An awesome band from Scotland - Nazareth - with Malice in Wonderland. My wife's favorirate group is also from Scotland - Simple Minds. Naz had the mega FM radio hit Hair of the Dog (known as Now You're Messing with a - a Son a Bitch) and also Love Hurts. I had to have this record so I knuckled under and used eBay: bought it for 99 cents and 4 bucks shipping- argh! HAD to have it. It was recorded at the famed Compass Point Studios, in the Bahamas. Leave a comment if you know the best record ever made there! Do you remember the semi-hit song on this record called Holiday? The chorus goes - Mama mama please no more: facelifts, etc. Then...Drinkin' my wine, makes me feel fine, Gonna have me a holiday. Poorman's party, rich man's daughter, Gettin' hotter and hotter. She's pushin' way too hard. I don't want any part of her way. It's a holiday, it's a holiday. Mama, mama, please no more jaguars - I don't want to be a pop star. and so on. The reason that song is so good is a bright-sounding major key, and the the fact the record was produced by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter.
"Holiday" rings a bell, but I can't get the tune in my head. Another candidate for the video blog?
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It is a great song - I will take that idea and do that...looking forward to the all-star game today. I love the pond hockey squad selection format!
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ReplyDeletelove this album i play it regular. as you havent said - a lot of the love for this record is the instruments in this album, not the lyrics. some songs are so, so, so beautifully arranged and played, the lyrics let it down some. though several stand out immediately and with magnificence. almost like the bangles. =D take the word of a fallen angel =P (