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No, not Jack Wagner. Styx -- sure, I know people like that. Corey Hart -- yeah, I think that was the case of a receptionist at an old job of mine. Jack Wagner -- no, I will not believe that.
umm, I certainly don't recall where I was as the song meant nothing to me. I had to Google "Jack Wagner" as I had no idea who he was. I still don't! Watched a youtube clip of his "hit" (well,only 1/2 of it) and can't say I've ever heard it before! (I've always been quick on the dial when crap comes on so maybe I've heard a note or 2 before). Could not have told you who did "Dark Sunglasses". There! I've established I am an old fart!
Don't hate the player, hate the game..If you grew up near Chicago in the 70's, you went to just as many Styx shows as Cheap Trick shows, guaranteed !! All my Styx vinyl sits comfortably alongside my Raspberries, Badfinger, Big Star, Jellyfish, 20/20 vinyl. It is so !!
That would sort of be me, though you can leave Jack Wagner out of it, thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteAnd as a Chicagoan, I grew up with Styx.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
This YouTube wins the award for Most Over The Top Title Sequence by Someone Who Just Taped the Damn Thing Off His TV Set and Uploaded It To YouTube.
ReplyDeleteWhat was Wagner's name on General Hospital? I want to say "Patch," but he was on Days of Our Lives...
ReplyDeleteNo, not Jack Wagner. Styx -- sure, I know people like that. Corey Hart -- yeah, I think that was the case of a receptionist at an old job of mine. Jack Wagner -- no, I will not believe that.
ReplyDeleteI could take 53 seconds of the song before I had to turn it OFF!
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Jack Wagner was Frisco Jones.
ReplyDeleteAnd I saw Corey Hart in concert in 1985.
I am apparently the least cool man alive.
Is Engleburt Humperdink worse?
ReplyDeleteOr is it a wash?
Trey
umm, I certainly don't recall where I was as the song meant nothing to me. I had to Google "Jack Wagner" as I had no idea who he was. I still don't! Watched a youtube clip of his "hit" (well,only 1/2 of it) and can't say I've ever heard it before! (I've always been quick on the dial when crap comes on so maybe I've heard a note or 2 before). Could not have told you who did "Dark Sunglasses".
ReplyDeleteThere! I've established I am an old fart!
Can't make me click it! I refuse.
ReplyDelete...But now the damn song is running thru my head anyway. Curses!
Don't hate the player, hate the game..If you grew up near Chicago in the 70's, you went to just as many Styx shows as Cheap Trick shows, guaranteed !! All my Styx vinyl sits comfortably alongside my Raspberries, Badfinger, Big Star, Jellyfish, 20/20 vinyl. It is so !!
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