1983 was a pretty solid year for music, and I always thought In Heat by The Romantics was a bigger hit than it actually was. It's not a shot, I mean seriously, "One in a Million" and "Talking in Your Sleep" seemed to be on the radio ... all the time. I was surprised to find out the album only went gold here in Canada, and at home in the states. The boys weren't breaking any new ground musically, but they knew how to craft a hook, and their songs were catchy with a tinge of late '70s new wave and a healthy dollop of power pop. This was good time party rock and boys weren't making any bones about their intentions to "Rock You Up." No scathing or depressing social commentary, or long slow laments about lost love and how much it hurt when you got dumped for the guy in chess club. Four guys, the rock basics: drums, bass, guitars and vocals ... and when the occasion called for it - harmonica. Oh and the drummer sang, I mean who doesn't love ...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget