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Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 4:27pm
Something belched up from my memory gut:


A Canadian hit back in the mid-80s, cut from the same shitty cloth as WBTC, so maybe the shittiest Canadian song of the 80s. Maybe.
Typicals 80's pop fodder but I've heard plenty worse than that. That's not to say I like it (I don't) but it ain't the biggest 80's criminal.
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Marky Dread wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 6:33pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 4:27pm
Something belched up from my memory gut:


A Canadian hit back in the mid-80s, cut from the same shitty cloth as WBTC, so maybe the shittiest Canadian song of the 80s. Maybe.
Typicals 80's pop fodder but I've heard plenty worse than that. That's not to say I like it (I don't) but it ain't the biggest 80's criminal.
(1) You totally love it, you awful sub-human.
(2) I did say worst Canadian song of the 80s.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 6:38pm
Marky Dread wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 6:33pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 4:27pm
Something belched up from my memory gut:


A Canadian hit back in the mid-80s, cut from the same shitty cloth as WBTC, so maybe the shittiest Canadian song of the 80s. Maybe.
Typicals 80's pop fodder but I've heard plenty worse than that. That's not to say I like it (I don't) but it ain't the biggest 80's criminal.
(1) You totally love it, you awful sub-human.
(2) I did say worst Canadian song of the 80s.
(1) It's my new favourite best 80's song.
(2) I'm sure you've posted worse dreck than that.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 6:38pm
Marky Dread wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 6:33pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 4:27pm
Something belched up from my memory gut:


A Canadian hit back in the mid-80s, cut from the same shitty cloth as WBTC, so maybe the shittiest Canadian song of the 80s. Maybe.
Typicals 80's pop fodder but I've heard plenty worse than that. That's not to say I like it (I don't) but it ain't the biggest 80's criminal.
(1) You totally love it, you awful sub-human.
(2) I did say worst Canadian song of the 80s.
Worse than the following:
Loverboy
Tragically Hip
Crash Test Dummies
Bare Naked Ladies
Celine Dion

Im sure Im forgetting some.

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Marky Dread wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:21pm
(1) It's my new favourite best 80's song.
(2) I'm sure you've posted worse dreck than that.
From Canada in the 80s? And worse? Maybe, but I'm doubtful.
revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:22pm
Worse than the following:
Loverboy
Tragically Hip
Crash Test Dummies
Bare Naked Ladies

Im sure Im forgetting some.
I think only Loverboy were from the 80s and, sadly, I'd say this is worse. This is worse than Corey Hart, Glass Tiger, and Honeymoon Suite.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:37pm
Marky Dread wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:21pm
(1) It's my new favourite best 80's song.
(2) I'm sure you've posted worse dreck than that.
From Canada in the 80s? And worse? Maybe, but I'm doubtful.
revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:22pm
Worse than the following:
Loverboy
Tragically Hip
Crash Test Dummies
Bare Naked Ladies

Im sure Im forgetting some.
I think only Loverboy were from the 80s and, sadly, I'd say this is worse. This is worse than Corey Hart, Glass Tiger, and Honeymoon Suite.
Oh those other crappy bands werent 80s bands? I didnt care enough to look but seem to recall people in the late 80s professing love for these bands. Vermont is sometimes a victim of Creeping Canadianism and that shit can rear its ugly head. There's even a Canadain version of a classic rock station whose signal reaches down here. Oh and the one Canadian I forgot to mention Bryan Adams.

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revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 8:44pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:37pm
Marky Dread wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:21pm
(1) It's my new favourite best 80's song.
(2) I'm sure you've posted worse dreck than that.
From Canada in the 80s? And worse? Maybe, but I'm doubtful.
revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:22pm
Worse than the following:
Loverboy
Tragically Hip
Crash Test Dummies
Bare Naked Ladies

Im sure Im forgetting some.
I think only Loverboy were from the 80s and, sadly, I'd say this is worse. This is worse than Corey Hart, Glass Tiger, and Honeymoon Suite.
Oh those other crappy bands werent 80s bands? I didnt care enough to look but seem to recall people in the late 80s professing love for these bands. Vermont is sometimes a victim of Creeping Canadianism and that shit can rear its ugly head. There's even a Canadain version of a classic rock station whose signal reaches down here. Oh and the one Canadian I forgot to mention Bryan Adams.
They may have started in the 80s, but their success was in the 90s. Bryan Adams has (or had) a reputation here as some kind of Canuck Sprinklespleen. Beyond some kind of bullshit "every man, blue collar [white]" rock, but there's marketing for you.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 8:54pm
revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 8:44pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:37pm
Marky Dread wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:21pm
(1) It's my new favourite best 80's song.
(2) I'm sure you've posted worse dreck than that.
From Canada in the 80s? And worse? Maybe, but I'm doubtful.
revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 7:22pm
Worse than the following:
Loverboy
Tragically Hip
Crash Test Dummies
Bare Naked Ladies

Im sure Im forgetting some.
I think only Loverboy were from the 80s and, sadly, I'd say this is worse. This is worse than Corey Hart, Glass Tiger, and Honeymoon Suite.
Oh those other crappy bands werent 80s bands? I didnt care enough to look but seem to recall people in the late 80s professing love for these bands. Vermont is sometimes a victim of Creeping Canadianism and that shit can rear its ugly head. There's even a Canadain version of a classic rock station whose signal reaches down here. Oh and the one Canadian I forgot to mention Bryan Adams.
They may have started in the 80s, but their success was in the 90s. Bryan Adams has (or had) a reputation here as some kind of Canuck Sprinklespleen. Beyond some kind of bullshit "every man, blue collar [white]" rock, but there's marketing for you.
I want to say there was a correlation between the time the Springsteen started receiving large scale broad acceptance and when Bryan Adams started getting big(in the US). And i can see marketing types wanting to frame things that way.

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revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 9:00pm
I want to say there was a correlation between the time the Springsteen started receiving large scale broad acceptance and when Bryan Adams started getting big(in the US). And i can see marketing types wanting to frame things that way.
The subtext of the two for marketing was that after all that faggy black disco shit, goddammit, this was real white male rock—guys who change their own oil, drink beer, wear Levis, and fuck girls.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 9:04pm
revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 9:00pm
I want to say there was a correlation between the time the Springsteen started receiving large scale broad acceptance and when Bryan Adams started getting big(in the US). And i can see marketing types wanting to frame things that way.
The subtext of the two for marketing was that after all that faggy black disco shit, goddammit, this was real white male rock—guys who change their own oil, drink beer, wear Levis, and fuck girls.
This is one of the many reasons why the gay as anything Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover of Born to Run is so good.

Even now, would Bruce's audience accept him covering something like Jet Boy Jet Girl or Glad to be Gay?
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Silent Majority wrote:
14 Nov 2017, 5:28am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 9:04pm
revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 9:00pm
I want to say there was a correlation between the time the Springsteen started receiving large scale broad acceptance and when Bryan Adams started getting big(in the US). And i can see marketing types wanting to frame things that way.
The subtext of the two for marketing was that after all that faggy black disco shit, goddammit, this was real white male rock—guys who change their own oil, drink beer, wear Levis, and fuck girls.
This is one of the many reasons why the gay as anything Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover of Born to Run is so good.

Even now, would Bruce's audience accept him covering something like Jet Boy Jet Girl or Glad to be Gay?
Speaking of "Glad to Be Gay" and Tom Robinson, the 2nd track on the Tom Robinson Band's debut ('Power In the Darkness') - "Grey Cortina", features the line "...8-track playing Brucie Springsteen/bomber jacket, dressed to kill".

Bruce's audience is a hell of a lot more versatile and open than certain parochial-minded peeps might assume, especially his large younger fan base. Think of his blessings (and copyrights) for 2 Live Crew's controversial hip-hop cover of "Born In the USA" in the early '90s.
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Silent Majority wrote:
14 Nov 2017, 5:28am
This is one of the many reasons why the gay as anything Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover of Born to Run is so good.
I'd never really thought of that aspect before, but it is a nice little poke in the eye.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Nov 2017, 7:20am
Silent Majority wrote:
14 Nov 2017, 5:28am
This is one of the many reasons why the gay as anything Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover of Born to Run is so good.
I'd never really thought of that aspect before, but it is a nice little poke in the eye.
Just a great version and pisses on Bruce's.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
14 Nov 2017, 7:24am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Nov 2017, 7:20am
Silent Majority wrote:
14 Nov 2017, 5:28am
This is one of the many reasons why the gay as anything Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover of Born to Run is so good.
I'd never really thought of that aspect before, but it is a nice little poke in the eye.
Just a great version and pisses on Bruce's.
Actually, Frankie's version is almost a note-for-note cover of the E Street Band original. Except the singer lacks character and personality. Or, as was said back in the day - before you were born - soul.
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muppet hi fi wrote:
14 Nov 2017, 5:48am
Silent Majority wrote:
14 Nov 2017, 5:28am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 9:04pm
revbob wrote:
13 Nov 2017, 9:00pm
I want to say there was a correlation between the time the Springsteen started receiving large scale broad acceptance and when Bryan Adams started getting big(in the US). And i can see marketing types wanting to frame things that way.
The subtext of the two for marketing was that after all that faggy black disco shit, goddammit, this was real white male rock—guys who change their own oil, drink beer, wear Levis, and fuck girls.
This is one of the many reasons why the gay as anything Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover of Born to Run is so good.

Even now, would Bruce's audience accept him covering something like Jet Boy Jet Girl or Glad to be Gay?
Speaking of "Glad to Be Gay" and Tom Robinson, the 2nd track on the Tom Robinson Band's debut ('Power In the Darkness') - "Grey Cortina", features the line "...8-track playing Brucie Springsteen/bomber jacket, dressed to kill".

Bruce's audience is a hell of a lot more versatile and open than certain parochial-minded peeps might assume, especially his large younger fan base. Think of his blessings (and copyrights) for 2 Live Crew's controversial hip-hop cover of "Born In the USA" in the early '90s.
Sure, but there's an undeniable conservative side to the fanbase too.
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