How could we forget Steam?

 

Biography

 

Formed in 1969 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, Steam recorded a single, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", that went to number 1 in the US during 1969. The group had roots in an early 60s band called the Chateaus, which recorded a number of singles for Coral Records and Warner Brothers Records which were unsuccessful. Two of the members of that band, pianist Paul Leka and drummer Gary DeCarlo, met up again in 1969, the year after Leka had co-written the hit "Green Tambourine" for the Lemon Pipers. Leka then went to work for Mercury Records; he and DeCarlo teamed up with another ex-Chateau, Dale Frashuer, to update the song that became "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", which they had written in 1961. They had not intended to let the finished version with the "na na hey hey" chorus go out as a finished product, but Mercury released it on its Fontana subsidiary. The group quickly adapted the name Steam and watched as the single went to the top. Leka assembled a touring version of Steam which did not include the other two originators of their hit. A second single, "I've Gotta Make You Love Me", was issued but missed the Top 40, while the sole Steam album fizzled at number 84, causing a quick end to this one-hit group. The popularity of their sole transatlantic hit was emphasized when Bananarama took "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" back into the UK Top 10 in 1983.

 

Driving down a farm to market road, 80 mph, and that song came on the radio. I thought of this thread right away.

How could we forget Steam?

Driving down a farm to market road, 80 mph, and that song came on the radio. I thought of this thread right away. 

 

Steam=my ringtone. It is my happy song, whenever I hear it, I know something good is happening

Loaf is US.

 

 

 

Thanks Kid. I wasn't sure.

Yeah, I've always heard that if he didn't go the way of music, he could have gone the way of pro-golf. Problem was, I believe he spent too much time with the bottle and as "Alice" to have actually thought about golf in those days. From all I have heard though, he is the one "celebrity golfer" that many of the real golfers take seriously.

 

Yep. Cooper and the bottle were very close friends at one point. That led to his "From The Inside" album.

Yeah, Alice Cooper has his "Nights With Alice Cooper" syndicated radio show nationwide. Pretty good show I must say.

 

He's coming to South Bend in October

 

Wayne Campbell: So, do you come to Milwaukee often?

Alice Cooper: Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers began visiting here in the late 16th century.

Pete: Hey, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name?

Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete, it is. In fact , it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."

Wayne Campbell: I was not aware of that.

Edited August 2, 200520 yr by knightni

Wayne Campbell: So, do you come to Milwaukee often?

Alice Cooper: Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers began visiting here in the late 16th century.

Pete: Hey, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name?

Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete, it is. In fact , it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."

Wayne Campbell: I was not aware of that.

 

Yep. Cooper and the bottle were very close friends at one point.  That led to his "From The Inside" album.

 

That is such a great friggin' album!!! Paid big bucks for that dang thing on import CD.

I spun off into some blues and this is probably a giant duh to y'all music experts, but Red House by Hendrix is blowing me away. I can not believe I have never heard this before.

 

I'm reacquainting myself with Howlin Wolf, Hooker, KoKo, BB, Muddy, Stevie, Sonny Boy, side trip to Billie Holiday (Greatest Female Vocalist Ever?), Bessie

 

What's really cool is a great blues bar is only about 1000 miles away in the Mississippi Delta

Bob Dylan and the Band. C'mon.

I spun off into some blues and this is probably a giant duh to y'all music experts, but Red House by Hendrix is blowing me away. I can not believe I have never heard this before.

Yes, you officially live in a cave, re your unfamiliarity with Red House.

 

One of the traditions of the pack of ne'er-do-wells I ran with in high school was listening to a tape (CD-Rs??? what the hell were those?) I made of all then known recorded Jimi versions of Red House on the ride into school in my buddy's completely cool Ford galaxy convertable. Six different versions, with a couple coming in at 20 minutes or so in length so you know Jimi had some room in there to tear things up a bit.

 

But the "Smash Hits" version you are likely listening to now is quite brilliant, especially the faint echoplex/delay on the doubled lead guitar track. And moving the song up a half-step to Bbm instead of playing a standard Am pentatonic blues makes it sound subconsciously very interesting even though it's a straight-up blues through and through.

 

You can almost be forgiven for not coming across the tune before since it officially only occurred on Smash Hits in the US original releases, although it was on the British Polydor version of Are You Experienced?.

 

Guess I might as well go back over yonder, way back across the hills.

Guess I might as well go back over yonder, way back yonder 'cross the hills.

If'n my baby don' love me no more.....

I know her sister will.

 

Jimi

Edited August 3, 200520 yr by FlaSoxxJim

Bob Dylan and the Band. C'mon.

Dylan would be THE American solo artist. But, according to our ad hoc loosey-goosey rules here, Robbie Robertson being born in Toronto would disqualify the Band. Even if his his mother was Mohawk Indian.

That is such a great friggin' album!!! Paid big bucks for that dang thing on import CD. 

 

That was probably my favorite Cooper album since Welcome to My Nightmare.