Monday, July 28, 2008

Funky Volleyball Shorts

Quarterflash


Among the meteors of the 80 formations is not uncommon to meet "marriage" as they were substantially Quarterflash. The name derives from an expression in Australia, "a quarter flash and three part-foolish", which I can not quite make it, indeed, if someone reads from Australia could help me. The original group was formed at the beginning of the decade the union of two different bands in Oregon: the Seafood Mama, which came Rindy Ross (vocals and sax) and Marv Ross (composer and guitarist), and the Pilot, which came Jack Charles (guitar), Rick Di Giallonardo (keyboards), Rick Gooch (bass) and Brian David Willis (percussion). Their first album, Quarterflah (1981), contains the hits that made them famous throughout the world, Harden My Heart, a strong score that enhances the simple but powerful voice and the saxophone Rindy. Two million copies have an onset difficult to replicate, and in fact the two later works did not leave many traces in international rankings: Take Another Picture released in 1983 and 1985 Back into Blue. At that time the group was already losing the pieces ready to add to the myriad of other meteors that dot my site. Mr. and Mrs. Ross, however, did not lose heart and continued to perform and produce music under the name of the Trail Band, appearing in concerts in support of the 90 first-magnitude stars like Elton John and the Beach Boys.

Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
(M. Ross)
(P) 1981 Geffen Records
ITA Top Charts: # 5
Duration: 3.50

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