20/20 - Best power pop band of the 1980sChris Silagyi, Steve Allen, Ron Flynt, Mike Gallo on drumsI suppose there is a strong argument for calling The Beatles the first power pop band... although I think most people point to Beatle proteges, Apple Records' own Badfinger as the ultimate power pop band.Whatever... however... tonight in Nashville, I saw Badfinger's Joey Molland sing both Beatles a...
20/20 - Best power pop band of the 1980sChris Silagyi, Steve Allen, Ron Flynt, Mike Gallo on drumsI suppose there is a strong argument for calling The Beatles the first power pop band... although I think most people point to Beatle proteges, Apple Records' own Badfinger as the ultimate power pop band.Whatever... however... tonight in Nashville, I saw Badfinger's Joey Molland sing both Beatles a...
i heard badfinger on the radio with their hit "come and get it" and that made me ask my mom to take me to see the film, the magic christian, which i didn't quite fully understand, being all of 11 or 12 years old. but ringo was in the movie, so that entertained me.badfinger did have a relationship with the beatles, and they were on apple records for a few albums. george harrison even played on...
Now that Virginia is minus one "macaca"-mumbler and our victory is well and truly complete, I would like to say: Hey, The American People! Nice goin'! My faith is finally restored. Now here's Hugh Laurie (long before his "House" days) to sing for us a happy little tune about this Great Land of Ours:
And then there were 2. After the devistating death of Pete Ham, 2 of Badfinger's remaining members regrouped to put out this CD, with a little help from their freinds, including Nicky Hopkins.Enjoy this great rocker.
In retrospect, this is a very sad song. When you think of all that happened to Badfinger and how some of the members left this world, a song about life and Carrying On is sad. But, this is another side of Badfinger, so I wanted the uninformed to hear it. And I think you'll be glad you did.
Chances are that a lot of people haven't heard much Badfinger from this CD, since it was after the Apple fiasco and after their radio friendly hits had diminished. However, there are some great tracks to be heard. This is one of them. When the album opens with a leadoff track like this, you know the rest is bound to be as good.If you didn't know... now you do.