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:
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.
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.
I'm going to be twenty-seven in a few days, an age that dozens of musicians have unfortunately died at. Of all of the musicians that never saw twenty-eight, the one who perhaps came closest was Pete Ham of Badfinger. With a baby on the way, a tapped bank account, the group's seventh album having been pulled from stores before it ever had a chance and the eighth lingering in musical purgator...