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Red Rider — Lunatic Fringe
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ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada)
Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 13:32
 
I keep hearing Father and Son by Cat Stevens

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 13:02
 
...and a thing in the stock that tells time.

le_colonel
Posted: Feb 23, 2013 - 02:13
 
A generous 2.

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 18:42
 
Whoa!  What happened here?!?!

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 10:17
 
Wow.  Never thought I would hear this on RP !
 

drivingunit103
(around the 4 western provinces)
Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 10:16
 
...could easily go an 11 for this one...

ivotaillefer
Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 16:32
 
this is a political song, strong emotions.

ncollingridge
(Knebworth, UK)
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 04:04
 
This isn't a song. It is a plodding beat with someone lazily playing some simplistic rhythm guitar over it. Even the vocalist doesn't really bother with a melody. Tedious and boring garbage. Sorry to be so tough but when there is so much great music around this has nothing going for it at all in my view.

RPJunkie
Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 05:56
 
This takes me back to High School more than just about any song.

I was a wrestler, and this was featured in the movie Vision Quest. Watched it about 1000 times.

Good Times! m/


boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 05:56
 
I remember the video sucked.Looked like it cost about $100 bucks to make.

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 05:53
 
That wonderfully badass guitar is what makes this one.

hayward350
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 21:20
 
A big smile across my face when this one came on - part of growing up in Toronto. Haven't heard for ages but I see it's been played a bit. Bill, dying to know how this gets on your radar and inspires you bring it back 30 years later!

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 12:15
 
Pink Floyd /The Wall anyone ?

raewah
(Somewhere where the mountains meet the plains)
Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 12:14
 
So over the top!!!  THANK YOU FOR PLAYING THIS!!  Oh the memories :)

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 18:08
 
see you on the other side ...

{#Wave}

lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 22:08
 
Love this song!! Great to hear it again!

Gretchen_+_Music
Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 10:58
 
I completely hate this song.  Bleah.

ColdMiser
(Out in the Cold)
Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 10:55
 
I saw Todd Rundgren, of all people, do a cover of this during his Arena tour a few years ago, he somehow segwayed into "when the walls came down"...pretty good show.

daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 10:55
 
what a riot to hear this again! i was probably 15 the last time this song entered my ear canals.


Imkirok
(The Arctic Hinter Land)
Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 10:53
 
Love it! Came for the Vision Quest reference, and RP doesn't disappoint!


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 10:53
 
Anyone for a game of foosball?

nochesdad
Posted: Sep 05, 2011 - 12:32
 
takes me back—-I am going to buy it and add it to one of my playlists.

Droidac
(Blacklight District)
Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 18:15
 
I remember hearing an interview with Tom Cochrane, and he was discussing this song.  As they were recording it, he was considering changing the lyrics and title, as Tom thought that people wouldn't "get it", that no one would relate to a "lunatic fringe".  Well, not just a day or two later, John Lennon was shot.  After that, they decided that the "lunatic fringe" would be something that people could see out there in the world, and the lyrics and title stuck.

I always thought that was an interesting bit of pop culture history.

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 18:09
 
This is the worst thing I have heard all day.
Not RP worthy!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 02:40
 
 mamerjamer wrote:
Really?  This song hasn't been played enough on FM?  I listen to Radio Paradise to get away from this drivel.
 
It's the first time I've ever heard it, but crapola FM stations this side of the Pond play a different selection of clichés and drivel to those your side, I suspect. It's no' bad, and plainly strongly influenced by Pink Floyd, but won't linger long in the memory. 6 from the Nottingham jury.


bnlkuhns
(The Pacific NW)
Posted: May 02, 2011 - 13:38
 
Takes me back to high school every time!

AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: May 02, 2011 - 13:12
 
 Nerubo wrote:
For a long time, I mis-heard this song as "lunatic French." instead of "lunatic fringe". 

 
 
For me is was 'lunatic Reds'.  I suppose if I ever had the album I would have figured out what it should have been.

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: May 02, 2011 - 13:11
 
Thanks to Canadian Content rules for over-the-air broadcast stations we get to hear this junk constantly up here in the Great White North.

Another good reason to listen to RP.   Variety!!!!!
 

kysmet
(Central Florida)
Posted: May 02, 2011 - 13:11
 
yes!

Nerubo
(Denver, CO)
Posted: May 02, 2011 - 13:10
 
For a long time, I mis-heard this song as "lunatic French." instead of "lunatic fringe". 

 

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: May 02, 2011 - 13:09
 
'Life is a highway, I want to ride it, all night long.'

motorichi
(formerly known as Owensmouth)
Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 09:54
 
What a memory!!!

blotto
(here, at the moment)
Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 09:53
 
Wow, this is 30 years old already. Where does the time go?

birdlandbill
Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 19:45
 
Almost Pink Floyd sound sans lyrical bite or mind twist.

xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 19:44
 
 rah wrote:

the guitars are pure floyd.
 

Floyd lite.  Very lite.  

Rabid_Engineer
(Europa!)
Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 03:32
 
The beginning of Finest Worksong sounds very similar to this song's opening...

rp1125
(nola)
Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 11:09
 
 rp1125 wrote:
i think this was in another movie, besides vision quest. on the credit roll. any help out there?
      Never mind - i was thinking about the fixx — deeper and deeper at the end of streets of fire. similar song — not the same



ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 11:04
 
About as 'Rockin' as room temperature milk.

rp1125
(nola)
Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 11:04
 
i think this was in another movie, besides vision quest. on the credit roll. any help out there?

floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 11:03
 
this is cool.. glad to hear it on RP, and frankly i always thought this was bryan adams and the name of the song was 'red rider'..
so, glad to have my facts straight thx to RP forums..

rah
Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 11:02
 
 lophrequa wrote:

it's just that one vocal part. i always thought this was Floyd 
 
the guitars are pure floyd.


Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 11:02
 
Wow. Haven't heard this in forever. Never expected to hear it here.
:) 

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 11:01
 

. . . definitely a guilty pleasure. . .

{#Shifty}


df1489
(Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx)
Posted: Aug 22, 2010 - 18:25
 
"lunatic fringe, the twilight's last gleeming..." Last of the sunset over lakepalestine tonight, the moon's rising over my shoulder...
Bill, amazing as always....

camatcba
(Lumberjack Software Hack Node)
Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 19:35
 


mamerjamer
Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 19:27
 
Really?  This song hasn't been played enough on FM?  I listen to Radio Paradise to get away from this drivel.

theforgiventeen
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 17:39
 
Give me a break, the aboriginal/Native sounding intro. (first minute) is the only part I like.

Anax
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 18:59
 
I forgot about this one. It should be followed with Radar Love.

Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 18:59
 
I enjoyed this as a kid when it first came out and I'm enjoying it now. It ain't a great song by any means, but it's worth hearing every now and then.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Feb 13, 2010 - 04:38
 
Very nice!!