Comments on: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 40 http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/ your daily dose of pop culture Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:03:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Shane http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-40662 Shane Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:03:54 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-40662 Did the files get removed? I can't download them. Really wanted Hotel's Half Moon Silver. Did the files get removed? I can't download them. Really wanted Hotel's Half Moon Silver.

]]> By: Shane http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-35698 Shane Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:03:54 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-35698 Did the files get removed? I can't download them. Really wanted Hotel's Half Moon Silver. Did the files get removed? I can't download them. Really wanted Hotel's Half Moon Silver.

]]> By: luffy66 http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-25551 luffy66 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:48:44 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-25551 MTV played it almost constantly, so I was surprised too. MTV played it almost constantly, so I was surprised too.

]]> By: Leon http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-25481 Leon Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:04:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-25481 House of Lords music video - 3:10 mark - Intense microphone flip House of Lords music video – 3:10 mark – Intense microphone flip

]]> By: Ray http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-25465 Ray Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:28:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-25465 Hard to believe that Roger Hodgson track didn't crack the nationwide Top 40. I remember it getting quite a bit of airplay on the rock stations in Chicago at the tail end of 1984 (pretty sure it cracked the Top 20 on WLS, too!). Hard to believe that Roger Hodgson track didn't crack the nationwide Top 40. I remember it getting quite a bit of airplay on the rock stations in Chicago at the tail end of 1984 (pretty sure it cracked the Top 20 on WLS, too!).

]]> By: drcastrato http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-25394 drcastrato Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:43:06 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-25394 Uh, I didn't think the Hot Chocolate song was THAT bad. I mean, bad, yes, and certainly not good. But I'd listen to it over Dan Hill or a lot of previous entries in this series if only because it reminds me of You Sexy Thing. And I could picture myself strutting around the bedroom singing it to my wife. "Are you gettin enough - HAPPINESS?!?!" Uh, I didn't think the Hot Chocolate song was THAT bad. I mean, bad, yes, and certainly not good. But I'd listen to it over Dan Hill or a lot of previous entries in this series if only because it reminds me of You Sexy Thing. And I could picture myself strutting around the bedroom singing it to my wife. “Are you gettin enough – HAPPINESS?!?!”

]]> By: Chris X http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-25379 Chris X Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:46:30 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-25379 Pretty sure the one I'm getting is from 87 at the Tower, right off the soundboard. I'll get you a copy once it's in my possession. Pretty sure the one I'm getting is from 87 at the Tower, right off the soundboard. I'll get you a copy once it's in my possession.

]]> By: Eric S. http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-25376 Eric S. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:19:02 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-25376 I have to agree that The Hooters blew a golden opportunity. I appreciate "One Way Home" now, but when it came out it was too different from what originally got them airplay. As a result, the album got ignored and the band never got the credit they deserved. I have to agree that The Hooters blew a golden opportunity. I appreciate “One Way Home” now, but when it came out it was too different from what originally got them airplay. As a result, the album got ignored and the band never got the credit they deserved.

]]> By: Keith http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-25370 Keith Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:02:32 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-25370 Apparently there is much love for Honeymoon Suite, and I'm right there with ya. I remember "Bad Attitude", also from The Big Prize, being big on the local AOR station. I confessed a couple of weeks ago that I kept my own chart of favorites during the early to mid 80's. In addition, I would "release" album tracks as singles as I deemed necessary, allowing them to chart as well. So, I can appreciate the Def Leppard comparison, as The Big Prize spawned several singles which charted for me. The most notable was a track called "Wounded" which peaked in my Top 10. I imagine economics dictated how many singles would be released from albums, but I never understood how so many killer album tracks would go unreleased back then. Some of my all time favorite songs were never singles. I always thought I could do a better job at that. Apparently there is much love for Honeymoon Suite, and I'm right there with ya. I remember “Bad Attitude”, also from The Big Prize, being big on the local AOR station. I confessed a couple of weeks ago that I kept my own chart of favorites during the early to mid 80's. In addition, I would “release” album tracks as singles as I deemed necessary, allowing them to chart as well. So, I can appreciate the Def Leppard comparison, as The Big Prize spawned several singles which charted for me. The most notable was a track called “Wounded” which peaked in my Top 10. I imagine economics dictated how many singles would be released from albums, but I never understood how so many killer album tracks would go unreleased back then. Some of my all time favorite songs were never singles. I always thought I could do a better job at that.

]]> By: The Man I Used To Be http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-40/comment-page-1/#comment-25362 The Man I Used To Be Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:21:05 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10130#comment-25362 Chris X - I respect them for doing just what you said but, I personally felt that the folk sound they created was over done for the follow-up. The leap in sound from Amore to OWH is alarming. I would think that a balance of Mandolin Rock with classic guitar rock would have paid off nicely for them. My case in point would have to be REM's Out of Time and Automatic For The People. Those albums have that balance that I am speaking of. I am not comparing REM to the Hooters here (I think we know which band is more influential) just their evolutions. OWH would have benefited from a little bit more Nervous Night and a little less Chieftains that's all. <br><br>BTW - I think they did this with the Albums Zig Zag and Out of Body. It was just 2 albums too late. To paraphrase Carl Wilson, OHW was a bunt single when the Philly audience was looking for a home run. Chris X – I respect them for doing just what you said but, I personally felt that the folk sound they created was over done for the follow-up. The leap in sound from Amore to OWH is alarming. I would think that a balance of Mandolin Rock with classic guitar rock would have paid off nicely for them. My case in point would have to be REM's Out of Time and Automatic For The People. Those albums have that balance that I am speaking of. I am not comparing REM to the Hooters here (I think we know which band is more influential) just their evolutions. OWH would have benefited from a little bit more Nervous Night and a little less Chieftains that's all.

BTW – I think they did this with the Albums Zig Zag and Out of Body. It was just 2 albums too late. To paraphrase Carl Wilson, OHW was a bunt single when the Philly audience was looking for a home run.

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