Favorite band/musician you "might" worry others think is uncool

A great Canuckistani artist. the missus and I are going to see him in October.

 

The Lunatic Fringe was a big song in the states from the Vision Quest soundtrack. But beyond that, he was completely unknown here until "Life Is A Highway." But the modern rock station we could pick up from Ann Arbor when I was in college was 89X in Windsor, and that album got a lot of play -- Canadian content regs and all that.

 

Speaking of CanCon, I can listen to a large amount of Lightfoot without even touching Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

I like to remind myself that Gord spent some time in Crazy Town with Cathy Smith, Speedball Queen. It adds a rich undertone to some of the songs.

 

Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To have a little fun
Stupid Jill
Forgot her pill
And now they have a son

I have an entire playlist based around skating rink jams from when I was in elementary school.

 

I found my way around a ghetto blaster or two in my school days too.

 

Slade ... Now THERE was a band reaching for the brass ring in the MTV era long past their sell-by date. Electronic drums on Run Runaway? A nice twist.

Slade had 12 straight top-4 hits in the UK from 1971-74. They weren't true heavy metal as much as a form of glam rock. They remind me of The Sweet, another UK band from the same era that had more statewide success. This was Slade's first No. 1:

Here's another slinky top hit from the era:

 

I, for one, would like to subscribe to your Tik Tok channel.

 

Saw them open for Commodores in Spring’81, (Sr yr in HS) that was a blast!

 

Wondering whatever happened to that cute Debby Gibson-looking dancer behind Noddy in "Take Me Bak 'Ome."