Comments on: Why You Should Like… The Bay City Rollers

By: Kimber

Kimber — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:57:03 +0000

I saw the Bay City Rollers when I was 11 years old. I am still quite in love with Ian but Saturday Night is NOT stuck in my head! Rock and Roll Love Letter is! Gonna sign it, gonna seal it….
Kimber

By: Kimber

Kimber — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:57:03 +0000

I saw the Bay City Rollers when I was 11 years old. I am still quite in love with Ian but Saturday Night is NOT stuck in my head! Rock and Roll Love Letter is! Gonna sign it, gonna seal it….
Kimber

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:50:46 +0000

I certainly hove Ray Davies' “X-Ray” will be in there. Good freaking read.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:26:26 +0000

A woman I work with usta date Ian Mitchell. We play S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night a lot in my office to razz her.

By: WHarrisBullzEye

WHarrisBullzEye — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:05:50 +0000

Todd, you rule. I'm currently investigating those albums as I type this sentence.

By: WHarrisBullzEye

WHarrisBullzEye — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:01:01 +0000

I'm in the midst of putting together a feature on books that should be on the shelf of any music fan, and one of my personal faves is “Bye Bye Baby: My Tragic Love Affair with the Bay City Rollers,” by Carolyn Sullivan. It's kind of like Pamela des Barres' “I'm With the Band,” except that Sullivan had kind of a one-track mind.

Honestly, though, I've dug the Rollers ever since their variety show, and in addition to “Rock & Roll Love Letter” (which was such a power pop classic that The Records did their own version of it), “You Made Me Believe In Magic” is one of the best neo-disco tracks of the '70s.

By: JohnHughes

JohnHughes — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:57:50 +0000

Even better when you realize the double-entendre:

'Cause I see an ancient rhythm
In a man's genetic code
Gonna keep on rock and rollin
Til' my genes explode

Awesomeness.

By: SteveC

SteveC — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:51:28 +0000

Ha! "I'm gonna rock n roll until my jeans explode"????

Did I hear that right???

Outstanding!

By: jabartlett

jabartlett — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:30:53 +0000

The Rollers' version of “I Only Want to Be With You” is a favorite of mine as well, featuring the 101 Strings sawing away like they're on a caffeine high. It's clear, however, that anyone who does not dig “Money Honey” and “Rock and Roll Love Letter” is a sinner who does not love Jesus.

By: 1Py_Korry1

1Py_Korry1 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:43:21 +0000

Believe it or not, but a guy I work with wrote this book:

“Bay City Babylon: The Unbelievable but True Story of the Bay City Rollers”