38 Special: So Caught Up In You: great or the greatest?

38 special were racist cause a) they were southern and b) didn't incorporate disco beats into this song

― m coleman, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:58 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I think I may agree with this.

Well, thank God for Exile then.

greatest song ever written

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

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.

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).

I guess today was the day my subconscious decided to pay attention to the lyrics of "Rockin' Into the Night" and well.

I found a sweet Madonna
With a Bible in her hand

She's waitin', anticipatin'
For someone to save her soul

Well, I ain't no new Messiah
But 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".

"close enough for rock n' roll" is great

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.

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

Just glad it's not a ska version.

let's form The 38 Specials and make it happen

XP How did Less Than Jake not do that?

let's form The 38 Specials

that's some ska & awe right there.

https://i.imgur.com/eNSXs8A.png

this song is so great

tbf the only lyrics i can recall are the title and ‘little girl’ which isn’t too promising, but still

Omg I actually kind of like that We The Kings cover posted up thread. It sounds like The Rubinoos.

This is great too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvGbfgw_gzg

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.

Mr Veg always sings his deliberate misheard lyric over the chorus

AUNT 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 😂

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

You were all "I want you back where you belong!"