tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post1065544525308513256..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Wha'cher Parents Listened ToRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-31396821760276190532012-01-27T09:53:28.862-05:002012-01-27T09:53:28.862-05:00"Quick Joey Small" was a moderate hit by..."Quick Joey Small" was a moderate hit by bubblegum standards, topping out at #25 in <em>Billboard.</em> I suspect rather a lot of DJ types were willing to read off "1910 Fruitgum Company," but drew the line at "Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus." (Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz produced all that early Buddah stuff, and Joey Levine, who sang the biggest Ohio Express songs, is out front on QJS.)<br /><br />Incidently, the Brothers K (or whatever) eventually tried their hands at <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Kasenetz-Katz-Orchestral-Cirkus-Classical-Smoke/release/2370270" rel="nofollow">a <i>classical</i> album</a>.CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86804614502237291852012-01-27T09:23:30.769-05:002012-01-27T09:23:30.769-05:00goodness. I can't believe I remember this son...goodness. I can't believe I remember this song. At the time it was the bubblegum answer to Hey Joe (Hendrix) and "Cool Hand Luke", a multi-cultural trifecta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-42749245793453760182012-01-27T09:19:27.968-05:002012-01-27T09:19:27.968-05:00goodness. I can't believe I remember this son...goodness. I can't believe I remember this song. At the time it was the bubblegum answer to Hey Joe (Hendrix) and "Cool Hand Luke", a multi-cultural trifecta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-13598523857217444262012-01-27T06:40:23.109-05:002012-01-27T06:40:23.109-05:00...I still miss Super 'CFL outta Chicago, goin......I still miss Super 'CFL outta Chicago, goin' head to head with WLS.<br /><br /> Wow, sped-up records, wall-of-sound audio processing and all the static anyone could hope for: what's not to like about AM radio? --But there are some records that don't sound right any other way. How are you gonna get that on a CD or MP3?Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62653928692016013872012-01-27T05:04:36.215-05:002012-01-27T05:04:36.215-05:00C'mon, Les, I know you were a WIXY fan. Or WH...C'mon, Les, I know you were a WIXY fan. Or WHK. Or were you a closet CKLW fanboi, digging the Canadian scene? Total turncoat listener to WBZ from Boston? Or Jerry Gee?<br />Or was "Boom-Boom" Goldberg on 'MMS your man?<br /><br />God Help me that I remember all this dreck.....The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-80599220958437148352012-01-26T19:48:34.682-05:002012-01-26T19:48:34.682-05:00Aaaargh. I was thinking of R. Dean Taylor, who app...Aaaargh. I was thinking of R. Dean Taylor, who appeared on Rare Earth Record. Not that there's anything wrong with the group, Rare Earth. Just something that, as a wee lad, I was confused about, and even though I eventually got it straightened out, it's still there, somewhere, wrong, in my head.jedhttp://freedomsight.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-22587255375825890892012-01-26T19:01:00.182-05:002012-01-26T19:01:00.182-05:00Nope, not my folks. Nor I, either, that I recall. ...Nope, not my folks. Nor I, either, that I recall. And I do (not sure this is a good thing) recall other stuff from that era.<br /><br />The Cowsills<br />Paul Revere & the Raiders<br />The Pipkins<br />Rare Earth<br />Lobo<br />Hot Buttered Popcorn<br /><br />Just to name a few.jedhttp://freedomsight.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-64672078174183844472012-01-26T14:18:11.129-05:002012-01-26T14:18:11.129-05:00I don't recall it on WIBG or WFIL out of Phill...I don't recall it on WIBG or WFIL out of Philly. We were more soul music driven than that.<br /><br />I would have been a freshman in high school.<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-7302124217162958152012-01-26T13:59:01.032-05:002012-01-26T13:59:01.032-05:00Don't remember that one, either.Don't remember that one, either.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-84372430286950548152012-01-26T12:02:09.941-05:002012-01-26T12:02:09.941-05:00Nope, doesn't ring a bell. But the AM station...Nope, doesn't ring a bell. But the AM stations up here on the NorthCoast weren't that great in that time frame, either.Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-45046258106270049362012-01-26T11:25:45.485-05:002012-01-26T11:25:45.485-05:00I remember some of the groups that were in it, tho...I remember some of the groups that were in it, though they weren't to my taste. Most of them did bubble-gum music that was mainly listened to by teeny-boppers (11 to 13 year olds)BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.com