Share : D - Day - S/T 1983

[telekon3]

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D-Day - Too Young To Date (Single) (Moment Productions) FLAC

A Too Young To Date 3:11
B Every Time I Ask You Out 3:31


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[Sundayguy]

Thanks for this good share. Any chance you might have the radio only version of Too Young To Date? I've been hunting for that one for over 10 years

[telekon3]

[Sundayguy]

Back in the '80s there was a local radio station that played new wave, and every week they'd play Too Young To Date, and at one point I had taped it off the radio onto cassette, but
that tape is long gone, now. Looked up some info online, only to find that the single and video ("standard") version is different from the one I was used to. The radio version
had a few minor lyric changes, I guess what they'd call "censored" back then, and have found listings that claim the "radio only" version was never officially released.
I figure if I taped it off radio back in the day, then someone else must have, as well, and it'd be great to have/hear the version that was the one I knew, again. To me, the single
version sounds kind of "off" because I had never heard the single, back then, but heard the radio version at least once a week on a local radio show. I've requested it here several times
over the years, and it still hasn't turned up, sadly.

[telekon3]

I found the following:


De Lewellen had first started singing in bands while attending college in Missouri. When she moved to Austin, she joined the original vaudeville troupe at Esther's Follies. By 1979, she noticed the burgeoning Raul's punk scene and wanted to get involved.

Having become friends with David Fore through her time at Esther's, she asked if he would be interested in starting an alternative band, to which he happily obliged. David had previously played drums in iconic TX psychedelic band, Bubble Puppy. He lined up Stuart Hillyer on guitar and a bassist named John Keller.

They started jamming together and the songs immediately poured out. They played their first gig at Esther's before graduating to Raul's and other more appropriate spots. They'd often venture out to Dallas, Ft. Worth and Houston as well.

They agreed to let a fan named Anne Goetzmann become their manager. She, along with a wealthy lady from Houston named Alisa O'Leary started a label called Moment Productions. Their first release was D-Day's "Too Young To Date" single (later releases on the label include the Big Boys, Standing Waves, etc). The partners went out to Los Angeles to promote D-Day and their new record. Stopping at KROQ, they convinced Rodney Bingenheimer to play the song on the air. Shortly thereafter, it hit number 1.

College stations started to pick it up as well, but before long, mothers started picketing the stations, trying to get the song banned because of the lyric, "He just wants to pop my cherry." The song received airplay in Austin as well, on the local KLBJ. In fact, Lady Bird Johnson was listening one time and called the station demanding they never play the song again. Eventually they went in the studio to record over the one line to make it more suitable for radio, though the censored version was never released as a single.

The band gained even more notoriety when an article was written in Penthouse Magazine about the fiasco. So they went out to LA to take advantage of the situation and got to open for the Go-Go's at the Whisky. Continuous west coast touring prevailed as a second single, "Right To Know," became a hit on KROQ as well. By this time Stuart had left the band and was first replaced by keyboardist Glover Gill, followed by Will Fiveash on guitar.

The band was very well received on their road shows and earned slots opening for the Vapors, Nick Lowe, Romeovoid, Psychedelic Furs, Talking heads, English Beat and others. While playing in Los Angeles, an A&M rep saw their set and signed them soon after.

The producer they wanted was booked up, so the band was flown out England to work with Bob Sargeant. He listened to them rehearse and didn't like their "hooligan music," so he pushed them in a much more pop direction. They spent three months in Europe recording the album, but by the time the record came out, they didn't have a management company behind them and they ultimately slipped through the cracks. By early 1984, the band broke up as De and Glover were very unhappy with the new direction and quit.

D-Day could be heard on the Texas compilation "Tales From The Edge" as well as Rhino's "New Wave Hits Of The 80's."

[telekon3]

Too Young To Date"reached #1 on KROQ in Los Angeles. There was some controversy over the "pop my cherry" lyrics. Some irate mothers complained to the FCC and the record was banned in California. After a DJ was suspended for playing the record, the 3rd verse was re-recorded to replace "pop my cherry". The altered version was played on the radio but not released to the public.

[telekon3]

The boy next door
he's such a dream
but i'm only fourteen
he asked me out to the picture show
my eyes said yes but my mom said no
no way
He's got a car
and we might go far
but he took off my training bra
and it got back my ma
now i'm big trouble
gotta' stay at home
and my folks ripped out the telephone
Too young to date (i really need it)
but i'm too young to date (i gotta have it)
‘cause i can't hardly wait (i really need it)
but i'm too young to date
Maybe some day we'll go steady
in a year or two i might be ready
Got to know the guy and
his name was michael
he just told me about my
menstrual cycle
said the blood on his finger
wasn't from a cut
maybe someday i'll be a
teen age slut
says he really doesn't
want to marry
he just wants
to pop my cherry
owww!
Too young to date (i really need it)
but i'm too young to date (i gotta have it)
‘cause i can't hardly wait (i really need it)
but i'm too young to date
(repeat chorus twice)
You know i'll get it in the end!

[Poodle]

Austin, Texas had a pretty big new wave scene, and this band was one of them. Keyboardist Glover Gill was also one of seven members of an excellent funk-tinged new wave/synth-pop band called Skank, who released an 11-track LP, "I Never Said That", in 1985. Other bands of the scene included Private Lives and The Agents.

Anyway, thanks for sharing this with us Telekon! Pretty good album!

[Danielwaver]

Austin, Texas had a pretty big new wave scene, and this band was one of them. Keyboardist Glover Gill was also one of seven members of an excellent funk-tinged new wave/synth-pop band called Skank, who released an 11-track LP, "I Never Said That", in 1985. Other bands of the scene included Private Lives and The Agents.

Anyway, thanks for sharing this with us Telekon! Pretty good album!

Hey poodle, do you want to chip in for the Arvo album or do you only like free stuff? After all it was you who started that thread but looks like you're no longer interested in it.