And so are giant head eating hats.

Hey, I liked Electric Avenue.

Phil Moskowitz: Hey, I liked Electric Avenue.

Yeah, me too.

JerseyTim: Phil Moskowitz: Hey, I liked Electric Avenue.

Yeah, me too.

me three

gonna take me higher

Electric Avenue 2: Electric Boogaloo?

JessicaRaven: JerseyTim: Phil Moskowitz: Hey, I liked Electric Avenue.

Yeah, me too.

me three

gonna take me higher

Me fourth.

Electric Avenue is like a freaking mind splinter. Just coming upon this article has gotten it stuck in my head.

/dah dudda duh duh duh

He's right about it, though. I'd rather go see a live musician who can actually play his/her own instrument than watch some prerecorded tart on TV who can't even lip synch their own song right.

/Except when I play Rockband. Then it's ok
//But then again I don't get paid to pretend like some people

The veteran hitmaker... of one hit.

OH NO!

/that song is awesome.

GibbyTheMole: The veteran hitmaker... of one hit.

He was a bit more prolific than that, but outside of his one 1983 hit in the pop music scene in the U.S., he's just another obscure reggae artist.

You might as well consult with Eek-a-Mouse on the state of the recording industry as well. Silly article.

Two words: Time Warp.

It is a little known Eddy Grant song that is a great dance track. It sounds a little dated, but is still fun to dance to.

Time Warp (Pop Up Video)

GibbyTheMole: The veteran hitmaker... of one hit.

With one chord.

Glitchwerks: GibbyTheMole: The veteran hitmaker... of one hit.

He was a bit more prolific than that, but outside of his one 1983 hit in the pop music scene in the U.S., he's just another obscure reggae artist.

You might as well consult with Eek-a-Mouse on the state of the recording industry as well. Silly article.

Obscure reggae artist? Wasn't he touted as the second coming of Bob Marley.

/How hits did Bob have?

Yeah, tell this to someone like Pat Metheny, who's been on the road playing shows for most of the last 30 years. Or RUSH. Or a thousand other great bands. This douchebag has no perspective. "Real" music never left. It just left mainstream pop, which is just one small part of the musical world.

182:
Obscure reggae artist? Wasn't he touted as the second coming of Bob Marley.
/How hits did Bob have?

A bit more than Eddy Grant...! I say he's obscure because seriously, outside of Electric Avenue (new window) not many people would know of stuff like Baby Come Back (new window). He also didn't have Eric Clapton covering one of his songs, although he did have the Clash doing Police On My Back (new window), which is a lot cooler, imho.

He's got a lot of great songs, but most people don't dive into reggae much past Marley. Ask the average kid with a Marley t-shirt sometime who Jimmy Cliff or Sugar Minott is! So, yeah, I'd say obscure, but I don't want to fight about it.

/Enjoy the links. Rick Roll free.

I saw Eddy Grant live once, about 20 years ago. He put on a great show! I would definitely see him again.

Slamguy Quote 2008-09-02 09:43:54 AM
Yeah, tell this to someone like Pat Metheny, who's been on the road playing shows for most of the last 30 years. Or RUSH. Or a thousand other great bands. This douchebag has no perspective. "Real" music never left. It just left mainstream pop, which is just one small part of the musical world.


Sounds to me like YOU are the douchebag. He wasn't leaving artists like Pat Metheny or Rush out. But they haven't been dominating the charts, have they? Like Britney, or Christina, or any of the American Idol hacks. That's what he's talking about, moran.

I thought the man would be Eric Mercury. I mixed 'Electric Avenue' up with 'Electric Black Man'.

Didn't he just cancel a bunch of North American tour spots?

Oh-no.
We gonna walk
down to
K-Mart and buy some shoes
They only cost a dollar

But seriously folks, don't any of you remember his theme from the hit movie Romancing the Motherfarking Stone? I mean, on one hand you have Michael Douglas face planting into Kathleen Turners crotch (When she was still a woman) at the end of an exciting mudslide. On the other hand, you have Eddy Grant on a cliff rocking out about how he's romancing the stone!

He's a pop culture footnote, so he deserves to have a say about music. After all, we all KNOW who he is! Who the fark are we? No one, that's who. Especially Eddy farking Grant!

Go on, Eddy.....tell us more.

dervish16108: Didn't he just cancel a bunch of North American tour spots?

I was about to post that - he was in the announced lineup for the Osheaga Festival in Montreal last month (the same show where Iggy Pop got his gear nicked) but cancelled a few days beforehand.

Romancing The Stone Video (new window)

Highlights:

1:20 Emasculating 80's dance moves
1:29 Syncing an ass clap with a synth hand clap
1:37 Changing the physical properties of things with the power of his rockin' (props to P.O.) by turning a machete into a sweet white guitar. Bonus points for totally soloing out.
2:35 Meeting up with some Rastafarian bro's to smoke out before kickin' it on the porch to sing some more.

DeepDownHounds: Oh-no.
We gonna walk
down to
K-Mart and buy some shoes
They only cost a dollar

And what kids of a certain age haven't sang a variation of the song every time they land on an "Avenue" property in Monopoly?
(Don't say just me.)

As much as I appreciate the whole "live shows as litmus test for talent" philosophy, it's not as applicable as it used to be. Lots of bands play to click tracks to synchronize with whatever visual element they've got going on screens, and computers are getting fast enough that vocal correction can be implemented in real-time.

/The more you know

Electric Avenue... man, the soundtrack of my summer of 1983, when I'd go to the community pool with the two hot Romanian sisters I knew then. Good times... gotta download that song...

/Googling Romanian sisters
//Holy cow, one's now an optometrist
///and still hot!

I totally thought he was dead.

eddy grant - gimme hope joanna (new window)

Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance (new window)

Living on the front line
Do you feel my love?

Gottdamn summbiatches.

Eddy Grant the legend just played Glastonbury, yankee heathens.

DeepDownHounds: Romancing The Stone Video (new window)



I bet that THIS is why he dropped off the radar for so long. I remember hearing that he was royally and rightfully ticked off that the studio changed its mind about using this song as the theme song for the movie. Probably said "Fark it. Gonna go smoke me some ganja." Didn't Billy Ocean get the title song or is my mind just addled?

I implement vocal correction in real time even when not on stage.

One of my LiveJournal icons...

All I remember about Eddy Grant was that annoying video being played incessantly on MTV and the fact that he wore an Izod shirt. Or some preppy polo shirt with an emblem on it. Didn't seem every hard core.

As much as I appreciate the whole "live shows as litmus test for talent" philosophy... I sure do. I saw the Bangles open for Mr. Mister back in the day (Mr. Mister? What was I smoking?). The Bangles live musical suckatude was immediate and astonishing. They had a (male) keyboard player stashed way off to the side who was generating all of the textures in the sound. The girls just did chords and words. The guy was programming the drums apparently, too. The blonde drummer came down front to sing and the drums didn't miss a beat.

buckeyebrain: One of my LiveJournal icons...

That is awesome, lol

lout_rampage: buckeyebrain: One of my LiveJournal icons...

That is awesome, lol

Seconded.

boxster: lout_rampage: buckeyebrain: One of my LiveJournal icons...

That is awesome, lol

Seconded.

Thirded.

i seem to remember he made electric avenue on a bet that he couldn't make a top 40 song.

I maybe confusing this with something else, but it is wedged in my head as to proof he could make a top 40 song if he chose too or something like that. was on the one hit wonder show.

Sounds to me like YOU are the douchebag. He wasn't leaving artists like Pat Metheny or Rush out. But they haven't been dominating the charts, have they? Like Britney, or Christina, or any of the American Idol hacks. That's what he's talking about, moran.

It's possible pig. It's conceivable, you miserable vomitous mass. But then again he didn't mention anything about charts, did he, turdsucker? He decried the supposed lack of live music. He didn't say it was specifically popular music he was talking about, eh douche-suck? What gives you the impression he was? Maybe you were busy blowing yourself to notice any of this.

:-)

Slamguy: . . .Maybe you were busy blowing yourself to notice any of this.


I wish I could blow myself.

I used to live on Electric Avenue. I rocked down to it.

Link (Maptacular)

I have had the misfortune of living close to not one but two Electric Avenues in my life. And what popped into my head EVERY DAMN TIME I passed by them in the car?

Oh No!

Oh No!

We Gonna Rock Down To...

My kids made it to like 7 or 8 before they ever heard the song, but they knew every word I did (which admittedly was only a couple lines not even next to each other). We would pass under the exit sign and they would shout "Oh No! Oh No!"

It was cute. Until about 3AM at night when I would toss and turn trying to get that damn song out of my head.

Thankfully, Gwen Stefani saved me by recording that cheerleader song. Now my insomnia is fueled by hollaback girls. I have no idea what one is, but I ain't one. No I ain't no holla back girl. I ain't no holla back girl.

Help!

Real music never left, and never will. Despite whatever anyone says to the contrary.

Have a nice day.