There was a tune I remember hearing in high school and college that had me completely stumped. I could only remember bits and pieces of it, but nothing in any of my Billboard chart books matched up. I had it narrowed down to 1979-81, which was an oddly wide stretch of time. I figured it was one of those chestnuts that the local AOR station played a couple of times a year like Driver's Seat. In 1998 I was in Chicago for spring break with my wife and kids. We were heading for the El, and as we drove along I was punching the scan button on the stereo, trying to find something I felt like listening to. There on one of the Chicago classic rock channels was my song. I pulled over and found a parking spot, shushed the wife and kids and hoped they'd say who the artist was at the end of the song. The Tarney-Spencer Band - No Time To Lose. I was so fired up. Went home and got online and found the album. In later years I even figured out why I identified it with both high school and college. It was first released in 1979, then rereleased in 1981 after MTV played the video in the early days. It was an Australian roller disco video that seemed to have nothing to do with the theme of the song. Then again, I'm not Australian. I think it flirted with the lower reaches of the Top 40 here. There's still another song that I've been trying to find for over 50 years, but it pops into my head less and less frequently as I age.
. Nice try though.
