Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-Saturday
After a long week of some great songs I think I am going to take a brief detour into the sugary abyss of 70′s pop music.
All week we have been giving you what we think are some of the best “day” songs. Well, for part one of today’s adventures how about one of the worst ones?
1973 a little known Scottish band recorded what would become their biggest hit. It barely missed the charts in Great Britain but would be resurrected two years later in America by Clive Davis the then new head of Arista Records.
I can feel the bubblegum on my shoes as I listen to this stuff.
This is one of those rare songs that leaves me simply wondering why? It starts out well with the guitar lead climbing up and down the scale as ‘S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y” is belted out. The vocal is solid but after that it runs out of steam. The carnival keyboard in the back of the mix is just silly and the “sa-sa-sa-sa” bit always makes me think something has gone wrong with my speakers. Who’s idea was that?
I know times were different in 1973 when Bobby Sherman, Leif Garrett, Donny Osmond and David Cassidy ruled the pages of Tiger Beat, although by the time “Saturday Night”was released they were fading a bit. Were the Bay City Rollers an adequate replacement for those major teen idols?
History would say that they were not. They never really had another hit in the U.S. although they stayed in the game for many years to follow in several different incarnations finally becoming just, The Rollers. Actually it’s kind of sad if you find out much more about them. Years tied up in legal battles with constant personnel changes and more.
Perhaps there is a bit of a curse here. When “Saturday Night” was a blow out hit, the comment was made that they would be bigger than The Beatles. Ten years later, another Scottish band would make the same claim. Remember Big County and their hit, “In A Big Country?” Great song. Big Country ended poorly as well.
Some things are better left unsaid.
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March 17th, 2010 at 7:52 am
Whoa, now this harkens back to people like Leif Garrett
or worse, songs like “Da Do Run Run”
(hate to admit it, but I actually have copies of both running around somewhere)
At least it’s an upbeat way to go into Saturday
and the beginning hooks you enough so you stay around to the end, not sure why though
(Side note, I love Big Country and wish I could find that album somewhere)
Thanks Pete for Starting Saturday *Cough*