Grandview High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Grandview, MO)

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In alns Q of t Never before in history has been smooth and dominated, if not totally replaced, them. V , New, up voices took the usual ras15,yf5Rod making You Want Me and I Want Candy massive hits And the song like looked dif- seemed: 'al- next to Bow ks, Adam Ant's makeup, and Wendy O'Williams' shaving , cream shirts. K ' V, - - . But not 'every different f-band was necessarily punk. The Stray Cats, with their fifties rock-n- roll, sent Stray Cat Blues and Rock This Town stalking up the charts. However, novice bands, ,didn't dominate the music scene en- tirely. Peter Townshend of Tho Who startled America in a Rolling Stone' interview by :saying I don't think the Who has very much longer . . . But that most Wow W 18 !The Lead mop didn't ease the shock when his predictions materialized and the band went separate ways. ' ThefDoobie Brothers ja-.150 split, after. their sellout farewell tour, sending Michael ,McDonald out' on his own with hits like I Keep Forgettin ' and 'I've Gotta lgsxringle dancing with his electric Kool and the Gang f1'Let's Go lipase inlfll Worlds of Fun's when they 'toured in mer. L - Z L , But not all: bands werefreleas- Try.'f ' x , e , V ings hit, after. J hit. V Tdiofs .,, .lead singer eee. was bustedgg .eli 11adn'tjbee?f1.fheard ,f'rorriffsi:ic'e with flour ounces of. cocaine 1977, hinted 2 that theyfwould right after the release' of Afri- ca. Lionel Richie e of the-f Commodores also released a solo album Vcontainingffa.-traditional, Commodores-style',f slow dance song called Truly.'f' , Cheerleader Toni Basil re- leased Micky , which was cited as the number one song of l9i8'Z..g B' , -' , ' .5 Midwesterner John Cougar charmed critics and listeners with his hometown boy attitude and his down-to-earth hits Hurt So Good and Jack and Dianefnf , f V l Billy Squier, voted as last year's best new breakout artist of the year by KYl02 listeners, made everybody want him as he strutted across the stage, be releasing'sornething'. But nothing appeared in record stores on the. radio. ' ,' . ' Older musicia'ns suchjfas the i iilafte' Jimi' ,negiariexo anddlf'bQd'rn again Bob fDylan began lto get more airplay as radio stations' started to realize, from the public's reaction to the Stones and Who tours, :the ,importance listeners Mplaucedf' on, fold, 'f1-' basic rock-n-roll., v V if ' The dmusic' industry 'seemed V to have found an almosthappy medium. Adam Ant revived the- Doors' Hello,-I Love Youf' and Devo tried the Stonefs 'fsgusfac-y tion. Y . ' Sure, itwas new, and, to say the least, different. But at least the public could sing along. V -Julievarner

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