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In every window a light as every night begins
One thing stays on my mind as I look back on the time
I guess it just couldn't last I feel its fading fast
Do you remember?
Do you surrender?
Do you remember how it feels?
If it all comes back on me, I will run and hide
Sometimes all you've got left is your empty pride
Nothing, nothing will ever be the same
Some of the best things fade, some of the worst remain
I can't turn back the tide
Or show you something inside
Or help you out when you fall
If I can help you at all
Do you remember?
Do you surrender?
Do you remember how it feels?
Do you remember?
Do you surrender?
Do you remember how it feels?
I don't remember this song back in the day. However, over the years I've become very familiar with it through RP. A very groovy tune.
So cool to hear Greg Kihn again. I loved his music back in the late 70s/early 80s. Then he went in an overly pop (for me back then) direction, and I just gave up on him. I never heard this one before, but I love it. THIS is why I only listen to RP.
I saw him perform live in the 70s and 80s in San Francisco. Very good live show. For me this was his best song. Who remembers that he became a DJ on a radio station in San Jose?
20 years later, I lived on a 360-acre farm with the keyboardist (and a bunch of other folks) . Gary was a super cool guy!
I live next door to the drummer's brother. really!
You're right, there's nothing in it that dates it, no '80's keyboard, no synthetic drums... it really does sound pretty good.
Although I do dig the guitar solo. Pretty dang sweet :)
WXRT -- I live in South Bend and wow XRT brings back memories. are they still in a rock format?
Chicago's Fine Rock Station!
Early- Mid 70's San Francisco bay area was when I was turned onto him.
Unique sound to the region? But he was greatly appreciated and got a lot of local radio air-time.
Still a unique sound to him after 40 years.
Gets an 8
He was a big favorite here in Cleveland then as well. All of his stuff got big airplay back when it was fresh. There was a minor league circuit in the 70's and 80's anchored by the Cleveland Agora with outlets in Colorado and Texas and maybe San Diego-ish that hit particular regions and acts would rotate through them. Michael Stanley is one of those acts that traveled this circuit. Joe Walsh had a big influence with this group establishing the beach head in Colorado during his Rocky Mountain Way / Barnstorm phase.
They're philistines. (The RP listeners who gave it 6.8.)
....wait....so anyone who has rated this track is a philistine?
6.8 is a not too terrible average rating for a somewhat obscure (to U.S. ears) artist. And I've helped the cause in increasing the rating; mine's at an 8.
They're philistines. (The RP listeners who gave it 6.8.)
Puns and all, I find this to be a driving track, good for working or working out, and I've rated it an 8.
Now, 4 tracks ago I commented that BillG had played a set of 7 of my 8s in a row, followed by a 9 and 7, and another 4 8s (and counting) so I'm going to consider this to be my favorite batch of tracks on RP in my 11ish years here.
Long Live RP!
Early- Mid 70's San Francisco bay area was when I was turned onto him.
Unique sound to the region? But he was greatly appreciated and got a lot of local radio air-time.
Still a unique sound to him after 40 years.
Gets an 8
Remembered the name but had to look up the hits: "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" and "Jeopardy" (as in "Our Love's in Jeopardy" which Weird Al Yankovich turned into "I Lost on Jeopardy"). Maybe there were other notable ones; this is far better than anything else of his that I remember.
And yeah, I think it was The Greg Kihn Band. One of his albums was called "Kihnspiracy" which made me groan at the time.
Apparently the punning thing was based on some OCD issue: he kept doing it. One of the first albums from the Greg Kihn band was "Rockihnroll". And then...
From Allmusic.com:
He continued in a more commercial vein through the '80s with a series of pun-titled albums: Kihntinued (1982), Kihnspiracy (1983), Kihntageous (1984), and Citizen Kihn (1985).
Other albums include: "True Kihnfessions", "Kihnspicuous Taste", "Unkihntrollable", "Kihn of Hearts" and "Next of Kihn."
As Hogtownmike and Proclivities have noted, the design on many of the album covers is pretty cheesy.
The live version includes a really cool "fade out".
Remembered the name but had to look up the hits: "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" and "Jeopardy" (as in "Our Love's in Jeopardy" which Weird Al Yankovich turned into "I Lost on Jeopardy"). Maybe there were other notable ones; this is far better than anything else of his that I remember.
And yeah, I think it was The Greg Kihn Band. One of his albums was called "Kihnspiracy" which made me groan at the time.
and the awful typography! (design nerd).
It could be worse, at least they used a fun typeface; that overlapping is pretty dreadful though.
Remembered the name but had to look up the hits: "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" and "Jeopardy" (as in "Our Love's in Jeopardy" which Weird Al Yankovich turned into "I Lost on Jeopardy"). Maybe there were other notable ones; this is far better than anything else of his that I remember.
And yeah, I think it was The Greg Kihn Band. One of his albums was called "Kihnspiracy" which made me groan at the time.
and the awful typography! (design nerd).
Amen. What is it? 36—gasp— years later?
Was it at Gabe's?
Re: KFOG, KFOX... two years ago my last message to the PD at KFOG was that I was switching to RP. Haven't looked back.
Bounce!
He lost his morning show radio gig last month on KFOX. KFOX decided to try and step into the shoes that KFOG left vacant when their current PD gutted the station and changed the format to safe corporate... RIP KFOG
I don't recall when KBAY changed its call letters to KFOG, but it was at least by 1968. A buddy of mine—we were sophomores at USF—landed a gig as a nighttime DJ. At the time KFOG was an "easy listening" station, but a gig's a gig, right? At the top of every hour, he'd read the news which would always end with some bizarre Reuters story, like nude Sumo wrestlers frolicking in the fountains at the emperor's Imperial Palace. He told us later that he and the engineer would make up these wild stories to relieve the boredom and attribute them to Reuters, mostly because no one would think to check up on the revered British news service. Couldn't happen in the internet age.
He lost his morning show radio gig last month on KFOX. KFOX decided to try and step into the shoes that KFOG left vacant when their current PD gutted the station and changed the format to safe corporate... RIP KFOG
You are so right. KFrOG bites the big one now. Even 10at10 is messed up. Annalisa was one of the last bits of goodness at KFOG before they gave her Kihn's job.
Oh, good song :-).
Another alternate version is the single: When the album version started getting a bit of airplay, the decision was made to try to create an edited 45. For better or worse, no one could come up with what they thought was an acceptable edit, so everyone went back into the studio to record a completely new shorter version.
He lost his morning show radio gig last month on KFOX. KFOX decided to try and step into the shoes that KFOG left vacant when their current PD gutted the station and changed the format to safe corporate... RIP KFOG
He had a bigger hit with "Jeopardy". This song's not bad though.
One of the best songs of the 80's
We all looked pretty silly in the 80's.
Even sillier in the '70s.
Around here we call it Fourbucks.
On_The_Beach wrote:
Same show! I was amazed how much real estate Jagger covered that night. Never stopped moving all night; great energy.
Keen.
Had a heap of dishes from an early dinner-party and got through them in no time with the energy of the set following Joan Armatrading's track which was accompanied by a very nice German off-sweet white.
MMM.hmmm.
two dollars? What Starbucks are you shopping at?
Just my opinion. That and two dollars would get you a Starbucks grande low-fat latte.
He acquiesced for a snapshot with me and a high school GF after we ambushed him exiting the rear from a late-night interview at KFRC around that time. Nice guy.
Well done!
He acquiesced for a snapshot with me and a high school GF after we ambushed him exiting the rear from a late-night interview at KFRC around that time. Nice guy.
Wow. I love it. Thank goodness Greg Kihn is more than just a one-hit wonder.
Saw that tour in the Kingdome (RIP). He was great—and so was J. Geils—the second band.
On_The_Beach wrote:
We all looked pretty silly in the 80's.
...bayy-buh
Yeah, a lot of folks didn't know who he was then or now. Glad RP plays him.
I've seen people wearing those skinny stove-pipe jeans. Ya wait long enough, stuff comes back in style!
He didn't do too much that was this good. Iremeber i had one of his records at one time and was very disappointed with most of it. This is avery strong cut though!
Greg who?
Thumbs up.
Egggggaxtly.
I need to buy the cd just for this song.
Thumbs up.
?? I like this ... and I'm a big Yes-head ... but I don't here old-school (or any-school) Yes at all.