Could be anybody who older than that cretin.
Could be anybody who older than that cretin.
Ok. I'm now officially bored
Me too... poop or get off the pot.
I got nothin' :
...avoiding any implication that I have ever entertained a cognizant thought.
live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
Ahem... Billy Vera, Who is that?
I got nothin' :
...avoiding any implication that I have ever entertained a cognizant thought.
live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
Phil Collins ruined impromptu PE trivia questions.
Wasn't there a Billy Vera and the Beaters? Couldn't tell you what they did if there was, though.
Yes, it's the same guy. He's 75 years old now, according to Wikipedia.
Best Thread EVER!
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
I guess there are no Family Ties fans in PE... Billy Vera's song was used during a key storyline and shot to the top of the charts to #1 because of Family Ties.
I am familiar with Vera/Beaters and that sappy song but am unaware of him ever being considered 'somewhat resembling' Phil Collins
I dont' think I knew he had been recording since the late 60's. What i recall reading was that he actually recorded an album in the early 80's, which included At This Moment, but it flopped. Then a few years later, the song was used on a couple episodes of Family Ties, and the hype off that caused the record company to reissue the album, and that song and another one called I Can Take Care of Myself went through the roof suddenly.
I don't know if he still sings, but he writes liner notes for reissues of 50's rock n roll records. I think he did the liner notes for the Little Richard boxset I have. I had to stop making fun of the guy after that.
Billy Vera/Beaters had a bit role in the '80s in a Bruce Willis movie (as the house band or something like that) if I'm remembering correctly. He was on the soundtrack too. Some people I knew a long time ago would play that soundtrack (among others) for social get-togethers and they weren't aware that Vera sang the At This Moment song from Family Ties.
Vera wrote the song "Don't Look Back," a 1966 regional hit for Bostonian garage-rockers The Remains. In 1967, he teamed with soul singer Judy Clay. As America's first racially integrated duo, they had a minor hit with "Storybook Children." He first released "At This Moment" on a small label in 1981. The producer of Family Ties saw his band perform the song at an LA club in late 1985 and the rest is history.
Last edited by GeneTull; 02-07-2020 at 07:42 PM.
a nobody....... what do i win?
Is the poster of this thread his cousin or something? I've said things about Phil Collins too. - I once wrote a theme song for Howard Stern in the 90's. I was told that Ba-ba-Booey liked it. (whoever that was).
I got nothin' :
...avoiding any implication that I have ever entertained a cognizant thought.
live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
Well, I definitely remembered Billy Vera's brief popularity in the late 80's, and had been reminded about it in recent years, because I have at least a couple CD reissues that he wrote liner notes for. But the clues the OP was giving, there was no way I was gonna be able to guess that one.
The quote, sourced from memory, appeared in a Feb. 1987 issue of Rolling Stone. My first exposure to Vera occurred weeks earlier when his band mimed their hit on an episode of Dancing to the Hits, hosted by Lorenzo Lamas. The deep-voiced announcer (not Lamas) heralded the segment as such: "Up next, soul-pop legend Billy Vera treats us to an in-house performance of the most deserved number-one hit of 1987!"
I think the word "legend" is a bit of a stretch. But then since I dont recognize him or his music... I should probably just shut up. John barnes is probably legendary as well, but I know nothing about him. Maybe I just dont pay enough attention to legends...
I got nothin' :
...avoiding any implication that I have ever entertained a cognizant thought.
live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
Good for Billy Vera
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