Sniff 'n' The Tears | Driver's Seat (1979)

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[SamAdams76]

Sniff 'n' The Tears - Drivers Seat

Back in August of 1979 - now 42 years ago - this was one of the power pop songs that blared from the tinny speakers of my 1968 Chrysler Newport as I cruised up and down Revere Beach in search of a place to park in order to get some of Kelly's fried clams.

From the now forgotten album "Fickle Heart", this song was a Top 15 smash and still gets the occasional reference in movies and commercials. So Paul Roberts, the song writer, is still getting checks in the mail.

In fact, the song is #24 on the iTunes Top 100 Downloaded Rock Songs after all these years. So it has an all new popularity, probably driven by some Amazon Prime commercial featuring Cleopatra.

Upon examining the album art, is the woman in high heels about to shoot a black cat after having shot the man in the background? I never noticed that the first time around.

I can still smell the fried clams when I play this song.

[SamAdams76]

[NonValueAdded]

Wow. Forgot about that song ... And Kelly’s fried clams too.

[NWFree]

I always thought it was driver’s seat.

[NWFree]

Drive machine

[Allegra]

That song is on my iTunes and I crank it whenever it pops up in my rotation.

[SamAdams76]

[A strike]

Sorry, no one has ever heard of it.

[LostInBayport]

Loved this song. I had it on a 33” K-Tel compilation album.

42 years ago? Can’t be.

[SamAdams76]

Well now you have. Thanks to me!

[DoodleBob]

Did everyone look the same in the 70s?

[nickcarraway]

Nice one.

[rockrr]

It’s such a simple tune.....I never cared much for it but I played it all the time because it was one of the ones guaranteed to get the girls out on the dance floor.

[nickcarraway]

They also just used this song in an Amazon prime ad in the last few days.

[SamAdams76]

Pretty much. I had a similar haircut when I was in high school. Then I joined the Marines and they cut all it off in one fell swoop.

[A strike]

ok,
I sent that before I saw your post #6

[norcal joe]

Jenny was sweet.
There is no elite.

Classic lyrics. :)

[Repeal The 17th]

"Jenny was sweet...She always smiled for the people she'd meet."
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At 16, in 1967, I got my Dad's 1966 Chrysler Newport up to 110 mph.
A week later,
I did it again with a carload of school pals that said I was lying.
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That song didn't come out until 1978.
Back then it was probably Rolling stones - Satisfaction.

[Kenny500c]

Ipswich clams from your “neck” of the woods. My second fave after soft shell crabs.

[lee martell]

It sounds as though it was written for The Cars.

[I-ambush]

The whole album is pretty good. I saw them when they opened for Kenny Loggins after Drivers Seat came out, but I don’t know if they toured after that.