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Old 11-29-2012, 06:55 PM   #104 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by slappyjenkins View Post
Ok here's one to stir up the hornet's nest....Eddy Grant...I've been told he's very successful elsewhere but the only song I really remember is 'Electric Avenue'. i do remember 'Romancing the stone', but did it do well on the charts?

Also does anyone know his other songs he had success without outside the US?


Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue - YouTube
Eddy Grant had a lot of success here in the U.K but TBH he was kinds cheesy and regarded as Reggae Pop but this was a classic:


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These two have gotten multiple mentions and I love these songs...I like to post links to those hard to find video clips of the artist....

*This version of Big Country is part of some kind of 'short film' called Bad Taste, actually done by PETER JACKSON...some of it is kind of graphic, well you know for 1980s, and not very good, but I thought it was interesting enough to show


Big Country - In A Big Country (Official banned Music Video) - YouTube

And BANG A GONG

Marc Bolan \ Bang A Gong (Get It On) - YouTube
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Just to let you know that someone editing merged my posts with someone else on Page 9. These are the ones I posted.
Big Country had plenty of hits here such as:

I think this album (Steeltown) is really good)


As for Marc Bolan take your pick:


and of course this classic with his band T Rex:
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