Trouble b/w Mary Lee Jones by Lindsey Buckingham (1981)
The first of four singles off Buckingham’s debut solo album, ‘Law and Order’, Trouble reached Number 9 on the U.S. charts and Number 31 in the U.K. The album reached Number 32. It was produced by Buckingham and Richard Dashut, who also produced several Fleetwood Mac albums.
The single (and the album as a whole) were recorded in Buckingham’s home studio, similar to most of the tracks on Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tusk’, which had been a commercial flop (and a giant disappointment for me as a fan).
Mick Fleetwood provided most of the drum track, though it’s a four second section which is looped continuously.
The video is quite fun and features Fleetwood, Bob Welch and others in addition to Buckingham. It was played regularly on MTV in 1981 and 1982.
I’ve found no mention of who did the backing vocals on Trouble. They sound very reminiscent of the backing vocals you’d often hear on Fleetwood Mac songs, which I always thought were done by Christine McVie and Buckingham. McVie is credited with backing vocals on another of the album’s tracks.
The cover photo was done by George Hurrell, in the style he used when photographing the actor and Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller decades earlier. To achieve the look, Hurrell had Weissmuller put baby oil on his face, shoulders and torso. I assume that he had Buckingham do the same.
Hit Me with Your Best Shot b/w
Prisoner Of Love by Pat Benatar (1980)
The second single released off of her second album Crimes Of Passion and written by Eddie Schwartz, Hit Me With Your Best Shot reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the States, and became a Top 10 track in Canada. Selling over a million copies, it was certified Gold by the RIAA in the States and Silver in the U.K.
Schwartz commented that he wrote it after attending a pillow punching therapy session in Toronto. Benatar no longer performs the song, as a protest against the gun violence epidemic in the United States.
Listening to some #FutureIslands while we plan out our meals for this coming week as we wade back into the diet game.
Not so much a diet because we know it is more about sustaining good eating habits. We were very successful last year, I lost almost 20 pounds and Linds lost around 40 but we fell off the wagon somewhere around late summer. So, back to it and shed these extra pounds we've put on!
Today in 1990, They Might Be Giants released their classic album, Flood. Featuring Birdhouse In Your Soul, Istanbul (Not Constantinople), and Particle Man, it's probably their most well loved album.
Weather station at the National Weather Service Oxnard (NWS Los Angeles) recorded 2.71 inches of rainfall today, Dec. 21, 2023. That breaks the old record of 0.75 inches set in 1945. (!!!!) #rainfall#records#CAwx#LosAngeles
In November 2023, monthly temperature averages set new record highs in 12% of the Earth's surface, including large parts of South America, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Atlantic, and North Indian Ocean.