Best Forgotten Bands of the 70's.

[rtbuck]

Graham Parker had a few outstanding albums in the '70s: Howlin' Wind, Heat Treatment and my favorite Squeezing Out Sparks.

Graham Parker is great. I had Sqeezing out Sparks after hearing Local Girls and liked the album a lot but over time and once cd's came out I kind of forgot the album but a few years back the wife and I went to see the movie This is 40 and in a way the movie evolved around Graham Parker who was being promoted by Paul Rudd and his small record label so Parker is in the movie a lot. Anyway, after seeing the movie I bought the 2009 CD version of Squeezing out Sparks and it also has a bonus live concert on it which is great!

 

[JimJam]

Graham Parker is great. I had Sqeezing out Sparks after hearing Local Girls and liked the album a lot but over time and once cd's came out I kind of forgot the album but a few years back the wife and I went to see the movie This is 40 and in a way the movie evolved around Graham Parker who was being promoted by Paul Rudd and his small record label so Parker is in the movie a lot. Anyway, after seeing the movie I bought the 2009 CD version of Squeezing out Sparks and it also has a bonus live concert on it which is great!

Those live recordings are terrific! They included a great cover of I Want You Back and Mercury Poisoning. I don't always care for musicians ranting in song against their record company but Mercury Poisoning was a damn good one. Studio recordings of those songs were included with the original album on a 45.

I saw Parker and the Rumour when they were touring for SOS and the show was every bit as rousing as the live bonus on the album.

That sub-plot in This is 40 about Parker is very much about him being cast into the shadows. Rudd's character attempting to get his wife and kids into Parker's music made for a good scene.

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

Did anyone catch Graham Parker in the Paul Rudd/Leslie Mann film "This Is 40?I think its just great that as much as many have forgotten about him over the years,someone thought of his inclusion in the project.Wonderful..........

 

[Johnny-Too-Good]

Graham is still touring and doing the business both here and in the US -

Tour

 

[JimJam]

Sparks was a very good band, for a couple of years at least. Sorta "power pop" before the phrase became better known, with catchy songs, quirky lyrics and those wacky operatic vocals. Kimono My House is a terrific album and I like Propaganda almost as much.

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

How about The Sweet?"Ballroom Blitz","Fox On The Run","Love Is Like Oxygen".Wondereful stuff.................

 

[JimJam]

How about The Sweet?"Ballroom Blitz","Fox On The Run","Love Is Like Oxygen".Wondereful stuff.................

Yeah, The Sweet could really bring it. I put them alongside Slade, though maybe not as raucous. I'll add Little Willy and Teenage Rampage among their standout songs.

 

[Squidbilly]

I heard about JoJoGunne getting back together.
I guess somebody remembered!

heya, i like jo jo gunne.

kath
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run (RUN) run (RUN) runnnn

Son of a bitch,
I've had this tune in the back of my head for a long time but could never put it together,
A 10 yr old thread &there it is,
Thanks ladies

 

[Phil B.]

That tune rocks! The whole album is pretty good!

Half the band was made up by ex-Spirit members.

 

[Squidbilly]

That tune rocks! The whole album is pretty good!

Half the band was made up by ex-Spirit members.

Checking out some of the tunes on that lp Phil,
I like the track "Shake that fat"
Belive i'll try&find this cd,
I need to show up here more often