Not wanting to pit the tune against any other (I can't justify the either/ or of the "Amie" vs. "Sister Goldenhair" thread, both would keep me in the drugstore a minute longer) I wish to draw your attention to "So Caught Up In You" by 38 Special. Even the video is great with a guy falling off his stool and bad pool playing. The other hit "Hang On Loosely" isn't bad either, but this tune really grabbed me. I'm pretty sure the rest of the catalog can't match up...but anyone else have their life changed for the 3-4 minutes it takes to stall in the supermarket when it comes on?
― smurfherder, Monday, 15 October 2007 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
fucking love it booya
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 15 October 2007 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
My first ever actual rock concert, these guys. "What If I'd Been the One" was the song for me.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 October 2007 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Ned, so awesome! My first was Molly Hatchet, we have a bond.
'Hold On Loosely" has been in my head for DAYS now.
― sleeve, Monday, 15 October 2007 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link
"What If I'd Been The One" gets the nod for me too, though this song rules.
― da croupier, Monday, 15 October 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Weird, I had a dream about this song just last night. Why are any of dreams with pre-cognitive content invariably about trivial shit?
― dell, Monday, 15 October 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
supposed to read "all of my dreams"
― dell, Monday, 15 October 2007 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, and the song is pretty great...esp. the descending bit in the verses.
― dell, Monday, 15 October 2007 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
good example of a band that progressed to the point of rendering their first big hit obselete...("Rockin' Into The Night" in this case)...
― henry s, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
In the South in the early 80s these guys were ubiquitous to the point of nausea. Watered down Lynyrd Skynyrd sell out pop music it was. And, to be completely gratuitously snarky, one of the ugliest bands of all time. But, but, on re-listen 25 year later, ok, it's not the Allmans or Skynyrd, but maybe it's not so bad.
Except must continue to disagree about the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXQDWuitMZc). It remains unequivocally weak even for the early 80s. I remember hating the stupid dancing and the guy, isn't he so funny, with all the tatoos.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 06:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I have very LOW standards for rock videos. The awfulness seems to be the charm. But then I'm watching it only a couple of times and have no history with the band other than hearing it over a loudsystem and thinking how good it sounds.
I think the key to most music is never being in a position where someone else always has control over the stereo. Music isn't meant as a personal insult, but if you work somewhere where they pipe in the same music over and over, it sure can feel like it. I still feel as if the entire Billy Joel catalog was designed to make me angry. I worked with a guy who wouldn't give it a rest and instead of converting his co-workers he ruined any chance of any appreciation.
― smurfherder, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 06:15 (sixteen years ago) link
38 special were racist cause a) they were southern and b) didn't incorporate disco beats into this song
― m coleman, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 09:58 (sixteen years ago) link
lol actually i think "so caught up in you" and "hold on loosely" are two of the best singles ever
― m coleman, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 09:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Any love for another Skynryd-kin band-Blackfoot on these boards? Those guys could slay 38 Special.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 13:58 (sixteen years ago) link
doesn't Ricky Medlock play for Skynyrd these days?
― henry s, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 14:27 (sixteen years ago) link
yes-Blackfoot had a nice run in the late '70s, then got poppy and it was all downhill
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 14:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Very classic. Off-topic, but I love "Second Chance" too (my weakness for "Every Breath You Take" chords, etc).
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
>>Watered down Lynyrd Skynyrd sell out pop music it was.
Put "Caught Up In You" and "If I'd Been The One" on a mixtape, sandwich "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac in between the two, and you'll realize that those 38 Special songs have little to do w/ Skynyrd, or southern rock in general. "Sell out" is in the ear of the behearer, but those are a couple extremely well-crafted hits.
― Dan Peterson, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
"Rockin' Into The Night" was a catchy Skynyrd/Hatchet powerchord anthem, and no one remembers it. They completely changed their sound after that. My theory is that they saw how well the Cars were doing, and got some bright ideas about a bold new direction.
Great. Now I'm going to have "Rockin' Into The Night" in my head all day.
― mike a, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
my theory is that they had sex...(not with each other, mind, but who really knows?)...and realized that songs about chicks were way more meaningful than played-out rawk slogans...
― henry s, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
dude like skynyrd wasn't knee deep in poon, get real
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Donnie Van Zandt, .38 Special's lead singer, is the brother of Ronnie, the deceased and sainted lead singer from Skynyrd. When .38 Special was getting started they (or the label marketing dept) pushed the Skynyrd connection pretty hard.
Anyway I can hear that their singles are well-crafted & more Top 40 by intention than Skynyrd ever was. In fact that was probably part why I disliked .38 Special so much. I was looking for & expecting to hear something more hard-edged. The overexposure didn't help either. And in the psychology of high school they became a band it was cool to hate. Thanks for the memories....
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
also
This should have been a poll
I vote "greatest"
― chocolatepiekid, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
ahhhh one more
― chocolatepiekid, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
It's good but I like "Hold on Loosely" better. But these songs meant for radio. I think if I actually owned them, they would lose their charm.
― Koo Koo Butter (u s steel), Thursday, 9 April 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Here is that Amie vs Sister Golden Hair thread.
― Koo Koo Butter (u s steel), Thursday, 9 April 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
here
― Koo Koo Butter (u s steel), Thursday, 9 April 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
among the otmest posts ever
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I recently picked up for dirt cheap these guys' greatest hits, and it's a solidly good listen. I got it mostly for "If I'd Been The One" which hits a lot of "it's weird being eight years old and hearing 1982-era pop like this and "Hello" and "Against All Odds"" triggers for me: I can't get enough of this era for that reason, but I'm not sure that translates into greatness for anyone else.
― Euler, Friday, 10 April 2009 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link
this song came on the radio today and it was like the greatest thing ever
― autotuna fish (Tape Store), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 05:18 (fourteen years ago) link
power pop kids should love this song
― won't you be my GAPDY / come and make it rain down on NME (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 05:29 (fourteen years ago) link
what if i'd been the one is such a killer example of the 80s epic-rock sound done right.
so so good.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 27 January 2010 05:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I talk about that show I saw back then here. Aka, Ned discovers what pot smells like...
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 05:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I think we all need to just slow down and take a good long look at this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg21Rkew874
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I have never seen this video.Pretty brilliant imo.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't know they had two drummers tbh
― o tannenbaum, o judge (crüt), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I bet those two drum kits really sounded great in a tiny little bar like that.
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm an admittedly middling guitar player, but the chord changes to this song are a. baffling to me and b. insanely great. I just had to go look up a guitar tab for it. o_O
― He stayed true to what he is. Now he murders deer! (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
love this song so much.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
― m coleman, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:58 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I think I may agree with this.
― Randy Moss' dog's personal chef (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, thank God for Exile then.
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
greatest song ever written
― I'm goin' hongrø-øøøøøøøøøøø (crüt), Saturday, 30 July 2011 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
by contrast "Little Sheba" is an abomination
"fun" fact: the singer on "Little Sheba", Max Carl, is currently the singer for (what passes for) Grand Funk Railroad these days
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 16 March 2015 13:33 (nine years ago) link
No mention on this thread of their other great single, "Fantasy Girl," which imo has some of their best guitar work!
Also, not for nothing were all of those singles co-written by Survivor founder Jim Peterik. Dude had an ear for hooks.
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Monday, 16 March 2015 13:46 (nine years ago) link
yeah that's a good song. I like Don Barnes' singing a lot; it verges on keening and that gives the songs their new-wavey urgency imo (since the arrangements aren't especially new-wavey).
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 16 March 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link
I guess today was the day my subconscious decided to pay attention to the lyrics of "Rockin' Into the Night" and well.
― pplains, Friday, 10 August 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
I found a sweet MadonnaWith a Bible in her hand
She's waitin', anticipatin'For someone to save her soul
Well, I ain't no new MessiahBut I'm close enough for Rock 'n' Roll
"What's that old southern rock song about the singer claiming not to be the new Jesus?"
"Do what now?"
"Oh, wait, here it is. It's 'Rockin' Into the Night".
― pplains, Friday, 10 August 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
"close enough for rock n' roll" is great
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 August 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
It's not something to publicize, but I made a Jim Peterik playlist on Spotify, just to see what would happen.
It's basically the audio equivalent of this gif, but
https://i.imgur.com/ekWTHdi.gif
I did get that Don Barnes clarity this morning.
― pplains, Friday, 10 August 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiMgWYWBJVI
there is apparently no song on earth that can survive being covered by an artist operating in this exact genre
― omar little, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
Just glad it's not a ska version.
― pplains, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
let's form The 38 Specials and make it happen
― omar little, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
XP How did Less Than Jake not do that?
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
let's form The 38 Specials
that's some ska & awe right there.
― pplains, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 23:02 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eNSXs8A.png
― pplains, Saturday, 15 June 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
this song is so great
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 June 2023 05:45 (ten months ago) link
tbf the only lyrics i can recall are the title and ‘little girl’ which isn’t too promising, but still
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 June 2023 05:50 (ten months ago) link
Omg I actually kind of like that We The Kings cover posted up thread. It sounds like The Rubinoos.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 17 June 2023 13:08 (ten months ago) link
This is great too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvGbfgw_gzg
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 June 2023 13:40 (ten months ago) link
I saw them back in the early 80s, at the state fairgrounds. What I remember most clearly is that the two drummers played exactly the same parts all the way through the show.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 17 June 2023 19:17 (ten months ago) link
Mr Veg always sings his deliberate misheard lyric over the chorusAUNT BEE IT’S TRUE ( irl =and baby it’s true)In his head canon it’s a love song sung by Andy Griffith to Aunt Bee 😂
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 June 2023 19:29 (ten months ago) link
i was automatically sent TOUR DE FORCE (on LP) because i didn't return the card to columbia house in time
joke's on them, tho, because i sent it back
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 June 2023 22:31 (ten months ago) link
You were all "I want you back where you belong!"
― pplains, Saturday, 17 June 2023 23:35 (ten months ago) link