“Love Hurts” by Nazareth was somewhat of an anthem for those of us who grew up in the 70’s. A great slow song to dance to, but painful lyrics to listen to, a great combo for raging teen angst. Here’s more about the song from Wikipedia: The song was introduced in December 1960 as an album track on A Date with The Everly Brothers, but was never released as a…
Who could forget the “Shaving Cream” song? If you were around in 1975, you likely heard it on the radio, but its origins go all the way back to the 1940s. It probably should be enshrined in our hall of “Songs We Love to Hate.” Here’s more from Wikipedia: “Shaving Cream” is a song written by Benny Bell in 1946, and originally sung by Paul Wynn. It is a novelty…
I looked for a live performance version of this song, but all I could find is this live audio recording, overlaid with stills of the band and some footage of them playing other songs in concert. Not bad, but not exactly what I was looking for. Still, a great performance by an underrated early 70s band. Here’s more about the song from Wikipedia: “Never Been Any Reason” is the first…
And you thought listening to the song on the radio was bad back in 1975! Just wait until you catch the much, much worse music video. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Run Joey Run” is a teenage tragedy song performed by soft rock singer David Geddes. It was a US Top 40 hit which peaked at #4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart in the fall of 1975, and…
Wow! An early performance, about six months before the band really exploded on the scene with release of “KISS Alive!” in the fall of 1975. What’s really interesting is that most bands on The Midnight Special played one or two of their hits, but KISS gets to play three and is on stage for over 16 minutes. I also really enjoy the introduction by comedian Flip Wilson wearing a white…
I had intended to just find a great LIVE version of Sugarloaf’s quirky 1974 hit, “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” but about all I could find was a recording of Sugarloaf’s album version (nice, but not the same as a LIVE performance) and surprisingly, a recording less than a year later of a bootleg tape of one of Van Halen’s early concerts also singing the song! Obviously David Lee…
This is one of those songs that I loved to listen to, but dreaded getting caught by my parents as the term “son of a bitch” while regularly spoken by at least one of the adults in the house, was also considered profanity. And yes, somehow listening to a rock song with profanity was treated the same as me actually saying a swear word, and carried the same punishment. Parents!…
Not going to say too much about this since you’re probably not going to read it anyway and will go straight to the video. About all you need to know is that it features the sexy Raquel Welch and the equally sexy, but also the host of her own show at the time, Cher. The little intro at the beginning is kinda cute, and not bad for 70’s variety show…
Another song “we love to hate.” I can remember mocking this song ENDLESSLY with my friends in high school when this came out in 1975. We hated it then, and we still hate it today. But you, well you may love it. I doubt that, but anything is possible these days! Here’s a little background on the song from Wikipedia: “I’m Not Lisa” is a country song recorded and written…
We looked really hard for a true LIVE version of this song from the time it came out in 1974-75 but no luck. We did find this funky performance on Britain’s Top of the Pops TV show from December of 1975. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Fox on the Run” is a song by the British band Sweet, first recorded in 1974. It was Sweet’s first single that…