DISQUS

Popdose: Lists You Didn’t Ask For: Siblings You Didn’t Ask For Edition

  • jbacardi · 1 year ago
    Re: McGear- first, the picture's upside down. Also, when that album was released, sure, Paulie and Wings produced/played on it but he (or Warners) didn't emphasize the fact that he/they did in the promotion, something Warners probably regretted, because I seem to recall that it was the worst selling album in their storied history. Don't really think he belongs on the list...plus, that's a hell of a good album.
  • Johnny Bacardi · 1 year ago
    Worst selling album to that date, I should say. I'm sure they've had bigger stiffs in the past 34 years.
  • WHarrisBullzEye · 1 year ago
    This piece would've been a highlight of my morning if it had consisted of nothing but the MP3 for "Centipede." That hook's been stuck in my head ever since '84. I'm not saying that's a good thing; I'm just saying that I remember it fondly enough that I'm glad to be able to hear it again.

    As for the other entries, I have that Mike McGear album and it's pretty good, and while Shaun Cassidy may be the Ted McGinley of TV producers, the quality of his productions has been consistently impeccable. I still say "Invasion" got a raw deal, and one of these days I really need to pick up "American Gothic" on DVD.
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    Aw man..."Centipede" was a good song!! Then again, I own the solo albums by both Marlon and Randy Jackson (the real Randy Jackson, not the "American Idol" impostor), so I'm probably not the most objective when discussing Jacksons not named Michael, Janet or Jermaine.
  • rwcass · 1 year ago
    Cassidy sung "Hey Deanie" as Joe Hardy on a rerun of "The Hardy Boys" yesterday morning. The entire song was played, but the director knew people would get bored, so he kept cutting away to various characters and crowd shots. I looked up Cassidy in the Billboard Top 40 book, which said "Hey Deanie" was written by Eric Carmen.
  • WHarrisBullzEye · 1 year ago
    It was, indeed. And I'd bet that Carmen got more dough-re-mi from Cassidy's version than he did his own...which probably doesn't bother him too much, since Cassidy's version was almost note-for-note identical to his own arrangement.
  • GrayFlannelSuit · 1 year ago
    Yes, a searing live rendition of "Far from Over"! Thanks Jeff!
  • Ted · 1 year ago
    Was Frank's guitar even plugged in?
  • :::theroux · 1 year ago
    I bought Rebbie's debut album off the strength of "Centipede." Worth every cent! "I'm a Jukebox" is a must hear. "Baby, play me now...Im a Jukebox!"
  • Chris · 1 year ago
    I'm not an expert but can Dan and Tim really be TWIN brothers if they had different mothers? It conjures up images of some grotesque threesome at which Fogelberg-Weisberg Sr somehow manages to impregnate both women at the same time. Not the sort of thing we want to hear about on a family website
  • DwDunphy · 1 year ago
    It's amazing what a little soft flute, a DeLorean and 1.21 jigowatts will do.
  • DwDunphy · 1 year ago
    But I love that Roger Clinton album! Not for the music, which is a hemorrhoid-inducing chunk of feek, but for it's mere existence. I only wish that, during his brief talking point as "the first black president", someone presented Bill Clinton with a copy of Roger's CD.

    "Look, Eleanor! He's embarrassed! His neck's turning red!"
  • DwDunphy · 1 year ago
    I keed. I keed. Ain't no neck redder that El Capitan.
  • DavidMedsker · 1 year ago
    "Centipede," YES! Excuse me while I do the robot.
  • Retro_Remixes · 1 year ago
    "All peripheral Jacksons". Ooh, I think I peed a little bit with that one. But Reebie's "Centipede" was actually kind of cool in a lousy way. LaToya has some fiercely devoted fans who collect all of her old vinyl albums and 12"ers.

    Hopefully my defense of them will help me to avoid the wrath of Joe Jackson's belt.
  • Pete · 1 year ago
    I remember a junior high dance when the person who was DJing put on "Centipede", which promptly cleared the floor. It only lasted about a minute and a half before he put on the next song.