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Gazoo

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The Drive, 6/28/06: 1978 redux
« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2006, 08:29:40 PM »
Hrmph, no discussion of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" in light of "Jamie's Cryin'."  Ah well.  Oh, and BOS to Heart, because "Dog & Butterfly" is one of those relatively few songs I really viscerally remember from the actual year.

Hope no one minds the spoiler below w/r/t tomorrow's year.

TEN @ 10 LOG FOR 06.28.06

1978

Gerry Rafferty  -  Right Down the Line
The Cars  -  Just What I Needed
Sweet  -  Love is Like Oxygen
Bob Seger  -  Old Time Rock & Roll
Heart  -  Dog & Butterfly
Van Halen  -  Jamie's Crying
Atlanta Rhythm Section  -  Imaginary Lover
Bruce Springsteen  -  The Promised Land
Foreigner  -  Double Vision
Jay Ferguson  -  Thunder Island

We'll blaze through Ten Great Songs from 1972 Tomorrow.
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2006, 09:38:20 PM »
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Hrmph, no discussion of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" in light of "Jamie's Cryin'."


OK, I'll bite... Watchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?  Is that a VH sample in "Wild Thing"? News to me.  You didn't expect Bob to mention that, didya?  His target demo wouldn't know Tone Loc if he bit them on their collective asses.

I actually own the Tone Loc album on vinyl, and there's no mention of "Jamie's Cryin'", tho' Eddie VH is one of over 100 people who get "special thanks".
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« Reply #17 on: June 29, 2006, 08:16:23 AM »
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Hrmph, no discussion of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" in light of "Jamie's Cryin'."


OK, I'll bite... Watchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?  Is that a VH sample in "Wild Thing"? News to me.


Indeed it is -- but this was before the Turtles sued De La Soul and Gilbert O'Sullivan sued Biz Markie, and artists didn't have to credit, much less compensate, the sources of their samples.
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”