At work the other day we were talking about old rock songs, for some reason. When things are slow, we talk about a lot of things. One of the guys grew up near Cleveland and mentioned the Micheal Stanley Band, a local band that had some hits. I didn't recognize the name, but boy did I recognize some of the songs. I grew up farther west in Ohio but we heard lots of stuff from Cleveland and Detroit. When you only have three local TV channels, picking up some from farther away is a big deal; same with radio. We listened to whatever we could find.
This Town- maybe it's just an Ohio thing, but everywhere you went you would hear this song, modified to fit the town you were in. "This town is my town- Toledo!" It has a very '80s sound, but I still hear it occasionally. It made it into the top 40, barely.
He Can't Love You Like I Love You- another very minor hit, but one I instantly recognized. Maybe they just played these things in Ohio or the Midwest, but to me, it is very evocative of teenage weekends.
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