DISQUS

Jon · 1 year ago

Who is that on the duet with Paul Carrack on "When you Walk In THe Room"?

jefito · 1 year ago

If I'm remembering correctly, the booklet for the album doesn't name his duet partner -- it was one of those four-panel foldouts that barely made room for the band credits.

David_E · 1 year ago

Jackie Rawe. Used to be a backing vocalist for Suzi Quatro.

Johnny Bacardi · 1 year ago

And who doesn’t love “Glory of Love” from The Karate Kid Part II?

Uh, that would be me.

steed · 1 year ago

I have a feeling this is another case where I love a song so much that I think everyone else does as well. Damn my crappy taste in music.

terje · 1 year ago

I hear you. For about 15 years I couldn't for the life of me comprehend how anyone could think that James Ingram's "Just Once" wasn't a masterful piece of art and a magical moment in music history. I still think it is, but deep inside I know that I'm wrong and that the rest of the world is right. Come to think of it, I feel the same way about "Glory of Love."

Johnny Bacardi · 1 year ago

Hey, I like that Stephen Bishop song from Tootsie. So there. I said it.

Don · 1 year ago

I have the 45 of Smantha by Cellarful of Noise and I have to admit I love this song. I have been looking for an mp3 of it for ages. Thank you so much for posting it.

Steed · 1 year ago

Glad I could help.

tvh · 1 year ago

I love this column.

Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels + BOC - Club Ninja + Krokus - Hardware = WHOA!

steed · 1 year ago

Thanks!

It was an interesting week for new music for me!

chuck · 1 year ago

Kim Carnes actually DID have one more #1 hit after "Bette Davis Eyes"...as one of the umpteen hundred voices on USA For Africa's "We Are The World."

steed · 1 year ago

I think I might have been on that record too. I remember standing right behind Huey Lewis.

chuck · 1 year ago

well, i figured if they were counting kim's collaboration with kenny rogers and james ingram (who were also on "w.a.t.w."), then might as well go all the way with it

jack · 1 year ago

Is next set including Cheap Trick? They had a long string of "almost hits" in the '80s. (Up the Creek, I Can't Take It, etc.)

EightE1 · 1 year ago

A good friend and I were only recently talking about how "Since You're Gone" is our favorite Cars song. I love that solo Elliott Easton takes (did he use an e-bow?). I know my memory sucks, but I coulda sworn that was at least a Top 20.

Rob
EightE1

Breadalbane · 1 year ago

Ah, Cellarful of Noise. I remember when this single came out. The band name led me to expect something Beatle-y...obviously, I was sorely disappointed. Sadly, the ensuing decades have not improved the track.

And while I agree that Carrack and Cetera are good vocalists, let's not overlook Karen Carpenter. Yes the material is confectionary and overarranged, but she's got one of those voices that could redeem almost anything, up to and including Beechwood 4-5789 . Ben Orr of the Cars is excellent too. Add in Kim Carnes distinctively arresting whiskey-and-cigarettes purr, and Streisand's technically awesome pipes (even if I don't like the material she chooses to use them on), and this is probably the best batch of vocalists this series has yet seen.

(Yes, even counting Ric Ocasek.)

steed · 1 year ago

It's my favorite week so far.

David_E · 1 year ago

Iris contributes his vocals to this track, which, once I got over the yodeling intro, I found incredible. Seriously. (Whoosh! "What was that?" My credibility.)

David_E · 1 year ago

"This track" being Samantha by Cellarful of Noise, BTW. Which was practically Donnie Iris and The Cruisers at this point anyway, under a different name.

Retro_Remixes · 1 year ago

Oh, Kim Carnes !

All the boys think she's a spy . . .

alex · 1 year ago

Hey, what you describe below the Central LIne hit is exactly what hapenned to me. I was watching MTV when Jingling Baby/LL Cool J came out. I was sure knew that sample but couldnt recall the original song what really bugged me . Well, I thought that sample was a D-Train song sample .but after Googling a lot at 3:00 AM.... I found your web site thats showed me Central LIne is the original song sample. What a relief ! Congrats ! 80s songs still rules. !Alex Simons - Brazil

BlackDomina71 · 1 year ago

Is the download for Cellarful of Noise not working? I keep trying, but it's just giving an error message...
I've been hunting for this forever. This is the ONLY site that I found that has a download!
thanx

remedy · 9 months ago

sorry, it's a shame, because it doesn't work no more!!!