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Popdose: Why You Should Like…the Bay City Rollers

  • Mark · 1 year ago
    When they wanted to the Bay City Rollers could turn out some great solid pop tunes.
  • DwDunphy · 1 year ago
    Their last singer (I believe) was Duncan Faure, formerly of Rabbitt featuring Trevor Rabin, formerly of Yes and now a film composer (National Treasure 2, f'rinstance).
  • CarlosRamirez · 1 year ago
    Did you ever hear the record they made under the name The Rollers? There is some solid power-pop throughout that album!
  • Todd · 1 year ago
    Carlos,
    The Blog "Hear Rock City" has some of those late period "Rollers" albums posted lately.
  • WHarrisBullzEye · 1 year ago
    Todd, you rule. I'm currently investigating those albums as I type this sentence.
  • 1Py_Korry1 · 1 year ago
    Believe it or not, but a guy I work with wrote this book:

    "Bay City Babylon: The Unbelievable but True Story of the Bay City Rollers"
  • jabartlett · 1 year ago
    The Rollers' version of "I Only Want to Be With You" is a favorite of mine as well, featuring the 101 Strings sawing away like they're on a caffeine high. It's clear, however, that anyone who does not dig "Money Honey" and "Rock and Roll Love Letter" is a sinner who does not love Jesus.
  • SteveC · 1 year ago
    Ha! "I'm gonna rock n roll until my jeans explode"????

    Did I hear that right???

    Outstanding!
  • JohnHughes · 1 year ago
    Even better when you realize the double-entendre:

    'Cause I see an ancient rhythm
    In a man's genetic code
    Gonna keep on rock and rollin
    Til' my genes explode

    Awesomeness.
  • WHarrisBullzEye · 1 year ago
    I'm in the midst of putting together a feature on books that should be on the shelf of any music fan, and one of my personal faves is "Bye Bye Baby: My Tragic Love Affair with the Bay City Rollers," by Carolyn Sullivan. It's kind of like Pamela des Barres' "I'm With the Band," except that Sullivan had kind of a one-track mind.

    Honestly, though, I've dug the Rollers ever since their variety show, and in addition to "Rock & Roll Love Letter" (which was such a power pop classic that The Records did their own version of it), "You Made Me Believe In Magic" is one of the best neo-disco tracks of the '70s.
  • DwDunphy · 1 year ago
    I certainly hove Ray Davies' "X-Ray" will be in there. Good freaking read.
  • Erin · 1 year ago
    A woman I work with usta date Ian Mitchell. We play S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night a lot in my office to razz her.
  • Kimber · 1 year ago
    I saw the Bay City Rollers when I was 11 years old. I am still quite in love with Ian but Saturday Night is NOT stuck in my head! Rock and Roll Love Letter is! Gonna sign it, gonna seal it....
    Kimber