I loved that song, “I’ve got a line on you”...one hit wonders...Spirit was great.
I turn 65 the end of July. Never listened to much music, but spent my career with headsets on, listening to Morse code. Somehow, my hearing has survived relatively intact.
They actually had several moderately successful songs. Natures Way, Fresh Garbage, Mechanical World and a few others. I’ve Got a Line is probably the most popular, They were a pretty good band especially live.
Randy California was one of the great underrated lead guitarists of the era. His lead work on "I've Got a Line on You" was first rate, one of my favorites.
I used to play that song in a band. I played lead guitar (although I'm a bassist) on the song, and sang the lead vocal. We had to take it down a full step in pitch (song was recorded in the key of "B", we took it down to "A")and the crowds loved it! It was a keyboards, bass and drums group, with a chick lead singer. I alternated on bass and lead guitar, as the needs of the songs dictated, with the keyboard player playing bass on the keys when I played guitar. We were called "Ivy League". Freepers from the North-Central Ohio area might recall us. You can find out more at www.nobodysfool.org, click on the "Ivy League" link.
The band I play in now is a 4 piece, "Back on Earth", at www.backonearthband.com I'm the bass player....
I have some hearing loss from the music, but most of it was from recurrent ear infections in my right ear when I was a kid. I have some ringing, but in my current band, we work to get our stage volume lower, and let the PA do the work out front. Much easier on the ears, and the sound is better.