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11 May 2008

E*I*E*I*O was a band from Wisconsin who in 1986 released an album called Land Of Opportunity which should have been huge but wasn't. If you have a taste for rootsy rock and roll you'll like them a lot. here's Tear It Down, Blue Mountain Top, Go West Young Man and Hello Heartache.

post by: jonmc at: 11:14 | 8 comments

Bonus Track, one of the great ode's to life's futility, the Godfathers 'Birth, School, Work, Death.'

posted by jonmc 11 May | 11:51

Now add "Last Cigarette" by Dramarama and this thread is complete.

I had a mixtape Back In The Day that had E*I*E*I*O, the Godfathers, and Dramarama on it.....

posted by BitterOldPunk 11 May | 12:13

Thanks, jon. I *love* the music you shared not too long ago (Bash & Pop). It is great. I would have never known Bash & Pop existed.

posted by LoriFLA 11 May | 14:40

Good stuff, thank you. That song, "Tear it Down," that's the first time I've heard it. I don't see how anyone could not like that song.

But I'm kinda weird that way.

posted by Marxchivist 11 May | 19:07

I remember E*I*E*I*O very well growing up - "Hey Cecelia" was the big hit back in my youth.

posted by mykescipark 11 May | 20:27

'Hit,' being a relative term, dude. and it was 'hey cecilie,' 'hey cecilia' was Paul Simon.

posted by jonmc 11 May | 20:31

The second album, That Love Thang isn't quite as good. It features "Hey Cecilie" and "Andy Warhol's Dead But I'm Not." eMusic's got both albums.

They released a third album last year. It's available from CDBaby.

posted by kirkaracha 12 May | 13:49

Yes, yes, "Cecilie." I knew I was spelling something wrong - and definitely not confusing it with Paul Simon...

posted by mykescipark 12 May | 21:21

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