Revisited : John O'Banion - Love You Like I Never Loved Before

title : Love You Like I Never Loved Before
artist : John O'Banion
year : 1981
chart : #24 Billboard Hot 100
album : John O'Banion


Just two days shy of his 60th birthday, O'Banion died of blunt force trauma as a result of an accident he suffered while touring in New Orleans, Louisiana. He died at his home in Los Angeles, California surrounded by friends and family. He had been battling the long term effects received as a result of the trauma to the head following the incident in New Orleans.





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Heard a promise in the wind
Then I saw you walkin' in
Tell me baby where ya been so long
Waited all my life to feel this strong

I love you like I never loved before
And evry day I love you so much more
Feeling like I never felt so sure
Love you like I never loved before

Lonely days and lonely nights
Finally gone and out of sight
I'll do everything within my power
To make your life get sweeter hour by hour

I'll do everything within my power
To make your life get sweeter hour by hour
I love you like I never loved before
No I never
I love you like I never loved before
No I never, never, never

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Wayne Swayze (18 August 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his roles as romantic leading men in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991.
Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early 2008. He continued acting until, in 2009, he became too ill to do so.


Title : She's Like The Wind
Artist : Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser
year : 1987
chart : #3 Billboard Hot 100
album : Dirty Dancing Soundtrack



Final Acting On-Screen Performance :
A&E original mini-series "The Beast" (shown in Asia on the AXN TV Networks).

Reception for The Beast :
Patrick Swayze's performance was highly praised.

• Alan Sepinwall writes "...you watch Swayze in "The Beast", and you realize that this is the best performance of his career - that the opportunity to play a part like this, and to play it as well as he is, may be fueling his ability to keep fighting against the cancer. And you realize, in an odd silver lining, that the cancer may, in turn, be fueling the performance".
• The New York Times writes that "Patrick Swayze's performance... is impressive for its resistance to cliché...".
• Suzan Young writes: "Patrick Swayze gives the performance of a lifetime as the hard-edged FBI agent Charles Barker in A&E's The Beast".
• Ray Richmond writes: "'Beast' has a far grittier feel and look than one would suspect from a show starring Swayze – not to mention one on A&E. The action often is energetic and intriguing but is sometimes brought down by Fimmel's uneven performance. …What's unmistakable is the killer work of the star. May the man somehow beat the odds and fight defiantly on".
• Kelly West writes: "For an original series, I think A&E has something great on their hands. The Beast is definitely drama series with an edge, showing the darker, grittier side to FBI undercover work".

Patrick Swayze at Wikipedia : Here

Audio : She's Like The Wind

Silver Condor - You Could Take My Heart Away

title : You Could Take My Heart Away

artist : Silver Condor

year charted : 1981

chart : #32 Billboard Hot 100

album : Silver Condor

about the band :

Silver Condor has 2 albums to their credit. The self-titled debut from 1981, and Trouble At Home (1983).

Renowned guitarist Earl Slick was their on lead guitars for the debut album.

about the song:

"You Could Take My Heart Away" was the band's only Billboard Charts hit peaking at #32 back in '81.

This is one of the few songs from the 80's that i haven't had in my collection.

Haven't had any luck locating it on any 80's compilation CDs thus far.

Furthermore, sourcing around the net for a decent streaming, etc has turned out to be equally non-eventful.

this youtube "Solid Gold" performance is the only one i have managed to dig up.

Jay Ferguson

title 1 : Thunder Island
year : 1978
chart : #9 Billboard Hot 100
album : Thunder Island











title 2 : Shakedown Cruise
year : 1979
chart : #31 Billboard Hot 100
album : Real Life Ain't This Way






Jay Ferguson factfile on wiki

Walter Egan - Magnet And Steel

title : Magnet And Steel
artist : Walter Egan
year : 1978
chart : #8 Billboard Hot 100
album : Not Shy

about the album :

Originally released in 1978 by Columbia Records, this is of course the album that yielded Walter Egan's biggest hit, "Magnet and Steel." Not Shy is Egan's second official solo album. It was produced by Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut, and Walter Egan and on several tracks features backing vocals by Lindsey Buckingham and/or Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac.

Not Shy has been re-released on compact disc twice. The first cd release is dated 1993 and was distributed by Razor and Tie Music Corp. In 2004, the album was again re-released on compact disc as a two-in-one compilation with Fundamental Roll on Acadia/Evangeline records.

about the song :
Stevie Nicks sang on this track, and provided inspiration for the lyrics. Walter Egan told us about this song:
"In 1976 I was living in Pomona, California and I had a notion to write a song with the 'stroll' beat (made famous by Chuck Willis) and so began the rough outline of what was tentatively called 'Don't Turn Away Now.' Now, this was also at the time of putting together my first album, Fundamental Roll, and my two new friends and producers, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks and I were starting the recording process.
On the night when Stevie did the background vocals for my song 'Tunnel o' Love,' my nascent amorous feelings toward her came into a sharper focus - I was smitten by the kitten, as they say. It was on my drive home at 3 AM from Van Nuys to Pomona that I happened to be behind a metal flake blue Continental with ground effects and a diamond window in back. I was inspired by the car's license plate: "Not Shy."
By the time I pulled into my driveway I had formulated the lyrics and come up with the magnet metaphor. From there the song was finished in 15 minutes.
It was especially satisfying to have Stevie sing on 'Magnet,' since it was about her (and me)."

This was used in the 1997 movie Boogie Nights.

This was Egan's only Top 40 chart entry for his own recordings, though he also wrote Night's first hit, "Hot Summer Nights," which reached #18.


"Ooh, ooh, ah
Now, I told you so you ought to know (ooh,ooh,ah)
It takes some time for a feeling to grow (ooh,ooh,ah)
You're so close now I can't let you go (ooh,ooh,ah)
And I can't let go
With you I'm not shy to show the way I feel
With you I might try my secrets to reveal
For you are a magnet and I am steel

I can't hope that I'll hold you for long (ooh,ooh,ah)
You're a woman who's lost in your song (ooh,ooh,ah)
But the love that I feel is so strong (ooh,ooh,ah)
And it can't be wrong
With you I'm not shy to show the way I feel
With you I might try my secrets to reveal
For you are a magnet and I am steel

[break]

With you I'm not shy to show the way I feel
With you I might try my secrets to reveal
For you are a magnet and I am steel
For you are a magnet and I am steel
For you are a magnet and I am steel"

Steve Forbert - Romeo's Tune

title : Romeo's Tune
artist : Steve Forbert
year : 1980
chart : #11 Billboard Hot 100
album : Jackrabbit Slim (1979)

about the song :
Even though it states that "Romeo's Tune" is "dedicated to the memory of Florence Ballard" on the sleeve of the album Jackrabbit Slim (1979), the song is not really about the Supremes singer who died in 1976. The song was actually written about a girl from his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, but was dedicated to Ballard because, as Forbert explains, "That seemed like such bad news to me and such sad news. She wasn't really taken care of by the music business, which is not a new story."

about the singer :
Critics hailed him at the time as "The new Bob Dylan" because of a similar vocal timbre and thoughtful songwriting. The front cover of his second album, Jackrabbit Slim, encourages such comparisons with its simplicity: a black and white photo of Forbert playing a well-worn Martin acoustic guitar with a capo on it, his shirt tinted green. The record was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and produced by John Simon, who had worked with The Band.

Forbert has a cameo appearance in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video, playing her boyfriend.

In 1984, Forbert had a disagreement with his record company (Nemperor), which apparently did not want to release a recording he made. The record was shelved, and contractual issues prevented Forbert from recording for a number of years afterwards. Although he has never again recorded a song as commercially successful as "Romeo's Tune," his first recording for Geffen Records, 1988's Streets of This Town, has been credited with "intelligence and maturity that bested most of his previous work." His The American in Me follow-up in 1992 was praised as "equally strong." Both Geffen releases however were ineptly promoted, and Forbert's work there has been called under appreciated. He continues recording to this day ... and has a new album out soon ...



"Meet me in the middle of the day
Let me hear you say everything's okay
Bring me southern kisses from your room

Meet me in the middle of the night
Let me hear you say everything's alright
Let me smell the moon in your perfume

Oh, Gods and years will rise and fall
And there's always something more
Lost in talk, I waste my time
And it's all been said before
While further down behind the masquerade
The tears are there
I don't ask for all that much
I just want someone to care

Answer right now

Meet me in the middle of the day
Let me hear you say, everything's okay
Come on out beneath the shining sun

Meet me in the middle of the night
Let me hear you say, everything's alright
Sneak on out beneath the stars and run, yeah

Oh, yeah, yes
Oh, yes

It's king and queen and we must go down round
Behind the chandelier
Where I won't have to speak my mind
And you won't have to hear
Shreds of news and afterthoughts
And complicated scenes
We'll (whether)? or weather down behind the light
And fade like magazines

Meet me in the middle of the day
Let me hear you say, everything's okay
Bring me southern kisses from your room
Hey, hey
Meet me in the middle of the night
Let me hear you say, everything's alright
Let me smell the moon in your perfume
Oh, no
Meet me in the middle of the day
Let me hear you say everything's okay
Let me see you smiling back at me
Heeeey
Meet me in the middle of the night
Let me hear you say, everything's alright
Hold me tight and lovein' love is free
Whoa-oh
OK"

John O'Banion - Love You Like I Never Loved Before

title : Love You Like I Never Loved Before
artist : John O'Banion
year : 1981
chart : #24 Billboard Hot 100
album : John O'Banion


Just two days shy of his 60th birthday, O'Banion died of blunt force trauma as a result of an accident he suffered while touring in New Orleans, Louisiana. He died at his home in Los Angeles, California surrounded by friends and family. He had been battling the long term effects received as a result of the trauma to the head following the incident in New Orleans.






"Heard a promise in the wind
Then I saw you walkin in
Tell me baby where ya been so long
Waited all my life to feel this strong

I love you like I never loved before
And evry day I love you so much more
Feeling like I never felt so sure
Love you like I never loved before

Lonely days and lonely night s
Finlly gone and out of sight
I'll do evrything within my power
To make your life get sweeter hour by hour

I'll do evrything within my power
To make your life get sweeter hour by hour
I love you like I never loved before
No I never
I love you like I never loved before
No I never, never, never"