Old Enough to Forget

Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile came out in '79, and I remember the song "Carrie" being played on the radio, and then being somewhat confused when a very similar version by Cano, singing with an audible French-Canadian accent, actually outperformed the original here in Canada. When he released "Devil Woman" in 1976, I was hooked. It was a song I really liked, but I never picked up any of his albums. It wasn't until I saw a buddy of mine at the mall in the early '80s holding a copy of Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile . I must have given him a little goofy look (which is honestly just my resting face), and he got all defensive and went on about how good the record was and that I shouldn't be a snob about his choice in records. Well, I liked the aforementioned "Devil Woman," and I did like "Carrie." I really liked "We Don't Talk Anymore" and had recently gotten into The Tarney/Spencer Band, and at the time songs from I...