tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28069151.post803632394336212039..comments2023-10-10T01:20:46.174-07:00Comments on Mr. Mike's Media Madness: Artist Spotlight: 38 Special 1980 - 1989Mr. Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09506952713136965621noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28069151.post-62054758807703799502009-02-05T08:24:00.000-08:002009-02-05T08:24:00.000-08:00There were actually 5 or 6 bands that night, I jus...There were actually 5 or 6 bands that night, I just can't remember the others.... must be getting old.Some Kinda Wonderfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314091117741552400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28069151.post-55694081084223005712009-02-04T20:51:00.000-08:002009-02-04T20:51:00.000-08:00Rossington Collins and Bon Jovi? Sounds awesome!Rossington Collins and Bon Jovi? Sounds awesome!Mr. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506952713136965621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28069151.post-83660205308984033382009-02-04T06:09:00.000-08:002009-02-04T06:09:00.000-08:00you dissin' on Rossington Collins??? Are you? Me a...you dissin' on Rossington Collins??? Are you? Me and you ain't gonna have <I>words</I> are we, Mr. Mike? Just kidding :-) I loved the Rossington Collins Band. Of course they got an abundance of air play on WDIZ out of Orlando. I saw them in concert once, at Walt Disney World. They were giving it their all, despite the location they were given to play at: the TomorrowLand Stage... And the fresh faced young Bon Jovi played the same night... on the Frontierland stage. Go figure???Some Kinda Wonderfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314091117741552400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28069151.post-75321535492766460342009-02-03T21:55:00.000-08:002009-02-03T21:55:00.000-08:00Well, if the Bun says KRQR played southern rock th...Well, if the Bun says KRQR played southern rock then they must have. The only southern rock song I remember on the radio was Allman Brothers "Ramblin Man".<BR/><BR/>To me 38 Special had to sell out to find their own identity. They were good but would have been less remembered if they stuck to their original sound. Dont misunderstand me, but they would have ended up as memorable as the Rossington Collins Band if they didn't play the arena rock game. And Rossington Collins had great talent!Mr. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506952713136965621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28069151.post-13877056223907265752009-02-03T10:13:00.000-08:002009-02-03T10:13:00.000-08:00"I liked 38 Special okay, but they just seemed lik...<B>"I liked 38 Special okay, but they just seemed like a watered down version of Skynyrd."</B><BR/><BR/>I guess this is why I never considered 38 Special a Southern Rock band. I mean demographically, yes, but they sounded too pop to me.<BR/><BR/><B>"In the Bay Area there was minimal Southern Rock on the radio..."</B><BR/><BR/>Not true! KRQR played them all of the time, though you were too busy listening to Live 105. :pJeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118103744959559899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28069151.post-65207486019417214292009-02-01T08:57:00.000-08:002009-02-01T08:57:00.000-08:00tehehe... what planet was I living on, eh? I've ne...tehehe... what planet was I living on, eh? I've never, ever heard of any of those songs you mentioned in your comment. Then again, I don't think I've purposefully listened to any rap or hip hop or anything like that since... oh I don't know... Salt n Peppa's "What a Man"??? I think that was the last one I ever purposefully listened to.Some Kinda Wonderfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314091117741552400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28069151.post-91287250818265242402009-02-01T08:47:00.000-08:002009-02-01T08:47:00.000-08:00Freebird was a song I heard of a lot about (the fa...Freebird was a song I heard of a lot about (the famous encore joke) but never heard. In the Bay Area there was minimal Southern Rock on the radio, it wasn't until I moved to Sacramento that I started to hear some Skynyrd (That Smell was played a lot up there). My wife put Freebird on a mix tape she made for me, I was hooked on Skynyrd and became a fan after that.<BR/><BR/>In the Bay Area, the requirement is that you listen to Hip Hop. Songs like Roxanne Roxanne, Freaks Come Out At Night and Gangster Gangster I had heard a thousand times on the bus or at parties before they became popular nationally. If anyone owned a car, they immediately tried to install the biggest subwolfer known to man so the bass could be heard miles away. I hated sitting in those cars, the bass would give me a headache. While I liked some of the rap songs, for the most part it wasn't my bag.Mr. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506952713136965621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28069151.post-67132652447483142702009-01-31T12:09:00.000-08:002009-01-31T12:09:00.000-08:00"I hadn't even heard "Freebird" until the 1990's!"..."<I>I hadn't even heard "Freebird" until the 1990's!"</I><BR/><BR/>Dude, there is just something so wrong with that statement. What planet were you living on back then? Freebird is like... like... the national anthem of the South. <BR/><BR/>I liked 38 Special okay, but they just seemed like a watered down version of Skynyrd. Why would you want to listen to them when you could have the real thing? Skynyrd still gets pretty good radio play down here in the South. Especially in FL. Besides, if you're truly Southern you have all their records/tapes anyway. :) Its required down here, ya know.Some Kinda Wonderfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314091117741552400noreply@blogger.com