Re: [bomp] romancing miami steve

[Blair Buscareno <blairb@xxxxxxx>]

mykel arson & the thigh high stalkings wrote:
>> Like I was telling somebody else...I like the Romantics, but  I recall
>> them being pleasant, but not essential (sorta like Greg Kihn).
>>     
>   They had some great songs back then, but when they came out with "Talking In
> Your Sleep", well...Not a biggie by me.  But listen to some of their early
> records and you'll hear some killer stuff.
>   
>> musta been through some hard times or something, because they roared
>> back into the 2000's kicking ass left and right! This is the second
>> time I've seen them in the last 2-3 years and both times I was like:
>> "wow, is that the nice-guy power-pop band I remember from the
>> eighties??" Thumbs up, all the way...
>>     
>   Yeah, they really come out swinging.
>
>
> they were smoking when i saw em 82 or 3-ish...

I remember (Mosquitos' bassist Iain Morrison) telling me that they'd 
opened for The Romantics in Pennsylvania somewhere and he'd been 
backstage when the band went on.  He heard them and said, "They sound 
like The Vipers!"

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