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re: Songs that are more famous than the artist

Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:21 am to
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:21 am to
Anything from Alan Parsons Project
Anything from Climax Blues Band
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 9:32 am to
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I actually added Ballroom Blitz. Still, 99% of people have no idea who The Sweet is. They were cheesy as frick and had no staying power.


Fox on the Run was an iconic 70's tune. So was Love is Like Oxygen.
Posted by CAD703X
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:00 am to
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Anything from Alan Parsons Project


someone didn't grow up in the 70s
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:03 am to
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Anything from Alan Parsons Project


someone didn't grow up in the 70s





Sweet and Foghat too.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:05 am to
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Foghat too.

Third Time Lucky doesn't get enough play.
Posted by BasilFawlty
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:07 am to
I love tons of stuff from that era...Sweet, Slade, Raspberries, Big Star, Badfinger.
Just great, pure, fun music.
Of these, I think Big Star may have some of the music that most people may find to be least palatable. 'September Gurls', 'In The Street' and 'Thirteen'are pop (power pop?) classics, whereas Third/Sister Lovers is a bit all over the place for some people.
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:12 am to
"New Orleans Ladies" - Le Roux
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:13 am to
I can think of a few songs from the late 50s/early 60s that may fit.

At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors

Runaway - Del Shannon

Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:15 am to
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Third Time Lucky doesn't get enough play.



I saw Foghat in the Assembly Center back in the day and they rocked that place.

Drivin' Wheel, Stone Blue, Sweet Home Chicago (cover), It Hurts Me Too, Burnin' the Midnight Oil in addition to their bigger songs are so good.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:21 am to
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Sweet, Slade, Raspberries, Big Star, Badfinger.


quote:

I think Big Star may have some of the music that most people may find to be least palatable.
I bought the combo of radio city and #1 record. Took a while, but a lot of the songs I hadn't heard really grew on me. Others, not so much. I deleted those from my phone and stuck with 9 of them.

I love it when my favorite artists cover each other.

Matthew Sweet - Ballad Of El Goodo

Kelly Willis - When My Baby's Beside Me
This post was edited on 7/22/16 at 10:26 am
Posted by BunkieWrench
Katy
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 12:42 pm to
One Night in Bangkok

I know the song well, but can never remember the artist.
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
19470 posts
Posted on 7/22/16 at 12:42 pm to
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someone didn't grow up in the 70s


Ask 50 people (50 years of age) who wrote and recorded, I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You..............

I grew up in the 70's and got tired of telling people.....who wrote and recorded those great APP songs.
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
19470 posts
Posted on 7/22/16 at 12:43 pm to
Also, April Wine.
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 1:01 pm to
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One Night in Bangkok


Good call. Murray Head?
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 1:09 pm to
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Drivin' Wheel, Stone Blue, Sweet Home Chicago (cover), It Hurts Me Too, Burnin' the Midnight Oi

never heard any of these songs
quote:

their bigger songs

what? I only know Slow Ride.

Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
50253 posts
Posted on 7/22/16 at 1:15 pm to
Brimful of Asha~ Cornershop
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 1:37 pm to
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never heard any of these songs


Most people haven't. Is there a point you are making?

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what? I only know Slow Ride.


I Just Want to Make Love to You
Fool for the City
Third Time Lucky

Although I think Drivin' Wheel and Stone Blue might have hit top 40.

Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81635 posts
Posted on 7/22/16 at 2:12 pm to
Pop Music - M
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78086 posts
Posted on 7/22/16 at 2:36 pm to
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Ask 50 people (50 years of age) who wrote and recorded, I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You..............


wore out I Robot back in the day.

But

Eye in the Sky
Time
Games People Play
Don't Answer Me...

They had quite a few legit hits.
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 2:45 pm to
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wore out I Robot back in the day.


As did I
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