> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:00:12 -0500 audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
>> i grew up outside philadelphia, hitting my senior year just as
>> philly's "the hooters" were hitting the big time.  they were signed
>> to columbia records, releasing "nervous night," which included the
>> brooding minor hit "all you zombies."
>>
>> what is little known outside the city of brotherly love is that, the
>> year before, the hooters had independently released an album called
>> "amore."  this LP contained a much more upbeat version of "all you
>> zombies," plus the 80's pop masterpiece "hanging on a heartbeat."

I KNEW IT!!!! I was just rising out of my prog-rock phase, when I found a 
way to hook our TV cable up to my stereo and pull in WMMR in the center of 
the state (Williamsport, to be exact). Was MMR playing the original about a 
year and half before it the major-label version hit? For some reason, I 
remember it being some kind of "screamer of the weak" or something. All I 
really know is that when "Nervous Night" hit, I thought to myself "wow, it 
really took a long time for that album to catch on because I heard that song 
years ago."

Of course, all this was well before the World Wide Web, chat rooms, and all 
the things that now help us stay much more in touch with What's Goin' On.

Anyway, it's OK to slag Nervous Night for being slick, but it still was a 
really good album start-to-finish. Those songs held up well over the years.

Scott