The only one I ever just gave away was "Born in the USA" - from the outset I thought it was just boring as hell.

1966 "Talk Talk" -- Music Machine

When you find my body with a gun in my hand, one of those three songs will be playing in the background.

When you find my body with a gun in my hand, one of those three songs will be playing in the background.

C'mon, it's a harmless little ditty. You can't compare it to the suicide-inducing It's A Small World.

How about Meat Loaf? This was one of the great albums of the era, back when albums were considered important.

Hmmm. Nope. Same thing. If you see me at a Rocky Horror screening, I'll be the dead one with a gun in my mouth.

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Overrated cult film.

"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" is a popular song written by Harry Noble and originally performed by Karen Chandler in 1952. It has been re- recorded several times since then, with the most notable covers being by Mel Carter in 1965 and by Gloria Estefan in 1994.

Mel Carter's version from '65 is probably the best dance ballad ever written.. -- Hard to beat for getting the ladies in the mood.

If you see me at a Rocky Horror screening, I'll be the dead one with a gun in my mouth.

You've been giving this some thought.

I liked this Paradise song because of the classic riffs and lead-ins, the combination of elements, and mostly because it told a wry story of teen romance gone sour. And Meat Loaf is very funny to watch in this vid. So it is an operatic ditty. And it does sound a little too much like a Broadway show tune, almost like a Sondheim song. The arranger's musical temperament does show. But it is a story-like rock song which seems increasingly rare. We just don't have very many narrative songs any more.

And Meat Loaf is very funny to watch in this vid.

Uh-huh. And in Fight Club his name is robertpaulsen.

I'll be the dead one with a gun in my mouth. ---- misterwhite

You've been giving this some thought.

If you think it's serious, you should give him the Suicide Help Line #...

Maybe.

The second greatest song was Classical Gas. It was a guitar masterpiece.

Others were captivated with it ----

My wife was a bit crazy about MacArthur Park. I played it at her funeral a few years ago...

The second greatest song was Classical Gas. It was a guitar masterpiece.

I liked the instrumental hits from the classic era, even Herb Alpert who had a surprising following.

--- instrumental hits from the classic era ---

Brought to mind the instrumental theme from the Flight of the Phoenix movie. One of those that's stuck with me..

I don't know when he became a card carrying leftist turd, but he did.

It was the day he got his draft notice during the VN war.

He has been overcompensating for being a punk every sinc,by insisting people call himi "the boss",and justifying his selfishness and cowardice by claiming it was an "unjust war against the yellow man."

BTW,if you want to hear the best song Little Brucie wrote,give a listen to the Pointer Sisters just flat tear this one UP.

Badlands -- Bruce Springsteen

I can't stand that asshole these days. I don't know when he became a card carrying leftist turd, but he did.

You might try to check your political bigotry at the door...or you might miss out on some truly awesome American rock and Roll.

The Boss has been giving 100% for 40 years and it just keeps getting better!

You may not love a song, but you've got to love the passion -

On the other hand, you could continue to be envious of his success, his influence on our culture, and his commitment to what he believes. That's on you.

Macarthur Park

Mmmm.

This would probably have to go on my "other list."

To each, his own I guess.

It was hardly an ignored song. It was a smash hit in the US and other countries. Since it's been almost 50 years since its release, it is understandable why nobody hears about it now.

It had music that ranged from over-orchestrated to absurdly over-orchestrated. Comparing a lost love to a cake in the rain? Uhhhh, okay.

I would have to give this song an A for originality, and an A for WTF?

I liked this Paradise song because of the classic riffs and lead-ins, the combination of elements, and mostly because it told a wry story of teen romance gone sour.

Yeah, it is a pretty good song, unfortunately it isn't one that can be listened to more than a few times without becoming boring.

His biggest hit was "Cats in the Cradle," which is okay if you like that kind of maudlin crap.

When you have kids of your own, you may appreciate they lyrics more.

He also had the hit "Taxi," and that was also okay, although I wasn't impressed by the reference to drug use.

One line in the song, and that's your complaint? I guess you missed the whole meaning then.

BTW,if you want to hear the best song Little Brucie wrote,give a listen to the Pointer Sisters just flat tear this one UP.

They had an odd career, never really made it until their string of pop hits when they were in their forties.

Probably their best-known song was Neutron Dance which had a story of its own.

The success of the song and the movie became inextricably linked. They fed off each other.

According to Allee Willis, "Neutron Dance" was written in hopes of being placed on the soundtrack of the film Streets of Fire: "

I heard the song in the movie "Beverly Hills Cop". Never heard of "Streets of Fire.

You say that was the song that got their careers going? WHY?

"It Only Hurts for a Little While" is a 1956 popular song with music by Fred Spielman and lyrics by Mack David.[1]

The recording by The Ames Brothers was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-6481. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 19, 1956. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #15; on the Best Seller chart, at #16; on the Juke Box chart, at #11; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #15.[2]

Politically incorrect, but a great song....

I remember seeing that movie,but I don't remember ever hearing that song before.

You say that was the song that got their careers going? WHY?

The Pointer Sisters had much success even before they recorded that song, going back at least 10 years before it was even released.

I actually considered putting that song on the list. It got a lot of play on album rock stations, but was banned on most mainstream stations because it was considered too risque.

At 8.5 minutes long it didn't really fit the format of pop music stations who rarely went 8.5 minutes without an ad break.

I heard the song in the movie "Beverly Hills Cop". Never heard of "Streets of Fire.

They tried to get it as a track in a cheesy retro movie but it ended up as a huge hit.

And they wrote it in less than 2 hours, including taking a break while "someone [tried] to steal [my] brand-new Chevrolet". It's a stream of consciousness, shoot-the-moon kind of story.

I like those kind of stories.

I remember seeing that movie,but I don't remember ever hearing that song before.

If you saw the movie, you heard the song. It played throughout the semi truck chase scene. In the video I posted, you can see the truck mangling a lot of other vehicles on a rampage.

The Pointer Sisters had much success even before they recorded that song, going back at least 10 years before it was even released.

I think the first I heard of them was a song from the movie "Car Wash". Before that, they were regional or only known on black radio stations. After that, they kept creeping up on the public but really broke through with Neutron Dance. At least, that is how I recall it.

I'm not looking for some mega-debate over the career of the Pointer Sisters. Even I'm not that bored.     : )

So they barely made the charts with a #95 hit in 1973. Then nothing until 1979. Then a string of hits that got more popular, with threee Billboard top 100 hits in 1985. And Neutron Dance was their last big Billboard hit in 1985.

So we were both a little wrong and a little right. LOL

His biggest hit was "Cats in the Cradle," which is okay if you like that kind of maudlin crap.

When you have kids of your own, you may appreciate they lyrics more.

I do have a kid, and i still find it to be maudlin drivel.

He also had the hit "Taxi," and that was also okay, although I wasn't impressed by the reference to drug use.

One line in the song, and that's your complaint? I guess you missed the whole meaning then.

I don't care if it was only one line. It pretty much ruined the song.

The song isn't hard at all to understand. I think any poster to freethoughtproject could even understand it.

I liked the instrumental hits from the classic era, even Herb Alpert who had a surprising following.

Geez Louise. Did I just stumble into the old folks home?

I've seen some of the older shit you've posted to. Stone is the only one I've seen that doesn't post music so old, that it wasn't played on the fucking radio (hiding the fact that the singers are BLACK) first.

"It was a guitar masterpiece."

Pffft!

Stone is the only one I've seen that doesn't post music so old, that it wasn't played on the fucking radio (hiding the fact that the singers are BLACK)

Pretty racist asshole aren't you?

Some of the best music ever recorded was by black musicians.

Here's one even your sorry ass would like.

I've seen some of the older shit you've posted to.

Judge it not by it's age but by it's content. The 70's was probably the greatest decade for Rock & Roll.

Some of the best music ever recorded was by black musicians.

True. But most of the best music ever recorded was by white musicians.

What have black "musicians" given us in the last 25 years? No-ta talent, talent, expletive-filled, degenerate rap.

What have black "musicians" given us in the last 25 years? No-ta talent, talent, expletive-filled, degenerate rap.

If all you go by is what's on MTV and corporate radio, you're absolutely right.

Geez Louise. Did I just stumble into the old folks home?

I had to check because Alpert did have a long career. Per Billboard:

So Alpert had a #79 hit of the Billboard 100 back in 1987. So it's old but it's not exactly the Big Band era.

I had to check because Alpert did have a long career.

It's not the age of the music. It's the type of music.

"Welcome to the Dating Game. Let's introduce our bachelor!"

I forgot about his vocal single in '68. The year after the Summer of Love, burning down major cities like Detroit...

He was a mediocre singer with a limited range (like Fred Astaire) but the song was a good pop song, acceptable enough to bridge the teens and their parents as well.

Don't forget it was the era of the big weekly variety shows like Hollywood Palace and Sid Caesar and Ed Sullivan. I barely recall these myself but they were huge venues for established acts going back to the vaudeville era and the Borscht Belt with some young rock and pop bands tossed in for the young people.

And American Bandstand was huge. Check this out. That was some mindbending stuff back in the Sixties, still hung over from the heavily sedated Fifties of Ozzie and Harriet and Lawrence Welk.

He was a mediocre singer with a limited range (like Fred Astaire) but the song was a good pop song,

As was "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by B.J. Thomas at around the same time.

Where's my gun?

Geez Louise. Did I just stumble into the old folks home? ---- misterblight

You're kidding, right? These fudge stains that plague this site with their AGENDAS all listen to OLD SHIT. They are mostly 80 plus year old pothead liberal hippies. -- grandfudgestain

-- pothead liberal hippies? ----

Your associate gatlin is obsessed with pot, misterwhite is a closet liberal, and you're queer about hippies.

Whatta sicko group.. Great fun tho, busting your chops...