Posted on 09/30/2022 3:20:03 PM PDT by SamAdams76
Perhaps one of the most influential pieces of rock music of the 1970s to a certain band or two, this incredible song exploded on the airwaves on several FM stations in late 1976 and early 1977 on progressive rock stations across America.
I associate this song with Kelly's Roast Beef in Revere, MA. It was January 30, 1977. Jimmy Carter had been president for 10 days. Freddie Prinze blew his brains out in an apparent game of Russian Roulette a couple days earlier. A frigid blizzard moved across the Northeast, dumping multiple feet of snow in the Buffalo area. "Roots" was on the TV. And "Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor was the number one song in the country.
But let's get back to Kelly's Roast Beef and those fried clams. Back then, a clam plate went for $4.95. It contained a hefty paper plate of fried clams (bellies and all) topped with french fries and onion rings, wrapped in aluminum foil so that you could get it all home, still warm.
That same clam plate goes for $17.95 today and there are less clams and way more french fries and onion rings. Well, there you go.
But most of us parked diagonally at the beach in those days (plenty of spaces in winter) and ate them right there with the whitecaps rolling in and the squawking sea gulls that we would throw the occasional couple of fries or onion rings to (but never the precious clams).
Not many people will remember this song. It went into heavy rotation in Boston on WBCN for about a week or two.
It is not confirmed but it is said that the ticking noise in "Time Bomb" was a big influence on The Cars, who would incorporate a rather similar ticking sound in their breakout single "Just What I Needed" that would rule the airwaves just a year later.
This song brings back HUGE memories for myself and a few others.
They are all Italian women BTW. 🙂
Yup. Reminded me of Yes also.
I lived on progressive rock’s WNEW in NYC before, during and after the 70s and never heard this before. (or if I did, it made no impression whatever)
As someone else on this thread said, kinda bubblegummy.
I love traditional instruments melded into modern Rock n Roll... next time there is a music thread started outside of the Canteen i’ll hit you up and post a few more of my favs! ciao!!
Sounds good. 👍
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