Great Songs (underrated and long-forgotten category)

I actually accomplished getting "SED" played on a Top 40 station here years ago - part of a theme request triple play....Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver" was part 2, can't recall the third song...ever seen them live? (Genesis, Hackett, Gabriel)...I've seen Genesis 2x, Yes 3x, Roxy Music, Level 42/Steve Winwood, Pink Floyd...all up here in cold W. Canada...would love to see Hackett live...

 

There's another song of hers I liked better, but it didn't climb as high ...

 

We mustn't forget one of the GREAT classics!

 

2 powerful voices that ought to collaborate more often. I can listen to this all day and never get sick of it.

 

--Mental Hopscotch, Missing Persons
--Jukebox, the Flirts
--Promise, Cock Robin
--No Contact, Rough Trade
--Arizona, Mark Lindsey

 

Man, I've always had such a crush on Dale Bozio ...

Mental Hopscotch...

This is "Words" ...

"Destination Unknown"

 

There was a T and A movie, around 1979 or 1980, called Lunch Wagon. Missing Persons (playing under a different name) performed Mental Hopscotch about 6-7 times in the movie.

 

That movie sounds very familiar ....

 

The synth player, Matt Cohen, lived about 10 houses down the street from where I grew up in Long Beach. My older brother was best friends with his younger brother Blair. The first real crush I had as a kid was on Terri Nunn when the band was at Matt's house. I stopped over and met her for a few moments, and to this day I remember how hard my heart was beating. So pretty, and I loved her voice.

 

Um, Terri Nunn was the singer of Berlin, speaking of which:
--Sex
--The Metro
--Masquerade
--Dancing in Berlin

 

Exactly. Cohen was the synth player and that's how I met her, because he lived up the street. I guess that was one of my buried leads. I was working up to the nut.