Comments on: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 44

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:21:12 +0000

I remember Personally getting quite a bit of airplay before I first headed off to college in 1982, haven’t heard it much since then.

I will say that one of her tunes from Hasten Down The Wind (”Someone To Lay Down Beside Me”) is one of my fave Linda Ronstadt songs.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:27:06 +0000

I don’t think I’d ever heard this one before you posted it here. I didn’t like it when I first heard it, but you’re right about the chorus being an earworm. I was a fan by probably the third listen. Nicely done, Ms. Bonoff and Mr. Hare.

By: jb

jb — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:58:28 +0000

In 1982 I was on the air at a country station that played some of the more Eagle-ish adult contemporary hits during the day, so we added "Personally." The first time I played it on the air was the first time I’d ever heard it, and I liked it so much that I played it a second time right away. It was better than 90 percent of the other stuff we were playing at the time, so why not?It may also have been the first mp3 I ever posted on my blog, although why that should be I have no explanation.

By: jefitoblog

jefitoblog — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:41:24 +0000

[…] Hare bravely re-enters the Mines of Mellow Gold and comes out with Amy Winehouse’s mom, then goes back to 1984 for his latest Chart […]

By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:28:54 +0000

I swear, you have the uncanny ability to bring back the most repressed memories ever. I’m sitting shotgun in my older brother’s yellow Dodge Colt listening to 13K (1300 AM). Because we could cruise listening to AM stations back then. In a craptastic car.
You had to love singing "I have something to give you…that the mailman….can’t deliver!" I’m emailing this mp3 right now. Thanks!!!!

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:48:15 +0000

You kids cherish your corrections. BUT I’LL BE WATCHING … AND WAITING.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:34:43 +0000

I totally read about this when I was researching this post. Karla Bonoff was never married to Robbie Benson. It’s actually covered in Karla’s FAQ!

Q. Is Karla Married to Robbie Benson?
A. No, but Robbie Benson is married to Karla DeVito, a singer who’s best known for performing with Meatloaf for many years. Other than both women are named Karla (with a "K"), there’s no connection.

Robert’s going to be so upset he wasn’t the one to make this correction.

By: Dw Dunphy

Dw Dunphy — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:33:34 +0000

Damn. I should’ve IMDBd after all… See, this kind of misreporting is why you can’t trust ANYTHING on the internet.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:29:20 +0000

First of all, I just want to say, THANK GOD this week is not a repost. :-)

And second, I confess, I just looked up Robby Benson at wiki, cuz I couldn’t resist. It says there that he is married to Karla Devito and that they have two kids … named Lyric and Zephyr. (Which, btw, is just cruel.)

That’s the Meatloaf chick, right? I didn’t look her up, too, otherwise I’d be at this all day …

Um, up until 5 minutes ago, I really liked this song. Now I can’t get ODE TO BILLY JOE out of my head. Um, thanks. :-)

And finally, I loved “Somebody’s Eyes.” I wore out that cassette tape years ago.

By: Dw Dunphy

Dw Dunphy — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:43:19 +0000

Yay, more trivia for y’all. The "dead dude" on the cover of "Wild Heart Of The Young" is Robbie Benson, then husband of Karla Bonoff. He may still be the husband of Karla Bonoff, but I’m too lazy to tag IMDB right now. Although Bonoff didn’t write "Personally", she dedicated it to Robbie (a/k/a The Beast), so let’s hope that whatever she was bringin’, he got it… Or else it was the U.S. Postal Service, Sloppy Seconds Department again.