Classic Summer Songs: "Barracuda" from Heart

In the Summer of 1977, we were just getting to know this talented act.  Heart gave us "Barracuda"

Featured Top Unknown/Underrated Song: John Mellencamp's "The Authority Song"

This great artist from America's heartland produced quite a catalog of material for the ages to enjoy.  Although he certainly had his share of Top 10 hits, this one fell short at #15.  But "the authorities" cannot keep a good song down, and it has its day in the sun right here and now, as one of Inside The Rock Era's featured Top Unknown/Underrated Songs*:



"The Authority Song"

John Mellencamp

 

 

Lyrics and Music by John Mellencamp

 

 

 

They like to get you in a compromising position
They like to get you there and smile in your face
They think they're so cute when they got you in that condition
Well I think it's a total disgrace

[Chorus:]
I fight authority, Authority always wins
I fight authority, Authority always wins
I been doing it since I was a young kid
I come out grinnin'
I fight authority, Authority always wins

So I call up my preacher
I say, "Give me strength for Round 5."
He said , "You don't need no strength, you need to grow up son."
I said, "Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying
"And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun."

[Chorus]

Oh no oh no
I fight authority Authority always wins

[Chorus]

 

 

Classic Summer Songs: 10 cc's "I'm Not In Love"

It isn't a choir you hear behind Eric Stewart's lead vocal here, but rather members of 10 cc themselves.  It took 256 overdubs to produce the sound behind one of the Classic Summer Songs of the Rock Era*: