- Detroit Rock City - KISS
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- Texacana - REM
You are right, AD_Don, on both song/artist and theme. Good stuff.
Theme was pretty tame I must admit, but fun finding songs I know that fit.
Trying to follow the brilliance of @wimmera1 ‘s ‘Stairway To Heaven selected lyrics in order’ theme was impossible!!
Yes it is. Good stuff.
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- Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard
Got 16 too,… if no one knows it.
One hit wonder band from the 90’s.
Nice songs, man.
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Ahhh Hoffy pipped me on Skynard…so 16. Counting Crows - Omaha.
heh - you bought that one too?
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Godammit!!! That was one of the hard ones, I thought. Good get!
Actually no. The 90’s were the days of the radio show, and I used to get (borrow) 3 albums a week from a mates Music shop to play a few tracks from it beyond the hit, (and plug his shop ad nauseum) … and if I liked it, I’d TDK it before I took them back.
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12 Louisiana Rain / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Harsh call mate…August & Everything After was a great album including Round Here and Me & Mister Jones.
it went 7x Platinum in The US
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Also, their BigYellow Taxi cover is pretty good.
I don’t think it was/is harsh at all.
Yes,… that is the album, … which had ONE hit, Mr Jones. Peaked at 13 here, … and Round here got all the way up to a lofty 58.
The 2 other singles from it didn’t chart in Oz at all, … if they were even released.
That’s pretty much the quintessential definition of “One Hit Wonder” ,… ?
- Say Goodbye to Hollywood Billy Joel
Great work Stressed. You are spot on.
Just a couple of tough ones left. Here’s some hints that may help
4 You can’t just leave me / To face life on my own / I know you don’t love me no more / I knew this day it would come
The group, with a female lead singer, is named after one of the largest US States. The first line of the song is the title, followed by “I just need a friend.”
7 There’s another fallen man / With hair I don’t understand / Its just bout as long as my wife Marlene’s / Don’t it all kinda keep you wondering
This is an indulgence of mine as I simply loved this group at the time, especially their live recordings . Formed by schoolmates from Wisconsin in 1980, they’ve had a number of hits including “Don’t Be Lonely” and “Closer To Free”. This song was from 1993. Its title is the name of a US State beginning with I.
9 Well how me love how she shock / Watch how she rock / Model it a swing / Like mi grandfather clock
Apparently originally released in 1960, the version I know is from 1993, by a singer who shares his name with a character from the cartoon show Scooby Doo. Must be sung in a strong Jamaican accent.
And one for free - the singer of Key Largo was Bertie Higgins. Nearest the pin was @Koala