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« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2007, 10:37:47 AM »
Nice TV medley ... brings back lots of memories!!
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« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2007, 10:41:13 AM »
I don't like Wednesdays, er, Mondays.
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« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2007, 10:42:53 AM »
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I don't like Wednesdays, er, Mondays.


Good song, but I agree... wrong day.

By the way, were the Boomtown Rats just a one hit wonder?  Or did they have any other hits, or good songs?
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« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2007, 10:45:57 AM »
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I don't like Wednesdays, er, Mondays.


Good song, but I agree... wrong day.

By the way, were the Boomtown Rats just a one hit wonder?  Or did they have any other hits, or good songs?


At least one other that I remember hearing--Rat Trap--but IDLM was their big success.
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« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2007, 10:48:00 AM »
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I don't like Wednesdays, er, Mondays.


Good song, but I agree... wrong day.

By the way, were the Boomtown Rats just a one hit wonder?  Or did they have any other hits, or good songs?


At least one other that I remember hearing--Rat Trap--but IDLM was their big success.


They were much bigger in the UK ("Rat Trap" was a #1 single there, I do believe).  "She's So Modern" is another of their "hits".
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« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2007, 10:48:17 AM »
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OK, here's My Two Songs:

Hold the Line - Toto
Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet

Whaddyathink?

OK.  I have to admit I was misremembering the Sweet tune, because I thought they were both in 12/8.  Humming it now, I see that it isn't.  So I'll just go with "they have prominent 'clink clink clink' piano parts".  Phooey.
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« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2007, 10:49:42 AM »
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I don't like Wednesdays, er, Mondays.


Good song, but I agree... wrong day.

By the way, were the Boomtown Rats just a one hit wonder?  Or did they have any other hits, or good songs?


At least one other that I remember hearing--Rat Trap--but IDLM was their big success.


Thanks!!

By the way, someone named Mike won the pop quiz this morning by naming a lot of record labels (fairly tough quiz I thought).  But I'm guessing it's not one of the 10@10 Mikes or we would have heard the news.
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« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2007, 10:50:07 AM »
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I don't like Wednesdays, er, Mondays.


Good song, but I agree... wrong day.

By the way, were the Boomtown Rats just a one hit wonder?  Or did they have any other hits, or good songs?


At least one other that I remember hearing--Rat Trap--but IDLM was their big success.


They were much bigger in the UK ("Rat Trap" was a #1 single there, I do believe).  "She's So Modern" is another of their "hits".


IDLM was a UK #1 too -- they had 11 Top 40 singles there between '78 and '82.
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« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2007, 10:51:13 AM »
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OK, here's My Two Songs:

Hold the Line - Toto
Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet

Whaddyathink?

OK.  I have to admit I was misremembering the Sweet tune, because I thought they were both in 12/8.  Humming it now, I see that it isn't.  So I'll just go with "they have prominent 'clink clink clink' piano parts".  Phooey.


And I'll admit that I wish they had played Love Is Like Oxygen.  It's one of my favorite songs from back then.
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« Reply #24 on: June 13, 2007, 10:58:59 AM »
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Wow, Jimmy Carter could be talking about Paris Hilton.  BOS Kinks.


Heard the whole set in my car.

First thought...what an awesome segue from Jimmy talking about people searching for meaning into "Catch Me Now I'm Falling".

Can you imagine how utterly ridiculous it would be if W started talking about people searching for meaning?
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« Reply #25 on: June 13, 2007, 11:05:30 AM »
second thought, when have we ever heard a 1979 TV theme medley like that?  It was 12-15 themes at least.  That alone makes this a set o'week candidate in my book.
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« Reply #26 on: June 13, 2007, 02:23:20 PM »
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second thought, when have we ever heard a 1979 TV theme medley like that?  It was 12-15 themes at least.  That alone makes this a set o'week candidate in my book.


I couldn't remember hearing that montage before either--I think Dave spent some time over the weekend cobbling that together. Although I'm still of the opinion that wasn't the original WKRP theme that was in there.
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« Reply #27 on: June 13, 2007, 03:21:02 PM »
06/13/2007 - Midweek! Good times in...1979!!!
 
1.   Eagles - In the City      
2.   Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Shadow of a Doubt   
3.   Kinks - Catch Me Now, I'm Falling      
4.   McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now   
5.   Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance (BEST OF SET!!)      
6.   Toto - Hold the Line      
7.   Police - Message in a Bottle      
8.   Anita Ward - Ring My Bell      
9.   Flash & the Pan - Hey St. Peter      
10.   Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays      
 
BONUS TRACK:  Robert Gordon - Black Slacks
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« Reply #28 on: June 13, 2007, 04:29:09 PM »
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OK, here's My Two Songs:

Hold the Line - Toto
Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet

Whaddyathink?

OK.  I have to admit I was misremembering the Sweet tune, because I thought they were both in 12/8.  Humming it now, I see that it isn't.  So I'll just go with "they have prominent 'clink clink clink' piano parts".  Phooey.


How about Genesis's "Misunderstanding" or Sly's "Hot Fun" for 12|8 waltz-rock riffs, then?

PS: "Up All Night" is the other Boomtown Rats song that I hear a lot 'round these parts.
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« Reply #29 on: June 13, 2007, 04:32:57 PM »
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OK, here's My Two Songs:

Hold the Line - Toto
Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet

Whaddyathink?

OK.  I have to admit I was misremembering the Sweet tune, because I thought they were both in 12/8.  Humming it now, I see that it isn't.  So I'll just go with "they have prominent 'clink clink clink' piano parts".  Phooey.


How about Genesis's "Misunderstanding" or Sly's "Hot Fun" for 12|8 waltz-rock riffs, then?

PS: "Up All Night" is the other Boomtown Rats song that I hear a lot 'round these parts.


Or maybe Billy Joel's Piano Man (although that could be in 6/8--not sure)?
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