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    How long has this been going on.

    I was waiting in my orthopedist's office today and got a smile on my face when I heard the opening bass notes to that great song by 'Ace' from way back in 1974. Paul Carrack, who went wrote and sang the song, is better known for his later work with Roxy Music, Squeeze (he sang the huge hit 'Tempted') and Mike + The Mechanics. But I think this is just one great song, despite the fact that it was over played on AM, and later on FM, radio, and I can enjoy it without feeling guilty, which is a bonus. Great lyrics, vocals, and a guitar solo that is creative and unique without dominating the song. It just fit perfectly.

    What other songs can you rattle off that hit the top of the charts, not necessarily # 1, but would fit the bill as a real quality song? The aforementioned 'Tempted' would certainly fit into this category.

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    you mean that blue-eyed soul thing?

    well, skipping the obvious (H&O)

    Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band
    My Girl (gone so long) - Chilliwack
    I'm Not In Love - 10CC (also overplayed)
    Hypnotised - Fleetwood Mac (Bob Welch)
    Don't Dream Its Over - Crowded House
    Call It Love - Poco (have I gone too far?)
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    Yes, you did go too far.

    Quote Originally Posted by 3LB
    you mean that blue-eyed soul thing?

    well, skipping the obvious (H&O)

    Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band
    My Girl (gone so long) - Chilliwack
    I'm Not In Love - 10CC (also overplayed)
    Hypnotised - Fleetwood Mac (Bob Welch)
    Don't Dream Its Over - Crowded House
    Call It Love - Poco (have I gone too far?)
    I'll give you most of those, but 'Call It Love'? I also didn't care much for the Chilliwack song either. It sounds like a typical, disposable pop garbage tune to me. I liked the band, but not this song. Contrived lyrics...I don't know man.

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    Finely crafted pop song or guilty pleasure? This one seems to have been a minor regional hit. Too bad for the rest of the world.

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    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    Donnie Iris? I'll buy that.

    Quote Originally Posted by Slosh
    Finely crafted pop song or guilty pleasure? This one seems to have been a minor regional hit. Too bad for the rest of the world.

    Ah! Leah!
    Regional hit? I don't know. It was a top 20 on Billboard, so I'm not sure how that would be called only regional, but perhaps you're right. A friend of mine loved that song.

    I probably mentioned before that I met Donnie at a golf outing in the Pittsburgh area about 12 years ago. What was really funny was I took a wrong turn on the way to the course and passed 'Ah Leah Drive', a private road that I figured must lead to his house, knowing that he was from this area. I mentioned it when I met him and he chuckled and confirmed it was indeed the road to his house.

    Did you know he wrote 'The Rapper' when he was in the Jaggerz? He was also in Wild Cherry for a few years before going solo and releasing his first record with Ah Leah in 1980.
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    He also wrote "Love is like a Rock"...

    ...I pulled up this out of curiosity: http://www.onehitwondercentral.com/top100.cfm

    I remember rather liking the David & David song as well as Big Country. Undoubtedly you'll agree that "Rapper's Delight" must surely have been the most influential overall. I'm sure Swish has his copy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swish
    Regional hit? I don't know. It was a top 20 on Billboard, so I'm not sure how that would be called only regional, but perhaps you're right. A friend of mine loved that song.
    It was a regional hit until MCA picked up the album. My memory might be a bit hazy on this, after all, I was only 12 at the time.
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    Ah!Leah! was all over radio back in the day, and I grew up in Tennessee.

    since there doesn't seem to be any specific motif or criteria

    5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo
    Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
    Imminence Front - The Who
    Thru With The Two-step - Robert Plant
    Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
    Sunshine - Francis Dunnery
    Burnin Sky - Bad Co
    Mad World - Micheal Andrews
    Turn To Stone - Joe Walsh
    Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
    Crazy - Seal
    Angel, Won't You Call Me - The Decemberists
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    When did Carrack sing for Roxy Music???

    fp (never heard of such a thing)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finch Platte
    When did Carrack sing for Roxy Music???

    fp (never heard of such a thing)


    As per Wiki~In 1977 Ace disbanded, and Carrack began working as a backing musician for Frankie Miller. Subsequently, he was a member of Roxy Music, playing keyboards on their 1979 reunion album Manifesto. Carrack would also play on the next two Roxy Music albums, but as a session musician, not a band member.


    ...didn't know it myself.
    So, I broke into the palace
    With a sponge and a rusty spanner
    She said : "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
    I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finch Platte
    When did Carrack sing for Roxy Music???
    I think Carrack was more of a guess keyboard player (on Manifesto album) than a singer in Roxy Music group.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smokey
    I think Carrack was more of a guess keyboard player (on Manifesto album) than a singer in Roxy Music group.
    You mean he guessed what notes he was playing?

    haaa haaa haaaa I crack myself up.

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    How about this one...

    ....Year of the Cat from Al Stewart. That was back in 1976, my senior year of high school, and they played the shit out of it, but what a great song.
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    Let me say this about that.

    Quote Originally Posted by 3LB
    Ah!Leah! was all over radio back in the day, and I grew up in Tennessee.

    since there doesn't seem to be any specific motif or criteria

    5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo
    Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
    Imminence Front - The Who
    Thru With The Two-step - Robert Plant
    Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
    Sunshine - Francis Dunnery
    Burnin Sky - Bad Co
    Mad World - Micheal Andrews
    Turn To Stone - Joe Walsh
    Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
    Crazy - Seal
    Angel, Won't You Call Me - The Decemberists
    Some good songs dude, but I'm not so sure any were huge hits, or am I just a crazy lunatic? I remember 'Beds Are Burning' was a bit of a hit by Midnight Oil, but not Blue Sky Mine. I could be wrong, but that's such a rare occurrence that I would have to say you're wrong.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swish
    ....Year of the Cat from Al Stewart. That was back in 1976, my senior year of high school, and they played the shit out of it, but what a great song.
    Yup yup...but I feel no guilt over liking "Time Passages" as well...
    So, I broke into the palace
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    She said : "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
    I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swish
    ....Year of the Cat from Al Stewart. That was back in 1976, my senior year of high school, and they played the shit out of it, but what a great song.
    In general, Al Stewart is one of the greatest songwriters of our time. Totally under-rated and ignored.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swish
    Some good songs dude, but I'm not so sure any were huge hits, or am I just a crazy lunatic? I remember 'Beds Are Burning' was a bit of a hit by Midnight Oil, but not Blue Sky Mine. I could be wrong, but that's such a rare occurrence that I would have to say you're wrong.
    So I was just scanning a Wiki article and Blue Sky Mine was numero uno on the charts, in the US, for one week the week of March 17, 1990. I gotta figure it had to work its way up and then back down, so it was probably charted for a few weeks anyway.


    John Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb. Just a fun, well-written pop song.
    Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
    Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing. Totally overplayed but a great, great song!

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    My god, if it weren't for a brief mention of Midnight Oil and Big Country, I'd think this was the old home thread about AM hits.
    And the world will turn to flowing pink vapor stew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finch Platte
    You mean he guessed what notes he was playing?

    haaa haaa haaaa I crack myself up.
    Count that as the one that got away

    Speaking of AM hits, how about Captain & Tennille's "Do That to Me One More Time". That song seem to come on every time I rode to high school in the morning.

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    Time Passages? Really?

    Quote Originally Posted by bobsticks
    Yup yup...but I feel no guilt over liking "Time Passages" as well...
    I always thought it was kind of...wimpy. Guess that's why you like it.
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    Well, it kind of is a thread about AM hits.

    Quote Originally Posted by Stone
    My god, if it weren't for a brief mention of Midnight Oil and Big Country, I'd think this was the old home thread about AM hits.
    That was my point actually. So many AM hits were crap, but these are the exceptions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 3LB
    since there doesn't seem to be any specific motif or criteria
    Seems to me there is.
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    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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