1980’s Songs

[Shen Li]

[Renegade Quark]

Wars, mass amnesty for illegals and rewarding companies that offshore jobs. Reagan sucked.

Are you serious?

[Renegade Quark]

[Herman]

Are you serious?

Hell ya.
I never liked the Reoublicans until Trump cleansed the party of the warhawks and transformed the GOP into a working class party.

[J E B Stuart]

I've seen Journey in concert twice. They have a slew o' hits. That said, my favorite song of theirs was not one of those.  I don't care. I like what I like and I like this song a lot:

Amen.

[J E B Stuart]

Point Blank formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1983. From Irving, Texas, they were a kick-ass band, pure, plain and simple. They produced several albums and this toe-tapper is my favorite:

Amen.

[Reggie Essent]

Point Blank formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1983. From Irving, Texas, they were a kick-ass band, pure, plain and simple. They produced several albums and this toe-tapper is my favorite:

Amen.

I saw Point Blank and Molly Hatchett at the RKO Theater in Davenport, Iowa in 1978 or 79.  The singer for Point Blank was really fucked up and fell off the stage.  They kinda sucked that night.  Molly kicked ass though, as I recall.

[J E B Stuart]

I saw Point Blank and Molly Hatchett at the RKO Theater in Davenport, Iowa in 1978 or 79.  The singer for Point Blank was really fucked up and fell off the stage.  They kinda sucked that night.  Molly kicked ass though, as I recall.

Good story. I've had similar disappointments, such as the time  I saw Aerosmith many years ago. Now, Tyler didn't fall off the stage, but he was fucked up and the sound was shit. They played about 45-50 minutes and that was more than enough that particular night.

Amen.

[Reggie Essent]

Good story. I've had similar disappointments, such as the time  I saw Aerosmith many years ago. Now, Tyler didn't fall off the stage, but he was fucked up and the sound was shit. They played about 45-50 minutes and that was more than enough that particular night.

Amen.

Aerosmith kicked ass the one time I got to see them.  Unfortunately for that one I was all fucked up and don't recall much except they kicked ass.

Anyway, speaking of disappointing acts, that same summer I attended one of those Monsters of Rock  shows at a motor speedway in Rockford, Illinois. The show featured for act 2: The Babies, who at that moment in time were up-and-coming and had a hit on the charts.  Act 3 was Nazareth, act 4 was Cheap Trick, and the day finished out with Heart, who were at the top of their fame.

Act 1, the warm up band, were some rockers from Australia called AC/DC. They rocked the fucking snot out of the 50,000 or so watching.  I saw AC/DC about 5 times after that and they always rocked the house.

And the poor Babies had to come on after them.  It wasn't pretty.  They were literally booed off the stage.  They even tried to go into their song that was a current hit for a second song, but the booing only got louder.  I never heard much of the Babies after that.

[J E B Stuart]

Great story, Cochise!  I've seen Nazareth and Cheap Trick, but not AC/DC nor The Babies. In that regard, did you see the Babies or the Babys?

Amen.

[Reggie Essent]

Great story, Cochise!  I've seen all them, with the exception of the Babies. In that regard, did you see the Babies or the Babys?

Amen.

I dunno how they spelled it, but the singer wore a white sequined body suit, had big hair and cried like a little bitch on his way offstage. 

[J E B Stuart]

I dunno how they spelled it, but the singer wore a white sequined body suit, had big hair and cried like a little bitch on his way offstage. 

Based on what you've told me so far. I'm thinking it was The Babys. The Babies weren't formed until 2008 and don't appear to have had any hits.

Here's one by what we'll now refer to as The Cry Babys:

If I'm correct about that, I'd certainly agree The Babys should've never been put on a bill with the likes of Nazareth, AC/DC and Cheap Trick, no matter how many fuckin' hits they had.

Amen.

[Reggie Essent]

Based on what you've told me so far. I'm thinking it was The Babys. The Babies weren't formed until 2008 and don't appear to have had any hits.

Here's one by what we'll now refer to as The Cry Babys:

If I'm correct about that, I'd certainly agree The Babys should've never been put on a bill with the likes of Nazareth, AC/DC and Cheap Trick, no matter how many fuckin' hits they had.

Amen.

Yeah, that's them.  You sleuthed it out, Music Man. And I think that's even the song that was popular at the time that they pathetically tried to save their show.

You gotta remember, though, no one really knew who AC/DC were at the time, although the buzz was all over. It might have been better to let the Babys warm up and make AC/DC act 2.  I think the crowd would have treated them better.

[J E B Stuart]

I'm happily envious of you. You got to see AC/DC with Bon Scott! That musta been a helluva show.

Amen.

[Reggie Essent]

I'm happily envious of you. You got to see AC/DC with Bon Scott! That musta been a helluva show.

Amen.

Dude!  I'd heard of them before that, but they're one of those bands you have to see live to appreciate. They were definitely more "organic" in the Bon Scott days.  I saw them twice after Brian Johnson took over, but it wasn't quite the same vibe. They were HUGE by then, of course.

Side Note: During that first show I saw them in Rockford, Angus got up on Bon's shoulders and they both went into the crowd as Bon screamed and Angus shredded.  It was a schtick they did in the early days because Angus had his wireless Gibson SG, which was new high tech then.  They came right up to where I was standing in front of the sound booth (because that's where the best sound always is) and they stood right in front of me -- Bon fucking Scott with Angus fucking Young on his shoulders and Angus was flinging his disgusting Aussie sweat all over me!

It was one of the coolest rock experiences I ever had. :)