Posted on 03/18/2020 4:01:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I read the writer wrote this song wrote it not about a girlfriend, but about a bassist that was cheating with another band.
“How Long” does this Wu Flu lockdown last?
“I wrote it on the back of that bus ticket. That’s my excuse for there only being one verse.”
I love that cheeky humor! That is a good one.
Song has a very cool vibe.
I just love that song. I would have bet (and lost) that it was Hall & Oats. Great song.
Proving most music since 1975 has been basically crap.
Truth.
LOL Even back in '75, I said to myself 'that's a nice *start* to a song. Where's the rest of it?' In a way, it reminds me of another 1975 hit, "Third Rate Romance" by the Amazing Rhythm Aces. That song had two verses but it *begs* for a third one. He gets her to the door of the motel and then...that's it? There wasn't even a longer album version where they had a third verse. The listener is just left at the door.
Paul Carrack has an amazing track record. Ace, Squeeze, Mike & the Mechanics and his solo career among others.
Well done. Thought it was by a black group.
That whole first side of the record was pretty damn good.
Great song.
My first thought was Boz Skaggs. I’m glad to be hearing it again!
One side note on “Third Rate Romance”: their “low rent rondezvous” was at the “Family Inn”. It was such a cheesy name, I thought the songwriter had made it up so he wouldn’t get sued by Holiday Inn, Comfort Inn, Ramada Inn, etc. Many years later, I was driving through the South one time and I came across a motel (it appeared to be a chain) called Family Inn. I had to pull off the highway because I was laughing so hard.
Awesome song.
Awesome song.
Indeed so. If you really want to kill your hearing, go to someplace like Kohls and listen to no singing talent, no melody, and...well, no nuttin!
Guitar solo was good.
Oh, no—are nostalgia Boomers going into fetal position while listening to Oldie favorites?
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