From 1985, please enjoy -- yeah right, who am I kidding? -- short-lived stitched-together-like-Frankenstein's-monster GTR and their unforgettable and unforgiveable "When the Heart Rules the Mind."
As always, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded to the first reader who gleans the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.
Worst splinter groups?
ReplyDeleteWorst supergroups?
Worst thing ever?
Reason I'm disappointed the world didn't end last week?
All close, but no cigar.
ReplyDelete:-)
I'd forgotten people looked like that in the eighties.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember these guys, so I popped over to Wikipedia, where their entry includes this:
'J.D. Considine's infamous review of the album (in Musician magazine) read simply, "SHT".'
As for Listomania, um, I give up.
The greatest review ever. And Considine had lots more almost that short and that funny.
ReplyDeleteApparently, he's not happy that it's gonna be what he's remembered for, though.
I did not need to either hear or see that first thing in the morning.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like it could've been the soundtrack for Rocky XVII, aka "Schlocky".
ReplyDeleteAnd if tomorrow's List-O-Mania has anything to do with Billy Idol.......
Seeing how far away from each other you could place band members on stage?
ReplyDeleteWhen the Ears Rule the Stomach.
ReplyDeleteBands with names that are acronyms?
Even the instruments looked crappy back in the '80s.
best and worst bands with anagrammed names?
ReplyDeleteI love that last, and may in fact steal it in the future.
ReplyDeleteBut no.
:-)
Songs by three-lettered bands?
ReplyDeleteBands sounding the most opposite of what their members originally sounded like in their first bands.
ReplyDelete(And again, I'll submit, "worst thing ever.")
I was going to also say three-letter bands as I'm guessing the Airplane post from a few days ago got you listening to the KBC band again.
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten them,actually. And I seem to recall they had at least one good song...
ReplyDeleteI had never heard this drek until this moment. Dude, I thought we were friends!
ReplyDeleteI cannot think of how to phrase this, but songs like this have a treble heavy sound, like too much clarity. But I digress.
Songs with organs in the title?
Most annoying hyper tenor singers this side of Boston?
Trey
Music videos whose opening sequence should have spurred Rickenbacker to send a cease-and-desist letter?
ReplyDeleteGroups that didn't realize Spinal Tap was a parody?
How shoulder pads destroyed music?
AP
Trey --
ReplyDeleteSwear to god, this was a big hit on MTV and everything.
Songs that made rock critics actaully miss Tales From Topographic Oceans-era Yes?
ReplyDeleteMy serious guess is Lamest Song From the 1980's.
For Howe fans, a rare look at him playing a Les Paul. So, embarrassing, but not completely useless.
love it all. :)
ReplyDeleteSongs that do nothing to contradict the 80's reputation as the lost decade of pop?
ReplyDeleteI couldn't get past the 1:00 mark, but I'm going to guess...
ReplyDelete"Hits by Bands That Had No Legitimate Right to Exist."
Dreadful, banal, sonic pablum. I thought Steve Howe was better than that. I also have no memory of seeing this on Empty-Vee in the 80s.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, I know where you're headed with this one now...
Egocentric super-groups that collectively don't live up to the talent of the sum of their parts. Throw in "We Are The World" and I'll rest my case.