It's hard for me to think of the Little River Band as Australian, because it seems more like they were just born on AM radio. Nowadays, based on their current tour dates, they mainly live at casinos and county fairs. One of my Facebook friends recently suggested starting a FB group called "the Lonesome Loser", so everyone will be asked if they've heard about "the Lonesome Loser".
I've never owned an LRB record, but still remember most of their hits, despite still confusing their "Night Owl" with Gerry Rafferty's "Night Owl", their "Lady" with Styx's "Lady", and their "Reminiscing" with Buddy's. Maybe the LRB could have chosen more original titles for their songs?
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I had totally forgotten about Lonesome Loser -- now I can hear it in my ears though I have not watched the video you link. "Reminiscing" is the only LRB song I could have named this morning.
One of my first records was LRB's greatest hits, which my uncle gave me (along with Dan Fogelburg's greatest hits) for my 12th birthday. Listened to them a lot for about a year, then I was done with them.
Hey, I'm one of your r/l friends too... aren't I? Uh oh.
This is where I compliment the LRB for playing the Brushfork Armory (i.e., bugfuck nowhere) back home, at the height of their AM popularity rather than at their current state of state fair slates, and mention how Glen Shorrock, when asked by a WHAJ DJ about other Australian bands, said "I like Icey Dicey!"
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