RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Just a quick note. I've loved The Outfield since I was in high school back in 1985.Everyone of you should pick up "Play Deep." It's not just about "Your Love." Just "SAY IT ISN'T SO!"John Spinks the guitarist passed away back in July. Very sad. Underrated guitarist. Alan Jackman is an underrated drummer with a great fukking snare sound. Get this album ASAP! Also their second album is no sophomore slump! "BANGIN'" IS INCREDIBLE!!!! The Outfield still put out records after "Bangin" but the drummer left. EPIC FAIL! I'm sure a lot of you on here will like this band! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Wow, this takes me back. Longish story, sorry. I visited my mom at the bank she worked at when the outfield was huge. A cute girl working at bank asked my mom about me and wanted to take me out (lucky me!). I meet up with her and she's even better looking than at bank. We go out and are having a decent time. We drove in her antique Carmenghia which I was always a fan of. Then she starts going on and on about how the outfield are awesome and way better than the Beatles and I tried not to but finally couldn't take it any more and contradicted her. We had a discussion about that statement and finished our evening and never saw each other again. Why I remember this to this day I can't explain. I think about her and the car (mainly the car) every time I hear the outfield. Rush head, I hope you married her. Edited October 5, 2014 by Ancient Ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I love The Outfield. Play Deep is a must own from the 80s. One of the definitive albums from 1985. While not on that record, I think my favorite song is Somewhere In America. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Just a quick note. I've loved The Outfield since I was in high school back in 1985.Everyone of you should pick up "Play Deep." It's not just about "Your Love." Just "SAY IT ISN'T SO!"John Spinks the guitarist passed away back in July. Very sad. Underrated guitarist. Alan Jackman is an underrated drummer with a great fukking snare sound. Get this album ASAP! Also their second album is no sophomore slump! "BANGIN'" IS INCREDIBLE!!!! The Outfield still put out records after "Bangin" but the drummer left. EPIC FAIL! I'm sure a lot of you on here will like this band!Hey Earl! :smoke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Wow, this takes me back. Longish story, sorry. I visited my mom at the bank she worked at when the outfield was huge. A cute girl working at bank asked my mom about me and wanted to take me out (lucky me!). I meet up with her and she's even better looking than at bank. We go out and are having a decent time. We drove in her antique Carmenghia which I was always a fan of. Then she starts going on and on about how the outfield are awesome and way better than the Beatles and I tried not to but finally couldn't take it any more and contradicted her. We had a discussion about that statement and finished our evening and never saw each other again. Why I remember this to this day I can't explain. I think about her and the car (mainly the car) every time I hear the outfield. Rush head, I hope you married her. Great story buddy! Quite romantic to me. I have a quick story for you too. It was 1986 and I had this beat up old blue 1970 Mustang with a tape deck.Well there was this girl in my Shakespeare class and surprisingly she really liked me. So I decided to ask her out to Senior Ball. She accepted and said she wanted to go out on a date so we could get to know each other more. So couple days later I picked her up in my old Mustang. Of course I was blasting the "Play Deep" cassette. I remember driving her to Bob's Big Boy while "Say It Isn't So" was on.In hindsight sadly the senior ball was a disaster. She smoked too much weed and passed out on me in the limo going home. On a side note I have a Rush story as well. I remember Rush was playing Cal Expo up in Sacramento on May 24th. "Power Windows" Tour of course.So me and about 9 of my buddies bought our tickets for the show! We are all excited hoping that Rush was going to play "Lakeside Park" since it was the 24th of May. Well, it just happened to be that my senior ball was on the same day as the Rush concert.Hell I wanted to blow off the ball big time but my mom and dad forced me to go to my ball. They said it is a "once in a lifetime experience, you can always see Rush!" Well I was totally pissed off but went to my lame ass ball with my "Outfield" girl. It was a waste of time. Selfishly I was happy that Rush didn't play "Lakeside Park." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Just a quick note. I've loved The Outfield since I was in high school back in 1985.Everyone of you should pick up "Play Deep." It's not just about "Your Love." Just "SAY IT ISN'T SO!"John Spinks the guitarist passed away back in July. Very sad. Underrated guitarist. Alan Jackman is an underrated drummer with a great fukking snare sound. Get this album ASAP! Also their second album is no sophomore slump! "BANGIN'" IS INCREDIBLE!!!! The Outfield still put out records after "Bangin" but the drummer left. EPIC FAIL! I'm sure a lot of you on here will like this band!Hey Earl! :smoke: Hey Pat! :dweez: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Wow, this takes me back. Longish story, sorry. I visited my mom at the bank she worked at when the outfield was huge. A cute girl working at bank asked my mom about me and wanted to take me out (lucky me!). I meet up with her and she's even better looking than at bank. We go out and are having a decent time. We drove in her antique Carmenghia which I was always a fan of. Then she starts going on and on about how the outfield are awesome and way better than the Beatles and I tried not to but finally couldn't take it any more and contradicted her. We had a discussion about that statement and finished our evening and never saw each other again. Why I remember this to this day I can't explain. I think about her and the car (mainly the car) every time I hear the outfield. Rush head, I hope you married her. Great story buddy! Quite romantic to me. I have a quick story for you too. It was 1986 and I had this beat up old blue 1970 Mustang with a tape deck.Well there was this girl in my Shakespeare class and surprisingly she really liked me. So I decided to ask her out to Senior Ball. She accepted and said she wanted to go out on a date so we could get to know each other more. So couple days later I picked her up in my old Mustang. Of course I was blasting the "Play Deep" cassette. I remember driving her to Bob's Big Boy while "Say It Isn't So" was on.In hindsight sadly the senior ball was a disaster. She smoked too much weed and passed out on me in the limo going home. On a side note I have a Rush story as well. I remember Rush was playing Cal Expo up in Sacramento on May 24th. "Power Windows" Tour of course.So me and about 9 of my buddies bought our tickets for the show! We are all excited hoping that Rush was going to play "Lakeside Park" since it was the 24th of May. Well, it just happened to be that my senior ball was on the same day as the Rush concert.Hell I wanted to blow off the ball big time but my mom and dad forced me to go to my ball. They said it is a "once in a lifetime experience, you can always see Rush!" Well I was totally pissed off but went to my lame ass ball with my "Outfield" girl. It was a waste of time. Selfishly I was happy that Rush didn't play "Lakeside Park." Mustang vs carmenghia ftw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Wow, this takes me back. Longish story, sorry. I visited my mom at the bank she worked at when the outfield was huge. A cute girl working at bank asked my mom about me and wanted to take me out (lucky me!). I meet up with her and she's even better looking than at bank. We go out and are having a decent time. We drove in her antique Carmenghia which I was always a fan of. Then she starts going on and on about how the outfield are awesome and way better than the Beatles and I tried not to but finally couldn't take it any more and contradicted her. We had a discussion about that statement and finished our evening and never saw each other again. Why I remember this to this day I can't explain. I think about her and the car (mainly the car) every time I hear the outfield. Rush head, I hope you married her. Great story buddy! Quite romantic to me. I have a quick story for you too. It was 1986 and I had this beat up old blue 1970 Mustang with a tape deck.Well there was this girl in my Shakespeare class and surprisingly she really liked me. So I decided to ask her out to Senior Ball. She accepted and said she wanted to go out on a date so we could get to know each other more. So couple days later I picked her up in my old Mustang. Of course I was blasting the "Play Deep" cassette. I remember driving her to Bob's Big Boy while "Say It Isn't So" was on.In hindsight sadly the senior ball was a disaster. She smoked too much weed and passed out on me in the limo going home. On a side note I have a Rush story as well. I remember Rush was playing Cal Expo up in Sacramento on May 24th. "Power Windows" Tour of course.So me and about 9 of my buddies bought our tickets for the show! We are all excited hoping that Rush was going to play "Lakeside Park" since it was the 24th of May. Well, it just happened to be that my senior ball was on the same day as the Rush concert.Hell I wanted to blow off the ball big time but my mom and dad forced me to go to my ball. They said it is a "once in a lifetime experience, you can always see Rush!" Well I was totally pissed off but went to my lame ass ball with my "Outfield" girl. It was a waste of time. Selfishly I was happy that Rush didn't play "Lakeside Park." Mustang vs carmenghia ftw? Hahaha! Well my Mustang was a piece of shit so I would probably go with her Carmegnghia. Then again if I had a Shelby Cobra the choice would be obvious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Just a quick note. I've loved The Outfield since I was in high school back in 1985.Everyone of you should pick up "Play Deep." It's not just about "Your Love." Just "SAY IT ISN'T SO!"John Spinks the guitarist passed away back in July. Very sad. Underrated guitarist. Alan Jackman is an underrated drummer with a great fukking snare sound. Get this album ASAP! Also their second album is no sophomore slump! "BANGIN'" IS INCREDIBLE!!!! The Outfield still put out records after "Bangin" but the drummer left. EPIC FAIL! I'm sure a lot of you on here will like this band!Hey Earl! :smoke: Hey Pat! :dweez:Keep rocking Earl! :haz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I'm just listening to the brilliant Bangin'. Thanks for the reminder Earl. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 I'm just listening to the brilliant Bangin'. Thanks for the reminder Earl. :cheers: Any time bud! "Bangin'" is soooooooo underrated. When I bought it back in the day I didn't care for it. It was like when I bought "Signals." I almost cried when I could barely hear any guitar. It was all synth to my young ears. But then alas I fell in love with the album.I put "Bangin'" in my car last week and I frigging fell in love with it! "Voices Of Babylon" is ok, but once Alan Jackman left on the drums they lost that heavier proggy sound and when wimpy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The Outfield is one of my guilty pleasures. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Your Love is my favorite one hit wonder of the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 How come I never heard of this band? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 How come I never heard of this band? H.P.L.!! SHAME ON YOU! "SAY IT ISN'T SO!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Your Love is my favorite one hit wonder of the 80s. JELLO RULES!! SO DOES PETTY! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 I love The Outfield. Play Deep is a must own from the 80s. One of the definitive albums from 1985. While not on that record, I think my favorite song is Somewhere In America. Hey Kiss Fan! Hope all is well! I love Andrew Luck! My Raiders totally SUCK! "Somewhere In America" is the opening track on "Bangin'!" No sophomore slump here!!! Signed, "MOVING TARGET" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 This is a great track and it's the last song on the "Bangin'" lp. "Since You've Been Gone." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Alan Jackman is one of the most underrated drummers in the world. The production on his snare drum on the first two albums is EPIC. I love his use of cymbals too. The China Boy is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 He twirls his sticks like Neil.Yet has a Stewart Copeland feel minus the lack of octabans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H. P. L. Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 How come I never heard of this band? H.P.L.!! SHAME ON YOU! "SAY IT ISN'T SO!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU2HybDGJHQ I just thought it was more original than saying: Hey Earl, whassup? :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steevo Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I promise to catch up with them Earl...it's just great to see you back, I hope you can stay around, here's one you might know ;) http://youtu.be/BnMR2NQ5KdQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I promise to catch up with them Earl...it's just great to see you back, I hope you can stay around, here's one you might know ;) http://youtu.be/BnMR2NQ5KdQ I second everything Steevo said. http://youtu.be/fpHpXM5WA38 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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