51. The Flame
[Lap Of Luxury]
Too cool to get The Flame's back? Joke's on you sucker.
#1 in the country for TWO weeks! Chicks had heard of my
favorite band again.
52. Big Eyes [In
Color]
53. I Want Be Man
[One On One]
Two songs in one.
54. Daddy Should Have
Stayed In High School [self-titled - 1977]
What a great title. Always bonus points when
Tom's bass appears in its naked glory. It's like Jaws
popping up next to your boat, guaranteed to take your
breath away.
55. Heaven Tonight
[Heaven Tonight]
I'm making a bong sound now.
56. Won't Take No For
an Answer [Next Position Please]
Alright, let's tangle with Next Position Please
and producer Todd Rundgren. On one hand, it doesn't sound
anything like a CT record, and I can't believe the label
let it come out. On the other, it is a really cool experiment
and I wouldn't change a thing. Less guitars, but better
songs. Todd heard CT as a pure power pop band and he tried
to capture that. I can respect that vision. Lots of nerds
have that same vision. This CD is for you nerds out there.
"Won't Take No" is a good example of a rock
song produced like a pop song.
57. Say Goodbye
[self-titled - 1997]
Great song but a poor single choice. Would have
been the best song on Busted.
58. Elo Kiddes [self-titled
- 1977]
A fun song to play.
59. Reach Out
[Heavy Metal (soundtrack)]
Maybe ranked a little high, but I love the live version
from Chicago. Pete Comita could be Tom P in a CT tribute
band. Plays Bass like the guitar player he is.
60. Didn't Know I Had
It [Woke Up With A Monster]
Cool solo.
61. Back 'N Blue
[Busted]
Probably too low. I like this song. Nice drum
fills to boot.
62. The Ballad Of TV Violence
(I'm Not The Only Boy) [self-titled - 1977]
63. Y.O.Y.O.Y. [Next
Position Please]
When I was 12 or 13 years old, I used to catch
the bus downtown on Saturday
afternoons to go by records. Obviously, I was super stoked
when the new CT
record came out, but when I got home from the store with
my new copy of NPP
and opened it up, inside was a Heart album. I had to wait
till next weekend to return it and get the right record.
Very disappointing.
I had a crush on a girl named Lisa in
8th grade, and I would sit in my room and play Y.O.Y.
over and over.
64. Standing On The Edge
[Standing On The Edge]
65. Everything Works If
You Let It
[ Sex, America, Cheap Trick (box set) / Roadie (soundtrack)]
66. Borderline
[Next Position Please]
Played great live version on Alan Thicke show
Drunkest I ever saw Mike "Biggie"
McDermott:
Joe and I were driving up to see CT at the Marion Popcorn
festival, but first we stopped to pick up Mike at his
parent's house. Before we left, he filled up one of those
Pizza Hut 30-ounce giant red cups with a hard liquor "suicide."
(Taking an inch or so of every bottle in his parents cabinet,
so not to be missed.) We could hear CT sound checking
"Borderline" as we pulled up, se he chugged
the whole thing in 30 seconds and we ran for the stage.
Soon after, security ran Biggie's drunk
ass out of there.
Being the good friends that we are, Joe
and I locked him in the car, (He couldn't figure out how
to get out.) watched the show, then drove back to Columbus
and dumped him in his parents front yard.
67. I Can't Understand
It [Busted]
68. Love Comes A-Tumblin'
Down [All Shook Up]
69. Day Tripper
[Sex, America, Cheap Trick / Sliver]
Art singing with Robin is like me weight lifting with
Arnold.
70. Invaders of the Heart
[Next Position Please]
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71. How About You
[Standing On The Edge]
72. Let Her Go
[Woke Up With A Monster]
Monster soundtrack version at the big ol' empty Newport
in Columbus.
73. Next Position Please
[Next Position Please]
Version from a bootleg video from Germany shows
hidden similarity to "Baba O'Riley."
74. Takin' Me Back
[Heaven Tonight]
75. Baby No More
[self-titled - 1997]
Is this the same band that did "Where Ever
Will I Be" on their previous CD?
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