ups actually did better if I recall correctly, including "Street Player" which had Maynard Ferguson as a guest (and had a "disco remix"... yes, I own it).

And then there's "She's A Liar" by the Bee Gees. The first single from the follow up to the smash "Spirits Having Flown" was dead on arrival...

If I have mentioned, just smack me, and put me down as being in favor of an index in any case...
 
"Speak To The Sky" by Rick Springfield is a song that i don't think was ever played on the radio. One that was but hardly is anymore is "Only Women Bleed" by Alice Cooper.
 
qman said:
...One that was but hardly is anymore is "Only Women Bleed" by Alice Cooper.
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The title of the song and the lyrics were rather poetic and significant. But perhaps because it was Alice Cooper, a guy with a woman's name, who sang it (not all that badly, either) the song raised the ire of a lot of people, especially women. Is Tori Amos' version any more acceptable and compelling? Who's the better story-teller and advocate for the song's lyrics and story line?

Mid-week submission for your consideration: Pointer Sisters, "Yes We Can, Can" a cool song that seems to work today on a number of levels.
 
Keepin' the thread goin'

As we approach Friday afternoon (and the WEEKEND), I remember Wet Willie's tune of the same name...

So I went to the archives of 45's in the dungeon and next to that record was another Wet Willie
"stiff" (can I use Wet Willie and Stiff in the same sentence?):

From 1978, peaking at #30....

Street Corner Serenade
 


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