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Is easily one of the best ballads of the era.

I agree.

But I'm slightly biased because it was on the radio when I had a clock radio in my bedroom for the first time (I was like 7?), so I was woken up every day for a couple of years to whatever songs were on the radio then and if I hear any of them now they take me back.

Fleetwood Mac Little Lies does it for me the most. Esp. since I never really heard that song after then. I swear the intro makes the room feel colder anytime I hear it.

Anyway, yes Kix rox

It's not bad! Blow My Fuse and Cold Blood are their other two good songs. I like these two more than the ballad.

once you know Whiteman has a severe lisp, every KIK song sounds different to me

A little after that came out, I was in the studio working on some record, and they had the synth they used on that song there with that patch on it. I messed around with a couple chords and it was like: "Oooooooh. There's that sound."

AlexVonHaig wrote: ↑Tue May 06, 2025 11:03 am once you know Whiteman has a severe lisp, every KIK song sounds different to me

So THAT'S why Cool Kidthz never took off.

That one and Don’t Know What you’ve got by Cinderella are hard passes for me. I can’t change the channel fast enough. Although, I’d list to Don’t Close Your Eyes if I had to choose.

It’s in my top five hair ballads, for sure. I was just listening to it yesterday, in fact. Then I followed it up with my #1 favorite hair ballad of all time, “Headed For a Heartbreak”.

Cool band... nice guys, solid songs, who had the success they earned and deserved.

In the 80's, Kix were completely overshadowed and an after-thought when it came to the bigger bands that sold millions.

That's not a dis either, it's actually factual.

$tEvil

pieceofme wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 9:31 pm Is easily one of the best ballads of the era.

You think? I wouldn’t put it up there with the best of the genre, never mind the era.

I wish they were playing M3

MetalSludgeCEO wrote: ↑Tue May 06, 2025 6:27 pm Cool band... nice guys, solid songs, who had the success they earned and deserved.

In the 80's, Kix were completely overshadowed and an after-thought when it came to the bigger bands that sold millions.

That's not a dis either, it's actually factual.

$tEvil

didn't they run like a half page ad in a metal magazine every month?

aznsquirt wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 11:00 pm But I'm slightly biased because it was on the radio when I had a clock radio in my bedroom for the first time (I was like 7?), so I was woken up every day for a couple of years to whatever songs were on the radio then and if I hear any of them now they take me back.

Fleetwood Mac Little Lies does it for me the most. Esp. since I never really heard that song after then. I swear the intro makes the room feel colder anytime I hear it.

"What I Am" by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians reminds of the clock radio going off before high school. Also "Beat Patrol" by Starship, which wasn't much of a hit, but my local pop station loved playing it for some reason.

Sleek wrote: ↑Tue May 06, 2025 11:31 am A little after that came out, I was in the studio working on some record, and they had the synth they used on that song there with that patch on it. I messed around with a couple chords and it was like: "Oooooooh. There's that sound."

Love stories like this.

Midnite Dynamite was such a huge album for us when we were in high school that we just assumed they were huge rock stars.
Crazy to think they finished the Blow My Fuse album/tour & owed Atlantic a million dollars yet.
Always one of my favs but could never get into first 2 albums cept for a song here & there (usually ones played live)