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Post by The Ocean on Apr 23, 2021 20:58:37 GMT
circa late 1974, when they played Telepaths - everyone in my school heard it with my name mentioned, and I got some good-natured stick over it because, back then, most people listened to the same things I got made fun of a few times (not too much) in high school because I was a vocal BOC fan, but there was also a lot of fun being made of people who were similarly obsessed with ANY band, whether it be Phish or Dave Matthew's. Showing enthusiasm for anything in high school was verboten LMAO.
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Post by robreich on Apr 24, 2021 0:32:28 GMT
Back in the days BEFORE there was a "Big 3", you usually got to hear BOC in two ways: (a) you wrote into a radio station and requested a track - yes, wrote - you had to write out your request on paper, then put it into an envelope and stick a stamp on it and drop it in a post box - I know, weird, right...? - the first time I heard BOC on the radio was actually from my own request, on BBC radio 1 - circa late 1974, when they played Telepaths - everyone in my school heard it with my name mentioned, and I got some good-natured stick over it because, back then, most people listened to the same things and that's how you learned what was what... if you liked rock music, you listened to BBC Radio 1 on a Saturday afternoon... (b) BOC had a new album about to come out, so selected tracks were played to promote it... eg. the first tracks I heard off OYFOOYK were broadcast on AFN, the American Forces Network in Europe... it was only available on shortwave, so the reception wasn't great, but if your main area of interest was American rock bands - and mine was - it was a great way to hear stuff you wouldn't normally get to hear... that's how I came to hear Buck's Boogie and Diz-busters off OYF well before I was able to buy the import version of the LP... it's easy to forget, but back then if you didn't live in the US, you had to wait for the import versions of records to become available - and that often seemed to take a while - and the actual UK releases took even longer... yep, in the '70s, sometimes, the analogue world sucked big time... :-( Speaking of Armed Forces Network... I was a communications platoon leader in the First Cavalry Division for Desert Shield/Storm. When we were deployed to mid Saudi once we first arrived, some AFN officers found my platoon (we had big antennas) and delivered an AFN small satellite dish and some FM transmission equipment so that we could broadcast AFN to our sector of the country. (Burnin and DFTR were frequently played btw) in January, we jumped up to the Iraqi border, north of the Saudi town of Hafr Al-batin. We couldn’t pick up the AFN signal any more. I did, however, have my Sony Walkman, an extra pair of headphones, and the entire BÖC catalog on cassette. (One does not go off to war without all the BÖC.). After some creative splicing work with the headphones and the FM transmitter.... WBÖC, Hafr Al-batin’s only home for rock n roll! 105.7 on your FM dial, was born. We opened with We Gotta Get Out of This Place from SEE, of course, and then worked through all the albums. I sent a message over the division net that we were on the air, didn’t explain the how or what though. After a couple of days, I started to get requests! “Hey, LT, can you play Godzilla?” Ocean’ s question reminded me of this. I have this vision of some Saudi guys, now in their mid 40s, getting together and reminiscing. “Remember when the Americans were here when we were teens?” “Yeah, there was that amazing radio station. It was only on for three weeks, but the music was magical.”
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Post by eastmark on Apr 24, 2021 0:55:41 GMT
It feels like that version of We Gotta Get Out Of This Place is under appreciated. Maybe Im wrong.
The band and Erics vocals on that is an amazing blend of rock perfection to my ears.
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Post by The Ocean on Apr 24, 2021 1:37:29 GMT
Certainly not under-appreciated by me. First time I heard it was when my psychologist gave me Workshop of the Telescopes for my 15th birthday (he knew I loved the band and at the time I only had Agents, ST, and Fire). Anyway, I heard a couple of the songs already from file-sharing sites like Napster, so I already knew Perfect Water, but I'd never heard The Red & The Black and others, and I especially loved We Gotta Get Out of This Place. That was the first version of that song I'd ever heard, so when I heard the original version by The Animals I was gobsmacked at how much BOC had expanded on it and developed it out. It's funny because BOCs cover of that isn't the only Animals song where I like a cover better than the original. The other is Inside-Looking Out by Grand Funk Railroad
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Post by marty on Apr 24, 2021 2:09:49 GMT
Back in the days BEFORE there was a "Big 3", you usually got to hear BOC in two ways: (a) you wrote into a radio station and requested a track - yes, wrote - you had to write out your request on paper, then put it into an envelope and stick a stamp on it and drop it in a post box - I know, weird, right...? - the first time I heard BOC on the radio was actually from my own request, on BBC radio 1 - circa late 1974, when they played Telepaths - everyone in my school heard it with my name mentioned, and I got some good-natured stick over it because, back then, most people listened to the same things and that's how you learned what was what... if you liked rock music, you listened to BBC Radio 1 on a Saturday afternoon... (b) BOC had a new album about to come out, so selected tracks were played to promote it... eg. the first tracks I heard off OYFOOYK were broadcast on AFN, the American Forces Network in Europe... it was only available on shortwave, so the reception wasn't great, but if your main area of interest was American rock bands - and mine was - it was a great way to hear stuff you wouldn't normally get to hear... that's how I came to hear Buck's Boogie and Diz-busters off OYF well before I was able to buy the import version of the LP... it's easy to forget, but back then if you didn't live in the US, you had to wait for the import versions of records to become available - and that often seemed to take a while - and the actual UK releases took even longer... yep, in the '70s, sometimes, the analogue world sucked big time... :-( Speaking of Armed Forces Network... I was a communications platoon leader in the First Cavalry Division for Desert Shield/Storm. When we were deployed to mid Saudi once we first arrived, some AFN officers found my platoon (we had big antennas) and delivered an AFN small satellite dish and some FM transmission equipment so that we could broadcast AFN to our sector of the country. (Burnin and DFTR were frequently played btw) in January, we jumped up to the Iraqi border, north of the Saudi town of Hafr Al-batin. We couldn’t pick up the AFN signal any more. I did, however, have my Sony Walkman, an extra pair of headphones, and the entire BÖC catalog on cassette. (One does not go off to war without all the BÖC.). After some creative splicing work with the headphones and the FM transmitter.... WBÖC, Hafr Al-batin’s only home for rock n roll! 105.7 on your FM dial, was born. We opened with We Gotta Get Out of This Place from SEE, of course, and then worked through all the albums. I sent a message over the division net that we were on the air, didn’t explain the how or what though. After a couple of days, I started to get requests! “Hey, LT, can you play Godzilla?” Ocean’ s question reminded me of this. I have this vision of some Saudi guys, now in their mid 40s, getting together and reminiscing. “Remember when the Americans were here when we were teens?” “Yeah, there was that amazing radio station. It was only on for three weeks, but the music was magical.” Caught some great shows during my Army days, first of which was at Busch Stadium, August of ‘78, on my way to Ft. Riley. Maybe not as hot as the ME, but it sure was hot in the Lou. And yes, they played WGGOOTP.
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Post by agent on Apr 24, 2021 23:14:39 GMT
When I was at Alfred, my roommate and I were DJ's. He had a 4-6 slot, I had a midnight slot. As a lead-up show to BOC playing Live at Alfred, we played 2 hours of BOC in the 4-6 slot. I told Buck about playing I Love The Night on my slot. This girl called every week to tell me how much that song was lighting her fire. Yikes, she was seductive!
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Post by edosaurus on Apr 26, 2021 19:09:45 GMT
Listen to quite a few different stations on the pc when I am working. Recently heard ETI on 88.5fm.org, that was cool to hear amongst the hip hop and pop. Sirius Deep Tracks recently played Don't Turn Your Back.
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Post by The Ocean on Apr 26, 2021 19:15:11 GMT
Listen to quite a few different stations on the pc when I am working. Recently heard ETI on 88.5fm.org, that was cool to hear amongst the hip hop and pop. Sirius Deep Tracks recently played Don't Turn Your Back. NICE! I love that station!
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Post by robreich on Apr 27, 2021 1:26:51 GMT
I lived in Newport RI when Revolution came out and heard Take Me Away and Shooting Shark regularly on the rock radio station there.
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Post by Jamie B on Apr 27, 2021 13:24:22 GMT
When I lived in Madison, WI one of the stations played Pocket for a bit when Curse came out. They played it pretty regularly for a month or so and then I think I heard it one or two more times later in the Fall and then that was it. But I was pleased to hear it!
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Post by Cheryl on Apr 27, 2021 16:07:13 GMT
Black Blade Goin' Through the Motions Mirrors ETI Love that song.. Goin’ Through The Motions
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Post by The Ocean on Apr 29, 2021 13:00:48 GMT
Black Blade Goin' Through the Motions Mirrors ETI Love that song.. Goin They The Motions Love that Phil Spector vibe
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Post by jeff on Apr 30, 2021 14:46:22 GMT
One thing that all of my favorite artists have in common - great songs that weren’t radio hits...Outlaws, Al Stewart, TTWS, Doobie Brothers, Hollies, etc. Same here...and many bands that had NO hits at all.
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Post by luxexterior on May 3, 2021 11:44:41 GMT
Love that song.. Goin They The Motions Love that Phil Spector vibe It's very Spector & also a little Beatles. I don't understand why it wasn't a big hit. I once said this to co-writer Ian Hunter & he felt the same.
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