At RG the other day they had records for $1 each or 20 recs for $10! Seven I listened to before buying, the other 13 I picked at random to get the deal. I now have a whole stinking heap of 80s garbage. And the top 20 countdown begins…
20. Slade – 7 Year Bitch.
I thought this was something else (Sade). I didn’t even turn it over to read the back. Funny though, a sticker was over the ‘7’, and it was then Yeeahh Bitch! Terrible terrible song. The B-side ‘We’ll Bring the House Down’ uses a similar chant to Usher’s ‘OMG’. How bout that. I like Usher’s better though. In the bin this one goes.
19. Loverboy – Hot girls in love.
With no picture cover on this one, I only had the info on the rec to go by (got this image from the net). “Loverboy” I thought it could be an r’n’b artist name. But “hot girls in love” I should’ve known it was hair metal. This only beats Slade because the mistake was honest not stupid. In the bin.
18. Glen White – TV Lover.
Someone put a rec with a letter (as appose to a ‘sale’ sticker) in the sales bin. Only discovered this at the counter, and the guy looked at me like I was trying to get one past him. I went back and got this one to replace it. Should’ve just paid the $6 for the non sale rec. Still, this one has some good messages like, don’t watch TV fatty, go out dancing and lose some weight, you might even get laid. True that! Apparently this was his “most popular song”, meaning, his only song.
17. Mai Tai – Body and Soul b/w The Rules of Love.
These three not very attractive ladies are from the Netherlands. However, what they lack in appearance is made up for in... No wait, this record is pretty garbage. The B-side is much better than the A, and is soo ripe for sampling. So will keep this for my man AYESHAYE (pronounced: aye shay)
16. Jaki Graham – Round and Around.
Would be great if this one had an instrumental. Some great synth work. Jaki was formally a singer in some bands with cool names like ‘Ferrari’ and ‘Medium Wave’. She was also a backup singer for UB40 and Jimmy Cliff. That is according to wiki. She has an active website, facebook and twitter account. Her latest tweet was:
my old boss bought a little black dog & said "guess what...we've called it Jaki after you"...he meant it as a compliment! Lol
(It’s funny because Jaki is little).
Next 5 tomorrow.
I LOL'ed big time at the SLADE album. Slade have been responsibile for a lot of "Hey I got you this awesome album from the opp shop" situations.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, the guys arm in front of the graphics on that 'Loverboy' album is mind-blowing.
Maitai = Mrs Swann. "He... look like a man".
And thanks for the VH1 Behind The Music on Jaki. Brilliant. I want to be in a band called 'Medium Wave'.