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Postby NealIsGod » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:08 pm

larryfromnextdoor wrote:opps...its Ebony Eyes... :lol: .. no idea why stevie is here.. but its bad to the bone..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5lr3EDZ_O8


Nice find, Lar! Is there any cooler guitar strap than the white lightning bolt? 8)

Reminds me of a majorly obscure song that featured Stevie on BG vox.

Anyone remember "Gold" by John Stewart (no, not THAT Jon Stewart)?

"There's people out there turnin' music into gold..."
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Postby larryfromnextdoor » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:23 am

NealIsGod wrote:
larryfromnextdoor wrote:opps...its Ebony Eyes... :lol: .. no idea why stevie is here.. but its bad to the bone..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5lr3EDZ_O8


Nice find, Lar! Is there any cooler guitar strap than the white lightning bolt? 8)

Reminds me of a majorly obscure song that featured Stevie on BG vox.

Anyone remember "Gold" by John Stewart (no, not THAT Jon Stewart)?

"There's people out there turnin' music into gold..."


oh yea i remember that ,, that would make a GREAT cover song.. 8)
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Postby Arkansas » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:29 am

NealIsGod wrote:
larryfromnextdoor wrote:opps...its Ebony Eyes... :lol: .. no idea why stevie is here.. but its bad to the bone..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5lr3EDZ_O8


Nice find, Lar! Is there any cooler guitar strap than the white lightning bolt? 8)

Reminds me of a majorly obscure song that featured Stevie on BG vox.

Anyone remember "Gold" by John Stewart (no, not THAT Jon Stewart)?

"There's people out there turnin' music into gold..."



Used to love this song. Still got a 45 somewhere.
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When the lights go down in the California town,
People are in for the evening.
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar,
My heart beatin' time with my breathin'.
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.

Well my buddy Jim Bass he's a-workin' pumpin gas,
And he makes two fifty for an hour.
He's got rythm in his hands as he's tappin' on the cans,
Sings rock and roll in the shower.
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.

Ah the California girls are the greatest in the world,
Each one's a song in the making.
Singin' rock to me I can hear the melody,
The story is there for the takin'.
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.

Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.

When the lights go down in the California town,
People are in for the evening.
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar,
My heart beatin' time with my breathin'.
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.


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Postby nikki » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:53 am

More oldies...some good, some not so much, but here they are:

Somebody's Knocking---Terri Gibbs
Goody Two Shoes---Adam Ant
Eye In The Sky---Alan Parsons Project
Some Like It Hot---Power Station
What About Me---Moving Pictures
Cool Change---Little River Band
Wouldn't It Be Good---Nic Kershaw
Shattered Dreams---Johnny Hates Jazz
Electric Blue---Icehouse
Desert Moon---Dennis DeYoung
Life In A Northern Town---Dream Academy
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Postby Deb » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:06 am

nikkib703 wrote:Wouldn't It Be Good---Nic Kershaw


Love that one. That's one I was trying to think of the other day (like the chorus), thanks nikki.
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Postby Matthew » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:36 am

nikkib703 wrote:More oldies...some good, some not so much, but here they are:

Electric Blue---Icehouse



This was co-written by John Oates of Hall and Oates, I think....and you've got to love the video. Mullets, keytars, silhouettes...pure 80s...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xYQBTwP3t0
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Postby Matthew » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:38 am

Anyone remember this one? An obscure one-hit wonder from 1980....and a bit of a guilty pleasure...


Pilot of the Airwaves - Charlie Dore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGtkM41rNk
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Postby Angiekay » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:46 am

styxman wrote:who sang that song in the 80's....You're one in a million girl..and so on?


The Romantics! Great song!








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Postby Angiekay » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:10 am

:shock:

I can't believe I didn't see this thread before!


Tarney Spencer Band-No Time
OXO-Whirly Girl
Giant-In My Dreams/
Giant-I'm a Believer
The Call-Let The Day Begin
Bow Bow Wow-I Want Candy
The Kings-The Beat Goes On/Switchin To Glide
Dwight Twilley-Girls
Billy Squier-Calley Oh
Pebbles-Mercedes Boy
Pebbles-Girlfriend
The Church-Under The Milky Way
GTR-When The Heart Rules The Mind
Guffria-Call To The Heart
Bonham-Wait For You
Ramones-Pet Cemetary
Rod Stewart-Crazy About Her
Prism-Don't Let Him Know
Peter Gabriel-Shock The Monkey
Honeydrippers-Rockin At Midnight
Martin Briley-Salt In My Tears
Sly Flox-Let's Go All The Way
Georgia Satellites-Hippie Hippie Shake
Love and Rockets-So Alive
Vandenberg-Burning Heart
Van Stephenson-Moden Day Deilah
Manfred Mann-For You
Quarterflash-Find Another Fool
Marshall Crenshaw-Someday Someway
EnuffZ Nuff-Fly High Michelle or New Thing
Faith No More-Epic



I could do this all day...how's that for a start?! lol!







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Postby conversationpc » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:42 am

Angiekay wrote:GTR-When The Heart Rules The Mind


Great band that had the makings of something that could have been as successfuly or more so than Asia.
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Postby Bon411 » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:44 am

styxman wrote:
who sang that song in the 80's....You're one in a million girl..and so on?


Angiekay wrote:
The Romantics! Great song!


I believe that was actually "She's A Beauty" by The Tubes......
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Postby scarab » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:46 am

SO YOU RAN - Orion the hunter
IF LOVE SHOULD GO - Streets
DONT YOU KNOW WHERE LOVE IS - Touch
DO YOU COMPUTE - Donny Iris
ON THE LOOSE - Saga
I COULD BE GOOD FOR YOU - 707
MISSING YOU - HSAS
HOLLYWOOD - Shooting Star
Ace Frehley - Rock Soldiers


many more...
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Postby Matthew » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:46 am

Angiekay wrote: :shock:

I can't believe I didn't see this thread before!



Giant-I'm a Believer
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Fantastic band....very underrated. "Innocent Days" is a classic too....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1k5uD5niQw
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Postby SteveForever » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:49 am

Matthew wrote:Anyone remember this one? An obscure one-hit wonder from 1980....and a bit of a guilty pleasure...


Pilot of the Airwaves - Charlie Dore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGtkM41rNk


Love it! 8)
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Postby nikki » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:51 am

Matthew wrote:Anyone remember this one? An obscure one-hit wonder from 1980....and a bit of a guilty pleasure...


Pilot of the Airwaves - Charlie Dore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGtkM41rNk


Wow, I haven't heard this one in ages! Thanks for posting it!
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Postby TRAGChick » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:54 am

Heard this on the way home today! :shock:

Here's a hint:

"Oh oh oh OH oh OH oh OH oh AHH oh AAAH,
Oh oh oh OH oh OH oh OH oh AHH oh AAAH!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6 ... ed&search=
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Postby SteveForever » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:54 am

has this one already been posted? not really obscure, but reminds me of Rush and Asia...
GTR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Rre3O4z1g
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Postby Angiekay » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:05 am

Bon411 wrote:
styxman wrote:
who sang that song in the 80's....You're one in a million girl..and so on?


Angiekay wrote:
The Romantics! Great song!


I believe that was actually "She's A Beauty" by The Tubes......


There is also a song by the Romantics called "One In A Million"








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Postby SF-Dano » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:16 am

Sucker for a Pretty Face - Eric Martin
Lonesome Loser - LRB
Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton

and not so obscure, but had to mention it because it popped in to my mind while looking back at my younger days....

Hot Dog - Led Zeppelin
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Postby larryfromnextdoor » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:59 am

Angiekay wrote:I can't believe I didn't see this thread before!



you were too busy hollering on the van halen forum and worried bout your underware.... :lol:

one in a million- romantics was my fav song for a month, so was saved by zero- the fixx..
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Postby styxman » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:52 am

Not sure if this made it over to the states but It bites, were a great band from the 80's and this song was a good one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi6u8ybZVjk
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Postby Gordon from Edinburgh » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:26 am

nikkib703 wrote:Jeopardy---Greg Kihn
Naked Eyes---Promises, Promises & Always Something There To Remind Me
Krokus--Screaming In The Night
Loverboy---Turn Me Loose
Paul Hardcastle---19
Quarterflash---Harden My Heart

....still trying to think of more.


Loved that Quarterflash song - esp when the guitar came cutting thru......
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Postby Ms_M » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:45 am

More great ones - I love "Electric Blue" by Icehouse. GTR was great, too. I wonder why they never really broke out??
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Postby Matthew » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:26 am

Deb wrote:
Ms_M wrote:I LOVE Honeymoon Suite!! The Big Prize is STILL one of my fave albums.


Me too Michelle, love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBRVFrBlQs0



Feel It Again by Honeymoon Suite is a great song...even if they do look a bit poofy....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpsqZqLM ... ed&search=


Also, Deb - what do you make of this? It's the HS singer's recent single under his real name Johnnie Degiuli. Good track, I reckon...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzEEf2zB ... ed&search=
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Postby SteveForever » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:33 am

yulog wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF4MzGWOAhE 70's


We used to do aerobics to this song in high school... :D
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Postby jrnyfrog » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:41 am

not an obscure song but how 'bout Red Skies at Night by The Fixx
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Postby Matthew » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:43 am

jrnyfrog wrote:not an obscure song but how 'bout Red Skies at Night by The Fixx


Great tune, Jrnyfrog....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZeMVw_K5FU
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Postby Matthew » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:48 am

Here's a now obscure hit from 1980...from a most legendary talent....

Magic - Olivia Newton-John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvfE-Cf9 ... ed&search=


And here she is singing the same song before she got her hair cut. The audio is lousy...but my God she looks great in this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sXLkKfl ... ed&search=
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Postby Gordon from Edinburgh » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:48 am

nikkib703 wrote:More oldies...some good, some not so much, but here they are:

Somebody's Knocking---Terri Gibbs
Goody Two Shoes---Adam Ant
Eye In The Sky---Alan Parsons Project
Some Like It Hot---Power Station
What About Me---Moving Pictures
Cool Change---Little River Band
Wouldn't It Be Good---Nic Kershaw
Shattered Dreams---Johnny Hates Jazz
Electric Blue---Icehouse
Desert Moon---Dennis DeYoung
Life In A Northern Town---Dream Academy


Holy shit! Dream Academy - loved that song, and i still (guilty pleasures) listen to Nik Kershaw and Power Station- Desert Moon is fantastic too - best post in here.....................
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