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@stere0lad Wow, never knew it was Pauline Murray,thanks for that tidbit. What a voice. Don't Dictate was just a tour-de-force but that was just one song that comes to mind from a band that was totally underrated, too bad.

One of my top favourite Only Ones songs. This song is beautiful.

I'm always blown away by how good the Only Ones were, guitar, drums, bass, vocals that fit and were unique. And good songwriting, great songwriting.

I wish I could go see The Only Ones right now.

Unfortunately, I missed seeing them over the years. They don't actually travel to western Canada, too bad for me.

Just listen to the start of this song. You know right away it is unique.

Effin' great song, listen to that winding guitar solo building out to the close. The entire song is tension.

All the good stuff had an element of danger to it. And in response to the unknowledgeable who ask who they were, I respond by telling them that they have lousy taste in music and that there is no point in talking to them.

The fact that only die-hard followers of good music know about this song underscores how rotten the flow of music on commercial radio was back then.

Listen to the lead played as this song closed out, and compare it to Foreigner, or Styx or any other such tacky drivel. WTF is wrong with people? D...

Yes, this is a beautiful song.

I know for damned sure that if this song had been played on mainstream radio a few million women would have fallen in love with this song.

I saw him at a Greek restaurant in Toronto in the 90's. It was show that anyone would remember. So nice that he was around as long as he was. He was a great antidote to the slick crap that permeated the airwaves.

You're still in my heart Johnny.

@megaloskardia You got it. All those bands are so great. I wish I had seen the Replacements, simply one of the best bands ever.

I never saw the Only Ones either, wish I had. All of them were very good musicians.

@jrhunter007 You pretty much spoke my mind. I know who Paul Rogers is, but I liked Ian Hunter, Bowie, David Johanson, Jagger, Steve Harley, and more.

Mott just had a cool sound and spoke to me. I was very much into punk when it emerged a bit later. I knew many artists were not 'punk ' by that n...

This song is special from the beginning. I mean, listen to the opening chords, it just goes from there.

This song should have been hitting us on mainstream radio, just like Ramones stuff should have been heard in the 70's and 80's, but we all know how stupid things get when mass popularity is th...

I don't think it is a love song, or a political statement.

It is one man's recount of what he saw. Shane and the Pogues always loved singing songs that are just reality.

My father knows lots about the constabulary burning them out in southern Ireland, he was there and told me about it. This so...

This feels very European, doesn't it?

Very breezy and uncomplicated.

I know it is the original version because I bought this album for $4.99 when it came out. My friends always asked "who?" when I told them what albums I had bought. Kind of like Thin Lizzy, most people I knew in high school back then did not realize that R.E.O Speedwagon actually were not all that...

I didn't like the echo effect on the vocal, not necessary at all.

A beautiful song, timeless.

@fbarnett59 I wonder if it was the same tour where I went to Toronto to see Aerosmith (wasn't really gung-ho, went with some friends for something to do) and Tyler couldn't remmber the words to songs he wrote himself. Wishbone Ash was not there, and the night did not have the happy ending you enj...

I, for one, would not be surprised that Luke Kelly and The Dubliners would memorialize this disaster with dignity, while U2 with Bono in his Hollywood/Euro trash shades would do less well. Gee, no surprise there.

My grandfather died from the effects of coal mining in Nova Scotia, not in the Sprin...

This was a great tour. I don't bookmark all that many things but I did with this.

Thanks Steve, you showed me something really interesting with a great musical soundtrack.

Yeah, I remember this well from back in the day.

What I would truly love, and would pay to see if I could have my own Fantasy Island, is to see every single Flyer player on this team get the S H I T beat out of them. They were a bunch of dogs, creepy guys mostly.

Robinson was an international h...

@svendemandt Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

Something about the trumpet. I'm just really appreciating and noticing the trumpet way more these days. Like those coronet players with Calexico, they just blow me away sometimes.

You are very creative. I have loved this song for a while, and your video gave me a new way of hearing it. Thanks for the time you obviously put into describing this song.

Way to go!!

I am going to make the same complaint I have made before. How come I could not listen to Rockaway Beach on the way to the beach, why did I have come across a foreigner song? Why could I not hear Cracker, one of the best bands around, and instead have to hear some junk from a band like foreigner. ...

Such a desolate and exotic song. Is it New York, is it Boston, is it San Francisco?

Of course, it does not matter. It is a lonely financial zone, it has no location.

"he's down by the peas and carrots.."

@captmark97

Jonathan is just talented. This song is so cool, being all ad-hoc sounding and casual, but there is so much talent here.

This band rocked. Jonathan came to town one night. I got all drunk and jumped on the stage. Jonathan put his hand on my shoulder, talked to me and knew I was just a drunken admirer. He was so cool.

He played an incredible rendition of some classic song (forget the name) on sax. Jonathan and his b...

This song is genius, uncregognized. I love my Twilley vinyl records, including that one I can`t replace - `Twilley Don`t Mind``

This guy was great. Cannot believe to this day that this song was not flooding the airwaves.

It`s the public`s loss.

Radio is so stupid. Twilley could have kept radio rocking for months on end with the stuff they wrote.

You Were So Warm, Just Like The Sun...and on and on. Those songs totally outclassed so much of the crap we were fed, like stuff from Journey...egads!

So sad.

mmmm....fried chicken

It's just so musical. Listen to dem der xylophone chiming in. This song is great to have sex to, loose and playfuyl, yet forceful.

@gumbyonacid

Yes, you are correct now that I think of it. I believe I had had a few wobbly-pops that evening that impaired my judgement.

This is nowhere near my favourite BTO song, either. It was just a blast from the past for me. G.F.R.R. was just a band I never got too familiar with.

I also think this is the best version. The pacing just adds drama. I heard a recording from the Winnipeg Folk Festival that is definitely in the same vein.

I always had the feeling that Mick Taylor was just toying.

Johnny Marr. Kirsty MacColl

nice

Them criminals got a rocking show.

This song just jumped out when I bought their first album. Along with the fist pumping stuff, the great lead stuff by Randy Bachman was what headbanging people needed. Bachman got to fool around with all his special effects and still keep his audience.

That whole album was great.

Johnny Thunders and his Keith Richards stuff, truly great.

KT is really quite good. I know little about her, but heard something from her on CBC. She sounds great.

This song is so powerful. Wow, just wow.

I also have to say that while I was thrashing to this stuff back when, I wasn't really getting the lyrics. A little bit later, I grew to understand them

Suspect Device. What a great phrase.