Forgotten Tracks – Jan 15

Weekly look back at at tracks that charted but you probably don’t remember…

20 Years Ago – Luscious Jackson “Naked Eye”

Not their best work, but I always liked this band.

Side note: Its kind of funny,  when I think of Luscious Jackson the first thing that always comes to my mind is that they use to make a lot of Gap commercials…like multiple different commercials, I guess I really can’t begrudge them, everyone needs to eat, and I mean Daft Punk makes Gap commercials and I am a big fan so who’s to say….?  Here is one from Christmas in the late 90s:

 

 

25 Years Ago – Stacy Earl  “love me all up”

This song really isn’t terrible but there just isn’t enough  there…no hooks, not enough personality.  Had a good run though, five months on the hot 100 and peaked at number 26.

 

 

30 years ago – Ben Orr “Stay the Night”

Ben Orr was in the Cars and sang lead vocals on “Drive” which is arguably one of the better songs of the 80s, lead vocals on a lot of other Cars hits too.

 

35 Years Ago  Patti Austin – “Every Home Should Have One”

Patti had 3 tracks in the 80’s that cracked the top 100, this was the highest charting one at 62.

 

40 Years ago – David Dundas “My Jeans”

Not a bad song, chorus is very “beatlesque”, kind of reminds me of a jingle.  The first time I listened to this track I didn’t really get it but then a few hours later I was walking around the house humming it so – I guess it works.

 

 

45 Years ago Redbone “Witch Queen of New Orleans” 

Standard late 60’s rock fare on this song, 4 months on the hot 100 peaked at 21. Two years later they came out with “Come and Get your Love” – which was their biggest hit and a really good track – had a bit of a resurgence last year when it was on the Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Tape

 

 

50 Years ago – Royal Guardsman “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron”

This song made it all the way to number two this week on the hot 100.  It was the age of the Monkees, so this is kind of what was happening at this time (actually  the Monkees were in at number one this week with “I’m a believer”) The RG actually came out with new Snoopy songs for the next 40 years – the last one was in 2006.