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Post by smittykins--70s pop RULES! on Jan 13, 2008 18:50:13 GMT -5
A LOST OLDIE! ;D
Back When My Hair Was Short--Gunhill Road
(1973--One whopping week on the Top 40 at #40)
Back when my hair was short
I was a white socked sport
Wore pointed shoes and pegged pants
Drank till my eyes were red
Hid Playboy neath my bed
Slicked my d.a. for the dance
Back when my hair was short
I met some friends in court
For stealing hubcaps from cars
Chain smoking under the stars
Played all night pinball in bars
And dreamed about love
We were experts on love
We talked our way all around it
And even if we had found it
We couldnt respond
Slowly I changed my ways
College and long-haired days
Seeing three concerts a week
An honest to God hippy freak
Too busy eating to speak
Except about love
We held rallies for love
But no one knew what they stood for
How many months were they good for
The meaning is gone
Soon when my hair is short
I'll make a full report
Of how I came back alive
And what it takes to survive
Wringing the truth out of jive
I'll tell you of love
More than ever its love
No lack of faith undermines it
Cause its the hope that we'll find it
That makes us go on
Back when my hair was short
I was a white socked sport
Holding beer parties till three
College appealed to me
Eastern Philosophy.....
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Jan 13, 2008 21:37:22 GMT -5
Hey Smitty, thanks for bringing this old feature back!  This is one I remember well, and I've burned it on to one of my No One Else Remembers CDs. Cool song. The Group Gunhill Road was named for a thoroughfare in New York City. Gun Hill Road is in The Bronx. Gunhill Road's lead singer was a guy named Glenn Leopold. When I was about 10 or 11 I was at summer cam, and there was a younger kid there (maybe 8 or so) named Glenn Leopold and he was from The Bronx. I remember him as a little short kid that everyone called Napoleon. I would be surprised if this isn't the same guy who grew up to sing lead on Back When My Hair Was Short. (Even in a place as large as the Bronx, how many Glenn Leopolds could there be in the correct age range?) |
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Post by Dawn on Jan 14, 2008 13:55:48 GMT -5
Cool lyrics! I haven't heard it in a while, although I have it on a K-Tel album (and also on one of the Rhino Have A Nice Days, if I'm not mistaken.)
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Post by Dawn on Jan 14, 2008 14:01:17 GMT -5
Hey Smitty, thanks for bringing this old feature back! This is one I remember well, and I've burned it on to one of my No One Else Remembers CDs. Cool song. The Group Gunhill Road was named for a thoroughfare in New York City. Gun Hill Road is in The Bronx. Gunhill Road's lead singer was a guy named Glenn Leopold. When I was about 10 or 11 I was at summer cam, and there was a younger kid there (maybe 8 or so) named Glenn Leopold and he was from The Bronx. I remember him as a little short kid that everyone called Napoleon. I would be surprised if this isn't the same guy who grew up to sing lead on Back When My Hair Was Short. (Even in a place as large as the Bronx, how many Glenn Leopolds could there be in the correct age range?) That's very cool, Ed! I agree, the chances are pretty good that it is the same Glenn Leopold that you knew back then. I wonder if we could track down a photo of the group somewhere? I just checked my Billboard book of one-hit wonders, thinking one might be in there, but it only covers groups whose hit reached #20 or higher. |
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Post by smittykins--70s pop RULES! on Jan 14, 2008 16:01:43 GMT -5
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Post by Ken on Jan 14, 2008 16:12:11 GMT -5
Cool lyrics! I haven't heard it in a while, although I have it on a K-Tel album (and also on one of the Rhino Have A Nice Days, if I'm not mistaken.) Dawn, you are correct, it's on Volume 23 of the series.  |
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Post by Ken on Jan 14, 2008 16:13:15 GMT -5
A great tune! |
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Post by jpkansas on Jan 22, 2008 6:44:43 GMT -5
Great idea to pick this feature up again. Right now I'm listening to one of my favorite lost oldies and one hit wonders.
"Toast And Marmalade For Tea" by Tin Tin.
Tin Tin, not to be confused with the Belgian cartoon character, comprised two guys from Australia: Steve Kipner and Steve Groves. They teamed up in the middle Sixties, hoping to make it as songwriters, after getting nowhere "back home", they relocated to London, cut a record as "Steve and Stevie". They then met up with Maurice Gibb, who signed them to a contract under the auspices of Robert Stigwood's operation, and got them into the studio in the summer of 1969, where he produced their debut album and played on about half the tracks. "Only Ladies Play Croquet" went nowhere. A year went by, and eventually Polydor put out "Toast and Marmalade for Tea", with lead vocals by Kipner, off the LP and issued it as a single. RSO's Stateside affiliate, Atco, put out "Toast" in the spring of 1971, and it made No.20 in the Billboard 100, but nothing further clicked, and Steve and Steve eventually went their separate ways, Kipner going on to small success as a performer and larger success as a songwriter — he wrote "Hard Habit to Break", a huge hit for Chicago and co-wrote Olivia Newton-John's "Physical".
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Post by alandhopewell on Jan 22, 2008 12:30:46 GMT -5
One of my all-time faves... THE MORNING OF OUR LIVES  by Arkade It's the morning of our lives Forever starts today Always standing by my side Sharing life all the way It's the morning of our love The love I give to you Growing stronger every day Making dreams all come true It's the morning of our lives.... This rough ol' world Don't give us much to believe in But I believe we'll work it out 'Cause I've got your love And you've got my love And isn't that what it's all about? It's the morning of our lives Forever starts today Always standing by my side Sharing life all the way It's the morning of our lives It's the morning of our lives It's the morning of our lives. |
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Jan 22, 2008 12:46:02 GMT -5
Alan, I've never heard that one. The name Arkade isn't ringing a bell either. When did it come out?
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Post by alandhopewell on Jan 23, 2008 15:40:07 GMT -5
Alan, I've never heard that one. The name Arkade isn't ringing a bell either. When did it come out? About '71, maybe earlier. I first heard a "commercial" version of it in '70, advertising a local Bridal Fair. I heard the complete song on CKLW in about '72, so Arkade may have ben a Canadian group. In the early 70's, there were a number of commercial jingles based on popular songs, and vice-versa...4-X, Yamaha had a commercial jingle based on Mark Lindsay's "Silverbird", while there was a song called, I think, "Sunshine Day", dunno by who, that seemed to be based on a Honda jingle. Sonny and Cher had a song called, "When You Say Love", that was (PTP) budded from a Budweiser jingle. And, o'course, there were the two dozen or so Coca-Cola songs that made their way to the charts....  |
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Jan 24, 2008 11:04:22 GMT -5
In the early 70's, there were a number of commercial jingles based on popular songs, and vice-versa...4-X, Yamaha had a commercial jingle based on Mark Lindsay's "Silverbird", while there was a song called, I think, "Sunshine Day", dunno by who, that seemed to be based on a Honda jingle. Sonny and Cher had a song called, "When You Say Love", that was (PTP) budded from a Budweiser jingle. And, o'course, there were the two dozen or so Coca-Cola songs that made their way to the charts.... I remember "Yamahaaaaaa, won't you fly me away, Yamahaaaaa, today is the day!" I also remember "When You Say Love". What does PTP mean? I looked it up, and none of the definitions that I found fits in with what you're saying! *a few minutes later* never mind--I figured it out--"pardon the pun" |
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Post by alandhopewell on Jan 24, 2008 14:16:47 GMT -5
In the early 70's, there were a number of commercial jingles based on popular songs, and vice-versa...4-X, Yamaha had a commercial jingle based on Mark Lindsay's "Silverbird", while there was a song called, I think, "Sunshine Day", dunno by who, that seemed to be based on a Honda jingle. Sonny and Cher had a song called, "When You Say Love", that was (PTP) budded from a Budweiser jingle. And, o'course, there were the two dozen or so Coca-Cola songs that made their way to the charts.... I remember "Yamahaaaaaa, won't you fly me away, Yamahaaaaa, today is the day!" I also remember "When You Say Love". What does PTP mean? I looked it up, and none of the definitions that I found fits in with what you're saying! *a few minutes later* never mind--I figured it out--"pardon the pun" LAURA: this was also made into a single, called, "That's Why You Remember"...remember this?   www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqyDj7RX6Y |
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Jan 24, 2008 16:31:22 GMT -5
I'm at work right now. I'll try and remember to check it out when I'm home.
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Jan 25, 2008 4:09:40 GMT -5
OK, I checked out the link--it's a commercial for Faygo. I've heard of Faygo soda, but I don't remember that--either as a jingle or as a song. They may not have aired that commercial here in St. Louis. I know I've heard of the soda, though...Cute jingle, although it sounds dated, even for the '70s.
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