"Hot Blooded" by Foreigner...

Is there anyone else who, when the song comes on the radio or you hear it, absolutely cannot escape the mental image of Les Nessman from "WKRP in Cincinnati" pulling that wig on his head?

Before reading this, the image never crossed my mind. 
 

Now that I opened this thread it will happen every time. 

I did not know that association.

I will, however, refresh my nomination of Foreigner as the Absolute Worst Band from the second half of the 1970s.

Duke said:

I did not know that association.

I will, however, refresh my nomination of Foreigner as the Absolute Worst Band from the second half of the 1970s.

 

Pretty sure you need to add the qualifier "that sold a E36 M3-ton of records and was really, really popular."

I do not count myself among the legions of Foreigner fans, although I may have seen them in concert circa 1981.  Can't say for sure.

Neither do I recall the association with WKRP, but Loni Anderson.  Wow.  Definitely a fan.

1988RedT2 said:

Duke said:

I will, however, refresh my nomination of Foreigner as the Absolute Worst Band from the second half of the 1970s.

Pretty sure you need to add the qualifier "that sold a E36 M3-ton of records and was really, really popular."

That qualifier is irrelevant to the nomination.

1988RedT2 said:

 

 

 

Neither do I recall the association with WKRP, but Loni Anderson.  Wow.  Definitely a fan.

Here's the funny thing about Loni Anderson... I was 11 when WKRP came on the air, so naturally she was the one who drew me to it. But even though I started watching it for her, I kept watching it for everyone else in the cast. She really had a very small part in the show, and turned out to be the least interesting of all the characters, even to a soon-to-be teenaged boy.

Also, Foreigner sucks.

Whatever you think of the band, Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" is the very very best song to sing to yourself and friends as you watch darn near anyone walk down the street! You can speed it up or slow it down to match the walker's pace. It becomes sarcastic, understated, right on descriptive, ironic, wistful - you name it!! That song covers the span of human emotions depending on how it's sung...

Try it.

Also: Bailey over Jennifer six ways to Sunday!!

No, but I remember Les Nesman telling Herb "You know how you said Jennifer has a round bed?  Well it's square like everyone else's."

Jennifer tells the girl coworker that his knees buckled on the way up and he went home .......

Jennifer Marlowe belonged to the Sisterhood of Blonde Receptionists or something. I always thought that was really funny.

Johnny Fever doing the drunk driving test on air was one of my favorites.

WKRP was a great show. I have very fond memories of watching it with my mother who found it equally hilarious. 

The music for the closing credits was sung to by one of the producers, IIRC. There are not real lyrics; it's just gibberish, which was intentional.

HERE is the episode in question.  Go to 13:25 for the scene.

Maybe it was just me...

Do you know anything about magnets?

"Hot Blooded" always reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Apu starts getting into the "singles scene" and proceeds to dance on the counter of his store...  I watched WKRP , but somehow either never caught this episode or forgot it... 

flat4_5spd said:

"Hot Blooded" always reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Apu starts getting into the "singles scene" and proceeds to dance on the counter of his store...  I watched WKRP , but somehow either never caught this episode or forgot it... 

I was thinking Simpsons too but the hot buttered bit where Homer made a popcorn suit and was dancing with hairdryers.   

I always wanted the lyrics to say:

"Hot blooded, check it and see
Got a fever of a hundred and three
Come on baby can you do more than dance
I'm hot blooded
Check my pants."

It would have rhymed which would have been cool in a 70s way.

RonnieFnD said:

flat4_5spd said:

"Hot Blooded" always reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Apu starts getting into the "singles scene" and proceeds to dance on the counter of his store...  I watched WKRP , but somehow either never caught this episode or forgot it... 

I was thinking Simpsons too but the hot buttered bit where Homer made a popcorn suit and was dancing with hairdryers.   

First, Apu dancing to Hot Blooded: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Veru4fWFU

Apu, depressed, singing Hot Blooded: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PExK1m-jwvg

The Simpsons got a lot of mileage out of that song

Maybe the reason some of us don't remember the song in WKRP is that, after the original airing, the music rights for songs used on the show ran out. The original home video versions had 'generic' music replacing the real top 40 music used on tv. Only the recent DVD releases have the music restored to how it was originally.

ddavidv said:

Maybe the reason some of us don't remember the song in WKRP is that, after the original airing, the music rights for songs used on the show ran out. The original home video versions had 'generic' music replacing the real top 40 music used on tv. Only the recent DVD releases have the music restored to how it was originally.

That kind of thing happens a lot. I read somewhere that the reason "Moonlighting" isn't available on streaming is the music rights. Also, Top Gear in it's heyday used to take advantage of the blanket music license the BBC had, so what aired in the UK would often have different music from reruns in other countries like the US.

Moonlighting is now available on Hulu.

Is the late '70's the 'malaise era' of the rock genre (in aggregate) or do '80's hair bands take the prize? 

Old_Town said:

Is the late '70's the 'malaise era' of the rock genre [...] ? 

You make a compelling hypothesis, sir.

Regular readers will be well familiar with my opinion of the '70s in general.

Old_Town said:

Is the late '70's the 'malaise era' of the rock genre (in aggregate) or do '80's hair bands take the prize? 

The late 70's cars sucked, but I thought the music was pretty great.  Post punk stuff - Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Clash, Marley, Gang of Four, B52s, I could go on.

Old_Town said:

Is the late '70's the 'malaise era' of the rock genre (in aggregate) or do '80's hair bands take the prize? 

Maybe in some circles, but overall, I don't think so.  The '70s saw the birth and refinement of Metal with bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Rainbow, Motorhead, and Saxon... 

A pox 'pon Glam Metal, though... 

It puzzles me that this thread has reached this point without a mention of the great WKRP Turkey Drop.