1980 - The Night Chicogo Died - SOML Post 12

It's been a while since I last posted. Things have been busy in the real world, let alone the virtual one. I have a bunch of DoomSayer's posts yet to review...but I will, I will.This is my final post for 1980. My sister got a "Best of" LP from somewhere, I never knew where. But it had three songs from the British band Paper Lace. I loves all three of them as they spun on my little plastic turntable and I pay homage to a couple of them here.First up is "The Night Chicago Died" set in the Prohibition era US. It's a cool story song and I never knew what it was about when I was a kid. But it sounded ominous and I was OK with that. Second is "Billy Don't Be A Hero" which I loved just about as much. When you're a kid you can really feel the emotion when his girlfriend says "Keep your pretty head low". I guess I liked songs where people died. You can see the You Tube video for this song below. I'll start in on 1981 soon enough, because that was the year everything began to change. I intentionally skipped Styx and J. Geils Band here in 1980, because they make my skin crawl. They were in here somewhere, but I'm not paying for their music. Enjoy!