Super Hits of The 70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 8

alone again (naturally), which I heard for the first time in a while the other night when I was watching The Virgin Suicides.

A good few songs I actually know here! And really good songs too - "Run Run Run", "Sylvia's Mother", "In a Broken Dream", "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Hold Your Head Up". This is tough!

I might have misplaced my copy but I'll try and dig this out for a listen tonight. Agree with Tom D., offhand Argent or Gilbert but credit to Sailcat for their fake T. Rex track that the Sugarcubes ended up covering in 1990 for the Elektra tribute album.

Oh I forgot "The Candy Man" too, another winner.

Double-neck action and John Denver...1972 in a nutshell right there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5fYPz8dKbg

It's a long way from Odyssey & Oracle

"Sylvia's Mother"...this group isn't as good as I indicated in a post last thread. I can't vote for it--hated it at the time, and it's a major DCTS offender (have we discussed this enough that I can leave it at the acronym?)--but I just love this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QXyqk9flwk

I watch that, and I understand why someone who loved pop music in the '60s might have been baffled by the '70s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiBi0xMF9UY

(Not to reopen the "are they booing because of the cross?" debate.)

"And the op-er-ator says 30 cents more…for the next… three… minutes….PLEEEEEEASE Mrs Avery…"

^teared me up when I was 7, I'll tell ya

hated it at the time, and it's a major DCTS offender (have we discussed this enough that I can leave it at the acronym?)

I admit I had to search the ILM archives to find out what “DCTS” stood for, but man am I glad I did!!

It's funny for me that Godspell comes up this week, because on Saturday night I saw my friend close out her run in a local production of The Last Five Years. I found myself sitting in front of her parents and one of her high school drama teachers, and most of their discussion was about the HS production of Godspell that set my friend on her path.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/cryptosicko/playlist/6lw6549CZVOWxfM33NHHsW?si=Pl-4g8pFRmalIFSA1oIrmA

Listening now; couldn't make it through "Sylvia's Mother."

Love "Sylvia." This is tough, I owned a number of these as a kid, and dug others on the radio. "Hot Rod Lincoln" was a formative influence in making me a fan of western swing, rockabilly and other roots music, but I'm not sure I should vote for a cover.

"Day by Day!!!"

XP It's a great cover tho.

It sure is, I'm a huge fan of Bill Kirchen's guitarings to this day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ZycJC-pmo

"Sylvia's Mother" and "Alone Again (Naturally)", was 1972 the year of the mawk or what?

i actually know a few of these from the box set. voting "Alone Again (Naturally)" as that has come up too many times in my life.

Going with Gallery, I think

I love "Alone Again" in The Virgin Suicides; that whole scene has become a touchstone for me, maybe the greatest pop-music sequence in any film ever. (No hyperbole intended--I sincerely believe that.) As a stand-alone, it's never been a favourite.

At the beginning of 72 my family moved from Canada to London for five years, and the most immediate impact for me was switching from James Taylor and Don McLean on the radio to a vastly more fun and colourful array of Marc Bolan, Noddy Holder, glam, reggae and way more soul music. There are a lot of songs on this and subsequent volumes that I've never heard before, and listening to them now I think "this was a hit and Mama Weer All Crazee Now wasn't? wtf?".

Argent, I think. Love that video with Jim Rodford holding that ludicrous guitar that he only plays about four notes on.

Slade's inability to become as massive as Alice Cooper or Grand Funk stateside remains an utter mystery.

G O'S is a little too annoying, this has to be Argent with Mouth and MacNeal 2nd

Best discovery on this Volume: "Run Run Run".
Argent song is great, as is "Tragedy", the other single from their All Together Now album, which was a very minor hit in the UK.
But still voting for The Medicine Show.

Bit of a duffer, this volume. Voting for “The Candy Man.” I had never heard it before I started hearing this compilation, which is baffling because I’ve always been a die-hard Willy Wonka fan. The filmmakers should’ve totally had Sammy Davis Jr. play the Candyman instead of Aubrey Woods. This version is so much better than the one in the film!

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

At the beginning of 72 my family moved from Canada to London for five years, and the most immediate impact for me was switching from James Taylor and Don McLean on the radio to a vastly more fun and colourful array of Marc Bolan, Noddy Holder, glam, reggae and way more soul music. There are a lot of songs on this and subsequent volumes that I've never heard before, and listening to them now I think "this was a hit and Mama Weer All Crazee Now wasn't? wtf?".

― Ρεμπετολογια, Wednesday, July 18, 2018 9:57 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Slade's inability to become as massive as Alice Cooper or Grand Funk stateside remains an utter mystery.

― clemenza, Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:32 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think some of it came down to poor or at least misguided promotion. In the states, Slade were on Polydor (who put out the domestic ish of Slayed?) before switching over to Reprise, who launched the band with the US edition of the Sladest hits comp (you might remember Lester Bangs' report on the Detroit launch party for the band & album from Psychotic Reactions...). Despite having such a homerun album to shill, it only translated to random pockets of success across the country, which was par for the course for most UK Glam Bands over here (there's some good discussion about this over in one of the Roxy Music poll threads). Supposedly headliners The J. Geils Band sabotaged Slade's LA showcase set for a bunch of radio and biz types by futzing with their gear, which has also been pointed to as a reason the band never broke big over here.

By the time Slade really started concentration on the US market, by becoming tax exiles briefly operating out of New York in '76, much of their thunder had been stolen by Kiss.

(BTW, MY POST 17,000!)

I'm a huge fan of Bill Kirchen's guitarings to this day.

You probably know these, but also worth sharing are Kirchen's insane live medleys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsLdufJePz0

Weird that no-one has talked about "In a Broken Dream".

^^Good song. I think it's kind of slipped through the cracks over here? Never heard it on Classic Rock or Oldies radio. Pretty sure I first encountered it in Breaking The Waves.

^^ I remember hearing it occasionally when it was new (it only hit # 56 on the Billboard chart in the US, vs. #3 UK) but yes it's definitely been forgotten since.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I was one of the two people who voted for Gallery.

Also came to say I am watching a movie that takes place in Canada in 1976 and just got a dose of DCTS so naturally I thought of our friend clemenza.

And now they are playing a song that I presume will come up soon in one of these polls and one of the characters is wearing a shirt with the name of the (Canadian) artist.

Now one of the characters is talking to his imaginary friend, Andy Warhol.

What is this movie?!

Now they are playing an unfamiliar other hit by an act I always thought of as a one hit wonder

Weirdos

No soundtrack list on IMDb :-(

Songs heard so far:
“Carry Me,” The Stampeders
“Last Song,” Edward Bear
“I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City,” (Harry) Nilsson.

Something I am not familiar with with lyric about “She will get you higher”

Now Andy wants the Edward Bear tee.

Mrs. Robinson from the recent Lost in Space reboot plays the mom. Something for everyone

Now she and her son are dancing to “From New York to L.A,” Patsy Gallant

https://torontosun.com/2016/09/12/tiff-16-canadian-rock-gems-dominate-bruce-mcdonalds-weirdos/wcm/918a3e03-971d-4dda-9549-3b0275a7ade5

“Crying Laughing Loving Lying,” Labi Siffre

XP Have A Nice Day, Eh!

... Coming Soon From Numero Group (first 250 Copies Pressed On "Vancouver Weed Green" Vinyl)

Voted "Run Run Run" but I would have voted "In a Broken Dream" if I thought it would get no votes, wtfusa?

Haven't seen Weirdos, James--wasn't even aware of it (didn't care for McDonald's Highway 61; thought his Broken Social Scene movie was pretty good, though). That soundtrack is about as Canadian as it gets, though--competition would include New Waterford Girl and Donald Brittain's documentary on Trudeau and Lévesque, The Champions. I assume the DCTS song is Crowbar's "Oh, What a Feeling." I worked in a record store for a year with the guy who managed Edward Bear ("the Bear," as Paul called them).

I was the 2nd gallery

Jimmy the Mod, my (screenname) brother!

It has the jauntiness that I demand from the HAND series!

Lol, exactly.

Godamnit I've had "How Do You Do?" stuck in my head all day today...

Hey, that's what we're living for.

No JoJo Gunne thread that I can see, but just want to point out that "Run Run Run"--like "Mississippi Queen" before it--really feels like it should be longer than 2 1/2 minutes it goes for.

Well there was this: Jo Jo Gunne Vs Edgar Winter Group

Came back for the Bill Kirchen medley video.

So fun. I can’t remember what I voted for in this poll, probably Cody.

Day Bidet

So fun. I can’t remember what I voted for in this poll, probably Cody.