Feel like I knew who they were but didn't really start hearing them a lot until the earlier 80s, with Back in Black.
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 14:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
In fact, it may go down in history as the single worst interview in WNEW-FM's 30 year history.
In all fairness, Entwistle was deaf as a post -- and in denial about it -- from about 1975 on.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 20 February 2012 15:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Man, you really seem to know everything there is to know about The Who.
Today remembered years of getting up in the AM listening to Dave Herman saying "Good just barely morning" over and over again which, like a lot of schtick, annoyed at first but eventually grew to be reassuring.
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
The reason "Beat It" was on rock radio at all in the '80s was due to the Eddie Van Halen guitar solo. Epic marketed it to programmers deliberately. That's pretty much why that MJ song and no others are on the list.
In related news, the only African Americans in the top 100 are Hendrix (43, 84) and the only women are Grace Slick (83) and Cyndi Lauper (86).
― Jake Brown, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
did you forget Marvin and Michael
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
and Otis
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
In the top 100 I said.
― Jake Brown, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
ooh my bad.
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
weird that fleetwood mac weren't considered a big enough deal for the top 100
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 08:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
"American Pie" can still go die in a fire
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 09:56 (1 year ago) Permalink