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rogerballard

(4,017 posts) Wed Dec 27, 2017, 01:16 AM Dec 2017

Shout out to Gerry Rafferty...

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Shout out to Gerry Rafferty... (Original Post) rogerballard Dec 2017 OP

Afraid Gerry won't hear you. Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #1

He does... rogerballard Dec 2017 #2

Enjoy the song... rogerballard Dec 2017 #3

I still roll with Baker Street. raven mad Dec 2017 #4

Me too... rogerballard Dec 2017 #5

Pure class sax - raven mad Dec 2017 #6

Always Had A Thing For That Song And. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #10

My husband and I loved this song, our "meeting" song....... a kennedy Dec 2017 #8

Love this song Freddie Dec 2017 #7

holy crap, it WAS that long ago.......yikes. a kennedy Dec 2017 #9

Thanks - That's a good song The Polack MSgt Dec 2017 #11

Sneederbunk

(17,640 posts)

1. Afraid Gerry won't hear you.

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 01:18 AM

Dec 2017

rogerballard

(4,017 posts)

2. He does...

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 01:30 AM

Dec 2017

Don't be afraid ! Good looking out though...

rogerballard

(4,017 posts)

3. Enjoy the song...

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 01:34 AM

Dec 2017

Without commentary, smart ass.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)

4. I still roll with Baker Street.

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 02:44 AM

Dec 2017

rogerballard

(4,017 posts)

5. Me too...

Reply to raven mad (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 02:53 AM

Dec 2017

big hits for Gerry, 1977 and 1978. Well deserved.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)

6. Pure class sax -

Reply to rogerballard (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 02:55 AM

Dec 2017

excellent lyrics and fun percussion - what's not to like?

ProfessorGAC

(77,276 posts)

10. Always Had A Thing For That Song And. . .

Reply to raven mad (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 11:22 AM

Dec 2017

. . . The Year of the Cat. Kind of big production numbers with a story lyric.

a kennedy

(36,343 posts)

8. My husband and I loved this song, our "meeting" song.......

Reply to raven mad (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 08:56 AM

Dec 2017

"gotta give up the booze and the one night stands".......we did give up the one night stands not the booze so much...... have been together 37 years now. Loved that song and him

Freddie

(10,143 posts)

7. Love this song

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 08:07 AM

Dec 2017

Was one of "our songs" when DH and I first started dating in 1978. We were 20 and 21. (Was it really that long ago?)

a kennedy

(36,343 posts)

9. holy crap, it WAS that long ago.......yikes.

Reply to Freddie (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 08:57 AM

Dec 2017

The Polack MSgt

(13,822 posts)

11. Thanks - That's a good song

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 12:27 PM

Dec 2017

It's telling that of all the pop rock singer song writers in the 70's so few are remembered and listened to now.

Where is Bob Welsch nowadays? Does anyone play a Christopher Cross record un-ironically, like ever?

Gerry Rafferty and Boz Scaggs are still solid tho

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