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Hump Day Flashback: “Rocket 2 U”

by MJ on Jul 14, 2010 • No Comments

What’s the first thing I think of when I hear the name “The Jets”? Not the NY football team or the gang in “West Side Story”, but the family of Tongan-American siblings from Minnesota that had a string of hits in the mid-late Eighties, most notably the funky, sassy “Rocket 2 U”. This Grammy-nominated hit (#5 R&B, #6 pop) for the group was a bit of a departure from their peppy first run of hits. First, it was sung by […]

Hump Day Flashback: Samantha Sang

by MJ on Jul 7, 2010 • No Comments

Hump Day Flashback / Pop Music

For a time in the late Seventies, EVERYTHING the Bee Gees touched turned to gold. In late 1977/early 1978, songs written or performed by Barry, Robin and Maurice held the top spot on the Billboard Top 100 for half a year! “Night Fever”, “How Deep is Your Love”, “Stayin’ Alive”, “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water”, “Shadow Dancing” (both hits for younger brother Andy) and “If I Can’t Have You” by Yvonne Elliman were all chart-toppers. Plus, there was Frankie Valli’s […]

Hump Day Flashback: Cause and Effect

by MJ on Jun 30, 2010 • 2 Comments

Blerd Appreciation / Hump Day Flashback / music / Pop Music

Before I got to high school, I thought Depeche Mode was a one-hit wonder act. “People Are People” was a Top 40 hit in 1985, and then they disappeared, or so I thought for a few years. Without exposure to modern rock radio (or knowledge of what modern rock radio even WAS at that point), how the hell was I supposed to know that DM was still kickin’? My entrance into high school in 1989 broadened my world in many […]