Musical Youth sang this one..where are they now? I wonder....
I love this song..it's on the Wedding Singer Soundtrack.

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I too love this song and have done since I was little, but mum can't stand it! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/biggrin.gif She also can't stand the band ABC!



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One of the songs my mom remembers us making her listen to when she drove us to school was "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant. We ruled the radio when she drove us around.
Oh, I love ABC..shoot that poison arrow..man, that was a good song.

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Wow, Electric Avenue was huge when it first came out. I forgot about that one. hehe

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the first time i heard "electric avenue" was driving thru los angeles listening to KROQ on the way home from an adam ant/inxs concert in april 1983.
whenever i hear that song, i remember the whole vibe of that night. was so cool.
thanks for the memory! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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This song was mentioned on another site recently. Not many of them knew it was about marijuana and such! Then we got onto Puff The Magic Dragon being a drug song. Although the writer, Lenny Lipton denies it. Of course you'd deny any song being about drugs back then, even the Beatles and the Byrds did that! Why write a song knowing that people are going to mistake the lyrics as something more sinister. What do you guys think?



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Yea, it was probably a drug song. Whatever! Right? hehe http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smile.gif Well, no big deal to me. Did anybody see the movie!? http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smile.gif

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Musical Youth also recorded a song with Donna Summer, "Unconditional Love", which I recall as being one of the prettiest songs she ever did.

Peace,

Ann

I wonder where the kids of Musical Youth are today?!? hhmmmmmm...

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I remember everybody used to love that song! Funny that I never hear it on the radio anymore. Only ever got played back then when it came out.

This song and New Edition's Candy Girl never fails to make me break out in hives. Even though this song is far better than the New Edition, it's still a little annoying. I am glad so many people likes it though. It justifies it's right to as much airplay as it got/still get. :)

Hey, I remember this song! :cool:
I liked it, but I preferred their collaboration with Donna Summer on "Unconditional Love"!! :thumb:

Originally posted by Trixter
Hey, I remember this song! :cool:
I liked it, but I preferred their collaboration with Donna Summer on "Unconditional Love"!! :thumb:

I loved that song "Unconditional Love"! Isn't it on her "She Works Hard For The Money" album?:)

Originally posted by Iluvthe80s


I loved that song "Unconditional Love"! Isn't it on her "She Works Hard For The Money" album?:)

Yes, it is. I remember that bright yellow cover. Good album. :)

I heard that song recently...from AT40 Flashback, via New Orleans' 92.3 The Point (http://www.WCKW.com).

Aaah! Now I've got that song stuck in my head. :rolleyes: Pass the dutchie to the left hand side....it was about drugs? I had no clue what that song was about. Or what they were saying. But it was a good song. :goofy:

Apparently the Dutchie was the dish that the drugs were passed around on. I wonder if people really knew what it meant whether it would have got banned. Especially when you consider that it was kids singing it!

I remeber they performed Pass the dutchie on an best of 83 concert in Dortmund. They also preseted a song called 007 at that show (Thommy's popshow with host Thomas Gottschalk)