And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

[Radknowski]

What? You thought I'd let the opportunity slide? Thanks yugoidar. Here now, submitted for your listening, slow dancing and dining pleasure, a song that was a big AOR hit but just didn't make it as a single, "Your Own Special Way" by Genesis. Uncle Oskie is workin' on a three day old Panatella. The van is loaded and ready to roll. We're off to throw mud and paint.

[John C]

Yes!  Something non-WECK related!     Excellent choice for a stiff.  I really like the song, so different than the pop music machine Genesis became during the 80s. 

[Bob1370]

One song that was a big hit in some markets like Chicago and Detroit in the mid-70s but charted only briefly if at all here, was the Isley Brothers' "Fight The Power." Not at all the same as Public Enemy's late 80s record of the same title, but the same general idea. Some PDs probably got scared by the overall message while others probably got turned off by the word "bulls++t" in the chorus.

[qman]

Another big AOR hit which never made the top 40 but will get played on AC radio is Salisbury Hill by Peter Gabriel.

[Element9]

Solsbury Hill gets a crazy amount of airplay.  You can hear it on AC, Classic Hits and Classic Rock.  I'm surprised it hasn't been covered by Kenny Chesney for Country radio.

[heydaybegone]

I'm surprised it hasn't been covered by Kenny Chesney for Country radio.

9 er...not a bad point.  But I think Country is so far beyond that...that it ain't gonna happen.

[Silkie]

Funny How Love Can Be - The Ivy League

[John C]

Another big AOR hit which never made the top 40 but will get played on AC radio is Salisbury Hill by Peter Gabriel.

Another couple of Gabriel songs which did not hit top 40 but get occasional airplay are "I Go Swimming" and "Red Rain".

[John C]

In honor of last night's concert, one of Bob Seger's most popular songs which never hit the top 40, Turn The Page.

[JustPastBuffalo]

In honor of last night's concert, one of Bob Seger's most popular songs which never hit the top 40, Turn The Page.

Tres cool. But did he do "2 + 2  Is On My Mind" one of his great songs from the psychedelic psyixties as The Bob Seger System.