BB Gabor

[British]

From the 3 songs I heard of him, he sure is quite an underrated artist.

"Metropolitan Life" - Good overall rockin' tune.

"Moscow Drug Club" - Like the whole theme of this song. Like the little "....toke" surprise lyric at the end

"Nyet Nyet Soviet" - Like the tick-tock sound in the background. Again, another rockin' tune.

Anyone have anything else by him?

[Gyroscope2]

I've never heard of this artist before. Is there any way you could post a sample track of his work? Thanks!

[British]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Gyroscope2[/i]
<br>I've never heard of this artist before. Is there any way you could post a sample track of his work? Thanks!
[/quote]

I'll see if I have some FTP space I can stuff the 3 tunes on. Then you can LISTEN TO IT NOW(tm).

[Terim]

Hmmm, I'm not sure that underrated is really a fair description.

He had two albums (one self titled in 1980, and Girls of the Future in 1981) but the three songs that you mention are probably his best.

I have tacked up

<a href="http://www.cyberus.ca/~cs/BB Gabor - Laser love.mp3">Laser love</a> (from his first album)

<a href="http://www.cyberus.ca/~cs/BB Gabor - Big yellow taxi.mp3">Big yellow taxi</a> (again from the first and as bad as you might think)

<a href="http://www.cyberus.ca/~cs/BB Gabor - Consumer.mp3">Consumer</a> (first album again)

<a href="http://www.cyberus.ca/~cs/BB Gabor - Shake.mp3">Shake</a> (from Girls of the Future)

and I can send along the full two albums if you are interested (they were reissued on CD in Canada in 2001).

[Ape Module]

Cool! I quite like the Laser Love track. The others haven't hit me as well yet, but it's good stuff.

[amplifyyourheart]

I used to have the 1st record on 8-track (what an annoying format!) & just this spring picked up a new sealed copy of "Girls of The Future" on lp. Nobody really remembers BB but here's a bit of info I found a while back...


BB's bio according to canoe.ca:

The singer/songwriter, guitarist, producer was originally from Hungary and his family had to flee their homeland in 1956 as the Soviets took control of the nation and created a police state. They moved to England where Gabor did everything under the sun to make ends meet including driving taxis, radio work, and brokeraging on the London Metal Exchange. Music didn't really enter into his world until he moved to Canada at age 23. Gabor played the Toronto suburban pub scene before his Instaband was discovered at Queen Street circuit establishment Grossman's (which would later be famous in spawning Jeff Healey as well).

His self-titled debut was released on Anthem in 1980 and was co-produced by Terry Brown. With two well played radio singles, "Soviet Jewellery" and "Metropolitan Life", Gabor crossed Canada twice with touring, garnered a Juno Award nomination, won a CFNY U-know Award, and was voted as best new artist in Music Express magazine's readers poll. His instant fame led him to begin working with others including production of Jimi Bertucci's solo material in 1980.

The second album, 1981's 'Girls Of The Future' was co-produced with Eugene Martynec and featured the single "Jealous Girls", a cover version of The Extras' classic from the same year.

After being let go by Anthem in the mid-80's, Gabor saw his career flounder in fits and starts including The Extras returning the favour for the "Jealous Girls" exposure by getting Gabor and Paul DeVilliers to produce "Fever Fire" on their 'The Watcher' EP.

Gabor then re-located to British Columbia from Toronto in 1984 to be closer to his son. In 1986 he worked on sessions with Todd Rundgren and in 1987 he assembled a new band: keyboardist Phil Dwyer (VEJI), keyboardist David Stone (Richie Blackmore's Rainbow), drummer Tony Toly, guitarist Kim Keyser, and an Afghanistan percussionist known simply as X.

He also reactivated his publishing company Equalised Music and continued producing other acts like Toronto's Ron Hedland. He never recorded another solo record again.

On January 17, 1990 Gabor's body was found by police at his Toronto apartment where coroners ruled the cause of death as a suicide.



Never become what you used to mock.

[British]

<a href="http://xunil.net/~british/mp3/BB%20Gabor/">Here's all the BB Gabor tracks I have</a>