Timmy84 said:

PDogz said:

The Captain has Anime eyes, lol.

BTW, I don't believe I've ever heard him speak, lol.

I think that was his decision to stay quiet lol he's gotten vocal lately though lol

All I know is if that man were looking at me, I don't believe I'd be able to turn away, lol.

PDogz said:

Timmy84 said:

I think that was his decision to stay quiet lol he's gotten vocal lately though lol

All I know is if that man were looking at me, I don't believe I'd be able to turn away, lol.

I remember he used to wear dark sunglasses a lot.

Cheese, glorious cheese!

Paris9748430 said:

Jesus, that whole family is corny!

the Boone-Clooney family is corny?

PDogz said:

SoulAlive said:

yep,back in 1977,this song was massive.

REMEMBER?!? OMG! That song was being referenced EVERYWHERE! It was like; you couldn't get through an entire day without someone on TV, the radio, or in newspapers or magazines, talking about Debbie Boone and "You Light Up My Life". And the even funnier thing was: this was not all that of an unusual type of song for the radio to play back in those days. There were no Hip-Hop stations (Hell, there was no HIP-HOP, lol), RAP (...as we know it today) had not been invented yet, and very few (like ONE per city - if that) that even played much SOUL music consistently. And if you wanted to hear FUNK, your ass had better go out and buy the record, lol. Soft Rock and Light Country music ruled the airwaves, lol.

And yet strangely... I miss those days, lol.

PDogz & Soul are right. It was a fun time. You never quite knew what the jocks on the airwaves were gonna do. Far from the pablum radio churns out today.

I have ripped an un-scoped air-check (45 mins) from the #1 primetime pop station here in Portland, 1978. The jock is amazing...but what really gets me when I listen to it is what a time machine it is. All the ads (for discos, record stores....and "winner sticker" cash giveaways, etc). It's just like it's 1978 all over again.

Check the playlist tho.......all over the ROAD...just as a "snapshot" of the era...

Shining Star - EWF

You Made Me Believe In Magic - Bay City Rollers

We Are The Champions - Queen

Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt

Dance, Dance, Dance - Chic

Emotion - Samantha Sang

Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Peter Frampton

Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold

Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Southern Nights - Glen Cambell

Sweet Talkin Woman - ELO

Night Fever - Bee Gees

Don't Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation

Dust In The Wind - Kansas

roseypink56 said:

Paris9748430 said:

Jesus, that whole family is corny!

the Boone-Clooney family is corny?

That's Boone-Clooney-Ferrer since she is married to Gabriel Ferrer, son of actor Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney.

funkyslsistah said:

roseypink56 said:

the Boone-Clooney family is corny?

That's Boone-Clooney-Ferrer since she is married to Gabriel Ferrer, son of actor Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney.

haha, , thanks hun.

JamFanHot said:

PDogz & Soul are right. It was a fun time. You never quite knew what the jocks on the airwaves were gonna do. Far from the pablum radio churns out today.

That's one of the things I miss most about radio from back in the day, you were never quite sure what they were gonna play, or when. And the listening audience seemed to have a greater tolerance for different types of music. Seemed like the Disc Jockey's had more creative freedom back then too, sometimes even bringing vinyl from home to play on the air. And I used to love how some stations after midnight would have "Album Hour", where they would play both sides of an entire album by an artist - WITHOUT COMMERCIAL INTERUPTION (cue the cassette recorder, lol. We used to hold it up to the speakers, and everybody in the room had to be quiet, lol) So many artists today don't even create entire albums worth of music that you'd want to listen to from start to finish. Then, they would not only play the music, but tell you a little about it, give you a little history, TEACH you something.

They'd NEVER do that today, everything is already pre-programed.

JamFanHot said:

Check the playlist tho.......all over the ROAD...just as a "snapshot" of the era...

Shining Star - EWF

You Made Me Believe In Magic - Bay City Rollers

We Are The Champions - Queen

Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt

Dance, Dance, Dance - Chic

Emotion - Samantha Sang

Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Peter Frampton

Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold

Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Southern Nights - Glen Cambell

Sweet Talkin Woman - ELO

Night Fever - Bee Gees

Don't Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation

Dust In The Wind - Kansas

JamFanHot said:

PDogz said:

REMEMBER?!? OMG! That song was being referenced EVERYWHERE! It was like; you couldn't get through an entire day without someone on TV, the radio, or in newspapers or magazines, talking about Debbie Boone and "You Light Up My Life". And the even funnier thing was: this was not all that of an unusual type of song for the radio to play back in those days. There were no Hip-Hop stations (Hell, there was no HIP-HOP, lol), RAP (...as we know it today) had not been invented yet, and very few (like ONE per city - if that) that even played much SOUL music consistently. And if you wanted to hear FUNK, your ass had better go out and buy the record, lol. Soft Rock and Light Country music ruled the airwaves, lol.

And yet strangely... I miss those days, lol.

PDogz & Soul are right. It was a fun time. You never quite knew what the jocks on the airwaves were gonna do. Far from the pablum radio churns out today.

I have ripped an un-scoped air-check (45 mins) from the #1 primetime pop station here in Portland, 1978. The jock is amazing...but what really gets me when I listen to it is what a time machine it is. All the ads (for discos, record stores....and "winner sticker" cash giveaways, etc). It's just like it's 1978 all over again.

Check the playlist tho.......all over the ROAD...just as a "snapshot" of the era...

Shining Star - EWF

You Made Me Believe In Magic - Bay City Rollers

We Are The Champions - Queen

Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt

Dance, Dance, Dance - Chic

Emotion - Samantha Sang

Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Peter Frampton

Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold

Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Southern Nights - Glen Cambell

Sweet Talkin Woman - ELO

Night Fever - Bee Gees

Don't Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation

Dust In The Wind - Kansas

I like all of those songs

"You Made Me Believe In Magic"....that's one I haven't heard in awhile

SoulAlive said:

funkyslsistah said:

I liked that song a child. It brings back fond memories and sometimes makes me teary-eyed. 1977 was a great year for music in general.

1977 was an incredible year.The late 70s is my favorite musical era.

Definitely! I get most nostalgic and sentimental over the music of the late 70s.

Here's pops.

kitbradley said:

Why has society made me feel embarrassed to admit "You Light Up My Life" is one of my favorite 70's Pop songs??? Sure, it may be a little sappy but I'll take 'sappy' over 'crappy', which is mostly what we get now.

It's actually a good song, not that I have any real desire to listen to it. But compared to any other sappy ballad it's good.

Timmy84 said:

^^ No I haven't, tell me.

This song does give me the creeps though. I loved how people took it as a love song, then Debbie said it was about Jesus or something.

I know why she became a one-hit wonder: they played the song too fucking much.

It's a lot better than Jesus Take the Wheel

But you are right, I think if it was not such a huge hit (or maybe if her name was not "Boone" ) people would not hate it so much.

To me it's like I Will Always Love You. A good song, but I might hang myself if I ever hear it again.

DO NOT punish the daughter for the sins of the father.

SoulAlive said:

funkyslsistah said:

I liked that song a child. It brings back fond memories and sometimes makes me teary-eyed. 1977 was a great year for music in general.

1977 was an incredible year.The late 70s is my favorite musical era.

Without a doubt, you hit the nail on the head. So many of my favorite albums were recorded between 1976 and 1978. By 1979, culture in general seemed to be getting anxious about the 80's, lol.

TD3 said:

DO NOT punish the daughter for the sins of the father.

What if she is like her daddy, then what?

Timmy84 said:

TD3 said:

DO NOT punish the daughter for the sins of the father.

What if she is like her daddy, then what?

God help her.

I think the thing to note here is that the song is a well written tune. Like the execution or not, you can't hate on the songwriter or lyricist. Today, we don't even have solid songwriting to save us.

I like "You Light Up My Life". Such a beautiful song. Seriously. Miss piano and strings in the music. Debby Boone may have been a one hit wonder but she left her mark. lol

sosgemini said:

I think the thing to note here is that the song is a well written tune. Like the execution or not, you can't hate on the songwriter or lyricist. Today, we don't even have solid songwriting to save us.

seriously, people hating this song are probably defending Girl You Know It's True on another thread

NDRU said:

sosgemini said:

I think the thing to note here is that the song is a well written tune. Like the execution or not, you can't hate on the songwriter or lyricist. Today, we don't even have solid songwriting to save us.

seriously, people hating this song are probably defending Girl You Know It's True on another thread

You got me mixed up with someone else.

I hate that song more than I do this one...WAY MORE!

Damn! What was I like three when this song was a hit

Timmy84 said:

NDRU said:

seriously, people hating this song are probably defending Girl You Know It's True on another thread

You got me mixed up with someone else.

I hate that song more than I do this one...WAY MORE!

I don't "HATE" this song, just got way tired of it, lol. But the entire "Girl You Know It's True" album is one of my all time favorites, lol. I love every song on that album, lol. I always felt that when Rob and Fab were exposed, that they should have given the Grammy to the ACTUAL people that sang on it. As I saw it, they could have continued making albums and touring. They should have let Rob and Fab stay on as the backup dancers, and brought the ACTUAL singers out front and center. I loved the music of Milli Vanilli, it was part of the soundtrack of a very special time of my life.

PDogz said:

Timmy84 said:

You got me mixed up with someone else.

I hate that song more than I do this one...WAY MORE!

I don't "HATE" this song, just got way tired of it, lol. But the entire "Girl You Know It's True" album is one of my all time favorites, lol. I love every song on that album, lol. I always felt that when Rob and Fab were exposed, that they should have given the Grammy to the ACTUAL people that sang on it. As I saw it, they could have continued making albums and touring. They should have let Rob and Fab stay on as the backup dancers, and brought the ACTUAL singers out front and center. I loved the music of Milli Vanilli, it was part of the soundtrack of a very special time of my life.

I agree that since they won a Grammy they should have given it to the actual singers/writers once the scandal broke. It made the Grammys look really bad IMO to second guess their own decision when they supposedly gave an award to the music.

But I am the opposite, I hated them even before they were exposed!

Ok, I am putting my foot down. Shouldn't the mods ban Mickey for this travesty?

2freaky4church1 said:

Ok, I am putting my foot down. Shouldn't the mods ban Mickey for this travesty?

come out the closet into the Boone shine, you know you like this song.

PDogz said:

Timmy84 said:

You got me mixed up with someone else.

I hate that song more than I do this one...WAY MORE!

I don't "HATE" this song, just got way tired of it, lol. But the entire "Girl You Know It's True" album is one of my all time favorites, lol. I love every song on that album, lol. I always felt that when Rob and Fab were exposed, that they should have given the Grammy to the ACTUAL people that sang on it. As I saw it, they could have continued making albums and touring. They should have let Rob and Fab stay on as the backup dancers, and brought the ACTUAL singers out front and center. I loved the music of Milli Vanilli, it was part of the soundtrack of a very special time of my life.

I didn't like NONE of the tracks. Oddly around that time I watched their videos, and I was only five, I was like "those guys are not even singing." Then nearly a year later...

Timmy84 said:

PDogz said:

I don't "HATE" this song, just got way tired of it, lol. But the entire "Girl You Know It's True" album is one of my all time favorites, lol. I love every song on that album, lol. I always felt that when Rob and Fab were exposed, that they should have given the Grammy to the ACTUAL people that sang on it. As I saw it, they could have continued making albums and touring. They should have let Rob and Fab stay on as the backup dancers, and brought the ACTUAL singers out front and center. I loved the music of Milli Vanilli, it was part of the soundtrack of a very special time of my life.

I didn't like NONE of the tracks. Oddly around that time I watched their videos, and I was only five, I was like "those guys are not even singing." Then nearly a year later...

Ahh, there it is right there!

The thing about it for me though was I was never really paying THAT much attention to Rob & Fab to begin with, even though they were the face of Milli Vanilli. For me, it was about that music. How could you not LOVE "I'm Gonna Miss You", or "Blame It On The Rain"? But then again, you were only 5 and I was already WELL into my 20's (...VERY well into, lol). So the songs for me were tied to the relationships and good times I was experiencing in those days.

But still... Dayum Timmy!

PDogz said:

Timmy84 said:

I didn't like NONE of the tracks. Oddly around that time I watched their videos, and I was only five, I was like "those guys are not even singing." Then nearly a year later...

Ahh, there it is right there!

The thing about it for me though was I was never really paying THAT much attention to Rob & Fab to begin with, even though they were the face of Milli Vanilli. For me, it was about that music. How could you not LOVE "I'm Gonna Miss You", or "Blame It On The Rain"? But then again, you were only 5 and I was already WELL into my 20's (...VERY well into, lol). So the songs for me were tied to the relationships and good times I was experiencing in those days.

But still... Dayum Timmy!

Well I liked a lot of soft rock and dance music, but NOT THAT! I hated New Kids too.

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Timmy84 said:

PDogz said:

Ahh, there it is right there!

The thing about it for me though was I was never really paying THAT much attention to Rob & Fab to begin with, even though they were the face of Milli Vanilli. For me, it was about that music. How could you not LOVE "I'm Gonna Miss You", or "Blame It On The Rain"? But then again, you were only 5 and I was already WELL into my 20's (...VERY well into, lol). So the songs for me were tied to the relationships and good times I was experiencing in those days.

But still... Dayum Timmy!

Well I liked a lot of soft rock and dance music, but NOT THAT! I hated New Kids too.

I agree with you on that one. I had ZERO interest in NKOTB, lol.