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The Godfathers -- "Birth. School. Work. Death" #563200
12/26/09 04:42 AM
12/26/09 04:42 AM
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It happened a long time ago, in a decade far, far away...

A few months ago, while conducting yet another of my periodic purges in my life, I found a list of songs that I compiled about 15 years ago, a list of "one hit wonders" from the 1980's. It takes up both sides of an 8-1/2x11 sheet of paper with close to 100 different bands. I set it aside thinking that one day I'd get on YouTube or iTunes and download what I wanted.

This past week, listening to the radio on the way home from work, a local disc jockey was recapping the year in music in Chicago and he mentioned a reunion concert which took place last February at Cabaret Metro, a club on Clark Street just across from Wrigley Field. The show, on February 14th, was called the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" and featured a band called The Godfathers as the headline act. I'll be damned...

I got home and found that list of one-hit wonders, and near the top of the list was the song Birth. School. Work. Death. from The Godfathers. Like this song, the majority of the songs on the list owe virtually all of their popularity to MTV and the "golden age of music television." But that's what I remember about this band...I remember seeing the video for this song before I heard it on the radio.

Anyway, it's a stretch, but I think we owe it to ourselves, as fans of the move "The Godfather," to also have at least one post on the bb about the band "The Godfathers."

Here's a link to the live performance at Cabaret Metro in Chicago on February 14, 2009 courtesy of YouTube.

And here's the link to original video aired on MTV c. 1988 that I remember seeing.

Enjoy!

tony b.


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Re: The Godfathers -- "Birth. School. Work. Death" [Re: YoTonyB] #563229
12/26/09 02:41 PM
12/26/09 02:41 PM
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I subscribed to cable for the first time in the early Eighties because MTV was doing the most creative programming on the air. My son was in junior high, and when I'd come home from work, he'd be all excited about some videos that he'd recorded earlier. "Cue 'em up," I'd say, and both of us bonded over those great, great videos from ZZTop, Cheap Trick, B52's, Twisted Sister, Stray Cats, Neil Young, Rush, etc.

Flash-forward to today: the gym where I'm a member has their satellite radio tuned to early 80's programming. I get those same songs every day during my workout. smile


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E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.

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