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Hot Rod Hearts and Steal Away..

drivin home from class the other night listening to xm and i heard this gem(?), brought me back 25 years in a minute. went to the verge audio institute..and i don't have it.

Went to half.com , no dice, checked robbie dupree website, album never out on cd...Now i have to resort to begging...

Please, Please, Please!! (just don't tell anyone, you'll ruin my rep!)

bv

Oh, the shame!

Robbie Dupree - Steal Away
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[quote]Originally posted by budverge
[br]Hot Rod Hearts and Steal Away..

drivin home from class the other night listening to xm and i heard this gem(?), brought me back 25 years in a minute. went to the verge audio institute..and i don't have it.

Went to half.com , no dice, checked robbie dupree website, album never out on cd...Now i have to resort to begging...

Please, Please, Please!! (just don't tell anyone, you'll ruin my rep!)

bv


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Gee you must be the same age I am. Old enough to remember Robbie Dupree, Christopher Cross, Chuck Francour(under the boulevard lights), etc and all assorted "lite rock" songs drilled into our heads from the radio when we were toddlers. And now when we hear them again 25-26 years later, all physical activity stops and locks onto hearing the song. Suddenly we are 2 years old again ridiing in our dad's beat-up '71 Chevy truck, or mom's '79 Honda Accord.

Then 3 minutes pass and we are back to our normal, old adult selves. Then we gloat for the fact some other toddler right now is having Lindsay Lohan's latest single drilled into their heads, for the 25 year cycle will happen to them, only with really sucky music, and not with hairy "lite rock" artists who were killed by new wave artists.

[quote]Originally posted by budverge
[br]Hot Rod Hearts and Steal Away..

drivin home from class the other night listening to xm and i heard this gem(?), brought me back 25 years in a minute. went to the verge audio institute..and i don't have it.

Went to half.com , no dice, checked robbie dupree website, album never out on cd...Now i have to resort to begging...

Please, Please, Please!! (just don't tell anyone, you'll ruin my rep!)

bv[/quote]Funny, I always thought 'Steal Away' shamelessly 'stole' the keyboard and percussion riffs from the DB's 'What A Fool Believes'
No Surprise there since Micheal McDonald did backup vocals on that track. [|)] (I still like it enough though..)[;)]

[quote][i]Originally posted by British[/i]
<br>Gee you must be the same age I am. Old enough to remember Robbie Dupree, Christopher Cross, Chuck Francour(under the boulevard lights), etc and all assorted "lite rock" songs drilled into our heads from the radio when we were toddlers. And now when we hear them again 25-26 years later, all physical activity stops and locks onto hearing the song. Suddenly we are 2 years old again ridiing in our dad's beat-up '71 Chevy truck, or mom's '79 Honda Accord.

Then 3 minutes pass and we are back to our normal, old adult selves. Then we gloat for the fact some other toddler right now is having Lindsay Lohan's latest single drilled into their heads, for the 25 year cycle will happen to them, only with really sucky music, and not with hairy "lite rock" artists who were killed by new wave artists.
[/quote]Right you are on that,
How about these other everpresent 'easy listening' bands that saturated top 40 radio 25+ years back?

Okay Hardcore Punkers and Rockers.. Barfbags at the ready!..
Heres a reasonably short list of some that still tug at my heartstrings [:X]

(Ahh yess.. Ol' Grunch would be soo proud! [^]) (ya still lurkin out there buddy?)

Al Stewart - Time Passages, Year Of The Cat (ok,mid 70's for that one)

Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone Gone Gone), I Believe

Chris Rea - Fool If You Think It's Over, On The Beach

Diesel - Sausalito Summernight

Exile - Kiss You All Over

Gary Wright - Really Wanna Know You, Dream Weaver (another mid 70's nugget)

Jack Wagner - All I Need

John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air

Juice Newton - Loves Been A Little Hard On Me, Angel of The Morning, Heart Of the Night

Little (rubber, er..) River Band [:o)] Lonesome Loser, Man On Your Mind, Take It Easy On Me

Olivia Newton John - (Too many to mention)

Pablo Cruise - Love Will Find A Way, Watcha Gonna Do?

Paul Davis - Cool Night, 65 Love Affair

Poco - In The Heart Of The Night, Crazy Love

Quarterflash - Harden My Heart

Robert John - Sad Eyes

Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song), Him

Suzi Quattro & Chris Norman - Stumblin In

Walter Egan - Magnet & Steel

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2Nu - I'm kinda disappointed there's no Leo Sayer on your list. [:o)]

I didn't want to go back that far..

I'll save those for another thread![;)] (yes I'm over 40..[:I])

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How could I forget Walter Egan's "magnet and steel"? I think I passed the opportunity to buy their LP a few months ago at Cheapo.

i guess i brought back a ton of bad(?) memories with this request.

all the songs listed were the top 40 jams of my junior high career. you are right about hearing a song and being instantly transported back to a time and menory..that's one of the bonuses of vh1 classic and the xm 80's channel.

still grubbing for hot rod hearts, tho..

I think 2Nu listed the mid 70's playlist for WABC-AM in New York.

That was the station of choice in my mom's red Plymouth Scamp, and I used to kick the springs in the back of the driver's seat to the beat of the music.

Scary thing is I know and do like many of those songs listed, in a nostalgic kind of way. But not Jack Wagner (which I think was early 80s). And now I can't get that damned chorus out of my head.

If you still need a copy of "Steal Away" give me a way to contact you and I'll send it out to you. All I ask is that you cover the postage and the cost of the cd-r.

Well, you did ask for it....

<a href="http://www.cyberus.ca/~cs/Robbie Dupree - Hot rod hearts.mp3">Hot Rod Hearts</a>

[quote][i]Originally posted by BigBri[/i]
<br>I think 2Nu listed the mid 70's playlist for WABC-AM in New York.
[/quote]That and WNBC AM 660..[8D]
But being an FM listener during that time, I would say most of these were WBLI 106.1 and WMJX 96X (CT) heavy play trax from ~1978-82. (except where noted otherwise)[;)]


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Thank You BigBri and Terim!!

i am successfully reminisced.

bv