Another one of our Songs We Love to Hate: Its Paper Lace with “The Night Chicago Died” from 1974. How true was the story about mobsters trying to gain control of the “Windy City?” Here’s more about the issues people had with the lyrics from the YouTube Description: From 1974. *LYRICS EXPLAINED… from an interview with songwriter Mitch Murray: “I’d like to start by thanking your contributors for so many…
Who remembers the iconic music video for this song from 1986, featuring puppets from the 1980s British sketch show Spitting Image? “Land of Confusion” is by the English rock band Genesis from their 1986 album Invisible Touch and it reached No. 4 in the U.S. in late 1986. Many of your are more familiar with lead singer Phil Collins, who gives a great LIVE performance here. And if you miss…
Its another great LIVE performance from AC?DC, this time on an Australian version of Bandstand back on February 21st of 1976. The band is cooking and the kids seem to be enjoying themselves with this classic hit. Bon Scott – lead vocals, bagpipes Angus Young – lead guitar Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Mark Evans – bass guitar[7] Phil Rudd – drums
This song is such a classic, hard for me to believe when hit the charts in 1976 that is only made it up to #35. Obviously, since then it has become a staple on classic rock radio, and a huge favorite of Heart’s fans everywhere. (I still remember it being used on the movie “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle!) Here’s a great LIVE performance of it in 1977…
What a great song! This thing jumps out from the opening cords and never lets up. I was always of a fan of “Loggins & Messina”, even had a couple of their 8-tracks back in the day. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: Full Sail is the third album by singer/songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in 1973. It showed the versatility of the duo, with everything from 1950s…
While, I would admit that I was a fan of Jim Stafford back in the day, especially his hits like “Wildwood Weed” and “Spiders and Snakes.” But I can’t say I cared for “My Girl Bill” and I think it belongs on our list of Songs We Love to Hate. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “My Girl Bill” is a 1974 hit song written and recorded by Jim…
It’s easy to remember this one: the song “Bad Company” by the band Bad Company, off their first album called, what else, Bad Company. It was released as the third single from their debut album in 1974, and although it did not chart in America it became one of the band’s most popular tunes and is often played on classic rock stations today. It was co-written by the group’s lead…
Here’s another song that just popped up when I was doing research the other day and darned if I watched it and was mesmerized by Bobby Gentry’s live performance of this classic hit on the BBC back in 1968. “Ode to Billy Joe” was released on July 10, 1967, and catapulted to the number-one spot in the US within three weeks of release and a big international seller. Billboard ranked…
Not sure when the video was made, but Harry Chapin’s classic hit “Taxi” was originally released in 1972 and surprisingly only made it to #24 on the Billboard charts. Regardless, I consider it one of the best efforts of this talented singer/songwriter. How about you? Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Taxi” is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin from his 1972 album Heads & Tales. Chapin…
Another entry into our “Songs We Love to Hate” files: “Midnight at the Oasis” by Maria Muldaur in 1974. I remember hating this song at the time, and after listening to it again to create this post (you owe me one) my instincts at 15 were correct: this is an awful song with terrible lyrics that is actually sung well by Muldaur. She even gives it a go here in…