SIXTEEN SONGS WHICH MADE A TEENAGE TIMBO PLAY AIR GUITAR WITH AN IRONING BOARD
off the radio and then in more recent times put onto a compact disc.
Once again I will say to all the people who read my blog, please make a comment, be it only once every four or five blogs. If I was a radio jock and you were my live audience then there is a good chance I`d tell a lot of you`s off.
Have you not heard that blog sites are supposed to be interactive, where one single solitary comment can inspire other people
to make a follow up comment to yours and hence the story gets expanded upon with varied and interesting individual interpretations.
to make a follow up comment to yours and hence the story gets expanded upon with varied and interesting individual interpretations.
I`m sorry, but I have no respect for anyone who trawls the internet on free websites and couldn`t be bothered taking a serious enough interest in what they are reading for free to make an occasional comment.
So until a few people start making some comments, you are going to be seeing exactly what I want to write without any consideration for my popularity.
I called this home made album something very simple, `Classic One Hit Wonders`. That is a slight misrepresentation on my part, because actually some of the artists who feature on it have a lot more than one hit under their belt.
I called it that because the one song from each artist which I picked is the only one I personally liked.
The album begins in true Happy Days style, with Bill Haley`s seminal hit `Rock Around the Clock`. It`s hard to go past it seeing that I loved watching Happy Days as a kid.
Number two song is `You Really Got Me` by The Kinks, `Sunshine of My Love` by Cream comes in at number three, a classic 60`s proto-blues metal stunner.
The Rolling Stones tickled my fancy enough when I was a kid to make it onto here with `Jumping Jack Flash`.
The next one is a bit more obscure but has
enjoyed considerable airplay at times, it is `Radar Love` by Golden Earring.
enjoyed considerable airplay at times, it is `Radar Love` by Golden Earring.
A group of hapless english rockers come in next called The Knack, their famous nightclub rocker `My Sharona` had to be
the one to make it onto my one hitter.
the one to make it onto my one hitter.
Status Quo always made me play some guitar with an ironing board with `Down Down` so it`s on here as well.
Joan Jett`s `I Love Rock`n`Roll` comes in at the number eight spot, followed by a piece of classic two chord bluesy skiffle with Dr. Hook`s `Baby Make Your Blue Jeans Talk` from the early 80`s.
`Thats What I Like About You` by the Romantics always made me reminisce about Amanda Thomas at Rochedale South State School and the fact that I did not get to dance with her at the Grade 7 formal in 1986.
Song number eleven always made me feel
like I wanted to get around the house with a pair of undies and a white singlet on and act like a wildman.
like I wanted to get around the house with a pair of undies and a white singlet on and act like a wildman.
The song is none other than `Old Time Rock`n`Roll` by Bob Seger. The song after this one is about something which I never got to do, and that is have sex on the beach, what else could it be other than that spicy
song of teenage temptation by aussie rockers Mondo Rock called `Come Said The Boy`.
song of teenage temptation by aussie rockers Mondo Rock called `Come Said The Boy`.
Billy Joel come in at number thirteen, lucky Billy, never been a big fan of Joel, a bit too wordy for me but his lyrics are very deep meaning and genuine, I will give him that.
I chose`Its Still Rock`n`Roll To Me` for my compilation. The next one is a blues rock scorcher, and I`m bad to the bone too, lol just kidding girls. I can be bad in bed, so
I decided even as a teenager that George Thorogood should make it onto here with the grinding `Bad To The Bone`.
I decided even as a teenager that George Thorogood should make it onto here with the grinding `Bad To The Bone`.
The next one is a bit obscure, but still a
staple of FM radio over the years, it is Ram Jam`s `Black Betty` which of course was re-recorded by australian band Spiderbait some years ago.
staple of FM radio over the years, it is Ram Jam`s `Black Betty` which of course was re-recorded by australian band Spiderbait some years ago.
I love Spiderbait`s version, it is better than the one that Ram Jam done. The song was actually written by legendary blueman Leadbelly way back in the forties or thereabouts.
Number 15 and lucky last is a rather forgotten about song by an artist that I have
never particularly liked either, just like Billy Joel.
never particularly liked either, just like Billy Joel.
Believe it or not it`s Bruce Springsteen, to me he was always too pots and pan sounding and somewhat too muddled as far as the production of his records was concerned.
Dont get me wrong, I do like more than one of Springsteen`s songs, but I just wouldn`t ring mum from overseas to have a rave about his music or anything.
I gave Springsteen a spot on here with the uptempo `Cadillac Ranch`. For the record, this is all fun, this selection of songs was compiled in my late teens, and believe you me, most of the artists on here have more than one good song, but at that stage I just
hadn`t heard them or taken the time to listen to them.
hadn`t heard them or taken the time to listen to them.
I think this set of songs is a good sampler
of the sixteen artists and bands who made it onto Timbo`s very first greatest hits compilation.
of the sixteen artists and bands who made it onto Timbo`s very first greatest hits compilation.
When you listen to what in my opinion is the absolute definition of pure pop , Radar Love by Golden Earing, you'd wonder how they couldn't have even written anything else even close to it for composition, style, and genre, and yet there it is a single iconic song and quite possibly the best driving song of all time stuck in the middle of the rest of their entire mediocre repitoir. I've played in a few bands and this one is always fun to play,
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