Dancing Queen

Davinyls I touch myself

            Classic. This poor girl was surely the back ally skank of her high school Naturally she got a gig as the chick singer of the Davinyls – and when presented with this potential chartbuster – she took it all the way with the video. Hey, though, it was the [...]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classic.

This poor girl was surely the back ally skank of her high school

Naturally she got a gig as the chick singer of the Davinyls – and when presented with this potential chartbuster – she took it all the way with the video.

Hey, though, it was the 80′s – I did a lot of stuff in the 80′s that I am embarrassed about. Glam and cheap sex were prevalent in music.

Now music in the 2007s is not nearly so randy, right?

HA!

I found this video along with a disco hip hop remix of it featuring the FHM Models – whomever they are – Pussycat Doll ripoffs.

Anywhoo – their stuff was much much much more tragic.

This song, in it’s pop rock glory – at least kept a fairly straight face about the metaphor and didn’t have 8 girls sliding up and down stripper poles to a very slow – lip synch of it.

Now that I think about it – I may put that one up here – all for rock and roll!

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Terri Nunn Berlin Riding on The Metro video

Some videos just rule the universe. This one embodies everything about the best techno-like 80′s music that I just loved. Terri Nunn – lead singer for Berlin. Tags: Terri Nunn, Berlin, Riding on the Metro, The Metro, music video, You Tube

Some videos just rule the universe. This one embodies everything about the best techno-like 80′s music that I just loved. Terri Nunn – lead singer for Berlin.



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Rick Butts – Rock and Roll God?

From 1973 – 1985 I was a professional rock and roll musician. My brother Randy and I got guitars in 1971 and tore them apart learning to play. I broke the two smallest strings on my guitar and it kind of ended up being a Bass. So I learned to play the bass lines – [...]

From 1973 – 1985 I was a professional rock and roll musician. My brother Randy and I got guitars in 1971 and tore them apart learning to play.

I broke the two smallest strings on my guitar and it kind of ended up being a Bass. So I learned to play the bass lines – and Randy learned the chords.

We got a kid in our high school, Les Noland, to teach us some stuff. Les was WAY better than us – and knew Led Zepplin and Frank Zappa and Cream songs.

So, the first song I really learned to play was “HeartBreaker” by Led Zepplin.

I was dating Carol Tietmeier, a cheerleader and all around over-achiever (like me, I was a jock who played football and basketball) and lo and behold, she knew how to play drums.

Her folks had some money and had bought her this awesome set of Ludwig Pearl drums.

She joined our crew – and our first LIVE performance was at the School of the Osage Talent Show. We played “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, a George Harrison composition from the Beatles “The White Album”.

I borrowed a Hofner copy bass, like Paul McCartney played, and was in heaven. I’m pretty sure I didn’t know the bridge, but farted around enough on it to get through the song, (I was singing the song, too, and was under a great deal of stress.)

Well, we were pretty solidly rockin – but we did lose the talent show to, drum roll please – Carol! Who did a drum solo from the Iron Butterfly song “Inna Gadd Da Vida” and she lit her drumsticks on fire and used a black light too.

Upstaged by our own band member!

This was how I got started. Music led me to play all over the United States – and through about 200,000 lbs of marijuana – plus bonus drugs.

Now, at 52, I am considering playing again – putting a band together again – and so I have this website. Photos to follow!

Rick Butts