Greebomusic Member Username: Greebomusic
Post Number: 22 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 12:21 pm: | |
Jamie was dating a girl from Detroit at the time. A friend of mine married her! |
Gencinjay Member Username: Gencinjay
Post Number: 69 Registered: 03-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 1:36 pm: | |
Wow this is tough to pick Miles - Sponge I am Anastasia - Sponge Seven Nation Army - White Stripes I Believe - Stevie Wonder Turn the Page - Bob Seger |
Jfre66_77 Member Username: Jfre66_77
Post Number: 91 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 1:47 pm: | |
Open Your Eyes - Alter Bridge (if you consider them local) Turn Up the Radio - the Rockets Schools Out - Alice Cooper Seven Nation Army - White Stripes My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder |
Melody Member Username: Melody
Post Number: 309 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 1:55 pm: | |
"I Dont Think So - Gore Gore Girls" I played/sang on that recording It's a cover. Here are my favorites: "Vegas" by The Paybacks "Lucifer" by Bob Seger System "Evil" by Cactus "1000 Cigarettes" by Bill Parker & His Motherscratchers "Pope on a Rope" by The Meatmen "At Her Feet" by Octopus "77 Burnout" by 500 Ft. of Pipe "Oh Severed Head" by Ghost City "Below the Sun" by Wolfbait "19" by Chapstik "Shelby Township" by Dead Bodies "It's Raining" by Detroit Cobras "McDonaldz" by Electric Six "Crawl" Laughing Hyenas "Monster" by the Muggs Oh it goes on and on -- there's too many! I listen to mostly local bands, so it's hard to pick. |
Hybridy Member Username: Hybridy
Post Number: 267 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 2:07 pm: | |
For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti - Sufjan Stevens !!! also... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =xmup8AofWnw mostly for the video-but still a kick ass combo (Message edited by hybridy on November 04, 2008) |
Zrx_doug Member Username: Zrx_doug
Post Number: 783 Registered: 03-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 2:37 pm: | |
Adrenaline as a joke? Bite your tongue! Those guys put out some of the best local live shows every time I saw 'em! (a LOT of times, BTW) Me & my buddy Dave did some road-signage theft out in Farmington, gave the band a "Freedom Rd." sign one night at Harpo's, ended up doing the after-show party all-night thing with the band & friends..say what you will 'bout Adrenaline, they had some purty groupies! Whatever happened to 'em? I seem to recall the lead singer doing the "rehab/found Jesus" thing shortly before they dropped off my radar, but I may be confuzzled about that.. |
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian
Post Number: 2007 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 2:43 pm: | |
"Why Leave us Alone?" 5 special "Nights over Egypt" The Jones Girls |
Izzyindetroit Member Username: Izzyindetroit
Post Number: 126 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 3:02 pm: | |
Living for the City - Stevie Wonder Cha Cha Twist - Detroit Cobras Whose Afraid of Detroit - Claude VonStoke We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron Detroit Thang - Kid Rock |
Frankg Member Username: Frankg
Post Number: 688 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 3:04 pm: | |
My Girl - Temptations Wish it would rain - Temptations Be my lover - Alice Cooper (not really a Detroit band though?) What I like about you - Romantics Friendship Train - Gladys Knight & the Pips |
Soomka1 Member Username: Soomka1
Post Number: 149 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 6:12 pm: | |
Zrx_doug, I knew the Pastoria brothers from Adrenaline when I was in High School and I used to get a kick out of them when they would go to church at St. Joan's in their "rock star" clothes. I guess they run this recording studio now http://www.harmoniepark.com/ It says that Mark Pastoria recently won a Grammy working with Aretha Franklin which is pretty cool. I know their cousin who recorded there under the name DC PAC as a Christian rapper. |
Cooper Member Username: Cooper
Post Number: 40 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 6:50 pm: | |
That this is so impossible is a testament to how great Detroit is. Five current favorites: The Stooges - 1969 White Stripes - Death Letter Tyvek - Air Conditioner The Dirtbombs - Motor City Baby The Detroit Cobras - Cha Cha Twist |
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 1066 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 7:11 pm: | |
Just about anything - from the loud-rock group known as FORGE - will blow your phucking mind. Check 'em out on i-tunes; specifically, the albums: "Trials" & "Bring on the Apocalypse" These four Detroiters are well-schooled with regard to THE ROCK...that you so desperately crave. |
Ggores Member Username: Ggores
Post Number: 470 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 7:15 pm: | |
So JLodge {the OP in case anybody didn't know}, have these responses helped you out? Not bad, huh? Maybe when you determine your song list, you could make it public as well. I'm sure it'd be entertaining. |
Ct_alum Member Username: Ct_alum
Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 7:44 pm: | |
Andylinn: Search and Destroy was by Iggy Pop as a solo act, not with the Stooges. |
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv
Post Number: 471 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 8:16 pm: | |
Ct_alum, Search and Destroy is from the Raw Power LP by Iggy and the Stooges, which had 3 of the 4 original members of the Stooges on it. Dave Alexander had passed. Raw Power is considered a Stooges album, not an Iggy album. I would consider The Idiot to be the first Iggy album since it had no other Stooges in it, except for Iggy. |
Ggores Member Username: Ggores
Post Number: 472 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 8:29 pm: | |
oh, let's just come out and say it - FUNHOUSE! ^^ |
Melody Member Username: Melody
Post Number: 310 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:21 pm: | |
I second what Chuckjav said -- Forge is a great band. I have "Speed and Timing" on my iPod, it's killer! |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2884 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:55 pm: | |
Please excuse the tardiness of my appearance here, but I must point out, to Saintme, that Stevie Wonder is not responsible (or to blame) for "She's A Bad Mama Jama." Carl Carlton gets the credit for that one, although some of us feel that he should be fined, not credited, for it. I am pleased to see that a couple of my favorites, "Loose" and "Lucifer" (a pairing which, I am only now noticing, has a homonymicity to it,) repeatedly appear in this thread. And, a thumbs-up to Ct_alum for mentioning Savage Grace's "Lady Rain." |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 9043 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 3:46 pm: | |
quote:So JLodge (the OP in case anybody didn't know), have these responses helped you out? Not bad, huh? Maybe when you determine your song list, you could make it public as well. I'm sure it'd be entertaining. Yes, great lists! I see some recurring bands I have not yet heard, so I definitely need to check those out. |
Mickeymac Member Username: Mickeymac
Post Number: 46 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 5:23 pm: | |
Too many to list Everything but the MC5 |
Elimarr Member Username: Elimarr
Post Number: 92 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 5:59 pm: | |
Won't repeat the great ones already mentioned, so will just add: MC5 - "The Motor City is Burning" Cactus - "Evil" (they rocked this Howlin' Wolf tune!) Funkadelic - "Testify" (oooh-oooh-luscious!) |
Ct_alum Member Username: Ct_alum
Post Number: 6 Registered: 10-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:54 pm: | |
Elimarr: Yes! Funkadelic - Testify!. The hair on my arms stood up when I saw your post and remembered the song. Too much! I'll never forget when I think it was Dave Schaefer on CKLW played "I Was Made to Love Her" and when it was over said "If that doesn't get to you there's something wrong with you!" So true.............. A couple of other favorites by the Temps: You're My Everything (Eddie Kendricks lead) Get Ready (Eddie Kendricks lead) Cloud 9 (Dennis Edwards lead) I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Temps & Supremes Anything by the MC5, too bad they and the Stooges were so mismanaged by Elektra Records. I guess that they didn't know how to deal with what was being laid down by the 5 and Iggy. I remember being kicked out of Driver's Ed at Osborn because I had a White Panther Party button on my jacket......... |
Toolbox Member Username: Toolbox
Post Number: 1174 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 7:29 am: | |
Sponge was way better when they were performing as Loudhouse. Anything by John Brannon - NA, Laughing Heyenas, Easy Action. Early Segar - Persecution Smith, Heavy Music espically when introed by Dr. Jack Van Impe, Ballad of the Yellow Beret. Amboy Dukes - You Talk Sunshine I Breathe Fire |
Whaler Member Username: Whaler
Post Number: 111 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 7:43 am: | |
Sweet Jenny Lee "Frost" I Need You "The Rationals" Who Do You Love "Woolies" In the Midnight Hour "Wanted" Love's Gone Bad "Underdogs" Psychedelic Used Car Lot Blues "Southbound Freeway" Looking At You "MC5" East Side Story"Bob Seger & Last Heard" Show Me "Scott Richard Case" SRC Rock N Roll Music "Frost" Fantastic Planet of Love "Marshall Crenshaw" Devil Without a Cause "Kid Rock" Oleo "Cactus" Billion Dollar Babies "Alice Cooper" Baby Please Don't Go "Amboy Dukes" What's Goin On "Marvin Gaye" The Tears Of A Clown "Smokey Robinson&Miricles" Sir Duke "Stevie Wonder" Ball and Biscuit "White Stripes" |
Boogiechillen Member Username: Boogiechillen
Post Number: 7 Registered: 09-2008
| Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 12:23 pm: | |
I've seen a couple of "The Tears of a Clown" mentions, but I am personally a fan of Smokey's other great "Tears" hit, "The Tracks of My Tears" John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen" (my usernamesake) is a dandy. Lately I can't get enough of Rodriguez's "I Wonder". Arthur Alexander's "Detroit City"- This song is all about the Great Migration. Dig these lyrics: "Home Folks think I'm big in Detroit City From the letters that I write, they think I'm fine. But by day I make the cars, by night I make the bars If they could only read between the lines." I could name so many more... |
Steve Member Username: Steve
Post Number: 247 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 3:59 pm: | |
"Wait A Minute" Tim Tam and the Turn-ons |
Mickeymac Member Username: Mickeymac
Post Number: 47 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 6:12 pm: | |
Lets keep it real Anything from the following labels: Fortune, Motown(and the subidaries), Golden World/Ric Tic, Northern, Lupine, Chex, Carla/Karen, Revilot, Hideout, A Square. |
Ct_alum Member Username: Ct_alum
Post Number: 8 Registered: 10-2008
| Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 8:32 pm: | |
Journey To the Center of the Mind - Amboy Dukes Ramblin Rose - MC5 Checkmate - SRC TV Eye - Stooges Mystery Man - Frost Lucifer - Bob Seeger Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye Forever Came Today - Supremes Today I Fell in Love - Diana Ross |
Bobl Member Username: Bobl
Post Number: 183 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 6:32 am: | |
Higher And Higher Jackie Wilson Looking At You MC5 East Side Story Bob Seeger Testify Funkadelic Motor City's Burnin' John Lee Hooker And all of the wonderful Native Sons who recorded at Fortune Records, the record company that could have and should have........ Ask me tomorrow, and the list would change. Lots of good stuff! |
Clermont Member Username: Clermont
Post Number: 38 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 10:33 am: | |
the big 3 killed my baby - white stripes boogie chillun - john lee hooker the happening - diana ross and the supremes psychedelic shack - the temptations american pig- the go sharpest claws - the dirtbombs cosmic car - juan atkins zinj lebarb - griot galaxy fuckalot - the layabouts ain't lookin back - bob seger vegas- the paybacks nitroglicerine - the gories band of gold- freda payne do you love me - the contours |
Optima Member Username: Optima
Post Number: 60 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 12:01 pm: | |
This is a completely impossible task but here are my entries: Tie: Bernadette - Four Tops /Baby Love - Supremes I'm Bored - Stooges What's Going On - Marvin Superstition - Stevie Seger - Lucifer (you can get sweaty just listening to it) |
Pffft Member Username: Pffft
Post Number: 1790 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 12:50 pm: | |
I love that so many remember "I Wanna Testify" by Funkadelic. Great tune... |
Mickeymac Member Username: Mickeymac
Post Number: 48 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Saturday, November 08, 2008 - 3:24 pm: | |
Recent Detroit stuff: Feral-The Gorries Casino-The Gore Gore Girls Black Girl-The Paybacks Stupid-The Dirtbombs Oh Sherrile-The Hentchmen Sunday Drive-The Come Ons Won't You Dance With Me-The Detroit Cobras(even though Billy Lee & the Rivieras did it first) If Push Comes To Shove-Fortune & Maltese |
Treelock Member Username: Treelock
Post Number: 341 Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 8:32 pm: | |
"I Got a Thing" by Funkadelic "(Your Love is Like a) Heat Wave" by City Councilwoman Martha Reeves and the Vandellas "Kick Out the Jams" by MC5 "Heavy Music" by Bob Seger "Motor City's Burnin'" by John Lee Hooker |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2887 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 9:00 pm: | |
Pffft, I'm not trying to be a hair-splitting ass-pain, by pointing this out, but that wasn't Funkadelic, it was "The Parliaments," even though we both know it was pretty nearly about the same bunch. |
Pffft Member Username: Pffft
Post Number: 1795 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 10:14 pm: | |
Yep you're right ...somebody else called it Funkadelic and I echoed that. It's the Parliaments... |
Melody Member Username: Melody
Post Number: 316 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 12:21 am: | |
This is a great thread. Lots of great bands mentioned, but a lot of them are classics (even the newer rock bands mentioned are mostly from 5-10 years ago). Here's a short list of my favorite Detroit bands that are more "now." Millions of Brazilians Love Meets Lust Casket Bastards Friendly Foes (playing the Belmont this Friday 11/14!) Ghost City (broke up too soon, but get the CD) The Muggs Bluesong (incredible stoner rock/blues) Aquarius Void Octopus (playing the Belmont 11/29) Back in Spades (reuniting at Small's 12/19) Lola Morales Prussia Hard Lessons Matt Truman Ego Trip (from Bowling Green, but there's a Detroit connection) Friends of Dennis Wilson I, Crime Just to name a few... check 'em out! For more local music, listen to Riff2 every Tuesday night from 10 p.m. to midnight. You can listen on an HD radio (101.1 HD2) or online at www.riff2.com!! |
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv
Post Number: 473 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 10:00 am: | |
Melody mentioned Bluesong above. Here's a performance video of them playing a tune from my list. Put the video on full screen and it's almost like being there. They could groove on that bass line for daze. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =AZDRvyo7t9A&feature=related |
Mickeymac Member Username: Mickeymac
Post Number: 50 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 5:58 pm: | |
The Muggs and The Hard Lessons have played here in Kalamazoo a few times and I have seen them. They are good. |
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera
Post Number: 1025 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 7:38 pm: | |
Wow, great stuff here. Many of my favs listed, so I'll pick 5 that I like that I don't believe were previously listed. I'm A Disgrace - Tommy Trash Cool Daddy In a Cadillac - Elvis Hitler No Pills- Torpedos Persecution - 3rd Power Heavy Music -Seger Liberation Army And one more for the hell of it Cheap Thrill Looks - The Almighty Strut |
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame
Post Number: 648 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 12:02 am: | |
So, of course, no "M" as she is from Pontiac. If only the rest of the world savvy that. LOL Very cool to hear about Mark Pastoria. I knew Brian a lot better; I used to work with him summers at the linen company. His uncle worked there and so did my mom. Good Italian kids like us weren't allowed to screw off all summer. Make that money! But, we still managed to have fun. A lot. I knew the Bitter Sweet Alley guys too; I wrote a story on them for "The South End" when I was at WSU. (Also wrote one on Adrenalin, too.) Bill Pilupchuk, BSA's keyboard player went there too, I'd see him on campus quite a bit. He used to have this fabulous long black coat and a Beatles haircut. He was an art major, I think. I remember Gary Spagnola, too. So, no slamming these guys in my presence. I have a lot of respect for artists, esp. the ones who work and/or go to school, and still do their music, too. A lot. |
Bobl Member Username: Bobl
Post Number: 196 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 5:56 am: | |
Downriviera: Your mention of "No Pills" brought a smile. I had a love/hate thing for Torpedos, then Reputations. On their best nights, they were fantastic. Other nights, a train wreck. I liked "Pop Star" even more..... First met Johnny Angelos at the Red Roach Cafe, on Plum Street. Sad ending, later. |
Steve Member Username: Steve
Post Number: 248 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 9:15 am: | |
"We Gotta Go" by the Shy Guys. Did anybody mention Terry Knight and the Pack? Do they count? |
Applesauce Member Username: Applesauce
Post Number: 201 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 4:03 pm: | |
"You Need Love" - DC Drive w/Cholly "Pops" Atkins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =FGspelsB-Zw This tune still kicks ass!!! |
Clermont Member Username: Clermont
Post Number: 40 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 5:08 pm: | |
want to add "16 w/ a bullet" by scott morgan and "the harder they come" by dodge main |
Wykkidx Member Username: Wykkidx
Post Number: 70 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 5:11 pm: | |
Every time I run I fall down - Toby Redd |
Bobl Member Username: Bobl
Post Number: 213 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 6:11 am: | |
Volume Two: Too much good stuff!!! 1a: The Wind Nolan Strong & Diablos 2a: Love's Gone Bad Underdogs 3a: Tears Of A Clown Smokey & Miracles 4a: What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted J Ruffin 5a: Shakin' Street MC5 (Message edited by Bobl on November 21, 2008) (Message edited by Bobl on November 21, 2008) |
Steve Member Username: Steve
Post Number: 251 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 7:05 am: | |
Greenback Dollar -- Jamie Coe and the Gigolos |
Ct_alum Member Username: Ct_alum
Post Number: 27 Registered: 10-2008
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:08 pm: | |
The Angel Song - SRC I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges Sock It to Me Baby - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Human Being Lawnmower - MC5 Over and Over MC5 Shot Gun - Jr Walker & the All Stars |
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl
Post Number: 1459 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:23 pm: | |
i just learned today that bob seger was once producer for a detroit-local band called "the mushrooms," and created a strong friendship with one of the group's members. this musician moved on from the mushrooms and co-wrote a song with seger that reached #1: "heartbreak tonight." the musician, of course, is glen frey of the eagles, who is a royal oak dondero grad...i just learned all this today! i'm sure many of you scene-sters already knew that, but it was cool for me to find out! |
Bobl Member Username: Bobl
Post Number: 217 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 5:21 pm: | |
There was an amazing amount of community in the rock music scene of Detroit in those days. Numerous bands formed and morphed, exchanging members and fans. There is a website, called My First Band, that chronicles amateur rock bands from the sixties. There are more entries from Michigan than any other state. The huge potential of the Detroit scene imploded dramatically with the introduction of hard drugs. |
Sludgedaddy Member Username: Sludgedaddy
Post Number: 230 Registered: 01-2008
| Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 6:14 pm: | |
....Bobl, I hate to disagree, but I think it was a shortage of hair pomade that started the downfall. Remember Emmanuel Lasky? |
Bobl Member Username: Bobl
Post Number: 219 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 8:34 pm: | |
S: Yes. Thelma Records' finest!!! May he rest in peace. |
Jerrytimes Member Username: Jerrytimes
Post Number: 155 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 8:41 pm: | |
Forge is fantastic and for all who weren't aware, they are now called Decibilt and play 80's rock. Check it out. My favorite Detroit music days were back when Forge played in the late 90's/early 2000's. Other good local bands at the time were Arizing, One Degree Off, The Sicks, Factory 81, Taproot. I was in a band that played with most listed above. We were called Killswytch and later changed our name to Odious. |
Douglasm Member Username: Douglasm
Post Number: 1180 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 9:38 pm: | |
Steve.... ....found this on Detroit Radio Flashbacks http://www.detroitradioflashba cks.net/retroreplay2/W_K_N_R_S cott_Regan___Shy_Guys_The_Burg er_Song.mp3 Don't know if Terry would qualify. He's generally considered a Flint product, isn't he? |
Bobl Member Username: Bobl
Post Number: 220 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 10:56 pm: | |
A good DJ. Saw him play as Terry Knight & The Pack at the Grande, complete with painted face! Dave (?) the announcer was not sure of the reaction, and asked if the audience wanted them back. Some replied positively, many were quiet. Next thing I remember, seems like just weeks later, Grand Funk was playing LOUDLY, and soon became LARGE. I couldn't figure out why they became so big, while bands that I thought were much better were ignored. I thought Jagged Edge was the next big thing! |