The streakers were already a news item when this came out. IIRC, it was actually the second time the streaking fad happened
Talk about cashing in on a cultural fad, here’s a forgotten song by an advertising executive who turned a commercial jingle into a modest country music hit, then scored big with this now forgotten song that was turned into a now forgotten movie with the now-forgotten Ali McGraw and the bet-you-forgot-his-acting career Kris Kristofferson.
So is Tanya Donelly (both solo and with Belly)
Convoy was the first movie I walked out on because it was sucked. I was 12 or 14, right in the prime age for this sort of stupid fun (and I still consider Smokey and the Bandit an enjoyable romp), and for me to walk out of a film at that age meant it had to be terrible.
Also, Ali McGraw is famous for giving us Ali McGraw Disease, a mysterious fatal malady which only strikes women, a disease whose only observable symptom is that the victim gets more beautiful the closer they are to death. So she’s got that going for her, which is nice.
Anyway, here’s Traces, which qualifies for this thread if you’ve forgotten it:
Prior to this, Classics IV did “Spooky” which is an amazing groove you probably know and then “Stormy” which was exactly the same groove with a different tune. Great band if somewhat repetitive.
There’s a little bit of that groove in your link but really only traces of it.
The weirdest song that regularly got requested? The German-language cover version of “Baby Sittin’ Boogie”. I don’t know who kept requesting it, but I must have heard it dozens of times.
I thought those were Association songs.
Turn in your The Archies Membership Club Card and do not darken our jukebox again.
I remember this from grade school.
Duke Baxter-Everybody Knows Matilda
Another thumbs up for Starbuck’s ‘Moonlight feels right’ (extended mix)
The sly laughter was actually a recording mistake they liked and Bo Wagner’s iconic marimba solo (along with vibes) was done in one take and made that instrument pretty popular at least for a while.
And one moon song to another:
The Rapper - Jaggerz
I was a strange kid. Why do I say that? Because, even though I’m Jewish, 10 year old me became so enamored with this song that I walked down to Woolworth’s and bought a 45 of this. And I still love it to this day!
And here’s another 45 I bought from the same Woolworth’s, the same year. I didn’t understand a word of Spanish at the time so the lyrics were meaningless to me, but I loved the song anyway. I hadn’t listened to it in many years, but I just did and still love it❣️
Not from my “youth,” but still something obscure to me. (This is sort of like Al Bundy’s “Hmm Hmm Him” in that I could remember some of the melody, but no clue about the lyrics. Then, I happened to switch on some movie, the title of which eludes me, and “Holy Cow!” there’s the song in the closing credits. After that, I started hearing it more often. Anyway the song was Kate Bush’s “Running up That Hill.”
Some terrific songs in this thread, some new to me, so thank you.
Here’s some that I rediscovered: Family
Finding this song was such a pleasure: Pluto Shervington
More to come…
Go WAY back in your youthful life - to the days of children’s 78 rpm records in the 1950s - on both vinyl and even cardboard. Lots of memories brought back to me after doing a little searching. (click on “Listen” at the upper right)
The Great 78 Project – Community Preservation, Research, Discovery of 78rpm Records
We had a kid come into the ER with a broken arm last night, the doctor ordered an xray, but he was in a lot of pain, so I told the doc we need to medicate before we radiate. That rattled around in my head for a bit and led me here,
Part of this song was featured in the miniseries “Chimp Crazy”, which I recently watched (and they made the Joe Exotic menagerie - the human one - seem sane in comparison).
My bro and I revisited Bertha Butt Boogie today. The two other people in our group had never heard it so we played it loud.
“Bertha Butt had three sisters; Betty Butt, Bella Butt and Bathsheba Butt”.
It’s goofy but I dare you not to dance.