special ed - eighties hiphop. i only know his I'm The Magnificant, but in a version with a completely different beat than the one on youtube.
sleeze beez - glam-y dutch hardrock from the late eighties/early nineties
― Joris Stereo, Monday, 17 March 2008 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
If you've ever seen a late-night commercial for a CD comp of the greatest power ballads then you've heard Canadian one-hit wonder Sheriff and their song "When I'm With You" ...
That song was a hit TWICE up here! First time in '83, later in '88. There was some weird kinda epidemic in 1988-89, with three different songs ("Red Red Wine" and "Send Me An Angel" being the others) all being rereleased & charting higher than their first go-round 3-5 years previous. Weird...
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Suburban Studs - original 76 punks who did one good single: "Questions". It had a sax on it, which was awfully daring for the times. The follow-up was called "I Hate School" and was awful.
I wonder if this band got their name from the scene between Janice Rule and Burt Lancaster in "The Swimmer".
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
The version of the Sports' Don't Throw Stones is actually a composite of the same-titled Australian release with some tracks from the preceding album, their first---so it goes from more of a pub rock, rootsy, even rockabilly (and other 50s) sound, updated to and from the mid-70s, since they picked it up on the late 70s, from Graham Parker & The Rumor (with whom they toured), transitioning smoothly to the hookier newer tracks---so it's kind of like Graham Parker & The Attractions: Stephen Cummings' voice was deeper than Costello's, raspy around the edges, like Parker's, also not as nasal as EC, but sill kind of, so Parker plus early Richard Butler. A somewhat strict sound, not pompous, but no BS young schoolteacher or coach, with crisp combo incl. versatile guitarist, good LP! I've still got it somewhere.
― dow, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
The Stiff-to-Arista version is what I'm talking about.
― dow, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link