26 March 2008--it's 1981

[urth]

BOS3 U2, Gloria from their second record. Saw both them and the Pretenders at the Warfield within a few months of one another in the fall of '81.

[RGMike]

BOS early U2

Bono before he was God.

[urth]

BOS early U2

...And they looked just like that!

(Look! The Edge still has hair!)

[urth]

So I may be wrong, but it appears Annalisa really went off the rails on the Bonus track today. She played the Springsteen version of The Fever, which, so far as I can tell, was recorded in '73 but not released officially until the Tracks album in '98.

It was great to hear it and all, but I can't find a connection to '81 for this song anyplace, unless it was a B-side to one of The River singles.

[RGMike]

So I may be wrong, but it appears Annalisa really went off the rails on the Bonus track today. She played the Springsteen version of The Fever, which, so far as I can tell, was recorded in '73 but not released officially until the Tracks album in '98.

It was great to hear it and all, but I can't find a connection to '81 for this song anyplace, unless it was a B-side to one of The River singles.

I'm baffled too -- and she's been doing this a LOT lately.  I have the 45s from The River at home (there were only 2, iirc -- "Hungry Heart" and "Fade Away"?) and i don't think "Fever" was the flip of either, but I'll check tonite.

[urth]

So I may be wrong, but it appears Annalisa really went off the rails on the Bonus track today. She played the Springsteen version of The Fever, which, so far as I can tell, was recorded in '73 but not released officially until the Tracks album in '98.

It was great to hear it and all, but I can't find a connection to '81 for this song anyplace, unless it was a B-side to one of The River singles.

I'm baffled too -- and she's been doing this a LOT lately.  I have the 45s from The River at home (there were only 2, iirc -- "Hungry Heart" and "Fade Away"?) and i don't think "Fever" was the flip of either, but I'll check tonite.

AMG sez that Cadillac Ranch, I'm A Rocker, Point Blank, and Ramrod all made the Mainstream Rock singles chart, but only the last two made it to the top 40. I remember hearing all of those on the radio, but HH and FA were the two big ones.

[RGMike]

So I may be wrong, but it appears Annalisa really went off the rails on the Bonus track today. She played the Springsteen version of The Fever, which, so far as I can tell, was recorded in '73 but not released officially until the Tracks album in '98.

It was great to hear it and all, but I can't find a connection to '81 for this song anyplace, unless it was a B-side to one of The River singles.

I'm baffled too -- and she's been doing this a LOT lately.  I have the 45s from The River at home (there were only 2, iirc -- "Hungry Heart" and "Fade Away"?) and i don't think "Fever" was the flip of either, but I'll check tonite.

AMG sez that Cadillac Ranch, I'm A Rocker, Point Blank, and Ramrod all made the Mainstream Rock singles chart, but only the last two made it to the top 40. I remember hearing all of those on the radio, but HH and FA were the two big ones.

the songs you mention were "AOR emphasis tracks" as they used to be called, but I don't think they were actually released as 45s.

[ggould]

03/26/2008 - Wednesday! Early '80's...1981!!!
 
1.   Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe      
2.   ELO - Hold on Tight      
3.   Kinks - Destroyer      
4.   Genesis - Keep it Dark      
5.   Pretenders - The Wait (BEST OF SET!!)      
6.   Donnie Iris - Ah! Leah!      
7.   Eric Clapton - I Can't Stand it      
8.   Tubes - Talk to Ya Later      
9.   XTC - Generals & Majors      
10.   U2 - Gloria      
 
BONUS TRACK:  Bruce Springsteen - The Fever