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Cheap Trick: 'I'm a California Man'
Reaganite Republican ^
| 19 December 2012
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 12/19/2012 2:32:27 PM PST by Reaganite Republican
I dunno how many of you are familiar with The Move, the Birmingham, England based band that composed and recorded the original version of 'California Man' in 1972. The single did well in the UK, yet flopped stateside, hitting only #93 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Interestingly, the B-side actually got more airplay in the US, and it's one you should know: 'Do Ya'... but just a month after that release, The Move's Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, and famed drummer Bev Bevan had 'moved' on to a new project, the (what came to be) world-renowned Electric Light Orchestra -or ELO- where they re-released 'Do Ya' and went-on to achieve monster commercial success right into the 80s.
Being a 'late boomer' myself, I was a big ELO fan right from the start, yet never even heard of The Move. Instead, I first learned of 'California Man' from Cheap Trick's version on the Heaven Tonight LP in 1978. Nothing I hate more than a lame cover, but with all due respect to the far-more-accomplished musicians of The Move, Chicago's Cheap Trick actually brought a lot to the material with their 'power pop' sound of the late 70's/early 80s -with this live version even a notch or two hotter-
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To: Reaganite Republican
I met Cheap Trick while on a business trip back in the seventies.
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posted on
12/19/2012 2:37:22 PM PST
by
brivette
To: AdvisorB; ken5050; sten; paythefiddler
To: Reaganite Republican
Sure, I remember The Move. “She could really do the Brontosaurus!” That being said, it has been my pleasure to see Cheap Trick a few times and can say that they unequivocally ROCK!
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posted on
12/19/2012 2:47:40 PM PST
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
To: Reaganite Republican
Cheap Trick does a pretty good version of “Don’t Be Cruel”
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posted on
12/19/2012 2:50:21 PM PST
by
kidd
To: Reaganite Republican
I didn’t know Cheap Trick released a Christmas song until I heard it this morning.
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
12/19/2012 3:19:18 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FR: Now, More Than Ever.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
12/19/2012 3:24:02 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FR: Now, More Than Ever.)
To: brivette
I met Cheap Trick while on a business trip back in the seventies.Do tell...
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posted on
12/19/2012 3:32:11 PM PST
by
Poison Pill
(Take your silver lining and SHOVE IT!)
To: Reaganite Republican
Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger, I only heard about The Move in the last 4-5 years, and have been an ELO fan since the 70s.
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posted on
12/19/2012 3:44:43 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo; ConservativeStatement
Not bad at all, and news to me too... thx!
To: brivette
To: Poison Pill
it was at a Japanese restaurant in Rockford, Il.
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posted on
12/19/2012 4:41:46 PM PST
by
brivette
To: Reaganite Republican
I really couldn’t tell, although I did receive one of their guitar pics.
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posted on
12/19/2012 4:44:15 PM PST
by
brivette
To: brivette
That’s his old trademark, throwing out the picks... awesome!
I saw a TON of bands in their prime but somehow missed Cheap Trick
To: Reaganite Republican
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