Comments on: CHART ATTACK!: 2/7/87 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/ your daily dose of pop culture Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:07:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Amram http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-41284 Amram Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:28:54 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-41284 I" want to make fun of this song. It seems like making fun of Bon Jovi is the right move. But I defy any of you (yes, any of you!) to hit those notes with the same strength as Mr. Bongiovi — especially with that brutal key change. Mike & I do a snippet of this song during our Acoustic ’80s set, and the “Liiivin’ on a Praaaaaayer!” right before the guitar solo is just so painful — both for me and the audience. How painful? I lower the key a full step, and it still hurts everyone involved."<br><br>Why should we be impressed?<br><br>A bad song is a bad song and all the half-step key changes in the world isn't going to change that. I” want to make fun of this song. It seems like making fun of Bon Jovi is the right move. But I defy any of you (yes, any of you!) to hit those notes with the same strength as Mr. Bongiovi — especially with that brutal key change. Mike & I do a snippet of this song during our Acoustic ’80s set, and the “Liiivin’ on a Praaaaaayer!” right before the guitar solo is just so painful — both for me and the audience. How painful? I lower the key a full step, and it still hurts everyone involved.”

Why should we be impressed?

A bad song is a bad song and all the half-step key changes in the world isn't going to change that.

]]> By: Amram http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-13340 Amram Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:28:54 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-13340 I" want to make fun of this song. It seems like making fun of Bon Jovi is the right move. But I defy any of you (yes, any of you!) to hit those notes with the same strength as Mr. Bongiovi — especially with that brutal key change. Mike & I do a snippet of this song during our Acoustic ’80s set, and the “Liiivin’ on a Praaaaaayer!” right before the guitar solo is just so painful — both for me and the audience. How painful? I lower the key a full step, and it still hurts everyone involved."<br><br>Why should we be impressed?<br><br>A bad song is a bad song and all the half-step key changes in the world isn't going to change that. I” want to make fun of this song. It seems like making fun of Bon Jovi is the right move. But I defy any of you (yes, any of you!) to hit those notes with the same strength as Mr. Bongiovi — especially with that brutal key change. Mike & I do a snippet of this song during our Acoustic ’80s set, and the “Liiivin’ on a Praaaaaayer!” right before the guitar solo is just so painful — both for me and the audience. How painful? I lower the key a full step, and it still hurts everyone involved.”

Why should we be impressed?

A bad song is a bad song and all the half-step key changes in the world isn't going to change that.

]]> By: jefito http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-13339 jefito Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:35:13 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-13339 They were really trying to be the Faces -- and they almost got there. Their third album is excellent. They were really trying to be the Faces — and they almost got there. Their third album is excellent.

]]> By: rsbrandt http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-13323 rsbrandt Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:11:14 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-13323 Brisith? Forsooth!<br><br>British, of course. Brisith? Forsooth!

British, of course.

]]> By: rsbrandt http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-13322 rsbrandt Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:10:50 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-13322 mojo & dw: wrong on multiple counts. You're confusing the Brisith Page THREE girl Samantha Fox, of pop music fame, with the American porn actress Samantha Fox, star of "Dracula Sucks!" and other classics. mojo & dw: wrong on multiple counts. You're confusing the Brisith Page THREE girl Samantha Fox, of pop music fame, with the American porn actress Samantha Fox, star of “Dracula Sucks!” and other classics.

]]> By: rsbrandt http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-13338 rsbrandt Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:08:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-13338 Once the Satellites appeared on a national radio call-in show, but I never had the chance to ask them my question about that song: "You guys were trying to be Jerry Lee Lewis, weren't you?" Once the Satellites appeared on a national radio call-in show, but I never had the chance to ask them my question about that song: “You guys were trying to be Jerry Lee Lewis, weren't you?”

]]> By: Ray http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-13337 Ray Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:42:04 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-13337 While this Samantha Fox most definitely became famous posing topless as a Page 3 girl in the British tabloids,she is not to be confused with Samantha Fox, the brunette porn starlet of the mid-late 1970s. For one thing, our perky Brit poptart was born in 1966, and most certainly was not doing porn at age ten! While this Samantha Fox most definitely became famous posing topless as a Page 3 girl in the British tabloids,she is not to be confused with Samantha Fox, the brunette porn starlet of the mid-late 1970s. For one thing, our perky Brit poptart was born in 1966, and most certainly was not doing porn at age ten!

]]> By: ckd http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-13336 ckd Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:15:03 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-13336 Billy Vera also appeared in <i>The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension</i> in the minor part of "Pinky Carruthers". Billy Vera also appeared in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension in the minor part of “Pinky Carruthers”.

]]> By: Philomath http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-13335 Philomath Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:12:01 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-13335 Are you sure that's not Eli Manning in the Glass Tiger video? I swear the lead singer looks just like him. Or maybe the 18 hours of Super Bowl coverage last week is still affecting my brain. Are you sure that's not Eli Manning in the Glass Tiger video? I swear the lead singer looks just like him. Or maybe the 18 hours of Super Bowl coverage last week is still affecting my brain.

]]> By: EightE1 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/comment-page-1/#comment-13334 EightE1 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:41:39 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-2787/#comment-13334 I defy Jon Bon Jovi to hit the high notes in "Livin' on a Prayer." These days I think he just lets the audience take them.<br><br>Rob<br>EightE1 I defy Jon Bon Jovi to hit the high notes in “Livin' on a Prayer.” These days I think he just lets the audience take them.

Rob
EightE1

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