During my spare time as a new househusband and all around unemployed crazy, I did finally work on some new Bubbatunes so I thought it was about time I started uploading them.
For years, I wanted to do Olivia Newton-John's first two US albums on Bubbatunes. They were essentially compliations of her Australian and UK albums but for most of us, these were the albums we remember seeing and they are the ones I have on vinyl. First up, here is LET ME BE THERE from 1974; complete with my liner notes:
bub145 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - LET ME BE THERE [US VERSION](January 24, 2012)
Track List: 01. LET ME BE THERE 02. ME & BOBBY McGEE 03. BANKS OF THE OHIO 04. LOVE SONG 05. IF NOT FOR YOU 06. TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS 07. ANGEL OF THE MORNING 08. IF I COULD READ YOUR MIND 09. HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT 10. JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH
Bonus Tracks 11. THE BIGGEST CLOWN (Bside to If Not For You) 12. IT'S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE (Bside to Banks of the Ohio US) 13. SAIL INTO TOMORROW (Bside to Take Me Home Country Roads) 14. MAYBE THEN I'LL THINK OF YOU (Bside to Let Me Be There)
For the past few months I've been listening to all of my CDs in order of release and as of today we are in September of 1981 and that means we have hit another Bubbatunes - and it's another Cheryl Ladd classic. In fact, it's probably her best of the 3 albums she released. Unfortunetly TAKE A CHANCE was only released in Japan so not many people have heard it.
The album continues on her soft pop vibe with ballads like the beautiful (and oft covered) "I Love How You Love Me", also her vocals on the ballad "It's Only Love" are incredible. The faster songs include the title track which was released as a single prior to the album (again only in Japan). "Lesson From The Leaving" seems to use sports metaphors to talk about a break up but it's catchy as hell and I keep singing it everytime I hear the title. "Victim Of The Circumstance" closes the album with a song that seems to be about her ex-husband Allan Ladd - nothing horrible just a kind of love letter type of thing.
Also released as a single is the up tempo "Just Another Lover Tonight" about some girl or guy who just takes lovers and throws them away, it's pretty fun but the ultimate two on the album are "Fascinated" which should have been a single everywhere (see the video from one of Cheryl's specials below) and "Television" - a song she co-wrote with her husband Brian Russell. In order to get over a break up our girl watches a lot of TV - the lyrics are fantastic and hilarious.
So here you go, another Bubbatunes exclusive - get it while you can!
bub144 CHERYL LADD - TAKE A CHANCE (December 20, 2011)
Track List: 01. TAKE A CHANCE 02. FASCINATED 03. HOLD ON TO LOVE 04. I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME 05. TELEVISION 06. JUST ANOTHER LOVER TONIGHT 07. COLD AS ICE 08. LESSON FROM THE LEAVING 09. TRY A SMILE 10. THE FOOL IN ME 11. IT'S ONLY LOVE 12. VICTIM OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE
Download CHERYL LADD - TAKE A CHANCE
Some poeple have been asking me to reload a few Lisa Hartman albums that have since gone the way of cyberblackhole so below you will find new links to LISA HARTMAN - the self titled 1976 album and HOLD ON from 1979. For those of you asking for the compilations "Dreamer Of Dreams" and "Could Be Magic" I will have those up tonight - for sure...
A few years ago I went and made Bubbatunes of all the Tanya Tucker albums not readily on CD, as is usually the case, people find my blog at other times and all the links are now dead, so here to all you TT fans are the 11 Days of Tanya Tucker reloads going new to old:
Today we have another request from a classic and a classic Bubbatunes that some may have not been able to download - now remember I do this out of my love for you, my reader (s) and my love of music not available on CD so it's up for a limited time only!
So here is another Bubbatunes request that is now on it's last chance - KIRSTY MACOLL'S debut album DESPERATE CHARACTER (plus bonus tracks of course)
to read more about this great album, go to the original POST HERE
If Tim Curry was a theme he would have to this year's Bubbatunes theme cause it seems he just keeps popping up. Last year we did his two albums Fearless and Simplicity and just last week we did his first album Read My Lips. Well this week's brand new Bubbatune doesn't feature Tim Curry in music it does have a little something to do with him.
bub138 TIMES SQUARE SOUNDTRACK (1980; June 8, 2009)
Our brand new bubbatune is a real gem I picked up very cheap and it's still kind of rare. The soundtrack to the 1980 new wave/punk rock film Times Square about two juvenile delingquents actually featured Tim Curry in the film but not on the soundtrack. Oh well that's okay cause we have plenty of music on here.
Produced by Robert Stigwood, the head behind RSO Records, this is jam packed with both originals written for the film (or exclusive to the film) and mixed with a sprinkling of super cool new wave/underground/ punk/ pop from the likes of the Pretenders, Talking Heads, Joe Jackson and so much more.
The lead off track was the first single - Suzi Quatro's "Rock Hard" which didn't do any chart action here but did do some stuff on the UK side of things. The second single actually charted in the US as it was a duet with Robin Gibb and Marcy Levy called "Help Me!" which somehow doesn't stick out as much as you might expect a Gibb brother tune to stick out when its in between the likes of Gary Numan and XTC.
Speaking of XTC also seeemingly exclusive to the soundtrack is their song "Take This Town" a super cool power pop chord busting track that was also released as a single (and once again didn't chart). Some other people probably more known for behind the scenes show up with Desmond Child (Uber pop/rock songwriter of the 80s) with his band Rogue and their late night disco/rock song "The Night Was Not." Also here is DL Byron who isn't known to many people but he did write that little ditty "Shadows Of The Night" my girl Pat Benatar ended up recording.
Power punk and fun come from the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated", the Ruts' "Babylon's Burning" and the Leivas' favorite "Pretty Boys" by Joe Jackson. Originals "Damn Dog" and "Your Daughter Is One" are sung (and/or co-sung) by the films star Robin Johnson who is pretty fierce in her takes. She also sings with David Johansen on "Flowers In The City" another uber cool punky new wavey track.
Patti Smith's "Pissing In The River", The Cure's "Grinding Halt" and the Pretenders "Talk of the Town", the Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime" add more angst to the mix, while the cool sounds of Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wildside", Gary Numan's "Down In The Park" and Roxy Music's "Same Old Scene" add more layers to the fun to be had.
The film was released on DVD for a short while but is now super hard to find under $50 but I am dying to add it to my collection as it seems right up my alley. For now I'm more than happy to have this classic soundtrack added to the Bubbatunes list of soundtracks (Xanadu Mount Olympus Mix, The Pirate Movie Soundtrack, Roller Boogie Soundtrack and Valley Girl - the Ultimate Collection).
bub138 Various Artists - TIMES SQUARE SOUNDTRACK Track List: 01. Rock Hard (Suzi Quatro) 02. Talk of The Town (The Pretenders) 03. Same Old Scene (Roxy Music) 04. Down In The Park (Gary Numan) 05. Help Me! (Marcy Levy & Robin Gibb) 06. Life During Wartime (Talking Heads) 07. Pretty Boys (Joe Jackson) 08. Take This Town (XTC) 09. I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones) 10. Damn Dog (Robin Johnson) 11. Your Daughter Is One (Robin Johnson & Trini Alvardo) 12. Babylon's Burning (The Ruts) 13. You Can't Hurry Love (DL Byron) 14. Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) 15. The Night Was One (Desmond Child & Rogue) 16. Innocent Not Guilty (Garland Jeffries) 17. Grinding Halt (The Cure) 18. Pissing In The River (Patti Smith Group) 19. Flowers In The City (David Johansen & Robin Johnson) 20. Damn Dog - Reprise - The Cleo Club (Robin Johnson)
There's still some Tanya Tucker fans out there who haven't been able to get all the stuff they need to make it a TT kind of day so here are some more reloads - get them while you can!
BubbaTUNESday - bub134 Kim Wilde - Catch As Catch Can
Today we have our third and final collection by Kim Wilde. During her tenure at RAK Records in the early 80's Kim created some pretty brilliant new wave rock and her first two albums; Kim Wilde and Select were hugely successful overseas but for some reason her single "Child Come Away" that followed Select didn't do very well and she opted to not even include it on her next album. That next album is actually what we're to be looking and listening to today..
bub134 KIM WILDE - CATCH AS CATCH CAN (December 16, 2008) Original Release: 1983
At the time of its release, I think Catch As Catch Can made some people think Kim Wilde was being some kind of syth crazed girl, but it really isn't all that far off from her first two albums though it is most certainly touching on those 80's romantic synth band sound that was emerging - which makes you think this would be a hit record right? Well you're wrong. The album didn't do well at all and wasn't even released world wide. In fact other than a rare Japan issue, there has only been one release of the album on CD - in 1995 as part of a 3 CD set with the first two albums.
Personally, this was a very exciting album for me to find because it is so rare. In fact I hadn't heard a lot of these songs until I finally got a hold of this gem.
The album opens up with the fast paced yet moody "House Of Salome" with a full on sax background and the tale of a very intense woman, it's 80's all over it, before breaking into a jaunty little number "Back Street Joe" that has some of the coolest little synth beats going through it. Plus it's one of those 'all those years ago' type of lyric that I like. Then we move onto the moody balladry of "Stay Awhile" which could have fit on the other albums if it weren't for those drum machines that give it that oh so 1983 feel. It proves once again that Kim can really carry a pouty little stance in her ballads. I love her.
The album's highlight and only real hit was the single "Love Blonde" released a few months before the album. It is one of THE best Kim Wilde singles ever released. Kind of a rip at all those who felt she was just an airhead blonde. Instead she is a vixen who can make you feel like putty in her hands. Though it's sung in the third person you get the impression she knows exactly who the love blonde is. I love it, and with what can only be described as a swagger type of backbeat, it was a deserved hit.
Then it's onto more moodiness, with the best of the ballads found in "Dream Sequence" - with lyrics that seem to imply the heroine is some kind of celebrity but really just lost in her dreams. It's a great song and has that complete blasse reading, mixed with a bunch of strange ethereal noises, a big church organ and you hear all of that early 80's glory mystery in it.
The second single wasn't as successful and in fact to this day Kim doesn't have much to say about it other than it not being a very good song. I have to disagree with her, though. "Dancing In The Dark" was co-written by Nicky Chinn and produced by Nile Rodgers. It's a little dancy ditty than has some good moments. Though I guess hearing it along with all these moody moments that make up Catch As Catch Can, it does kind of stand out - but that's not a bad thing I don't think.
"Shoot To Disable" throws a little more fire into the mix with a bit of a rock and roll flavor to it. In fact the song was the original title track to the album until it was switched - the Catch title comes from a Lou Reed song not on this album. Then we break into "Can You Hear It" which is a bit more poppy in presentation and has some great lines, "Yes somehow you'll find what you've been missing/ there was more to life/ than visions we had dreamed about/ can you hear it? / can you hear me calling you?/can you hear it calling you? It's your freedom" It's pretty includes a Spanish styled guitar (years before Madge brought it into the fold) and happened to have been the B-side to the "Love Blonde" single.
"Sparks" livens up the set a bit with a jaunty little bass line and some cool synth keyboard action with a bit of an anthem about not giving up. It's a catchy little ditty that reminds me of earlier Kim gems.
The original album ends with another ballad typed song, "Sing It Out For Love" which actually takes a whole different direction than all the songs that preceeded it. Wroking in some guitar it comes off completely different sound almost reminisent of Olivia Newton-John circa 1976. And to me that's a damn good thing. The bridge is great and has some of Kim's best singing. Very simple yet very poignant.
Here at Bubbatunes, we weren't satisfied with just the 10 rare gems found here, so we added three bonus tracks. The first is a fun little rocking jaunt full of "oh oh oh's" - it's "Back Street Driver" which was the b-side to the "Dancing In The Dark" single. Oh and it happens to have an organ solo and that shizz gets me everytime!
Then we have the 12" versions of the two singles - "Love Blonde" and "Dancing In The Dark". Of course "Love Blonde" being the superior song in its original form is also the true winner of the two in the 12" version. In fact, it's one of my favorite of the remixes in Kim's output.
All in all, Catch As Catch Can is a different take on the romance/new wave sound of her first two albums but it's not so completely different that the album needed to be ignored.
KIM WILDE - CATCH AS CATCH CAN (bub134) Track List: 01. House Of Salome 02. Back Street Joe 03. Stay Awhile 04. Love Blonde 05. Dream Sequence 06. Dancing In The Dark 07. Shoot To Disable 08. Can You Hear It 09. Sparks 10. Sing It Out For Love Bonus Tracks: 11. Back Street Driver 12. Love Blonde (12" Remix) 13. Dancing In The Dark (12" Remix)
It's BubbaTUNESday (although one day late) but as promised today we have yet another new wave classic with the so excellant second album by that UK goddess Kim Wilde. Kim's second album Select was released in 1982 and scored a pretty big number, not as popular as the debut album but not too shabby and definitely not a sophomore slump. The CD was released in a view nations but never in the US and trying to track a version down is not easy (or at least not inexpensive) but we here at Bubbatunes are quick to help out (for limited times anyway) so today we bring you Kim Wilde's Select.
bub133 Kim Wilde - Select (December 16, 2008) Original Release: 1982
Kim’s second album veers a little away from her debut as it incorporates a tad more synthesizers than the first album but that only adds to the sassy lyrics and cool beats. Opening with “Ego” – it’s a great kick in the teeth to a self absorbed lover followed by “Words Fell Down” which is another tale of misbegotten love. By far the best cut on the album in the love gone bad vein is the single “View From A Bridge” – a sweltering little gem that puts you right in the ambience of Kim’s world.
The 80’s were big on strange little ditties that had this big sense of doom around them – perhaps due to that whole Cold War thing but Kim had some of the best ones – “Chaos At The Airport” is one of these little ditties, it seems Kim’s on her way to pick up her guy but the radio is talking of all kinds of trouble. It’s a strange listen in this post-9/11 world but it’s still really frickin’ catchy.
The single “Cambodia” has that aura going on as well. Only this time the hero of the song is a soldier who flies out to Cambodia on a secret mission, and as happens in these things, he doesn’t come home.
Even the awesome "Wendy Sadd" has this strange European spy vibe going for it - thank goodness. It's an excellant song and one of my favs on Select.
The other highlights include “Take Me Tonight” and “Can I Come Over” both super fun and furious little ditties, particularly “Can I Come Over” which has a bit of a rock a billy thing going on.
Select isn’t as tremendous as the debut album but it’s a whole lot of great and a very worthy follow up to the classic album from the year before.
For our special Bubbatunes reissue we head to some singles for bonus tracks. The album version of “Cambodia” breaks into the instrumental “Reprise” so it’s a long drawn out spectacle of greatness, so I decided to also add the single version of “Cambodia” and it’s b-side “Watching For Shapes” which would have totally fit on to Select but was left off.
The next single is one of those great lost gems – “Bitter Is Better” was a fun little song made for a Japanese commercial and released in Japan (and Belgium I think). It’s a great song and should’ve been released world wide if you want my opinion.
For some insane reason, Select was the last real hit to befall Kim in the UK until a few years later meaning the next single “Child Come Away” was somewhat of a bust. To this day, she says the song’s unpopular chart placement showed her to be more selective in the songs they released but I don’t get it, cause first of all it did actually chart (though it was nowhere near the top ten) and secondly, it’s one of my all time favorite Kim Wilde tracks.
The strange story of a scarred girl being escorted around by the sheriff, who knows why, who cares why it’s just a creepy fun song – perhaps the ambiguous storyline held it from being a big hit, but that’s one part of its allure I think.
Finally, the bonus tracks end with the b-side of "Child Come Away" - another jaunty little love gone bad sassy pants song called "Just Another Guy" which is another heaping helping of Kim Wilde greatness.
bub133 Kim Wilde – Select Track List: 01. Ego 02. Words Fell Down 03. Action City 04. View From A Bridge 05. Just A Feeling 06. Chaos At The Airport 07. Take Me Tonight 08. Can I Come Over 09. Wendy Sadd 10. Cambodia - Reprise Bonus Tracks: 11. Cambodia 12. Watching For Shapes 13. Bitter Is Better 14. Child Come Away 15. Just Another Guy
BubbaTUNESday - bub132 Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde (Reissue)
This week's featured Bubbatune is actually a reissue of a reissue. Way back in 2004 I put out bub43 the reissue of one of my all time favorite albums ever - Kim Wilde's self titled debut. Full of new wave fun and of course that hit "Kids In America" it is to this day one of my all time favs. Well, Kim did three fairly new wavey albums when she was on RAK Records - the aforementioned debut, 1982's Select and 1983's Catch As Catch Can. Other than a long ago released CD release of the first two and a long ago boxed set which contained all three albums, there haven't been any reissues of these classic albums - that is until now. So when I was finally able to get to Select and Catch As Catch Can on CD, it only made sense I go back and redo the debut album. The original 2004 Bubbatune had bonus tracks consisting of all the singles Kim put out on RAK and with the new addition of the next albums, it didn't make sense. So now we have put together Bubbatunes for all three Kim CD's... but you'll have to wait for the next two. I'm taking this week by week you see.
But alas, with that long intro gone - here we are at this week's Bubbatune - the reissue of the reissue for Kim Wilde.
bub 132 Kim Wilde - KIM WILDE (December 16, 2008; 1981)
One more gem of a new wave masterpiece that is overlooked and so underappreciated, the debut album by Kim Wilde only caused a ripple here in America when the single "Kids In America" was released in 1982, but prior to that the single was released in the UK where it hit #3 and then when the album was finally released Kim found herself with a top ten album and two more hit singles - the chugging drama of "Chequered Love" and the rocking "Water On Glass."
For some reason Kim's new wave drama hiccupy hit didn't make a huge impression to most in the US, but to me it did. The album came out when I was quite young but how I loved "Kids In America" and I really didn't know that Kim had already been having hits in the UK for over a year, but I wanted this album and after much whining I got it.
Ever since that day Kim Wilde has rarely went two months without a spin on the cassette player and with this Bubbatune on the CD player. The album itself is pure 1981/82 poppy new wave full of pounding drum lines, synth and keyboards and lyrics about teen angst, hookers, strange radio frequencies and the ever present love gone wrong.
Set to a trancy energetic beat there isn't a song to be missed; of course like most UK/US releases of the time, the tracks were arranged differently, only this time it was only a few songs, the original UK version opens with "Water On Glass" a fast rocking little ditty that would be released as a single while in America the single "Kids In America" opened the album. Since the original release was in the UK I went with their track list so we go from "Water" to "Our Town", a tale of trying to break out but forced back into your small world before the reggae tinged "Everything We Know" and onto one of my all time fav songs "Young Heroes", a pumping little song about celebrating your differences, "We only wanna stay young/ we only wanna be free/ She doesn't want to be me/ he doesn't want to be you/ we're all young heroes/we only want to be free..."
Onto the big hit of the set with "Kids In America" which is such a great song I just can't get enough. You'll remember it made the top ten of my best song of the 80's, and Kim redid it on her latest album Never Say Never, a sort of throwback to this era of Kim songs. Starting with synth waves and breaking into moody pop, this is a song that though it has that 80's feel still seems to fit perfectly in 2006, a true test of what a great pop song can be. The album continues on in the same vein with the catchy and big UK hit "Chequered Love" followed by another reggae-ish tune only set to a much fuller and faster beat "26580", an ode to a prostitute and then the moody love song "You'll Never Be So Wrong", the power tranced rock of "Falling Out" a big kiss off song that is probably my favorite song on the whole album, "So now it's over and there's nothing more to say/ the flame that burned inside my heart now slowly fades away/ so don't you ever think of knocking at my door/ just turn the light, close your eyes and think of me no more/ and it's too late to say you're sorry/ you'll never change and there's nothing you can do about it/ faaaalllling ouuut/ cutting me up in pieces..." and ending with the spacey trance of "Tuning In, Tuning Out" which was a sort of inspiration for my vocal take on Swivek's "Intensity Is Recommended" - full of overdubbed spoken and sung vocals, it's a perfect way to end a new wavey masterpiece.
But thanks to the Bubbatunes world, this version of Kim Wilde is far from over, as we have collected more of the first incarnation of Kim's recording career; the b-side of the UK "Chequered Love" single is here - "Shane" is a little love song about some boy Kim fancied or doesn't fancy anymore and then my favorite - the B side to "Water On Glass" - a fast paced rocker "Boys" which would've fit perfectly on the album.
The original reissue of Kim Wilde then included the rest of her singles discography released on the UK label RAK before she secured a worldwide MCA contract and switched her sound from new wave rock/pop to dance pop but we end this version here so you can head onto the next new wave of Kim with Select - which we will talk about next week on BubbaTUNESday. See you then.
bub132 KIM WILDE - Kim Wilde Track List:01. Water On Glass 02. Our Town 03. Everything We Know 04. Young Heroes 05. Kids In America 06. Chequered Love 07. 26580 08. You'll Never Be So Wrong 09. Falling Out 10. Tuning In, Tuning Out Bonus Tracks: 11. Shane 12. Boys
I figured it was about time to start my Christmas shopping - I know I'm always so prepared. Now comes the hard part where I have to try and find everything people said they wanted during the year. I'm on a quest to find a DRAGON BANK for my nephew Alex. I found one on Ebay the other day and didn't buy it and now I'm kicking myself cause I can't find another one I like. I found these two, but I'm not sure if I'm crazy about either one...
then Alex's mother has been yelling about getting a throw blanket for years now.. the throw blanket she wants is one that was sent around in a junk email a while back, it's basically a blanket that has a hottie guy in a Speedo on it, so if anyone comes across such an item, shoot me an email. She would frickin' love it.
As for how the Cougar fits into all of this - listen up, especially you music bloggers... it seems I have offended the great one known as John (ny) Cougar Mellencamp or one of his suits. Awhile back I did my 7 days of Bubbatunes (as in last November) and I know I shouldn't have but I did put up one song from the compilations I made, well just yesterday I got a notice from Blogger that they were taking off the post for Bub 96... now I couldn't remember which one that was, so I looked at my list and there it was it was my Johnny compilation, so either the images or (more likely) the song I had up was copyright infringement.. which it is, but geez, I'm just a lowly blogger and I can honestly say not one single person downloaded that song anyway... but now I have to watch my nuggets I guess...
and it kind of sucks cause I am doing some new Bubbatunes and was going to put up the first one Kirsty MacColl's Desperate Character on Tuesday.. we'll see... but as far as I know they can get me for just talking about making a compilation - or can they?
I was going through youtube today and found some crazy ass shizz I just had to share with you - my two readers...
first of all, an actual video type of thing for Josie Cotton's "Johnny Are You Queer?" though I must agree with all the posters who see this Johnny as more of a dork than a gay boy... but such was the 80s I guess... wasn't there a gay porn star available???
Then onto some Toni Basil because she is just too much - this is one of her best little videos and an oft forgotten little gem from her way overlooked second album:
So very sorry for not writing as of late but it suddenly occured to me I have a bunch of self induced projects going on. First and foremost I'm still working on that damn new Swivek album, but with all the work going into it I can tell you it's going to be good. I even wrote three new songs in the last few weeks so things are a rocking. Obviously with next week being Thanksgiving and Christmas only a few weeks away, I'm pushing the date for Everybody Hates You to next year... but it will be sometime in the early parts. This gives me the extra time to fine tune the songs I am definitely including, finally figure out the track list - there are 8 songs for absolute sure - "Everybody Hates You", "Art Attacks", "Wounded", "Rock Hard", "Fabulous", "Cry Baby", "This Is A Town" and "Suck Out The Sun" -
luckily the only reason I can't come up with a definite track list is I like all 23 (yes 23!) songs I recorded for the album... and I'm going to have my pal Jules come over and add her angelic voice to some harmony on a few songs and since she's as busy as a busy busy b, I'll be lucky if she can hit the mic before New Year's.... plus with the extra time we can make a video or two! I really want to shoot a cool (as cool as cheap can be) for the next single which will be "Rock Hard"... I also am sending some songs over to my ingenius godson/nephew Z who makes videos with his friends so he can whip up a Swivek video...
Then I just realized I HAVE to go Christmas shopping this weekend or anyone not in my immediate residency won't get their Christmas presents on time. Luckily, I found some cool things for my little nephew - he's fun to shop for.
and for almost two years now I've been promising the second (and final) season of Carlton Heights, and I have my notes all together and the first episode almost complete, but it just takes me a bit to get back into it.. and everytime I hit the computer I end up working on music. So once that's wrapped up we'll be good to go.
And then there's that little Bubbatunes CD re-release project that is never ending.. hopefully I will have a couple more before year's end including a few more Kim Wilde CDs, two Cheryl Ladd CDs, Scott Baio, Kirsty MacColl and a few more... I know what would you do without my odd taste in tunage...
and for the Cher fan who loved "Prisoner" and was looking for more Cher, I have to search out the blog with "Take Me Home" on it, but I'm sure it's here somewhere and as for the other Cher albums on CD, they're still a coming - sometime in the future, I plan on putting, "Stars", "I'd Rather Believe In You", "Allman & Woman" and "Cherished" on CD and a compilation of Cher Misses (the songs that just didn't hit)...
Alright I'm off to find something to do... but will be next week with more posts ( I swear )
So a few friends from the O.C. showed up last night and we hit the bar and a club to see a couple of bands - which means I just got to work and am still drunk - I mean hungover... either way today's trip to the wonderful world of Lisa Hartman week will be brief but oh so worth it -
bub 46 Lisa Hartman - HOLD ON (2004; 1979)
Lisa came off of Tabitha and a few films to try her hand in the studio one more time, 1979's Hold On pushed her music more toward the Motown sound she had grown up loving than the adult contemporary she had done on her debut. Opening with a cover of "Hold On I'm Comin'" the album was off and running with a renewed energy and some pretty killer hooks; the strangely entertaining "If You Want To Come Home" is pure Bob Segar-ish type of late 70's pop/rock and with the back up "oohs" and "aahs" you can hear the original Motown influence and the "we can just sit home and get high" lines gives it that ultra cool 1970's feel but for some reason it wasn't a hit, in fact it wasn't even released as a single but had I been an A&R guy it's the one I would've pulled.
Instead they pulled "Walk Away" which is a good song but it's another ballad and it seems to me they were really trying to push her as an Olivia styled chanteuse, but by 1979 even ONJ was wearing leather pants and cooing to the rock beat of "Deeper Than The Night". But it's not like they concentrated only on ballads for Hold On, for Lisa tackles some fairly big rock tunes to cover, Segar's "Old Time Rock & Roll" and the Supreme's "You Keep Me Hangin' On" which she does well on both though I much prefer her Supremes cover which is slightly more convincing than the lyrics of "Old Time Rock & Roll" particularly when you put those lyrics of reclaiming rock and roll along side the disco tinged "Who's Gonna Hold You" or the string laced "Steal Away Again."
But don't get me wrong, I'm not making fun of these songs at all because for some reason I really, really love them. The thrill of having CD's no one else can buy keeps me going and the love and admiration I have for my Ciji Dunne also only goes so far, eventually you have to cut to the music and I can honestly say I love this album. Her ballads aren't the cringe worthy over the topness of say some of the catalogs from Melissa Machester or god forbid Celine Dion, instead we have a group of really pretty songs about love and longing and none are better than the closing track of Hold On, "Don't You Love Me Anymore" a very bittersweet rendition with a crackling performance by Lisa where it almost appears as if she is crying by the end of the song, a great song.
But should I ever not include something bonus like to it, we get two great rock songs from 1980; the uber catchy and fabulousness of "Falling In Love With Love" and "Waiting For A Miracle". The pair are songs she performed in the TV movie The Great American Traffic Jam, playing, what else but a singer of a rock band caught in the great traffic jam with her band mates so they perform a few songs and these songs are two of my favorites in Lisa's whole collection. Unfortunetly they were never issued in any form, well until Bubbatunes stepped in.
Lisa Hartman - Hold On (bub46) Track List:01. Hold On I'm Comin' 02. If You Want To Come Home 03. Oh Me Oh My 04. Walk Away 05. Old Time Rock & Roll 06. Who's Gonna Hold You 07. Steal Away Again 08. Livin' Without Your Love 09. You Keep Me Hangin' On 10. Don't You Love Me AnymoreBonus Tracks:11. Falling In Love With Love 12. Waiting For A Miracle
It's about time we had a Lisa Hartman (Black) week here at Bradley's Buzz. I had been planning on doing it way back in June when it was her birthday and even a few weeks before that when she had released a new duet with her hubby Clint Black - oh, did you miss that one? Well stick around for Lisa Hartman Week... until then...
Today in our first day of looking at all the brilliance and hotness that is Lisa we head to the past - back to when our girl was but a wee 19 year old with a dream and some big wigs behind her - as we look at into our Bubbatunes vaults at the first ever Lisa Hartman album!! Wooh ooh!
Anyhoos, in her bio at the time she is compared to Olivia Newton-John, Helen Reddy and Ann-margaret and why the hell not? Her first album, the self titled beauty that it is, comes off full of countrified ballads and mid tempo love songs like those three other ladies (Ann-Margaret???) were doing around 1976 - that's right this is from 1976. She is even produced and co-writing with frickin' Jeff Barry who not only wrote some brillz songs for the Brill Building days but had in 1974 co-written "I Honestly Love You" for ONJ - alas, none of the ten songs on Lisa Hartman scored any charts - even with three singles promo'd out - but I'll never know why.... why don't we head back to another time where I talked about the first Lisa Hartman shall we? Of course we shall....
bub 45 Lisa Hartman - LISA HARTMAN (2004; 1976)
Oh yes, this is the highlight of the entire Bubbatunes Collection if you want my honest to God; the entire Lisa Hartman album releases on CD for the very first time ever; well at least in my hot little hands. My girl is known to most as an actress and or wife to country crooner Clint Black who she married in 1991. After a couple more years of acting, our girl got preggers and kind of semi retired to Nashville and the family life; but every now and then she can be coaxed out to do a TV movie or sing a country duet with her husband.
But prior to all of this, Lisa Hartman had a dream - a dream to be the next big Grammy winning singer and for a brief minute or two it looked like it may happen.
Discovered singing in a bar band in Houston by Brill building biggie Jeff Barry, the 19 yer old Lisa was shipped off to LA to record her debut album. 10 midtempo pop songs were written for Lisa by members of Barry's team, mostly by Jeff himself. Not quite country yet not quite rock enough to be Linda Ronstadt, Lisa Hartman is more a product of the 1976 adult contemproary set, think pre-Grease but post-country Olivia Neton-John. You know 1976 ONJ.
The whole Lisa Hartman album was a bit of a surprise to me. First of all I never even knew it existed until around 2002 when I found a tribute site to Lisa called Kentucky Rainbows. The title Lisa Hartman was used for the reissue of her 1982 album Letterock so when I found there was a whole different Lisa Hartman titled album I was in awe.
Soon after that a fellow internet Lisa fan sent me the two CD's of Lisa songs I talked about back at bub07, but it was missing 4 of the 10 songs found on this album. A short while later I found "He Ain't You" and "Right As Rain" but it wasn't until 2004 when I contacted that original Kentucky Rainbows dude did I get "Seeing Is Believing" and "Room Without A Door", and you can imagine how exciting it was to find out almost 30 years later, two new Lisa tracks I had never heard.
And let me tell you "Room Without A Door" is a pure gem. A ballad set with strings and the whole shizz, she sings straight from the gut for her man to let her back into his life and more importantly to actually share his thought and feelings, "You're a river much too deep for me baby/ you're a mountain much too high/and I would like to laugh with you again baby/ like we used to laugh before/ but how can I get next to you baby/ you're like a room without a door.." It's by far my favorite track on the debut album.
Lisa Hartman launched three promo singles, all of them pseudo ballads so prominent of the time - "Pickin' Up The Pieces", "Saying Hello, Saying I Love You, Saying Goodbye" (also issued as an actual single with 'So Glad I Found You' as the B-side) and "Kentucky Rainbows"; all three are of the same type of vein, love found, love lost, love gone; but the individual songs definitely have their own personalities yet none of them seemed to mesh with either the radio programmers or their listeners.
Luckily, we're still left with all 10 of these gems and the song "He Ain't You" a type of countrified pop about breaking up with a man for another man but wanting the first man back (who hasn't done that) actually became a hit for Lynn Anderson on the country charts, and since it's one of the only songs co-written by Lisa herself, it was in some way gratifying for her I'm sure.
Lisa Hartman opens with the uptempo "Somebody Been Lovin' Her" and it's catchy fun right from the beginning to the end. The first single "Pickin' Up The Pieces" comes in right after and shows off that Lisa was not fooling around when it came to her singing. She belts it out and you feel the feelings coming off of her. In fact the whole debut album is a very pleasant surprise in that it's not terribly cheesy in a way a lot of music in this genre was, and Lisa's voice is very heartfelt and full of passion. She has a mid range alto and doesn't croon or orchestrate in a Streisand kind of way but instead just sings from her gut and gets her feelings out there through song. What more could a listener or singer really want? '
After the rather dismal failure of Lisa Hartman, our girl took up some modelling and acting jobs including the lead in the ABC series Tabitha, a spin off the Bewitched series about Samantha and Darrin's daughter living life in LA as an assistant at a TV station. The show didn't do well and Lisa took another stab at a single with 1978's "Nobody Likes Lovin' More Than I Do", a more upbeat track than most of the debut album though it is similar in sound to the opening track "Somebody Been Lovin' Her".
The single tells the tale of holding your ground against a one night stand declaring as much as she likes "lovin'" she wants more than just sex. The single came with the equally entertaining "100 Different Ways" as a B-side, both included here as bonus tracks.
LISA HARTMAN - Lisa Hartman (bub45; 2004) Track List:01. Somebody Been Lovin' Her 02. Pickin' Up The Pieces 03. Room Without A Door 04. Right As Rain 05. Kentucky Rainbows 06. Saying Hello, Saying I Love You, Saying Goodbye 07. Seeing Is Believing 08. So Glad I Found You 09. He Ain't You 10. The Ice Cream ManBonus Tracks:11. Nobody Likes Lovin' More Than I Do (Dreamer Of Dreams) 12. 100 Different Ways
While their previous album Energy touched on rock and roll while keeping a bit poppy (Not poopy) The Pointer Sisters launched an attack on the rock and roll side of things, and why the hell not? They could sing just about anything and with so many great songs out there, why not break a mold and carry on. Unfortunetly for them they ended up with a big old dud on their hands Priorty didn't launch any real hit singles "Who Do You Love" hit #105 and "Blind Faith" hit #106 but I'm here to tell you if you own one Pointer Sisters album I'd go with this one - just for the singing style and the out front way the sisters push their whole attitude. I am also here to tell you I love Priority!
bub130 Pointer Sisters - PRIORITY (1979; July 15, 2008) Here is my favorite of our two delicious Sisters la Pointer albums, opening with some ring wrunging guitar and drums June starts a growling and singing right from the beginning - "Who Do You Love" opens up Priority on a kick it kind of note, just one listen as the piano kicks in, the guitar kicks in and June starts crooning, it's totally fun... and not unlike Tanya Tucker's take into rock and roll on her Tear Me Apart album (also 1979) this isn't so wild in the rock and roll arena - I mean it's not Metallica, but I guess when you are used to an artist in a certain genre some of this comes as a surprise and "Who Do You Love" with its uber feisty delivery is certainly a surprise.
Then the sisters take a Bob Segar tune "All Your Love" to just as super extreme measures wringing out the emotion with their super cool voices though making it a tad of blues/rock rather than straight up rock - you know kind of like Rolling Stones or Bob Segar. Plus this one is sung by Ruth in her smokey little voice with a bit of a more Benatar-ish rasp.
The rugged take over comes back a few notches with Anita's sweet voice on "Dreaming As One" - a nice little ballad that comes off far from the sacharine ballads of time. It's just a lovely little song to bring it down a notch.
Then we move into some super cool territory with a Graham Nash tune "Turned Up Too Late" - a sassy little number that effects the conkles of my bitter heart. "Hey baby what are you blind/ how long you been gone/ I'm not the returning kind/ I don't need you to lean on".."You come to me with eyes all watery/ do you believe I'll fall in/ poor little thing so out of date/ now I can say your love has/ turned up too late.." But there's even better lyrics to be had:
"if you were the sun and moon/ I'd still cloud over/ rain would still fall down too soon/ and we would just grow colder"
and my ultimate fav - "Hey baby I ain't ashamed/ Of being turned down/ I hope you got the same strength/ You're gonna need it now.." once again sassy pants Pointer.
Then should someone doubt they were going for a more rocking sound they put themselves up to ridicule by doing a cover of the Rolling Stones "Happy" but should you want to laugh at the notion of the Pointers taking on the Richards/Jaggar let me tell you they make it their own and totally nail it. The song was even released as a single in the UK but like most of the material here it didn't do anything chart wise.
"Blind Faith" was the first single and it should've been a hit, I just don't understand how some things never make it. Of course it doesn't hurt that it's Ruth singing and she is ultimately my fav singer in the group - I mean come on "Automatic" and that man voice, she's practically the black Alison Moyet or is Alison the white June Pointer? - Anyhoos, "Blind Faith" has everything including the other Pointers "bop shoo bopin'" behind Ruth's sassy (yes still sassy) vocals on the sassy (yes still sassy) lyrics.
The next song "Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart" has made its way into my heart as one of my all time Pointer Sister songs. Opening with a semi menacing rock guitar that turns bluesy you have Anita yelling "yeah" before breaking into a catchy chorus - "don't let a theif into your heart/ or you may end up broken hearted/ don't let a whisper tear you apart/ or you will wind up right back where you started..." Then the verses and the catchiness with Anita's high voice and Ruth's low growl singing simutaneously - it sends chills right down the point of - er spine.
The Pointer Sisters kind of knew about formula when they opted to record another Bruce Springsteen song, this time turning to "(She's Got) The Fever" which is a long steamy little song that was never going to be a single but sure as heck makes a great song. In fact when I initially did our first Pointer Sisters Bubbatunes compilation On Fire, it was the only song on there from this album (but I didn't have the album then so what did I know about how great this is) - and now I'm kind of glad I did, as it really is a great song and full of that Pointer Power. Oh and umm Ruth sings the lead (go figure).
The whole gloriousness that is Priority ends with the riporous "The Shape I'm In" full of spicy lyrics and rockin' vibes - it's the perfect ending to a great overlooked album.
And now you like me, the Bradle that I am, can enjoy the greatness that is Pointer Sisters Priority (with lyrics and artwork - as this poor puppy will probably never see the light of day on CD).
Pointer Sisters - Priority (bub 130) Track List: 01. Who Do You Love 02. All Your Love 03. Dreaming As One 04. Turned Up Too Late 05. Happy 06. Blind Faith 07. Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart 08. (She's Got) The Fever 09. The Shape I'm In
The Pointer Sisters may not be typical music fare for anyone around my immediate vicinity but start singing little ditties like "I'm So Excited" or "Neutron Dance" and you can bet there's going to be some jiggy going on.
Personally I love these gals in each and everyone of their incarnations - that's right they've had their fair share of changing around in their long career - it all began with a sort of doo wap funk quartet that ended in 1978 when sister Bonnie went solo, then it went pop/rock for about two minutes before going all dancey pop and soul in the late 80's...
Two of their best albums appeared in a more rock vein, the first was 1978's Energy which really kicked the girls (now June, Anita and Ruth only) into the stratosphere with their version of Bruce Springsteen's "Fire." The album that followed that, Priority, was even more rock orientated and it's now one of my personal favs - and because they are both extremely rare (Priority isn't on CD at all) to find on CD, they've been added to the Bubbatunes line up...
and here is our first little piece of pointer paradise -
bub129 Pointer Sisters - Energy (1978; July 15, 2008)
Opening with a jumpy bass line and then an electric guitar of immense 1978 proportions, "Lay It On The Line" with sassy Ruth vocals about being a bad girl, it's quite apparant this isn't the old Pointer Sisters with thrift store 40s garb and doo wop style, but beneath the crunchy guitar solos still lies some incredible harmony vocals by the Sisters Pointer and with a whole new fervor to boot this is why they were about to come into their own in mainstream pop.
The girls start sharing vocal duty on "Dirty Work" - "I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah" - a song written by Don Fagen but one I recognized immediately when I got on another strange kick and started buying Melissa Manchester albums. (Don't judge me) - but the girls make it all their own - with the whole lusting little song and it keeps going on and on until the hip cool ending.
"Hypnotized" by Bob Welch starts pretty funky and when Anita starts singing in her smoky voice - I'm all ears. It's all kind of spooky when the other girls start singing back up and the blues guitar kicks in, but it's a real highlight.
The interesting ballad "As I Come Of Age" follows with the girls all sharing harmony vocals - no leads or anything, but the sound is great.
Then we go into some fun with "Come And Get My Love" opening with some keyboards and guitar like a cross between Tom Petty and Olivia Newton-John until Ruth starts singing like Tina Turner - "how long mus I sit around /waiting for you / think of all the heartache / you've been putting me through/ you must have a soul / but it don't show / come on and love me or let me go/ come and get your love... before I give it away..." Sassy pants Pointer.
"Happiness" and "Fire" come in next - the one,two shot of the hit singles from Energy. "Happiness" finds its way onto all the Pointer Sisters compilations, opening with a piano and the soulful, "I love the way you love to live/ you love life/ you're inspiration/ I love the way you give/ your love so freely/ you're a sweet sensation/ you're my invitation to..." dunt, dunt, dunt on the piano keys, and all together a thumping little disco-ish beat kicks in "Happiness". Though to call it a disco song isn't quite accurate - there aren't any swinging orchestras or cooing, but it's a similar vein as a demo-ized version of "Don't Leave Me This Way" - more soulful and poppy than simply dance.
Of course there's "Fire" - that one time obscure Bruce Springsteen song that the Pointers made all their own. There isn't much to say about it, other than if you haven't heard it in a while you really need to give it another listen cause it's a really good song, just that beginning bass line will hook you back in ... though you have to wonder if the lyrics would now be classified as an invitation to date rape..?? though I guess she does tell him he knows she's a liar and when she kisses oooh fire, so I guess then she just drags him into the house herself... Plus the bridge is one of the best ever - "you had a hold on me right from the start/ a grip so tight/ I couldn't tear it apart/ my nerves all jumpin/ acting like a fool/ well your kisses they burn/ but my heart stays cool...." a little break, "well Romeo & Juliet...." and by the end it all breaks into a super cool keyboard/organ solo. Oooh Fire indeed.
"Angry Eyes" follows the pop/rock vein established earlier with some funky and almost pissy lyrics - "well I'll bet you wish you could cut me down with those angry eyes/ what a shot you would be / if you could shoot at me with those angry eyes..." It's actually a Loggins/Messina cover and who knew they were so angry or funky?
"Echoes Of Love" is a little more poppy but it's catchy as hell - I'm surprised this wasn't a single as it sounds like radio 1978 or at least early 79 - 80 ; similar though not quite as catchy as say "He's So Shy" - this is more in the vein the Pointers would be come to be really known.
The original Energy album ends with their cover of Sylvester's "Everybody Is A Star" and though I've read unfair reviews of their version, by this time I'm a Pointer lover and you can't tell me this toned down, country-ish version isn't actually very pretty.
For those Pointer Sisters afficiandos, (they exist) we didn't just leave it at that - instead we came up with some bonus cuts - notably the excellent rocking poppy ditty called "Love Is Like A Rolling Stone" which was a Bside only to the US "Fire" single - it's not only rare it's damn good...
and finally we end it all with the 12" version of the aforementioned "Happiness" in its longer and funkier version... and cause I love ya all so much, the artwork even comes with the lyrics, that's right I have way too much time on my hands.
Pointer Sisters - Energy (bub129) Track List: 01. Lay It On The Line 02. Dirty Work 03. Hypnotized 04. As I Come Of Age 05. Come And Get Your Love 06. Happiness 07. Fire 08. Angry Eyes 09. Echoes Of Love 10. Everybody Is A Star Bonus Tracks: 11. Love Is Like A Rolling Stone 12. Happiness (Extended)
It’s so hard to be incognito when you’re Cher – even in her times of less than stellar stardom, the girl couldn’t help but be featured on the cover of magazines for just being Cher. So perhaps she was a little naïve in thinking that she could front a rock band without anyone noticing. Such was the idea behind Black Rose in 1980.
After done her discofied Casablanca Records, Cher picked up with her boyfriend at the time Les Dudek and his pals forming a rock band – Black Rose. Of course there was press all around and the minute she headed out front during concerts people snickered. Who did she think she was? She’s Cher for Christ’s sake not Pat Benatar. But Cher had always wanted to sing rock and roll, not disco, not syrupy ballads. It’s funny that she would come back in 1987 with the rock chick persona in full and be embraced. Oh well times change I guess.
In 1980, the reaction was less than stellar and I actually don’t know why. The opening cut was the first single and is my favorite on the album “Never Should’ve Started.” It starts out slow and hits big and it’s about three minutes into the song before you even realize it’s Cher singing. This could’ve been big if people actually didn’t know Cher was on it.
There’s only 8 songs total on the Black Rose album but of those there are a few highlights to be found – “Young & Pretty” is a moody rock song about making it in La La Land, “Julie” is a complete rock balls to the wall song with Cher bitching about the bitch that is Julie – and it’s co-written by Bernie Taupin AND Mike Chapman! “We All Fly Home” is classic late 70’s rock in it’s glory.
The whole Black Rose album is actually good for Cher’s first foray into rock and roll and though it didn’t chart, didn’t sell and didn’t even launch a single, it showed that Cher could wrap that warble around real guitars instead of just gypsy music box songs, disco dangles and sugary ballads. In fact there was one person who felt Cher could rock – Meat Loaf who did a duet with her “Dead Ringer For Love” in all its Jim Steinman rockin’ glory that was released as a single in 1981 where it was a big hit in the UK proving the United Kingdom liked Cher a rocking.
Black Rose – Black Rose (bub128) Track List: 01. Never Should’ve Started 02. Julie 03. Take It From The Boys 04. We All Fly Home 05. 88 Degrees 06. You Know It 07. Young And Pretty 08. Fast Company Bonus Track 09. Dead Ringer For Love (with Meat Loaf)
Well here's the last of our 80's mixes that we made for Christmas. A whole heap of fun and funk have transpired so far and yet not even all of my top 100 singles of the 80s have been represented so let's see what the final two volumes contained.
bub 120 Brad's Trip Back To The 80's Volume 9Track List: 01. Money (That's What I Want) - Flying Lizards 02. We Got The Beat - Go Go's 03. Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics 04. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant 05. Rush Rush - Debbie Harry 06. Here Comes Your Man - Pixies 07. The Wanderer - Donna Summer 08. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS 09. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox 10. Conga - Miami Sound Machine 11. Johnny Can't Read - Don Henley 12. No Souvenirs - Melissa Etheridge 13. Maneater - Hall & Oates 14. Muscles - Diana Ross 15. Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy 16. Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 17. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran 18. Shadows Of The Night - Pat Benatar 19. Queen Of Hearts - Juice Newton 20. Hearts On Fire - Randy Meisner 21. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
This little volume contains some of the more essential or at least familiar of the 80's tunes, many which didn't make my initial top 100 list only because some are overplayed or obvious and there were so many others that meant more to me. But I couldn't make a whole 1o volume set and not include such staples as "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Money", "Queen Of Hearts" and "Maneater" or the MTV staples "Money For Nothing" (also a song title used for an episode of Carlton Heights - which uses all 80's song titles as titles), and the paranoia Alice in Wonderland vid "Don't Come Around Here No More." Plus I had to add a couple that were so close to making my list - the Pixies' excellant "Here Comes Your Man", Debbie's "Rush Rush" from Scarface and Randy Meisner's "Hearts On Fire."
bub 121 Brad's Trip Back To The 80's - Volume 10
Track List: 01. If You Leave - OMD
02. Solitaire - Laura Branigan
03. Lover Girl - Teena Marie
04. Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton
05. Your Love - Outfield
06. Landslide - Olivia Newton-John
07. Love Is Like A Rock - Donnie Iris
08. All Fired Up - Pat Benatar
09. I Don't Want Your Love - Duran Duran
10. Cool Rider - Michelle Pfeiffer
11. Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle
12. Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
13. Girls - Beastie Boys
14. Lean On Me - Club Nuveau
15. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive
16. The Jam Was Moving - Debbie Harry
17. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
18. Lay Down Your Arms - Graces
19. Alone - Heart
20. Life In One Day - Howard Jones
Our final volume was kind of a catch up volume, trying to get all the top 100 singles from my list that hadn't made it yet onto a volume, plus adding those final 80's songs that I loved but hadn't got to yet - some rarities like the Graces and Michelle Pfeiffer, some forgotten gems like "Lean On Me", "Twilight Zone" and a few of what I call roller skating songs - one particular song they played at High Roller in Wausau, Wisconsin over and over - "Love Is Like A Rock" and of course the Beastie's probably should be "Fight For Your Right" but that song is way over played and "Girls" is just so frickin' fun and hot.
And there you have the ten volume set of BRAD'S TRIP BACK TO THE 80's - bubbatunes 113-121. I hope Alf's neice enjoys them as much as I do... and I will try to get some mp3s up sometime before the weekend.. Next week, we'll look at some brand spankin' new 2008 Bubbatunes, there's some trippy things coming up. So stay tuned.
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SHORT VERSION: Bradley Jacobson is a singer/songwriter, sometime actor, sometime writer, audio engineer and producer, and all around happy dude. He was the singer/songwriter of the electronic trashy punky pop band Swivek, but is now a "solo" artist releasing music under his own name.
