... takes me back.

/Off the lawn... damn kids

Wow, I wonder if I can find that tape...

This is definitely a bookmark.

Of all the songs in the world to rip off, he had to rip off Jefferson Starship's "Jane." It's been 25 years and I'm still stunned by this.

Someone once told me this was the greatest guitar solo ever; that it included all the classic techniques and building blocks for rock guitar.

I should have punched his mother in the face then and there.

Even the cheese was better back then.

\lawn off of it, kids.

Admission time: I have this song on my iPod.

You children may stay on my lawn because I'm not like those other Methusalehs. But if the frisbee hits my garage door one more time, I'm keeping it.

Cheesy? You bet.

But that is a killer guitar tone in the solo.

This song was one of the main reasons that my first real guitar was a Les Paul.

Mine could not shoot lasers out of the headstock, however.

\Love the one note tap in the middle of the solo \m/

That midget sure could jam, back in the day.

I haven't heard that song in years, but i still get it caught in my head once in awhile.

/The '80's
//When MTV was real.

Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova

/I miss the old MTV format

I also have it in my car. Memories.

Nothing like being half in the beg windows down, stereo cranked.

That thumping bass line in the beggining, the helicopter rotors, and the song goes to 100 mph in a hot second.

Fooling myself was not a bad song either.

In the 80s you could listen to hairbands, metal, the cure, and no one cared. Bono was not a douchebag. And Madonna was hot.


/38 years old
/song must sound crazy blaring out of my 2006 jetta

That may be the biggest kick drum ever.

I knew a girl who farked him back in the 80's and she was actually proud about it. She looked like a young Marilyn Monroe, so she was hot.
I saw Aldo open up for Rainbow at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh in 83 or 84. I will never forget how loud his guitar was. He was louder than Blackmore.

theflatline: I also have it in my car. Memories.

Nothing like being half in the beg windows down, stereo cranked.

That thumping bass line in the beggining, the helicopter rotors, and the song goes to 100 mph in a hot second.

Fooling myself was not a bad song either.

In the 80s you could listen to hairbands, metal, the cure, and no one cared. Bono was not a douchebag. And Madonna was hot.


/38 years old
/song must sound crazy blaring out of my 2006 jetta

Half in the bag in your car and Aldo Nova cranked on the stereo? Florida tag indeed!

Cheesy video aside, this is my favorite song.

Trivia: Aldo Nova actually played everything but the drums on this song.

em etib

Half in the bag for me means three beers these days o lady of the great white north. Just the edge of a buzz creeping in and motore functions in tact.

I am from New Orleans originally, and I would have to say growing up there you are exposed to one of the most diverse music scenes in the world.

I would see a Dixiland band one night, a punk show the next, and a minstream pop act on the weekend.

The 80;s in New Orleans saw a lot of REM, Dash Rip Rock, Bauhas, the cure, etc. But most music lovers in the city listen to everything.

You must have missed me ripping on myself when I think it must be pretty funny seeing a guy in a new jetta wearing a suit, with the Aldo Nova blaring...

Depends on the mood, last week it was the Tom Tom Club. This week it has been a mix of Alejandro Sanz, G love and Special Sauce Sauce

not ashamed to admit I tried to get the guys I jam with to cover this song.
the enthusiasm was minimal.

Aldo nova trivia for the day: Gerald Diduck (NHL player for the Islanders/Canucks) stole Aldo Nova's wife back in the day.

Aldo Nova trivia for the day part deux: After his glory on MTV faded away, Aldo Nova reinvented himself as Landon Donovan and played a key role on the US Men's World Cup soccer team.

http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/index.jsp_1698.html

Wait.. MTV played music videos?

Loved that song.

Kids. Lawn. Off.

Wow, '82, huh? Still (happily) married to my first wife, soon to have a baby, my whole life ahead of me...great tune. Not that I have to hear it more than once every 4 or 5 years.

I remember just rocking my young brains out to that song, in my friend's Burt Reynolds, screaming chicken, black and gold Trans Am.

Oh, how I wish I were kidding.

theflatline: em etib

Half in the bag for me means three beers these days o lady of the great white north. Just the edge of a buzz creeping in and motore functions in tact.

I am from New Orleans originally, and I would have to say growing up there you are exposed to one of the most diverse music scenes in the world.

I would see a Dixiland band one night, a punk show the next, and a minstream pop act on the weekend.

The 80;s in New Orleans saw a lot of REM, Dash Rip Rock, Bauhas, the cure, etc. But most music lovers in the city listen to everything.

You must have missed me ripping on myself when I think it must be pretty funny seeing a guy in a new jetta wearing a suit, with the Aldo Nova blaring...

Depends on the mood, last week it was the Tom Tom Club. This week it has been a mix of Alejandro Sanz, G love and Special Sauce Sauce

I didn't miss the joke at all...just thought the opportunity to make a Florida-related joke was too good to pass up. It would be funny to hear Fantasy blaring from a Jetta while stopped at a traffic light. I was stopped next to a guy the other day who was blaring rap music, and I had on "The Safety Dance" at top volume, so I suppose I really can't say much!

em etib

nothing like ye auld safety dance.

A few days ago I bought an erasure CD out of a junk bin, and my girlfriend said it turned the car into a rolling gay bar, and she is right. Some things need to be left in the past.

A buddy of min was in from California and we were at a local event here in Jacksonville and a big blazer rolled up blaring Billy Squire Rock me Tonight, and my buddy was like "yall got some rednecks here" and when we looked in the window, the guy was black and rocking out to it.

/buddy who pointed out was black. made it even funnier.

sayntfuu: That may be the biggest kick drum ever.

That's nothing, check out this one:

Link (new window)

Not a RR, but great 80's cheese all the same

theflatline: em etib

nothing like ye auld safety dance.

A few days ago I bought an erasure CD out of a junk bin, and my girlfriend said it turned the car into a rolling gay bar, and she is right. Some things need to be left in the past.

A buddy of min was in from California and we were at a local event here in Jacksonville and a big blazer rolled up blaring Billy Squire Rock me Tonight, and my buddy was like "yall got some rednecks here" and when we looked in the window, the guy was black and rocking out to it.

/buddy who pointed out was black. made it even funnier.

I love Chains of Love and Respect by Erasure, but you're right, the only acceptable places for those are in the quiet of your own home or your friendly neighbourhood gay bar. But, that said, having "Respect" blaring and trying to hit the high note in the chorus is good for some laughs.

I like to blast Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" while tearing up the asphalt in my 1970 GTO. If anyone can catch me, they are free to tell me what a homo they think I am.

Zorgon
Of all the songs in the world to rip off, he had to rip off Jefferson Starship's "Jane." It's been 25 years and I'm still stunned by this.


Thank you! I came here to say exactly that! I think it bears repeating. Listen and compare.

Watching that video made me want to look up the other song I remember from him called "Monkey On Your Back"


The video is worth it just for the white gold toothed pimp alone.


/Bonus points for using the weird Igor-like guy from the "Fantasy" video that holds Dildo Nova's guitar in this video

/song must sound crazy blaring out of my 2006 jetta

I bet is sounds even crazier out of my 2004 Mini

/I had a huge crush on the aforementioned Aldo Nova when I was 13. It might have something to do with the leopard unitard & corresponding nutsack

I'll see your "laser" shooting guitar and raise you a "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park" promo video.

YouTube (new window)

I bought the 45* of that back in 1982.

*For younger farkers a 45 is a record single.

Yeah, I actually liked this and the follow up album with the stupid car race stuff on it, too.

Howie Spankowitz: Admission time: I have this song on my iPod.

I see your having it on your iPod and raise you having it as my cell phone's ringtone.

/if you've got AT&T you can get it, fellow 80s children Farkers

Do What Now Question Mark: I remember just rocking my young brains out to that song, in my friend's Burt Reynolds, screaming chicken, black and gold Trans Am.

Oh, how I wish I were kidding.

Ha! I drove a black and gold, burt reynoldsesque, screaming chicken festooned T/A with Aldo Nova blaring out of my pioneer super tuner II casette deck! Ed?
/ I was so Aldo Nova in 1982, laser beams shot out of my layered and feathery mullet!

No joke, he stole a friend of mine's wife. I don't know if that was before or after his own got stolen. Still I think he's a creep for doing it and she has no class for going with him.
I mean...really? Aldo Nova?
Yeah, the song's not bad but...Aldo Nova? Come on, he dresses like a pimp's hat band. In addition his name is Aldo Nova, it sounds like a brand of central european car that runs on lighter fluid and goat's milk.
Just my two cents.

ithaqua: No joke, he stole a friend of mine's wife. I don't know if that was before or after his own got stolen. Still I think he's a creep for doing it and she has no class for going with him.
I mean...really? Aldo Nova?
Yeah, the song's not bad but...Aldo Nova? Come on, he dresses like a pimp's hat band. In addition his name is Aldo Nova, it sounds like a brand of central european car that runs on lighter fluid and goat's milk.
Just my two cents.

Oh my. Was this recent, or while he was riding high on his 15 minutes of fame? Either way it's pretty bad, but at least it's kind of understandable with the latter.

I would have absolutely no problem getting over a woman that left me for Aldo Nova. No problem at all. First I'd have to make sure she wasn't just kidding, and then I'd help her pack.

Wow. I didn't realize they actually ever had any fans. I figured it was one of those 100% payola deals.

It was after his 15 minutes.

1. That video was cheesy as hell, but you have to admit you loved it anyway.

2. Monkey on Your Back is even better.


3. I believe he was a George in Beatlemania.

"Okay henchman! Make sure you don't actually knock down that door with your fake uzi. We only have a budget of $643 and we still need to dub in the that laser effect."

/Why don't the guys on the inside just open the door for them?

Canada: After Rush, there's a big dropoff.

supershaft: Ha! I drove a black and gold, burt reynoldsesque, screaming chicken festooned T/A with Aldo Nova blaring out of my pioneer super tuner II casette deck! Ed?

Jeff? Is that you?

madcan34: /Why don't the guys on the inside just open the door for them?

You heard the music. How can you still ask that question?

I never knew Aldo Nova I knew an ALDO NAVA
He has a fishing expedition business in the Niagara region
Watch him....FISH

Link

pimpdaddyspitz: I knew a girl who farked him back in the 80's and she was actually proud about it. She looked like a young Marilyn Monroe, so she was hot.
I saw Aldo open up for Rainbow at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh in 83 or 84. I will never forget how loud his guitar was. He was louder than Blackmore.

Mom?