Taking Sides: Platinum Blonde V Streetheart

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Two staples of the mid-80s Canadian rock scene. Which was better?

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 9 February 2004 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

neither, and was streetheart really a staple?

― huckleberry shazam, Monday, 9 February 2004 05:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, our our way it was!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 9 February 2004 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

streetheart for "action" alone =)

np:. michel pagliaro "time race"

― william (william), Monday, 9 February 2004 05:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Platinum Blonde all the way. "It Doesn't Really Matter" is classic.
And Streetheart never played my high school.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 9 February 2004 12:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Streetheart have a great sound (hard rock new wave disco) and more than a handful of excellent songs ("Action," "What Kind of Love it This," "Under My Thumb," "Tin Soldier," "Miss Plaza Suite"). Platinum Blonde have maybe a handful of seconds worth of goodness (the intro to "Crying Over You") and mostly crap songs. I think a closer battle is Streetheart vs. Loverboy.

― s woods, Monday, 9 February 2004 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't forget "Snow White" and "Hollywood"! I also thought "Dancing With Danger" was a great track. So despite fond memories of Platinum Blonde I'm gonna go with Streetheart too.

(ps. Streetheart kicks on Loverboy too, despite sharing a member.)

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 9 February 2004 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll take Streetheart over Loverboy for sheer quantity of excellence (and I agree w/your additions), but Loverboy put up a good battle by the utter amazingness of a few songs ("Turn Me Loose" and "Working for the Weekend" for sure; I'd add "The Kid is Hot Tonite" or "Lady of the '80s" in a pinch). "Working for the Weekend" is the best thing either of them have done, so that makes it a bit of a close call for me.

― s woods, Monday, 9 February 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Although Platinum Blonde weren't as terrible as most believe (It Doesn't Really Matter + Standing In The Dark + Not In Love = ace pop songs), I'll have to go with Streetheart as well. "Action" is one of the best Canadian rock songs of all time and I'm pleasantly surprised that I am not alone in recognizing its greatness. I mean, it's no "Roxy Roller," but it's pretty fab.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 03:55 (twenty-two years ago)

You know after seeing a Platinum Blonde video on VH1 Classic (something about them being at a board meeting discussing models) I was wondering what planet these guys were from. I should have known...Canada.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

ten years pass...

Interesting rereading in light of what did finally happen with "Not in Love"

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 1 February 2015 06:27 (eleven years ago)

two years pass...

The local Classic Rock station just played Streetheart's hilarious "Under My Thumb" cover. How had I never heard this before?!

― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Friday, 19 January 2018 06:43 (eight years ago)

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