Had an earworm grab me the other day so been working on an old favorite from the 80’s.
The Kings from Vancouver had popular song This Beat Goes On (Switching to Glide). I was living in northern Indiana at the time, so proximity to Canada may have helped me hear this song, not sure if it was played in other areas of the country. Who else remembers this song?
Catchy, yes. And I had no idea they were Canadian or from Vancouver. I mean, how could I miss a band with a member named Mister Zero? I was nine in 1980 so I will use that as an excuse.
Now that you mention it, in my late teens and early twenties I actually listened to a lot of Canadian bands. Most you would not have heard of as they didn't break in the US for the most part. I liked a band called the Headstones and if you are fan of " Mayor of Kingstown " you would know their former lead singer.People look different with and without hair it seems.
I like Chilliwack’s album ‘wanna be a star’ from 1981, the MTV era, notable for the song ‘my girl’. (gone gone gone she been gone so long…), but every song on the record is catchy , well performed and produced. Basically the record kicks ass. I still give it a listen, they were so talented!
Paul - do not recall the band but love the Headstones name.
John - Boy do I remember that song, it did get some airplay.
Speaking of the lead singer. I forgot to mention Tom Cochrane was lead singer of Red Rider, then went on to solo fame with his single Life is a Highway.
At the time they seemed on the verge of breaking out of Canada and onto the world scene - they certainly captured the dope of the pigment for their day. I never understood why they didn't go further than they did.
sam wrote:Had an earworm grab me the other day so been working on an old favorite from the 80’s.
The Kings from Vancouver had popular song This Beat Goes On (Switching to Glide). I was living in northern Indiana at the time, so proximity to Canada may have helped me hear this song, not sure if it was played in other areas of the country. Who else remembers this song?
A while back I had to find a new BBCode to play YouTube Videos inline because the existing 2 video BBCodes no longer worked.
I updated the Tutorial on posting videos to reflect the change, see: Tutorial: Posting YouTube videos .
Here is the video you posted using the current ytv BBCode:
