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I looked at it as it could have been a great song if it wasn't done by the Cars. They had so many great ones early, this was just another solid release. By the time this came out, new wave was going full steam thanks to MTV, and it wasn't hard enough for the rockers. To me, it was the last of their great albums. The follow-up Heartbeat City was a huge success for them, thanks to MTV - I thought it was fluff at its worst.
I was a huge fan of You Might Think when I was 10, but while I still like it, I would argue that it has not aged particularly well. Nostalgia is probably the only reason I still like it at all. On the flip side, I still love Drive and Magic just as much as I ever did.
I liked Magic the best. You Might Think was the first single, but was a million miles away from anything from the debut album. Tough standards when you are compared to that. YMT was one of the first songs I can remember that really used MTV to sell records.
The power of MTV. Hard to hear “Magic” and not visualize Ric Ocasek walking on a swimming pool. Or “Hello Again” from the album and not think of Andy Warhol. And so on...
Damn - you sank my battleship :(I always loved how obvious it was that Ocasak was standing on something in the pool.
Haven’t heard this in a long time - nice. Didn’t know there was a video for it - looks like the same set used for the other one.
They were only both in Crowded House for one album. Gotta give props to Split Enz.
Wasn't released as a single and don't recall hearing it at all on the radio, so I'd call it a deep track. Hadn't heard it in forever from when I owned the actual album.
The verse trade-offs on the 'other one' make a big difference, with both vocalists moving around in their vocal ranges a lot more. I'd be interested to hear "Insider" arranged with some alternating verses. As recorded, "Insider" is a pretty, heartfelt tune while the 'other one' has some power behind it and it reaches another level IMHO.
4 of my 5 BarMitvah albums represented.
I really don't think the 5th will show up in this countdown...
The lyrics take a bleak look at the unemployed working class citizens of England and the politicians that created the situation.
The Stones' last good album IMO. So basically their resume consists of 17 years of high-end material and 40 years of occasional blech output/tons of touring.
I choose to ignore any Stones music from the last few (several) decades. They're still cashing in, good for them, but I don't need to have my image of this great band ruined by a 70 year old scarecrow dancing onstage.
I think the Stones listened to Neil Young's "Hey Hey, My My"/"My My, Hey Hey" and applied the lyrics in reverse.
I thought Bridges To Babylon was good and can usually find at least 2 or 3 songs I like from their more recent albums. But they are just recycling stuff they've already done (& in most cases, better) before.
Johnny Rotten's advertising agency (himself) called in today to central processing for further evaluation. We re-routed.
Yeah...this is one of those omnipresent tunes that definitely holds up, but have heard so much I don't feel a need to ever hear again. I know that's my own thing- absolutely a good song.
I'd rather listen to a decent song I've never heard than one I've heard too much.Ghost Rider said:
Going back a bit here when reading up on Urgent. Turns out also Bob Mayo on keyboards. Bob Mayo.
Mick is a businessman as much as he is a musician. Why Keith went along that path too, dunno.
Keith isn’t a bad businessman either. Learned a lot hanging out with Andrew Carnegie.
Sadly Wikipedia indicates that Mr. Mister did not grace our presence until 1982. My optimism just died.
