Now I’m going to have to go back and listen to the B-side. It’s been a while! Paul and Mike have always been a couple of my favorite folks to talk to. They’ve got STORIES! One of my first purchases as a kid was a 45 of “When it’s Over” and that planted the seed. Heard the hits of course, on the radio. In the early ‘90s, I bought Loverboy Classics when that came out and loved reading a pre-Internet abridged version of the Loverboy story. I think it was after that I got promo vinyl (purchased from a local record store) of them performing live in Dayton, Ohio back in the ‘80s. Living in Ohio, I was stoked to get something that had been recorded right here! I think the first time I actually saw them live was opening for ZZ Top here in 1994 and I’d seen ZZ, so I went especially for the opportunity to see Loverboy, because I was really hungry to mark off people I hadn’t seen live yet in that era. They didn’t disappoint. Anyway, the short version of all of this? Enjoyed your piece here and to this day, I’m still a big Loverboy fan.
This song is basically a time machine. The opening cowbell hits and suddenly you're in a car, on a Friday afternoon, with nowhere important to be until Monday.
And now that you've put the Fred Flintstone image in my head, I'm never going to hear Working for the Weekend the same way again. 😄
Now I’m going to have to go back and listen to the B-side. It’s been a while! Paul and Mike have always been a couple of my favorite folks to talk to. They’ve got STORIES! One of my first purchases as a kid was a 45 of “When it’s Over” and that planted the seed. Heard the hits of course, on the radio. In the early ‘90s, I bought Loverboy Classics when that came out and loved reading a pre-Internet abridged version of the Loverboy story. I think it was after that I got promo vinyl (purchased from a local record store) of them performing live in Dayton, Ohio back in the ‘80s. Living in Ohio, I was stoked to get something that had been recorded right here! I think the first time I actually saw them live was opening for ZZ Top here in 1994 and I’d seen ZZ, so I went especially for the opportunity to see Loverboy, because I was really hungry to mark off people I hadn’t seen live yet in that era. They didn’t disappoint. Anyway, the short version of all of this? Enjoyed your piece here and to this day, I’m still a big Loverboy fan.
Thanks, Matt, appreciate that! In my experience, most Canadian bands are great live - they really have to travel to get to that gig in most cases.
This song is basically a time machine. The opening cowbell hits and suddenly you're in a car, on a Friday afternoon, with nowhere important to be until Monday.
And now that you've put the Fred Flintstone image in my head, I'm never going to hear Working for the Weekend the same way again. 😄
Thanks for reading, Michael! I might just teach myself to edit that video, because it’s stuck in my head, too.
I love your association of the song with the Fred Flintstone image! Nice - it is the same feeling for me too.
Like it or not. This is such an iconic song. There is no child of the 80’s that doesn’t have a memory associated with this song.
It’s one of the ones when as soon as you hear it there is a sense-memory that takes you back.
Oh, I like it! 😉
Fantastic song to start off a grey wet day in the north of England!
I was “lovin’ every minute” of this single too when it dropped! high fives!
Nice one, John - thanks! 🫡