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This week The TV Boys sit down to discuss the many roles of Stephen Root. He's always great and we'd bet that you've seen him in more shows than you realize.

After doing well with their 1980 self-titled album, Canadian rock band Loverboy would head into the stratosphere with their second studio album entitled Get Lucky. Benefiting from a photogenic lead singer (Mike Reno) clad in read leather pants, Loverboy would ride the MTV wave to the top of the rock and pop charts. Loverboy was founded in 1979 by front man Mike Reno and guitarist Paul Dean, who met when Reno was working at a steakhouse and heard Dean playing guitar in a bus station behind the restaurant. Success came quickly, with hits like "Turn Me Loose” and "The Kid is Hot Tonite” from their first album.

The name Loverboy came from Paul Dean's dream inspired by the Cover Girl fashion magazine. “Cover Boy” then became “Loverboy,” and the name stuck.

Loverboy is still out performing, and Reno still wears the headband. While it made a fashion statement at the time, he claims it was to keep the sweat from getting in his eyes. The band is the same in its entirety today, except for Scott Smith, their original bass player, who was lost at sea when a rogue wave hit his sailboat. He was replaced by bassist Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve in 2001.

Grab your red leather pants and sing along with this hit album.

When It's Over
This their second single, and the second track on the album. It made it to number 26 on the charts. It tells the story of a guy waiting for the failure of a bad relationship so he can get the girl.

Working for the Weekend
You will recognize this track from the starting cowbell if you ever heard 96 Rock's “5 O'Clock Whistle” back in the day. This is the lead single from the album, and went to number 29. Paul Dean was walking on the beach on a Wednesday afternoon, thinking about how everyone was busy at work, waiting for the weekend. With the band’s feedback, the line "waiting for the weekend" became "working for the weekend."

Lucky Ones
A hopeful track, this song gives the album its name. “Don't ask me how, but guess who hit the big time?”

Take Me To the Top
A deeper cut - though still a hit single on a single-heavy album. The synthesizer intro is distinctive. This track was actually a demo that made it right onto the album without a studio version.

 

ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:

Theme from the Motion Picture “Halloween II”
You have to have a creepy theme from a spooky movie if your profiling music from October, right? Villain Michael Myers also debuted on television for the first time in October 1981, as the original "Halloween" appeared on the networks - heavily edited.

STAFF PICKS:

“Talk Dirty” by John Entwistle
Wayne's staff pick brings us a solo outing from “The Ox,” John Entwistle, bassist from The Who. This song was a minor hit at the time, when members of The Who were engaged in solo projects. Joe Walsh takes lead guitar duties on this one.

“Destroyer” by The Kinks
Bruce features a hit off their 19th album that was incredibly popular for a rock song at the time. The Kinks make reference to two previous songs, "Lola" and "All Day and All of the Night." Stop! Hold on! Stay in control...

“Tryin' to Live My Life Without You” by Bob Segar
Brian's staff pick is a live rendition of a song originally written by Larry Williams and released by Otis Clay in late 1972. Segar's version went to number 5, so it was much more popular than the original.

“In Your Letter” by REO Speedwagon
Rob features a do-wop song from REO Speedwagon's hit album “Hi Infidelity.” Despite the 60's sound, this song is not a cover. Keyboardist Gary Richrath wrote this song after finding a letter from his ex-wife indicating that his wife had left him...for their drug dealer.

 

INSTRUMENTAL TRACK:

Theme from the Television Show “Hill Street Blues” by Mike Post
This instrumental theme was on the charts at the time.

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(keep doing those things) Show #502, from Sept. 17, 2014 at Ani Difranco's Babeville. MP3's and playlist: https://lastever.org/show/140917
Mogwai - Two Rights Make One Wrong - Rock Action
Pascal Pinon - When I Can't Sleep - Twosomeness
Charlie Kaufman - Any truth can be argued - Kermode Culture Show
Mum - K/Half Noise - Finally We Are No One
David Clennon - Gravity: It's not restricted to planets and suns - thirtySomething
Mike Post & Pete Carpenter - Theme from the A-Team -
Antony & The Johnsons - Kiss My Name - The Crying Light
Michael Linnen & David Wingo - Hot Tub - All The Real Girls s.t.
Andre Gregory, Patrick Dempsey - Mysteries going on all the time - Some Girls
Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - Terminal Sunshine (Like a Rainbow Canon) - Show #333, live 9/7/04
Rolling Stones - She's a Rainbow - Their Satanic Majesties Request
Susan Dey, Michael Crichton - It didn't used to be this way, computers telling us what to do - Looker
Malcolm X - If you're black, you were born in jail. Stop talking about the South, as long as you south of the Canadian border, you're south. - The Ballot or the Bullet
Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Terry Gilliam - I will have understanding of computers and digital watches. I would've started with lasers, 8 o'clock, day one. (I just can't wait for the new technological dawn.) - Time Bandits
Leonard Nimoy, D.C. Fontana - Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under one - Star Trek TOS: The Ultimate Computer (season 2 episode 24, #53)
William Shatner, William H. Marshall, D.C. Fontana - Ready to take control. There are certain things men must do to remain men. Your computer would take that away - Star Trek TOS: The Ultimate Computer (season 2 episode 24, #53)
Bright Eyes - An Attempt to Tip the Scales - Fevers and Mirrors
Cranberries - Dreams - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Diane Cluck - Monte Carlo - Diane Cluck
Ken - Talking - Live
Playlist & audio: https://lastever.org/show/140917