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*A 1983 song by this most eclectic British artist was co-written by him with assistance from Iggy Pop. While Iggy didn't sell many albums, he was usually low on cash. The proceeds from this hit though, gave him some financial stability for the first time in his career. Iggy's infatuation for a woman hanging around the studio formed the basis for the song. Name the artist that released it and extra credit for the song name about the influence of Western values...
*Much has been written about the plight of the farmer, John Mellencamp was a huge advocate with his music and his dedication to the cause. Another artist from across the pond, seemingly quite removed from a farmer's environment, composed a ballad we'll enjoy tonight. It is sung from the point of view of an aging farmer who has survived the worst winter in 14 years. The farmer pays tribute to his loyal wife who has stayed by his side. Name the artist and extra credit for the name of the 1971 song... *This exceptional band from SoCal didn't really feature one of their founding members on their first album release, as his contribution was lead vocals on 2 tracks and only 1 track of songwriting credit. That all got corrected on the band's 2nd album in 1973. His major contributions to this concept album elevated the band to another level. Name the band and the band member in question... *This great artist was 44 when he released his 2nd solo album in 1994. The album captured the emotion of what was going on in his life at the time...not all wine & roses. His marriage was on the rocks and there was a serious drug addiction happening. That said, he was in a very prolific songwriting mode and this album turned out to be one of his best. Name the artist.. BATTLE OF THE BANDS She’s Not There by Zombies vs Tired Of Waiting For You by Kinks ANSWERS 1. David Bowie, China Girl 2 Rod Stewart, Mandolin Wind 3. Eagles. Don Henley 4. Tom Petty Battle of the Bands : Zombies won the Battle with 51% of votes
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*A track we'll play from a great 1970 album was originally written and recorded in a blues style R&B by Wilbert Harrison in 1962. The song was a plea for fidelity in a fractured marriage. The song,, Let's Stick Together didn't chart, but this west coast band heard it, loved it and released their version, while changing one word in the song's title. Name the band that released it in 1970 and extra credit for the name of the track...
*The year of 1965 was a quite busy one for this Scottish singer/songwriter. He released 3 albums that year! Comparisons were inevitable. He was connected to a folk artist in the U.S., but that lasted for only a brief period as this artist strayed from folk into some trippy influences with his future music. Name the artist and extra credit for the U.S. artist he was compared to... *The Ronettes had a hit in the early 60's...Be My Baby. When the song was first heard by this band's frontman, he knew instantly he wanted to try and match it. The result was a 1964 hit about a car and a woman, something the band knew quite a bit about. Name the band, the frontman and extra credit for the name of the song... *Humor in rock music exists and this great artist made serious topics fun. Take voting for example. While a member of a couple of excellent bands, he also enjoyed a solo career which involved a 1992 album and a track with a message, a request and a few guitar licks thrown in for good measure. Name the artist and extra credit for the name of the track... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Country Road by James Taylor vs Son Of A Son Of A Sailor by Jimmy Buffett ANSWERS 1. Canned Heat. Let’s Work Together 2. Donavan. Bob Dylan 3. The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Don’t Worry Baby 4. Joe Walsh. Vote For Me Battle of the Bands : James Taylor won the Battle with 53% of votes *This song, originally released by The Zombies in 1966 tells the story of a man who has been deceived by a woman he was involved with. The song tells of the emotions of confusion and frustration, rather universal to say the least. The song, however, was covered by an outstanding artist in 1977 and that one will spin later this evening. Name the band that released it in 1977...
*This 1986 song is very unusual hit, lacking a big chorus, shifts in momentum, catchy hooks and most other elements of typical chart toppers.With a consistent tempo and a jazz-inflected sound, it appealed to a more adult audience and added a welcome diversity to Top-40 playlists, dominated at the time by up-tempo, synth-driven songs. The song actually deals with the Civil Right Movement in the U.S. Name the American artist and extra credit for the name of the track... *A track from one of the most innovative, but overlooked albums of the early 70's will spin. The tune was written by a band member who would go on to release a solo hit in 1978. The song was named after the band's drummer and his hair style, one that The LooneyMan endorses! Name the band, the song and extra credit for the writer of the track... *When this exceptional L.A. artist released this1974 track, it did not arrive as a chart-chasing single or a radio staple, unlike many of his hits. Instead, it lived quietly within one of the most emotionally resonant albums of the decade, one that reached #14 on the Billboard 200. The track we'll enjoy...never released as a single, its endurance over time though has been embedded into a listening audience and it refuses to leave. Name the artist and extra credit for the name of the song... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Dream On by Aerosmith vs Feel Like Makin’ Love by Bad Company ANSWERS 1. Santana 2. Bruce Hornsby, The Way It Is 3. Spirit, Mr. Skin 4. Jackson Browne, You Love The Thunder… Battle of the Bands : Bad Company won the Battle with 52% of votes *We'll enjoy a track from this British band's last album to feature one of their quite young members. The song was a bit different from a Bo Diddley R & B classic of the same name. The track also later became an American Top 20 hit for another popular 60's British band. Name the band that first released the track in 1967 and extra credit for the band member who left shortly thereafter and the name of the song...
*One of the major 60's soul stars, this artist was one of the roughest and sweatiest...working up some of the hottest dancefloor grooves. He certainly appealed to fans that preferred their soul on the rawer side! He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2006 at the age of 64. Name the artist (I'm thinking your first guess won't be the correct guess!) *This American band only lasted 2 years back in the 60's, but that was to be expected as many of their members didn't really play with many bands that had long tenures. We'll dip into their 1968 album that was very much strained by the fact that some members chose not to play on songs written by other members of the band. That's pretty heavy friction right there. Name the band... *The 1967 release by this incredible band was surprisingly a quite strong experimental album for a band known for 3 minute pop singles. But then, the band did become well-known for experimentation. This group did, however, contribute significantly to the changing landscape of rock at the time. The song we'll enjoy, a tribute to their ex-manager who'd passed 2 years prior to its release. Name the band and extra credit for the name of the song.. BATTLE OF THE BANDS Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band vs The Power of Love by Huey Lewis & the News ANSWERS 1. Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood, I’m A Man 2. Wilson Pickett 3. Buffalo Springfield 4. The Beatles, Baby You’re A Rich Man Battle of the Bands : Huey Lewis & the News won the Battle with 54% of votes *This excellent & profific multi-lead singers band who enjoyed a pinnacle of success in the late 60's and early 70's, released a song that expresses a longing for escape and tranquility in nature. Themes of solitude and reflection are lyrical suggestions. Why it's almost as if they had Big Canoe in mind. Name the band and extra credit for the name of the track...
*This great band's 7th album release in the mid-70's was written by the group's frontman at the time. Most lead vocals on the other hand went to another excellent member. The song is really a breakup tune in which the man is regretting his decision. This album represented a shift in the group as they began recording more ballads. Name the band and extra credit for the name of the song... *The British group in question here was on their way to becoming a major band by the time that their 2nd album was released in 1969. It caught them straying from the blues rock sound they'd initially made in their debut effort. And this was the album that clearly identified one key member as the undisputed as their frontman from that point onward. Name the band... *The video for this early 80's hit launched the artist to stardom. It was directed by one David Mallet who did the same for Queen and David Bowie. The big difference here though was the artist who enlisted his services had very little cash, prompting Mallet to give him a break on his fee. Name the artist and extra credit for the quite excellent song/video... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Champagne Jam by Atlanta Rhythm Section vs These Eyes by The Guess Who ANSWERS 1 Three Dog Night, Out In The Country 2. Chicago, Wishing You Were Here 3. Jethro Tull 4 Billy Idol, White Wedding, pt. 1 Battle of the Bands : Atlanta Rhythm Section won the Battle with 52% of votes * We'll go back to 1964 to catch a beauty of a song by two artists who met while attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama. One taught the other to play guitar and by 1962, they were performing together. The song we'll enjoy bears some resemblance to Buddy Holly's Words of Love and then received a cover version from The Beatles the following year of its release. Name the duo and extra credit for the name of the track...
*Before 1972, this band had some great songs, but their albums were mostly individual moments of brilliance in a sea of uninspired filler. Their 1972 album changed that and defined their post-blues musical personality.. The album established the band in the rock, even soft-rock style of the 70's. Name this West Coast band... *In February of 1993, this broadcast appeared on MTV one month later. This unplugged offering was then released as a home video to coincide with the audio CD version. Name the artist... *With this 1979 album release, this U.K. band had a genuine blockbuster hit, topping the charts for 4 weeks in the U.S. and selling millions of copies worldwide. By the '90's, the album had sold over 18 million copies across the world. With mention of the album's iconic cover, name the band and extra credit for the name of the album... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix vs Voodoo Chile by Stevie Ray Vaughn ANSWERS 1. Chad & Jeremy 2. Fleetwood Mac 3. Neil Young 4. Supertramp Breakfast In America Battle of the Bands : Jimi Hendrix won the Battle with 52% of votes *Notorious for shunning live performances, this band's improbable live reunion in the mid-90's eventually turned into a full-fledged reunion album. Fans of the group had gone 2 decades without the hope of a new album, so the prospects were delightful even if said fans had no idea what to expect. What we all received (and The LooneyMan was in attendance at their inaugural show of the tour) was as seductive and alluring as anything the band had previously done. Name the band and extra credit for the name of their year 2000 album...
*Where does an artist go after an ultra-successful stint with a rather incredible band? Sometimes it is hard to establish a solo identity from a band that successful. This artist's 1984 album, his 2nd solo effort, went further away from his previous band's roots with a more mellow and somewhat bluesier sound, basically giving his solo career a right-proper boost. All this prior to reuniting with his previous band. Name the artist... *When this fantastic artist applied his incredible songwriting talent to the unsettled morass that was the early 70's, he produced one of his greatest, most important works in 1973. Themes dealt with included spirituality, political ethics, drugs and the unnecessary perils of urban life with funky, catchy tunes. A collection of songs that seemingly apply to any decade since then. Name the artist and extra credit for the name of the album... *The frontman of this incredible hit-making band, when putting together tracks for their 1999 album were legendary for not really being big on venturing back to completed tracks to see if they could do it better. But one song on the album stood out for such a review. They went at it with a bit of heavy alcohol consumption and more and more takes. The end result? They canned it all together and went with a new song written by their leader. name the frontman and leader of the band... BATTLE OF THE BANDS And She was by Talking Heads vsJust What I Needed by The Cars ANSWERS 1. Steely Dan. Two Against Nature 2. Glenn Frey 3. Stevie Wonder. Innervisions 4. Tom Petty Battle of the Bands : Talking Heads won the Battle with 52% of votes *This 1966 song was actually a cover from a 1965 recording by The Vogues. While the Vogues recorded it back then, their version wasn't released until 1996. But the great American band's 1966 release we'll enjoy this evening spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was described as a "rocker with a surf in' sound in the vocal". Name the band and extra credit for the name of the track...
*The second album for this American soft rock band released in 1970 produced the band's first big hit. The track is a bit saucy as it finds a guy propositioning a lady with suggestive commentary. The title and the song was definitely ambiguous, enough so that censors cleared it for radio play. Name the band and extra credit for the name of the song... *After the success of this band's self-titled debut in 1969, the trio struggled mightily with its demons and by 1982, they got it together enough to release a new album. Egos, drugs and issues of control got resolved with the help of outsiders brought in to make the album, something that would also promote a few additional albums going forward. Name the band... *This serious artist lamented and acknowledged the fact that there is danger in seeming too serious following the release of his 9th album in 1989. No stranger to expressing politics, he ultimately made a point of drifting away from such matters in order to appeal to a much larger audience. Name the artist... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Hitch A Ride by Boston vs Lonely Ol’ Night by John Mellencamp ANSWERS 1. The Turtles. You Baby 2. Bread. Gonna Make It With You 3. Crosby, Stills & Nash 4. Jackson Browne Battle of the Bands : Boston won the Battle with 52% of votes *This artist was enrolled in the George Porter, Jr. Academy Of Funk as a member of the Runnin' Pardners late in the 20th century. What's been produced since then...really incredible stuff. Singing, Songwriting Keyboardist with a personal connection to this station. Name the artist...extra credit for identifying the connection...
*For those who enjoyed last Sunday, your hint is that we're dipping into the album from which the requested most excellent track came from...IronMan last week. Name the artist...extra credit for the name of the album. And for those unable to make last week...This epic artist became a true superstar with a 1972 release, but followed it up the next year with an album that yielded 2 big time airplay hits. Name the artist and name any album in the extensive portfolio... Have fun...as there are multiple ways to solve this mystery... *A self-titled debut album for this artist made it clear he was one of the most gifted and idiosyncratic talents to emerge in country music in the 80's. And then things got real serious with a 1987 album...one that gave the artist the opportunity to indulge in his fondness for jazz & blues flavors. is he country anymore? Name the artist... *This 1970 track from a band that featured a seriously physically large guitarist/vocalist and a member that would go on to produce an album for Cream. Name the band and extra credit for the names of the aforementioned band members... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Holding Back The Years by Simply Red vs All I Need Is A Miracle by Mike & The Mechanics ANSWERS 1. John 'Papa' Gros Live interview and show with The LooneyMan 2. Elton John Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player 3. Lyle Lovett 4. Mountain Leslie West & Felix Pappalardi Battle of the Bands : Mike & The Mechanics won the Battle with 58% of votes *So much music is the result of influences, and this 1973 song had more than a few. Comic books, movies and German photographer, Helmut Newton were just a few for the man that wrote this one. He'd always had a wacky science fiction idea about a futuristic rock & roll band of androids fronted by androgynous kind of Helmut Newton style beauty, something that got depicted on this double album's cover art. Name the writer, the artist who performed the song and extra credit for the name of the song...
*It's easy to see why radio listeners loved this band in the 70's and a bit beyond, but why critics kind of hated them. The band's rock studio chops allowed them to play any current pop style at the drop of a hi-hat...one minute prog rock, the next, hard rock and then a bit of funky R& B. All this from a band that also had plenty of credits as session musicians for any number of others, including Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, George Benson and even Micharl Jackson. Name the band... *A debut album for this artist in 1979 established him as part of the camp of angry, intelligent young new wavers (think Elvis Costello, Graham Parker types), artists who approached pop with a sardonic attitude and tense, aggressive energy of punk. An ode to dying print media...name the artist and extra credit for the name of the song we'll enjoy... *One of this outstanding North of the border artist's greatest songs is about the breakup of his first marriage, a rather common theme that showed up in other songs of his as well. He blamed himself for the failure and he was correct in doing so. He carries the weight of empathy for his 1st wife as he is tormented by the breakdown. Name the artist and extra credit for the name of the song... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Hold On Loosely by 38 Special vs Heard It In A Love Song by Marshall Tucker Band ANSWERS 1. Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Bennie & The Jets 2. Toto 3. Joe Jackson, Sunday Papers 4. Gordon Lightfoot, If You Could Read My Mind Battle of the Bands : Marshall Tucker Band won the Battle with 53% of votes |
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