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Title: The Sound, 7/14/09: 1979
Post by: RGMike on July 14, 2009, 11:01:48 AM
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezn' - Journey
Look Sharp - Joe Jackson
Sad Eyes - Robert John
Children of the Sun - Billy Thorpe
Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
Rock Music - Jefferson Starship
Message in a Bottle - Police
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
Do It or Die - Atlanta Rhythm Section
Logical Song - Supertramp

Kudos on the ARS and JJ; TANC Robert John; WOS Mr Thorpe and especially JS during their pandering-to-AOR period.
Title: Re: The Sound, 7/14/09: 1979
Post by: mshray on July 14, 2009, 04:04:29 PM

WOS Mr Thorpe

TANC, I was thinking of Billy Thorpe when the Sabbath song came on this morning.

Why, you may ask?

In 78 or 79 I saw Thorpe at a mid-size venue in St. Louis with a buddy, and while there just about everybody signed a petition to ask Sabbath to play St. Louis.  They'd just announced tour dates & were going to skip us over.  I never found out if they came through or not, but for some reason I always remember signing that petition.
Title: Re: The Sound, 7/14/09: 1979
Post by: urth on July 14, 2009, 06:47:26 PM

WOS Mr Thorpe

TANC, I was thinking of Billy Thorpe when the Sabbath song came on this morning.

Why, you may ask?

In 78 or 79 I saw Thorpe at a mid-size venue in St. Louis with a buddy, and while there just about everybody signed a petition to ask Sabbath to play St. Louis.  They'd just announced tour dates & were going to skip us over.  I never found out if they came through or not, but for some reason I always remember signing that petition.

It must have worked; I found a Sabbath fan site that lists dates for them at the Checkerdome in both '78 and '80: Sept 16 '78 with Van Halen supporting; and Sept 30 '80 with Blue Oyster Cult supporting. They did not tour in '79 as Ozzy was cashiered from the band early in the year and I imagine they spent the following year regrouping with Ronnie James Dio on vocals.
Title: Re: The Sound, 7/14/09: 1979
Post by: RGMike on July 15, 2009, 07:35:26 AM
they spent the following year regrouping with Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

aka The World's Shortest Rock Star -- John Oates towers over him!
Title: Re: The Sound, 7/14/09: 1979
Post by: urth on July 15, 2009, 09:24:41 AM
they spent the following year regrouping with Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

aka The World's Shortest Rock Star -- John Oates towers over him!

A friend who's a big metal head calls him The Dwarf.
Title: Re: The Sound, 7/14/09: 1979
Post by: RGMike on July 15, 2009, 09:41:57 AM
they spent the following year regrouping with Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

aka The World's Shortest Rock Star -- John Oates towers over him!

A friend who's a big metal head calls him The Dwarf.

(http://crimene.ws/wp-content/uploads/ronnie_james_dio.jpg)