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Old 07-23-2010, 02:13 PM   #1
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I don't know if anyone has said this yet (too lazy to check)

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Old 07-22-2010, 08:02 AM   #2
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He was in concert after a Rays game a few weeks ago and all I could think was how could I have bought this cassette when I was younger!?!?!?!?!?
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Old 07-22-2010, 12:39 AM   #3
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Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
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Frankie had a bunch of hits (at least in Europe). Two Tribes, Welcome to the pleasuredome, the power of love.

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Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
same goes for Eddy Grant. I don't wanna dance & gimme hope Jo'anna were huge here too

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same goes for Eddy Grant. I don't wanna dance & gimme hope Jo'anna were huge here too?
Not in the U.S., Ferdinand.

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Not in the U.S., Ferdinand.
then the US missed out on two great songs

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and that didn't do anything on the Dutch charts
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Frankie had a bunch of hits (at least in Europe). Two Tribes, Welcome to the pleasuredome, the power of love.


Also, SuperNova and Do you know the way to San Jose !!!

In Tampa that whole album was huge. Call Frankie a One Album wonder.
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Old 07-22-2010, 08:33 AM   #8
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Old 07-22-2010, 03:12 PM   #9
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Frankie had a bunch of hits (at least in Europe). Two Tribes, Welcome to the pleasuredome, the power of love.



same goes for Eddy Grant. I don't wanna dance & gimme hope Jo'anna were huge here too

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Where is this place you call Europe???? Do they have electricity there?
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Where is this place you call Europe???? Do they have electricity there?
that place Europe is probably where your ancestors came from Bob And it were European scientists that 'invented' electricity, not Benjamin Franklin. So yeah, we have electricity and we can afford it, not like California
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Old 07-22-2010, 09:04 AM   #11
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Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Didn't they have a subsequent hit with "Pop Goes The World"?
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Old 07-22-2010, 02:28 PM   #12
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Didn't they have a subsequent hit with "Pop Goes The World"?
Never heard of that one, Scott....but I ain't that hip.
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Old 07-22-2010, 03:45 PM   #14
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I can't believe I'm the first to mention:

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Believe it or not, my internet radio is presently playing another one:

The Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
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Believe it or not, my internet radio is presently playing another one:

The Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
The eleven minute album version is the best.
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Old 07-22-2010, 10:38 PM   #18
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"Drivers Seat" -- Sniff 'N' The Tears
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Same era as Drivers Seat, one of the first 45's I ever bought was 'Shakedown Cruise' by Jay Ferguson.


(Just looked this up and he did Thunder Island too! So maybe he doesn't really qualify as a one-hit-wonder!)
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Same era as Drivers Seat, one of the first 45's I ever bought was 'Shakedown Cruise' by Jay Ferguson.


(Just looked this up and he did Thunder Island too! So maybe he doesn't really qualify as a one-hit-wonder!)
I had the album with "Shakedown Cruise". It was awful!

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