You know, the guy from Flock of Seagulls might not have had hair back in the day. That elaborate hairdo could have been a comb-over (I guess "comb-forward" would be more accurate).

That was one god-awful show. At he beginning I was trying to remember what the winners were going to be awarded - recording contract, single...? - turns out a "donation" will be made to the charity of their choice in their name.

LOW budget.

Did Arrested Development (now an even funnier name for a band a decade plus later) still have the old guy with the white beard? I think his name was something like "Baba Ojay." I met him between sets at Lollapalooza the year they performed there, and he was a nice guy.

Yes, he was there, and still had nothing to do but clap over his stupid head. Jesus. Give the alte kacher a tamourine or something.

I get the feeling that all the people from Arrested Development are nice people. Except they're too nice. So nice you'd like to trick them into a van and disappear them by the abandoned brick works.

PS, anyone who performed at Lollapallooza shouldn't be on this show.

It's just not fair. They're still all pretty young, still in the business (kind of), and less than ten years from their last hit single.

I listened to that song ("Sister Christian") what must've been hundreds of times without actually figuring out what the plot was.

Something about "motorin'"?

'Sister Christian': No.

'Don't Tell Me you Love Me': Yes.

Sadly, if they only get to play one of their songs, there's no way TV won't make them play 'Sister Christian.' Guaranteed.

Man, Night Ranger is gonna perform at the North Dakota State Fair next month (Rick Springfield, too). I was gonna avoid the fair again this year, but I just might have to get tickets for that one.

There's nothing worse than preachy rap.

It's a series? Oh God help me!!! My wife roped me in for 15 minutes of that show. It had to be the most painful 15 minutes of my life yet. I'm going to have to watch this every week!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO.

Tiffinay was ugly back in the day and she is fugly still.

The wife and I were a bit surprised to see FoS grunged out; voice wasn't terrible, but you could tell he doesn't sing that way anymore.

Loverboy. Excuse me while I retch. Only enjoyment there was seeing that he is in worse shape than me.

Several comments:

-- I saw Night Ranger and Rick Springfield at a suburban park in Chicago Ridge, Illinois back in 2000. Free concert, perhaps two thousand parents pushing strollers, and tons of straggly-hair guys in "These Colors Never Run" t-shirts. I'm no elitist, but sweet God, did I ever want to slit my wrists.

-- Best (only?) use of a Night Ranger song in a movie has to be Sister Christian in "Boogie Nights."

I still don't understand that Chinese dude with the firecrackers, but I adore the tension in that drug-deal scene.

Yes, I said "adore." Get over it.

-- As for Tiffany, Ace, where have you been? She's filled out damn fine; just do a Google search for her Playboy spread and you'll see that.

Oh, and she's of Lebanese heritage, like Paul Anka. So, she's got the "revolution babe" potential there.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

(1) Cece Peniston was robbed. Obviously.

(2) That wasn't really Flock of Seagulls. It was just a couple of guys from the corner bar, liquored up and thinking they were doing karaoke. In front of, like, a fucking zillion people, dude.

I actually thought Loverboy's lead singer had the best voice of any of them, although Tiffany didn't suck. It sounds like I am in the minority, though. Ease up on the weight thing. It is tough getting old. I am feeling positively ancient lately.

Did Anyone Else Catch "Hit Me Baby One More Time"?

Er, am I the only one who had not even heard of this program?

I fail to see why people watch network television anymore...except to maybe complain about how very much it sucks.

Later,
bbeck

I found the whole affair to be pretty embarressing.

Thing to remember about Flock of Seagulls is they were all hairdressers before they started making money as a band. They were truly the first hair band even if they weren't metal.

Loverboy: What the hell happened to that guy? Good heavens. You're still performing "100 gigs a year," you claim. Cut out the doughnuts for crying out loud. Do some crunches. Fat, drunk, and singing Everybody's Workin' For the Weekend is no way to go through life, son.

Thing is, he's been that way for about 15 years. Guess they're now trying to round up some loose change for those stents he's gonna need real soon. Anybody else think he looks just like a pre-fat farm Will Sasso?

I wanted The Kid Is Hot for the cool synth riffs between the chorus and the verses. Best synth noddlings since Won't Get Fooled Again or Money. Made me wanna get my old Moog out of my Public Storage unit.

Loverboy played the Bufalo Bills Fieldhouse a few years ago, prior to a game. (Having a name act do 'the tent' like that is a regular affair for the Bills, and perhaps other teams, as well, I don't know)

They sounded pretty good, actually.

Tiffany looked pregnant to me. Kind of gives teenage love song "I think we're alone now" a different meaning.

"The beating of my heart is the only sound...[but I do feel this wierd kicking sensation. Pass me the bottle of Boones Farm. Do I look fat?]"

Maybe Wang Chung will sing To Live and Die in L.A. instead. Or maybe they can get the Wu Tang Clan on the same show and they can have a real battle of the bands.

June 24, 2005

Contact: Jeff Albright/The Albright Entertainment Group
(E-mail: RockStarPR@aol.com / Phone: 661-259-2944)

NIGHT RANGER SAYS "HIT ME BABY ONE LESS TIME" TO NBC SHOW PRODUCER:

NIGHT RANGER - the multi-platinum rock outfit best known for such hits as "Sister Christian," "(You Can Still) Rock In America," "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" and "Rumors In The Air" among others - is firing back at "Hit Me Baby One More Time" producer Paul Jackson for comments made in this week's US Weekly (June 27, 2005 issue) regarding the band's withdrawal from the show. According to Night Ranger front man Jack Blades, "We were absolutely stunned and appalled when we read that we supposedly pulled out after a bad rehearsal and that Paul Jackson would have the audacity to make the comment to US Weekly in regards to Night Ranger that 'You have to be good and prepared to do the show.'" As any Night Ranger fan or follower of the band over the years would attest, they're always good and always prepared. "That statement is an absolute lie about the reasons for us not doing the show," continues Blades, who still does an average of a hundred dates a year with Night Ranger band mates Kelly Keagy, Jeff Watson and Brad Gillis. Time to set the story straight… "What precluded us from being able to do the show at the time was that, as you know, the bands need to pick a second recent hit song by someone else to perform and we were without a second song," comments Night Ranger's Jeff Watson. "We chose and re-chose, submitted and re-submitted almost ten songs to perform -- from a list and guideline of songs provided us - that NBC couldn't get cleared for use… Less than 48 hours before we were supposed to fly to Hollywood to film, the network still hadn't cleared a song and it would've been physically impossible for us to learn, rearrange, re-record and then perform someone else's song live to any degree of our standard or professionalism and talent within that space of time. That's why we didn't do the show." "We were hesitant about doing the show to begin with," adds Blades, who, admittedly, wanted to see the first episode before making a commitment. "But now that we've seen it, frankly we're glad that NBC couldn't get a second song cleared and it turned out this way… however, someone should've gotten their facts straight and not misled our fans and readers of US Weekly. It's downright pathetic." Needless to say, you won't be seeing "Sister Christian" performed any time soon on the NBC Thursday night show.

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