Tau837
Footballguy
Perhaps it is the cover I chose for the recent covers countdown:
Purple Haze
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Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #1's have been posted! (4 Viewers)
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Perhaps it is the cover I chose for the recent covers countdown:
ETA: Obviously, I don't know how to properly use the spoiler tag...
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Introducing The Sweet
Are you ready Steve? Uh-huhAndy? Yeah
Mick? Okay
Alright fellas, let's go!
The man doing the Introduction on Ballroom Blitz was Brian, Brian Connolly.
Brian was born in 1945 to a teenage waitress and an unknown father.
Abandoned by his mother when he contracted meningitis as an infant, he was fostered by a Scottish couple at the age of 2.
He moved to England at 12 and joined the navy in his mid teens.
Upon his discharge he fronted a local band.
Upon leaving this band, he was replaced by Ian Gillan of Deep Purple fame. Rest of the band must have really sucked lol
Except the drummer Mick Tucker who he took with him to form the Sweet.
Steve Priest joined soon after. 4 ****ty singles followed before guitarist Andy Scott joined
Connolly was born to be a rock n roll frontman.
Blonde hair, attractive and with a magnificent vocal range to sing the softest of songs to all out rockers
Success was the stuff of his dreams. A #1 hit single in the UK in Blockbuster, US success with several big hit singles as well.
Leaving the songwriting team that restricted their developing songwriting, Connolly and the band were primed to become a great band.
Unfortunately the event that would change his life forever occurred in a staged attack, rumoured to be organised by a disgruntled ex-roadie.
Connolly was attacked while returning to his car after buying cigarettes. His throat was deliberately targeted resulting in severe injuries that required six months of surgeries, rehabilitation and lies to the public explaining his absence.
The re-recording of Fox on the Run led to a monster hit that kept the band in the limelight before Connolly could return.
Steve Priest and Andy Scott sung a few tracks on the albums, but Connolly had his vocal range heavily limited by the assault.
This led to a lack of confidence in his own voice, alcoholism and the alcoholism led to severe frictions within the band as Connolly was excluded from decisions and his erratic performances led to his exclusion.
The band gave him the dignity of saying he was leaving to pursue solo projects.
But he had one last great moment. Love is like Oxygen. It is a fantastic vocal performance, perhaps his best. It surprised the band and gave the Sweet a last massive international hit.
Unfortunately post Sweet life for Connolly didn’t get any better.
With his ongoing alcoholism, Connolly had a hospital visit punctuated with 14 heart attacks in 24 hours in 1981
This resulted in partial paralysis and a degenerative nerve condition.
Connolly recovered well enough to form one of about 4 versions of the Sweet, Brian Connolly’’s Sweet or the New Sweet.
His voice however was shot and his health an ongoing concern. After an attempted reunion in 1988
Trudging along, Connolly had reconciled with Priest and Tucker in the early 90s, but not Scott who controlled the original Sweet material. His health declined rapidly in 1995 and his death at the age of just 51 happened in early 1997 shocked no one who had seen him in the preceding years. .
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Really looking forward to this one. I had all of Sweet's "big" (in the U.S.) LPs back in the '70s, but I suspect you'll be pulling some songs I've never heard. There really wasn't another artist like them.
zamboni
Footballguy
Doobie Brothers would work
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I just keep thinking about Dude Where's My Car? thanks to JML.
"Sweet" What about mine?
"Dude" What does mine say?
"Sweet" What about mine?
"Dude" What does mine say?
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
They were one of my Last Four Out.
zamboni
Footballguy
Which Doobie you be?
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
What's happening?
zamboni
Footballguy
Now that I think of it, I could have gone with Henry Mancini for this go-around and used the theme song.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Hey HEY hey
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Now, I feel like I need Certs with Retsyn.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
I thought about them but figured you guys and gals would get tired of hearing What a Fool Believes every round.
zamboni
Footballguy
Never. No wise man has the power to reason away.
jwb
Footballguy
Very interesting - did not know the story.
Love is Like Oxygen is an all-time favorite of mine. Looking forward to hearing the 25 or so songs that weren't hits.
Zegras11
Footballguy
just do it
Yo Mama
Footballguy
Crash Test Dummies?
zamboni
Footballguy
I was thinking Hanson, but either would work.
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Not to be confused with Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, which Curtis Mayfield wrote for Major Lance.
(This was under consideration for my 31, but I’ll throw it out here to help with the cuts.)
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The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
C + C Music Factory was my first thought.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Introducing The Sweet
Are you ready Steve? Uh-huhAndy? Yeah
Mick? Okay
Alright fellas, let's go!
Today we will focus on the drummer Mick, Mick Tucker.
His drumming has been underrated and he is probably the best at his position in the band in the music industry, outside singer Brian Connolly.
Unfortunately another tragic tale here.
Like Connolly, he was in a local town band until he was sacked for being too flamboyant. Connolly followed him out in support.
The pair got together to form The Sweetshop, which eventually became the Sweet.
Tucker was fairly amiable and fit the usual dumb drummer motif.
That said he was the backbone of the band and often the one butting heads when necessary.
An example of this is when control freaks Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, a duo of songwriters and producers, took over the instruments being played with session musicians on the first five singles the pair worked with the band. The songwriters “let” the band do vocals.
The Sweet knew they had signed a deal with the devil, but eventually won through. When Tucker criticized the drumming on The Six-Teens
The Sweet finally were “allowed” to actually make all the music from Wig-Wam Bam onwards, before breaking free after the success Fox on the Run. As mentioned previously this unfortunately coincided with the Brian Connolly throat attack.
As Steve Priest explained about Tucker
Tucker generally went along with the antics of Priest and guitarist Andy Scott, dressing up “gay”. Connolly refused. Tucker stayed with the band after Connolly left, but tragedy struck while the band were in America. His wife Pauline had drowned in the bathtub in 1979.
Tucker returned to the band. When Priest left in 1981, the band essentially was no more. Priest and Tucker were a tight rhythm unit. Tucker stayed with Scott out of loyalty to the band name, but this was Andy Scotts Sweet and generally just a greatist hits touring outfit. Tucker was not an equal partner as he was before.
Tucker stayed with Scott and his version of Sweet until 1991 when ill health forced him home.
Ill health turned out to be leukemia. He fought hard. A bone marrow transplant from his brother gave him more time, but he was not the same man as before and finally succumbed at age 54 in 2002.
His legacy was strong. Apart from the below, his style was mimicked by bands such as Motley Crue, Guns N Roses and others.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
No kidding. Guess why The Sweet was one of my early favorite bands. I'm really looking forward to this one.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Guys, I was just saying hmmm to indicate I was considering but not sure yet. Relax.
Eephus
Footballguy
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
Do you really think I thought you were going to list 31 songs by C + C Music Factory? Please.....
zamboni
Footballguy
No sweatDo you really think I thought you were going to list 31 songs by C + C Music Factory? Please.....
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Do you really think I thought you were going to list 31 songs by C + C Music Factory? Please.....
Is that a challenge?
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I hope not.Do you really think I thought you were going to list 31 songs by C + C Music Factory? Please.....
Is that a challenge?
titusbramble
Footballguy
I might have to drop from this one, have a lot going on and I'm not sure I'm going to have the time to do the research needed for it. I'll see what I can get done this week and then make a decision
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Now that the thread fell to the second page, it's time for me to introduce my choice.
The Moody Blues
Introduction
For Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and the older Millennials, songs from the British Invasion of the early and mid 60s made up a large part of the soundtrack of our lives. The passing of time has revealed many of the behind-the-scenes stories of those bands, and of the multitude of acts to reach our ears, only a small handful remain in our zeitgeist; sadly, one of the most "60s" bands of that bunch, The Moody Blues, have been reduced to just one memory, Nights in White Satin, while I believe they deserve a little better.
The Cliffs Notes version of their story is not atypical: five guys from separate failing groups who, due as much to proximity as a shared interest in the R&B wave rolling through England's youth at the time, joined together to have a go at it. While they found some success, a key lineup change altered their musical direction and launched them into the stratosphere. They rode their momentum through the rest of the 60s and into the early 70s, found new life in the early 80s and rode this second wave for four more decades before the remaining members finally lowered the curtain for the last time.
The most prominent section of their career, from their first lineup change until going on hiatus in the early 70s, saw the Moodies as either the creators of or early pioneers of a genre that would come to be called 'Prog (short for progressive) Rock'. 'Art Rock' describes their style as well, as most of the eight albums this lineup released strove for a singular theme, noted by the general running together of tracks, more noticeable on the original vinyl than digital media. As a result, several tracks on the list won't have the accompanying track and will have to be appreciated by following provided youtube links.
I had been a casual fan of theirs from the early 80s, when their Long Distance Voyager album hit the charts. When I got to college a few years later, I began exploring their back catalog of albums, finding songs I liked here and there. While I was never off the deep end for them, seeing them play live in '87 or so made me appreciate their talent more, though they mostly fell out of my listening rotation in the 90s. I took sad notice when members and former members passed away, and the most recent passing of their last living founding member, keyboardist Mike Pinder, brought them back to my forefront, so my choosing them for round 3 is a bit of serendipity, which will surely bring a grin to their faces, especially the ones who have merged with the infinite planes they musically proselytized for all the way to the bank.
Like my last countdown, this one will be a chronological walk through their history, from R&B wannabes to prog rock titans to nostalgic pop stars who never paid attention to the phrase 'jump the shark'.
The Moody Blues
Introduction
For Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and the older Millennials, songs from the British Invasion of the early and mid 60s made up a large part of the soundtrack of our lives. The passing of time has revealed many of the behind-the-scenes stories of those bands, and of the multitude of acts to reach our ears, only a small handful remain in our zeitgeist; sadly, one of the most "60s" bands of that bunch, The Moody Blues, have been reduced to just one memory, Nights in White Satin, while I believe they deserve a little better.
The Cliffs Notes version of their story is not atypical: five guys from separate failing groups who, due as much to proximity as a shared interest in the R&B wave rolling through England's youth at the time, joined together to have a go at it. While they found some success, a key lineup change altered their musical direction and launched them into the stratosphere. They rode their momentum through the rest of the 60s and into the early 70s, found new life in the early 80s and rode this second wave for four more decades before the remaining members finally lowered the curtain for the last time.
The most prominent section of their career, from their first lineup change until going on hiatus in the early 70s, saw the Moodies as either the creators of or early pioneers of a genre that would come to be called 'Prog (short for progressive) Rock'. 'Art Rock' describes their style as well, as most of the eight albums this lineup released strove for a singular theme, noted by the general running together of tracks, more noticeable on the original vinyl than digital media. As a result, several tracks on the list won't have the accompanying track and will have to be appreciated by following provided youtube links.
I had been a casual fan of theirs from the early 80s, when their Long Distance Voyager album hit the charts. When I got to college a few years later, I began exploring their back catalog of albums, finding songs I liked here and there. While I was never off the deep end for them, seeing them play live in '87 or so made me appreciate their talent more, though they mostly fell out of my listening rotation in the 90s. I took sad notice when members and former members passed away, and the most recent passing of their last living founding member, keyboardist Mike Pinder, brought them back to my forefront, so my choosing them for round 3 is a bit of serendipity, which will surely bring a grin to their faces, especially the ones who have merged with the infinite planes they musically proselytized for all the way to the bank.
Like my last countdown, this one will be a chronological walk through their history, from R&B wannabes to prog rock titans to nostalgic pop stars who never paid attention to the phrase 'jump the shark'.
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John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Heaven knows Im REALLY miserable now
Seriously, we have until June 23 to make artist selections.
I didnt even see a deadline for submitting lists yet. Was there one?
Plenty of time at the moment.
Zegras11
Footballguy
I', thinking June 30th for submission
MAC_32
Footballguy
Then I'll upgrade from a no to a maybe. We get back from vacation mid-week prior, so if things aren't nuts upon return I'll toss one in.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
When are you planning to get the form up? I’ve still got some time, but will be out of country for vacation this time next week, and will need to submit before then.
Yambag
Footballguy
Dipping my toe in the water here with one of my favorite obscure bands The Slambovian Circus of Dreams. I was introduced to them about 7 years ago and now go to 2-3 shows per year. They mostly tour the Northeast and UK, here is a write up from their website:
Voted "Best Band" by NY’s Chronogram Magazine for their rootsy, rockin’ psychedelia, the Slambovians' deep connection with audiences and exciting live shows are legendary. Musical influences of Dylan, Bowie, Incredible String Band, Syd Barrett, and The Waterboys can be heard, yet the Slambovians' musicianship and critically acclaimed songwriting stand on their own. This Woodstock-tinged psychedelia has a hint of southern rock and British folk combined with solid songwriting - a slice of Americana pie that is irresistible!
Voted "Best Band" by NY’s Chronogram Magazine for their rootsy, rockin’ psychedelia, the Slambovians' deep connection with audiences and exciting live shows are legendary. Musical influences of Dylan, Bowie, Incredible String Band, Syd Barrett, and The Waterboys can be heard, yet the Slambovians' musicianship and critically acclaimed songwriting stand on their own. This Woodstock-tinged psychedelia has a hint of southern rock and British folk combined with solid songwriting - a slice of Americana pie that is irresistible!
jwb
Footballguy
I have not thought about my Doors introduction yet, but I will say I was chatting with my 18 y/o nephew last night. He told me he's smoking some weed occasionally (yea right), and likes it. I asked him if he's hit his "Doors" stage yet, and he said YES!! JIM MORRISON IS AWESOME!!!
It's a rite of passage many of us go through.
It's a rite of passage many of us go through.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I had to look it up myself to verify this slambovian something is indeed a real band. 
Quite interested based on the description.
Quite interested based on the description.
Yambag
Footballguy
Yup, that is the standard response when I mention them to anyone. But if I can get them to a live show, they almost always become fans.I had to look it up myself to verify this slambovian something is indeed a real band.
Quite interested based on the description.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
They are on Spotify, so we are good to go here.Yup, that is the standard response when I mention them to anyone. But if I can get them to a live show, they almost always become fans.I had to look it up myself to verify this slambovian something is indeed a real band.
Quite interested based on the description.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Andrew Bird playlist is 65 deep, so far.
Eephus
Footballguy
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I'll throw a list together. Going to highlight a Canadian band from my teenage years. They produced a number of hits up here (
) in the 70's and early 80s. I feel they have been criminally under-rated as far as Canadian bands go. From a time when guitars were the featured instruments. I suspect some of you have not even heard of them, but most will know a few of these at least. This will be a lot of fun (for me, anyway).
April Wine
) in the 70's and early 80s. I feel they have been criminally under-rated as far as Canadian bands go. From a time when guitars were the featured instruments. I suspect some of you have not even heard of them, but most will know a few of these at least. This will be a lot of fun (for me, anyway).April Wine
zamboni
Footballguy
Love this pick - looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Also timely with Myles Goodwyn having left us about six months ago.I'll throw a list together. Going to highlight a Canadian band from my teenage years. They produced a number of hits up here (
April Wine
Yeah. That was
. After the news I went back and started playing some of the material I hadn't heard in a number of years. Good stuff. Brings back lots of memories.
zamboni
Footballguy
I see you're from St. Thomas, ON. London Knights fan?Yeah. That was
Yeah, I'm a fan. Not a huge one but I go to a game, or two each year. Not to get into too much detail, but my son played a year with them and it left a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth. Mostly from what happened before he went there (long story), but also never felt that they gave him much of a chance. But he was never going much father anyway so we were super proud that he got that far. They are, obviously, the cream of the crop as far as organizations go. Of course, I can remember when they were at the Ice House and those were some lean years.I see you're from St. Thomas, ON. London Knights fan?Yeah. That was
I will say that my boy played on the team with Evan Bouchard and he had nothing but good things to say about him so I root for Evan. Even though he skates funny and looks half asleep all the time.
zamboni
Footballguy
Wow - that's really impressive he got that far.Yeah, I'm a fan. Not a huge one but I go to a game, or two each year. Not to get into too much detail, but my son played a year with them and it left a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth. Mostly from what happened before he went there (long story), but also never felt that they gave him much of a chance. But he was never going much father anyway so we were super proud that he got that far. They are, obviously, the cream of the crop as far as organizations go. Of course, I can remember when they were at the Ice House and those were some lean years.I see you're from St. Thomas, ON. London Knights fan?Yeah. That was
I will say that my boy played on the team with Evan Bouchard and he had nothing but good things to say about him so I root for Evan. Even though he skates funny and looks half asleep all the time.
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