Comments on: Chartburn: 2/29/08

By: pendergrass

pendergrass — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:42:55 +0000

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By: Willie

Willie — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:00:16 +0000

I saw INXS at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison in the mid-80's. It was festival seating and my friend, who was a big INXS fan, insisted we get there early. We were front-and-center and I became an INXS fan that night. Too bad the opening act, The Elvis Brothers, fell off the radar after that tour.

By: Leon

Leon — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:36:55 +0000

ahahahaha the last ten seconds of the LB video is ridiculous

By: Willie

Willie — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:00:16 +0000

By: Leon

Leon — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:36:55 +0000

ahahahaha the last ten seconds of the LB video is ridiculous

By: dslifton

dslifton — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:30:18 +0000

I still can't hear of Teddy Pendergrass without thinking of Meldrick's black velvet painting of him on “Homicide: Life On The Street.” I so wanted to own that.

By: Beau

Beau — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:19:18 +0000

“Not Enough Time” is one of those songs I associate with the alt-pop-rock heyday of WHFS in Washington. Just a wonderfully classy song.

“Don't Change” was one of my early MTV favorites.

“Suicide Blonde” was a guitar riff and two words from which only so many permutations could arise.

By: JonCummings

JonCummings — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:07:53 +0000

Your first paragraph isn't really fair–they were HUGE in Australia by 1981-82, and they had a slow-but-sure build here, from “The One Thing” (big on MTV) and the incredible “Don't Change” through to “What You Need,” their first Top 10 hit in '86.

I saw them three times. The first, when they toured behind “Original Sin,” you could tell it was only a matter of time before they were superstars. The second was sheer luck: They decided to open their Kick tour at Radford University in Virginia, and they got there the very day that “Need You Tonight” ascended to #1. They were unbelievably psyched; it was one of the most joyous shows I've ever seen. That was also the last time they'd play a place that small for awhile; the next time I saw them was at the Spectrum in Philly on the X tour, and they were one of the biggest bands in the world at that point.

The subsequent decline was sad to watch (and then later ignore). Cut to 2005 and “Rock Star INXS,” in which I couldn't help but find myself invested. It mattered to me who replaced Michael Hutchence, and it actually turned out pretty well.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:06:00 +0000

I *really* liked their older stuff. And Listen Like Thieves was pretty good too.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:55:53 +0000

I watched that clip as well, and I'm with you – those six minutes flew by, and that drum break that ties it together is, indeed, hot,