I’ll see your Badlands and raise you a Lynch Mob.
Dangerous Toys
Dangerous Toys
Don’t get cocky, Dude . . . I got all kinds of Aces up my sleeve.
UGLY KID JOE!!!
Autograph
I knew Autograph’s “Turn Up The Radio”, of course, but I just realized that I was mistaken on what I THOUGHT was another of their songs. “Might As Well Go For A Soda” is actually NOT Autograph, apparently, but some dude named Kim Mitchell.
I think everyone can agree, though, that this is the greatest song about going for a soda ever. Or at least one of the top 20 soda anthems, for sure.
Sleeze Beez
I knew Autograph’s “Turn Up The Radio”, of course, but I just realized that I was mistaken on what I THOUGHT was another of their songs. “Might As Well Go For A Soda” is actually NOT Autograph, apparently, but some dude named Kim Mitchell.
Ha! Whenever I talk to a Canadian with somewhat more ‘mainstream’ tastes, Kim Mitchell is often brought up as an example of why Americans won’t give Canadian culture a fair hearing. Apparently his signature ballad “Patio Lanterns” was some transcendent, nostalgic anthem that ushered in an era of countrywide peace and prosperity for all Canadians or something.
Sorry guys, I like my Skinny Puppy, Voivod, and Stompin’ Tom Connors just fine, but we have enough stuff like that here already.
I think everyone can agree, though, that this is the greatest song about going for a soda ever. Or at least one of the top 20 soda anthems, for sure.
Where does Jourgensen’s “Don’t Give Me That So-So Soda” jingle fit into that top 20?
Ha! Whenever I talk to a Canadian with somewhat more ‘mainstream’ tastes, Kim Mitchell is often brought up as an example of why Americans won’t give Canadian culture a fair hearing. Apparently his signature ballad “Patio Lanterns” was some transcendent, nostalgic anthem that ushered in an era of countrywide peace and prosperity for all Canadians or something.
Sorry guys, I like my Skinny Puppy, Voivod, and Stompin’ Tom Connors just fine, but we have enough stuff like that here already.
Ugh. Kim Mitchell. I’d like to apologize on behalf of all Canadians for that one. Bryan Adams too. And Nickelback.
[reply]Dangerous Toys
Don’t get cocky, Dude . . . I got all kinds of Aces up my sleeve.
UGLY KID JOE!!![/reply]
Gunnar/Grmpy: have you ever heard the song American Hair Band by Tuff? Brilliant. So many references.
There’s no need to apologize for Kim Mitchell because 99.9% of Americans will NOT know who he is or anything he’s done. I only remember the soda song because . . . well, damn, it’s a catchy song about soda.
Bryan Adams . . . yeah, everyone knows him, and if he only played “Summer of 69” in a continued loop for the rest of his life we’d be okay with it, but, no, he has to punish us relentlessly with some made-for-prom-breathy-bullshit-love-ballads. Gross.
Nickleback . . . yeah, sorry. Not sure I can really muster up much defense for you on that one. Nuclear warheads will be coming your way, you Canadian dicks!
A bad sign that a band is going on end up on this list: if they work in an ‘alternative’ music style, but their first album appears on a major label. Seems like the ones who get fast-tracked to that level find themselves in commercial limbo very quickly.
I can think of one that (gasp!) actually has some Ministry connections - the Slammin’ Watusis. They were like a Chicago area skate-punk combo (getting full-page ads taken out in Thrasher…remember when you could get a crash-course in indie music education just by seeing what bands appeared in that magazine’s t-shirt ads?) They had “Mind…”-era sax player Frank Raven with them as well as Mark Durante on guitar.
Anyway, they did two albums for Epic that seem to have sunk without a trace.
Slammin’ Watusis
I remember the name but never gave them a listen. Their name was probably suicide. They sound like they would be some 60 year old jackasses who play a gig at some corporate event or something and do Beach Boys covers.
Slammin’ Watusis
I remember the name but never gave them a listen. Their name was probably suicide. They sound like they would be some 60 year old jackasses who play a gig at some corporate event or something and do Beach Boys covers.
I was thinking the exact same thing…totally hacky name…
[reply][reply]Dangerous Toys
Don’t get cocky, Dude . . . I got all kinds of Aces up my sleeve.
UGLY KID JOE!!![/reply]
Gunnar/Grmpy: have you ever heard the song American Hair Band by Tuff? Brilliant. So many references.
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Never heard it before. Sounds like Beavis singing, though. Thought it was pretty cool.
TUFF! I couldn’t name even one song, but I remember the band. They were one of those dime-a-dozen Kmart knockoffs of the Sunset Strip “glam” scene that was going strong at the time. They’re one of those bands that I never (that I know of) heard even one note of, but hated just because of their name and really wretched promo shots in Mean Streets magazine or whatever other free 'zines I used to grab at the record shops.
Others in that same category include KIX and TRIXTER.
Others in that same category include KIX and TRIXTER.
Don’t forget about KEEL and FIREHOUSE.
The Bulletboys.
That dude wore a sleeveless turtleneck. That’s the height of 80s glam nonsense.
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Did you really think I was going to let anyone else here “win” this thread?
I’d like to apologize on behalf of all Canadians for that one. Bryan Adams too. And Nickelback.
Now on your knees. You got some makin’ up to do for Celine Dion.
<unzips pants>
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