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The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« on: July 31, 2008, 08:02:04 AM »
a year with great potential, even for someone with a spotty '80s record like Bob.

Percy starts with "Little By Little".

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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2008, 08:06:59 AM »
BOS1 Fogerty's "RnR Girls", shufflin' off to Buffalo.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2008, 08:10:21 AM »
ooo! BOS2 Sade -- "Smooth Operator" is a surprise coming from Bob.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2008, 08:10:39 AM »
Say what you will about the concept of wine coolers (hey, I drank them sometimes in college), those Bartles & Jaymes ads were an incredibly effective campaign.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2008, 08:11:38 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on July 31, 2008, 08:10:21 AM
ooo! BOS2 Sade -- "Smooth Operator" is a surprise coming from Bob.

True dat - BOS from me.  Amazing songwriting, pristine singing, beautiful appearance, and a sledgehammer for me as well.  Sade's got it all.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2008, 08:14:20 AM »
Here come Knopfler singin' oldies, goldies.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2008, 08:20:27 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on July 31, 2008, 08:11:38 AM
Quote from: RGMike on July 31, 2008, 08:10:21 AM
ooo! BOS2 Sade -- "Smooth Operator" is a surprise coming from Bob.

True dat - BOS from me.  Amazing songwriting, pristine singing, beautiful appearance, and a sledgehammer for me as well.  Sade's got it all.

she had the best "porn star mouth" since Carly Simon...
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2008, 08:27:03 AM »
I know Bob meant no offense, but going from the MOVE house-bombing into a clip of "Some Like It Hot" was beyond tacky.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2008, 08:27:26 AM »
VHM U2; BOS3 T.Heads. "Little pee-pee, little toes".
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2008, 08:31:24 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on July 31, 2008, 08:27:03 AM
I know Bob meant no offense, but going from the MOVE house-bombing into a clip of "Some Like It Hot" was beyond tacky.

that reminds me of a real-life accidental segue from my radio days:  Our top story in a newscast was a tenement fire in which 6 children died. Cut to a then-popular commercial for Solarcaine (the sunburn ointment) in which the first sounds were a child's voice saying "Mommy! Mommy! I feel like a french fry!" Swear. To. God.  We were mortified.

WOS Heart, entering the Diane Warren era.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2008, 08:33:22 AM »
I'm disagreeing with Mike on the Heart - I think this is some great power-balladry, and it definitely sends me back to that summer, when I was at the local community swimming pool (since closed) every single day.

Trivia: Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick sing backing vox on this.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2008, 08:35:26 AM »
Power Station's completely unnecessary remake of "Bang a Gong" -- not quite a WOS but fairly worthless.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2008, 08:41:20 AM »
BOS2 to "This Is Not America," a phrase that echoes all too frequently during this presidential-run-up soap opera.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2008, 08:41:41 AM »
BOS4 Bowie/Metheny.
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Re: The Drive, 7/31/08: 1985
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2008, 08:44:23 AM »
BOS5 JCM, "ROTS".  One of Bob's better '80s efforts, all things considered.
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