Every 4th of July MOR radio plays the top 1000 hits of rock and roll. The #1 song for years was Zeppelin's STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN or else the Beatles HEY JUDE. The rest of the songs were basically tunes still played on the radio every day all the time until you can never forget them.
Elton John's BENNY AND THE JETS.
In fact most of the songs suck, because the compilers of these lists don't include classic songs like the Dead Boys SONIC REDUCER. Cheetah Chrome blistered the guitar on the lead into this paean to nihilism. Stiv Bators twitched across the stage like cockroach with bleeding feet and Johnny Blitz wondered whee the band in going and what song they are playing.
Stive had a favorite showpiece where he swung the mike over a low pipe and then wrapped the wire around his neck. As the band went through its fevered paces, Stiv would ahul himself into the air to replicate a hanging. Normally he'd let himself down after a few seconds but one time at CBGBs theater, the wire became entangled and Stiv's face started turning blue.Finally Cheetah noticed the lead singer kicking his feet and helped him down. Everyone at the show cheered them. They were the Dead Boys.
I loved the Dead Boys and still do.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmVCdPe2_Ao
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