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The Library => Broun Hall => Topic started by: Mr. Sensible on February 11, 2010, 10:46:29 AM
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I offer Trixter.
What say you?
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Whitesnake, RATT, Warrant....
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Game.
Set.
Match.
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Game.
Set.
Match.
Solid entry.
And fuck this:
Whitesnake, RATT, Warrant....
Warrant is the lesser of this group, but none of these compare with the suckitude of Stryper. RATT had some great songs ('Round and Round is quite a stripper anthem). Whitesnake gets a pass for the once-magnificent Tawny Kitaen.
Trixter was a good choice.
I'd also offer: Firehouse.
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Somebodysaveme_singleart.jpg)
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Somebodysaveme_singleart.jpg)
Whooooooaaaa...
Nobody's Fool, Don't Know What You Got...., Shelter.....quality rock songs/power ballads.
Tom Keifer was a poor man's Steve Tyler.
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Whooooooaaaa...
Nobody's Fool, Don't Know What You Got...., Shelter.....quality rock songs/power ballads.
Tom Keifer was a poor man's Steve Tyler.
Totally agree, wes. I loved Don't Know What You Got... was the theme to many a break up note response...
i am hard pressed to name a "Worst" one - they all had their moments, their pinnacle of hairsprayed greatness...
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Totally agree, wes. I loved Don't Know What You Got... was the theme to many a break up note response...
i am hard pressed to name a "Worst" one - they all had their moments, their pinnacle of hairsprayed greatness...
How about Britny Fox?
Had it misspelled. Not Samantha Fox. This was a group of dudes. The album was called "Girls School", I think.
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How about Brittney Fox?
Is she technically a band?
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Solid entry.
And phuk this:
Warrant is the lesser of this group, but none of these compare with the suckitude of Stryper. RATT had some great songs ('Round and Round is quite a stripper anthem). Whitesnake gets a pass for the once-magnificent Tawny Kitaen.
Trixter was a good choice.
I'd also offer: Firehouse.
You can suck less than Stryper and still suck. Yes - I think Stryper was THAT bad.
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Is she technically a band?
(http://www.glamrock.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/britny-fox.jpg)
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Odin from "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years"
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You can suck less than Stryker and still suck. Yes - I think Stryker was THAT bad.
Yeah, I'm not lobbying for Cinderella's inclusion in any "best of" lists, but they are certainly not THE worst.
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Yeah, I'm not lobbying for Cinderella's inclusion in any "best of" lists, but they are certainly not THE worst.
"Bad Seamstress Blues" alone is a solid enough song to keep them off any worst of list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKGW4ot7iOY# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKGW4ot7iOY#)
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Some more: Mr. Big (Kaos' favorite), Slaughter, Europe (simp's favorite), WASP, Guiffria, Winger (my favorite).
I take Whitesnake back because Coverdell wasnt actually a terrible vocalist.
Most underrated front man of all time? Paul Rodgers - although I think Bad Company was avg. He made them ok.
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(http://www.emeraldangel.co.uk/images/big_bow.jpg)
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Some more: Mr. Big (Kaos' favorite), Slaughter, Europe (simp's favorite), WASP, Guiffria, Winger (my favorite).
I take Whitesnake back because Coverdell wasnt actually a terrible vocalist.
Most underrated front man of all time? Paul Rodgers - although I think Bad Company was avg. He made them ok.
IMO
Mr. Big = Not the worst but deffintely playing to the marketing of the time
Slaughter = gets a pass for "Up All Night" and "Fly to the Angels".
Europe = Agree completely
WASP = You are way off base here. WASP was not a hair band by definition. Completely metal. Blackie Lawless was a trend setter for what would later become the West coast metal movement. WASP will always hold a special place in my heart for not taking any shit off of Tipper Gore and her PRMC organization that was encroaching on free speech. I am reminded of this piece with Dee Snider...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pvmyNnepTk# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pvmyNnepTk#)
Winger = There is a reason why the lame kid on Beavis and Butthead wore the winger shirt
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Europe (simp's favorite)
This one's for simp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeMDvCdrtc# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeMDvCdrtc#)
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WASP = You are way off base here. WASP was not a hair band by definition. Completely metal. Blackie Lawless was a trend setter for what would later become the West coast metal movement. WASP will always hold a special place in my heart for not taking any shit off of Tipper Gore and her PRMC organization that was encroaching on free speech.
Thanks for saving me the typing. Waaaaaaaay off base on this one, GH.
Maybe this isn't the thread for you to shine.
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I'm a hair band fanatic, Poison still makes me moist.
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I'm a hair band fanatic, Poison still makes me moist.
hair envy will do that
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hair envy will do that
That makes sense.
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I'm a hair band fanatic, Poison still makes me moist.
Get out your lighters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOCNYLHdc1s# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOCNYLHdc1s#)
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Britny Fox - not sure I remember them, obviously.
According to www.liketotally80s.com (http://www.liketotally80s.com), here's a list of the "definitive" hair bands... of this list, I would say W.A.S.P was the worst, followed by Skid Row. Not sure I consider Ozzy a hair band, tho.
Bon Jovi
Cinderella
Motley Crue
Def Leppard
Poison
Guns n’ Roses
Skid Row
Great White
KISS
Whitesnake
Quiet Riot
Telsa
Van Halen
Iron Maiden
Dokken
Scorpions
Ratt
Ozzy Osbourne
Warrant
W.A.S.P.
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Britny Fox - not sure I remember them, obviously.
According to www.liketotally80s.com (http://www.liketotally80s.com), here's a list of the "definitive" hair bands... of this list, I would say W.A.S.P was the worst, followed by Skid Row. Not sure I consider Ozzy a hair band, tho.
Bon Jovi
Cinderella
Motley Crue
Def Leppard
Poison
Guns n’ Roses
Skid Row
Great White
KISS
Whitesnake
Quiet Riot
Telsa
Van Halen
Iron Maiden
Dokken
Scorpions
Ratt
Ozzy Osbourne
Warrant
W.A.S.P.
That list is bullshit!
WASP has been discussed, but Skid Row is in the top ten hair bands ever!
18 and Life, I Remember You, Wasted Time....classics.
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OK, bored at work again - interesting Wiki article on Hair Bands...
Origins (1970s)
The glam metal visual style was heavily influenced by 1970s glam rock, hard rock, and heavy metal acts. Stephen Davis claims the influences of the style can be traced back to acts like Aerosmith, Kiss, Boston, Cheap Trick, and The New York Dolls. The shock rock style of such acts as Alice Cooper would also serve as a major influence on the genre. Hanoi Rocks have been credited for setting a blueprint for hair metal. Ted Nugent has been cited as a seminal influence on the hair metal movement. Angel provided a, "virtual spot-on blueprint for '80s hair metal."
In the United States, many fans credited that the movement on the Sunset Strip was kick-started largely by Van Halen. Other early groups were Mötley Crüe and Nikki Sixx's former band London who originally formed as a glam rock band. Others assert that it was kick-started by Quiet Riot's Metal Health album when it reached #1 in the Billboard music charts in 1983. These bands played a prominent part in the overall look and would go on to influence a lot of the bands who formed from the mid-1980s onwards. During 1980 in England, one year prior to Mötley Crüe's formation, Wrathchild, fronted by Rocky Shades, also emerged. This band was also known for its similar image; they also used various pyrotechnics similar to that of shock rock and would eventually tour with Los Angeles heavy metal band W.A.S.P. in 1984. However, Wrathchild did not gain the same level of fame as their Los Angeles contemporaries.
First wave (1981–83)
During the early 1980s glam metal became extremely popular. The first wave of glam metal bands included Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P., Twisted Sister, Mötley Crüe, Dokken, Ratt and Black 'n Blue. Their music was a traditional heavy metal style combined with a glam rock look. The younger contemporaries who would eventually emerge during the second wave, like Stryper, Poison, Cinderella, Warrant and Slaughter, had a pop rock influenced hard rock musical style that ultimately became synonymous with the glam metal look.
Second wave (1984–91)
By the mid-1980s, glam metal had reached huge mainstream success. Los Angeles continued to foster the most important scene around the Sunset Strip. This movement eventually spawned bands such as Poison, Warrant, Autograph, Faster Pussycat, L.A. Guns and London (which reformed in 1985).
Other bands were associated with that scene's style but actually came from outside of Hollywood. Among these are Cinderella and Britny Fox, which were both from Philadelphia, Winger and Danger Danger, which were both from New York, Slaughter, which was from Las Vegas, FireHouse, which was from North Carolina, Roxx Gang, which was from Florida and Dangerous Toys, which was from Austin. Stryper, founded in 1983 in Orange County, California, became most successful in 1986 with their platinum album To Hell with the Devil and brought Christian lyrics to their hard rock music style and glam metal looks. Heavy metal band Skid Row, founded in 1986 in New Jersey, rose to success in 1989 with their eponymous debut album. Their style shared both musical and visual elements with glam metal, though the band always kept a heavier sound if compared to classic glam metal acts like Poison or Warrant. Californian Anarcho-punk/death rock band TSOL and Canadian heavy metal band Helix also shifted towards glam metal during this period.
Swedish band Europe reached international success with their 1986 multi-platinum album The Final Countdown, whose single "The Final Countdown" hit number one in 26 countries.
In 1985 Guns N' Roses were formed from an initial fusion of L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. In 1986 L.A. Guns reformed becoming a successful hard rock/glam metal band, whereas Guns N' Roses only kept some visual elements from glam metal and based their style on hard rock, rejecting the typical pop metal sound and incorporating heavy metal influences.
Since glam metal was an entirely visual aspect rather than a unique musical style it became appealing to music television, particularly MTV when it was launched. During the mid-to-late 1980s, glam metal bands were in heavy rotation on the channel. Glam metal bands often resided at the top of MTV's daily dial countdown, and some of the bands appeared on the channel's shows such as Headbanger's Ball.
The groups also received heavy rotation on radio shows such as KNAC in Los Angeles. The second wave of glam metal would prove to be the most commercially successful during the 1980s despite mostly negative critical reviews and being shunned by certain sections of the music industry.
A notable example came in 1987 with the release of Mötley Crüe's Girls, Girls, Girls. Before the establishment of Soundscan in 1991, Billboard's album chart was decided by a combination of reports from retailers, wholesalers, and industry professionals, rather than on actual album sales. As the band related on MTV's Week in Rock, the week that Girls, Girls, Girls peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart, it was actually the highest-selling album of that week. However, the industry professionals gave extra weight to Whitney Houston's second album, allowing it to retain the top spot. In the band's opinion, the industry simply wouldn’t allow their album to hold the #1 spot. (The band eventually conquered the top spot with their next album, Dr. Feelgood, which became the biggest album of their career.)
Glam metal bands continued to generate hits throughout all the 1980s. Poison's second album Open Up and Say...Ahh! spawned a hit single in Every Rose Has Its Thorn, and eventually sold eight million copies worldwide[9].
Decline (1991–97)
In the early 1990s glam metal's popularity rapidly declined after nearly a decade of success. Several music writers and musicians began to deride glam metal acts as "hair farmers," hinting at the soon to be popularized term hair metal. Several factors played a role in the decline, the main one being the rise of grunge music from Seattle, changing audience tastes, little or no support, lack of new contracts and the impacts of band breakups and personnel changes.
In the early 1990s, bands from the alternative rock subgenre grunge, including Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden started supplanting glam metal's popularity. Although grunge was influenced by heavy metal, it also mixed in elements of hardcore punk and indie rock, such as introspective or angst-filled lyrics, a stripped-down aesthetic and a complete rejection of the glam metal visual style and performance. Many major labels felt they had been caught off-guard by the surprise success of Nirvana's Nevermind, and had begun turning over their personnel in favor of younger staffers more versed in grunge. As MTV shifted its attention to the new style, glam metal bands found themselves relegated more and more often to Headbanger's Ball and late night airplay, and almost entirely disappeared from the channel by early 1994. Given glam metal's lack of a major format presence on radio, bands were left without a clear way to reach their audience. Other non-grunge bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nine Inch Nails also helped supplant the popularity of hair metal even further.
Another reason for the decline in popularity of the style may have been the changing popularity of the power ballad, a slow, emotional song that gradually builds to a strong finale. While the use of the power ballad — especially after a hard-rocking anthem — was initially a successful formula in the late 1980s, audiences eventually lost interest in this approach. Contracts were canceled, and many bands broke up. From late 1991 to early 1992, Stryper, White Lion, Europe, and Britny Fox all broke up. Vince Neil was briefly fired from Mötley Crüe, guitarist Robbin Crosby left Ratt (who then broke up with the departure of lead singer Stephen Pearcy), and C.C. DeVille left Poison.According to a documentary special called Heavy: The Story of Metal that aired on VH1 in 2006 claimed that the 1988 film The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years played a role in the death of glam metal, claiming that it disgusted audiences with its exposure of the excesses of the glam metal scene, particularly the scene that interviews W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes abusing vodka while on an inflatable raft in a swimming pool.
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That list is bullshit!
WASP has been discussed, but Skid Row is in the top ten hair bands ever!
18 and Life, I Remember You, Wasted Time....classics.
Not saying Skid Row sucks - but that there are ten others at least who are better.
Of that list, who is your top ten? Not arguing - I pretty much like them all - but some have to be better than others.
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My number one? HANDS DOWN - Guns & Roses. Sweet Child O' Mine is still one of the most incredible songs ever. The music is beautiful and the words are amazing. To this day, no matter the weather, that song makes me rolls down the windows, open the sunroof and crank it up all the way. The opening guitar solo gives me goose bumps.
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That list is bullshit!
WASP has been discussed, but Skid Row is in the top ten hair bands ever!
18 and Life, I Remember You, Wasted Time....classics.
This. Also, Great White is in my top 10 anyway. Once Bitten, Twice Shy is the greatest hair band song EVAR.
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My number one? HANDS DOWN - Guns & Roses. Sweet Child O' Mine is still one of the most incredible songs ever. The music is beautiful and the words are amazing. To this day, no matter the weather, that song makes me rolls down the windows, open the sunroof and crank it up all the way. The opening guitar solo gives me goose bumps.
Slow your damn roll, woman.
GnR is no hair metal band. Apart from the "Welcome to the Jungle" video, Axl (or anyone else in the band), never really did the hair/makeup bit.
"Appetite for Destruction" was the greatest Rock n Roll (no qualifier) album of the eighties.
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Slow your damn roll, woman.
GnR is no hair metal band. Apart from the "Welcome to the Jungle" video, Axl (or anyone else in the band), never really did the hair/makeup bit.
"Appetite for Destruction" was the greatest Rock n Roll (no qualifier) album of the eighties.
We got some wide paint brush havin mutha fuckas up in here.
here's a map.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGoDixk8VB4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGoDixk8VB4#)
If you haven't seen the documentary "Anvil" It so bad it's funny these guys are real metal losers.
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Britny Fox - not sure I remember them, obviously.
According to www.liketotally80s.com (http://www.liketotally80s.com), here's a list of the "definitive" hair bands... of this list, I would say W.A.S.P was the worst, followed by Skid Row. Not sure I consider Ozzy a hair band, tho.
Bon Jovi
Cinderella
Motley Crue
Def Leppard
Poison
Guns n’ Roses
Skid Row
Great White
KISS left them out at first pass accidentally. Don't want to give Kaos an aneurysm.
Whitesnake
Quiet Riot
Telsa
Van Halen
Iron Maiden
Dokken
Scorpions
Ratt
Ozzy Osbourne
Warrant
W.A.S.P.
Fixed their list for them.
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Of that list, who is your top ten?
From this list (in descending order)...
GnR (though they don't belong on this list)
Bon Jovi (really the undisputed kings of hair metal)
Motley Crue
Skid Row
Tesla
(again, not truly a hair metal band, but I will include them since they are on the list)
Def Leppard
Whitesnake
Cinderella
Poison
Great White
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From this list...
GnR (though they don't belong on this list)
Did I ever send you that "Sympathy for the Devil" cover they did?
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And another thing...
How can you be called a definitive anything when you only had two or three decent songs?
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And another thing...
How can you be called a definitive anything when you only had two or three decent songs?
Some stars burn brighter for shorter periods of time.
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Some stars burn brighter for shorter periods of time.
That's what I tell my wife all the time.
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Did I ever send you that "Sympathy for the Devil" cover they did?
You did not. Slackin motherfucker.
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Britny fox-Winner by a mile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfrvuLtWBc&feature=related# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfrvuLtWBc&feature=related#)
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Can I put my vote in for KISS
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Can I put my vote in for KISS
I just thought it was a given.
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Wes, I 100% agree with your list, we must be brothers from diffrent mothers. Like a wolfpack.
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Can I put my vote in for KISS
The ice grows thin.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFLggqjddKM# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFLggqjddKM#)
Even KISS would kick Nelson's ass.
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Thanks for saving me the typing. Waaaaaaaay off base on this one, GH.
Maybe this isn't the thread for you to shine.
Well - they suck to me. Sorry, humans have this thing called differing opinions. I didn't know WASP had been elevated to Beatles and Led Zeppelin status suddenly. I guess I better get out the old Nelson tapes as well.....
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Well - they suck to me. Sorry, humans have this thing called differing opinions. I didn't know WASP had been elevated to Beatles and Led Zeppelin status suddenly. I guess I better get out the old Nelson tapes as well.....
I never said that Mr. histrionic. Just making the distinction.
Wes you should have that now. Nothing tops the original but it is a solid remake.
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The ice grows thin.
I thought we were in the Nest, are we not in the tree with the nest.
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I thought we were in the Nest, are we not in the tree with the nest.
You need a freezing rain.
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Wes you should have that now. Nothing tops the original but it is a solid remake.
Got it. Gracias.
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I never said that Mr. histrionic. Just making the distinction.
Wes you should have that now. Nothing tops the original but it is a solid remake.
Blah blah blah...something about being histrionic....more blah blah blah , something about wes and some solid making out skills, didnt really read it real close.
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Blah blah blah...something about being histrionic....more blah blah blah , something about wes and some solid making out skills, didnt really read it real close.
Is that you, Kei$ha?
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Is that you, Kei$ha?
Never been to Spain, but I kind of like the music....
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Never been to Spain, but I kind of like the music....
Say the ladies are insane there. And they sure know how to use it.
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Say the ladies are insane there. And they sure know how to use it.
I think the guy was crack though when he wrote the Oklahoma verse....Oklahoma aint Spain.
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I think the guy was crack though when he wrote the Oklahoma verse....Oklahoma aint Spain.
Dude. It was Three Dog Night. Of course they were high. They got their shit from negros.
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Dude. It was Three Dog Night. Of course they were high. They got their poop from negros.
This thread has went from Worst Hair Metal Bands of the 80's to a band that was kind of the shit in the 70's. Awesome. BTW - do love some 3 Dog Night....
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This thread has went from Worst Hair Metal Bands of the 80's to a band that was kind of the shit in the 70's. Awesome. BTW - do love some 3 Dog Night....
I like them alright. I prefer Croce.
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I like them alright. I prefer Croce.
Make that three drinks I owe you now.
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I like them alright. I prefer Croce.
He's ok.....I heard something by him once. Maybe I will give it another listen... :bar: