Lene Lovich - Lucky Number Reaction 

This was a huge hit on Los Angeles radio 📻 when I was a kid. It sounded so fresh. Legendary DJ Rodney Bingenheimer " The Mayor Of The Sunset Strip " was the first to play it. Masterpiece !

This is such a great song and she was quite unique. This got into the charts over here.

When I was young, I bought this album because I loved the cover of her first album. I never regretted spending my allowance on Lene.

I remember this being in the chart in the UK when I was nine years old. I loved it. She did a collab with Nina hagen at the end of the eighties (I think) called Don't Kill Animals.

Thanks for playing this. I thought you would like it. Another slightly quirky song that I like is Noosha Fox singing S S Single Bed , also Only You Can.

She was on Stiff Records, which was the coolest record label in the UK, spawning a number of important and influential artists from varied backgrounds. The Stiff Tour was legendary.

This song is about an alien visitation. New wave at it's height. We danced our ass off under the influence of ....love in the club.

Her touring band included a young British keyboardist named Thomas Dolby. He did a thing or two on his own. ☺

LeneL&NinaHagen are both wonderful performers... You 2 are delving into a lot of diverse genres&eras, and I luv it!

Lene Lovich, Kate Bush, Nina Hagen and Bjork are queens of the bizarre SOOO creative and brave. Truly art.

This is a song that seemed to be around for two or three years on the radio. All the kids are school talked about it. Excellent choice of song.

Wow.....been a long time since i heard this........brought back a few memories...... Still sounds relevant today. Looking back at it now ....she was like a clone of Souxsie and Banshees!

I loved this reaction to this. She was a great artist, another along similar lines only earlier was, Noosha Fox known simply as 'Fox' and the track 'S-S-S-Single Bed', which would be a great one for you to react to.

I highly recommend the Hanier Family to react to other amazing songs from Lene (Laynah) Lovich from her 1979 Flex album which is a little more dark, goth, quirky and weird and so excellent- Bird Song, Angels, Monkey Talk, Wonderful One, Egghead, What will I do Without You?

Love this 🦹‍♀️

This was the very first album I ever bought, at the age of 12. I'm now 56 and still absolutely love her stuff and continue to listen to her on the regular. Appreciated your reaction. Good greetings from Toronto, Canada.

one of my favourite concerts when I was at University in the late 70s/80s and this is a great song

I was 9 or 10 when this came out I think and I loved it❤ I was a childhood fan of ABBA and this was before my love of great pop and classic prog rock. It was so weird. Still love it at 53! Thanks as always for the eclectic choice ❤❤❤

Absolutely one of my favourite things ever. The whole album this comes from is pretty amazing, and she does an incredible cover of, The Night.

I've heard of her being called a "Latvian screw-ball", but it's different and catchy

Its marvelousssssssssssss

Love Lene!!!!! Try out "New Toy", a great Lena song, written by Thomas Dolby!

You might like her cover of "I Think We're Alone Now'. Personally, my favourite Lene Lovich track is 'home'.

This is not the clip that was played on TV when it was in the charts in 1979. I was 10 but remember it very well.

Recorded at Eden where I used to work. One of my favourite records of the era.

I remember watching her and thinking how awesome she was....I was 13 yrs old.

Lene Lovich was an early signing for Stiff Records. Her follow up song was: "I Say When". A forgotten wonder.

Lene and Nina have worked together. They did a movie called "Cha Cha" (Dutch/German/English) and did a song for PETA called "Don't Kill the Animals".

Lene Lovich was a professional screamer for horror films, etc, for a while - not every actress can do them, so she'd be called in for overdubbing. If you want an example, listen to Cuckoo Clock, by Rachel Sweet - there's a fine example of Lene's work in that! I fancied Lene like mad when I first saw her on TV, and many years later ended up having a long relationship with a woman with a very similar facial structure. Lucky old me. eh?

"Wenn Ich Ein Junge Wär (If I Were A Boy)" is a great Nina track but it's in German as is her cover of "My Way".

Lene and Nina Hagen made a full length art film together!! Check out her other big hit Say When! ..also an obscure track called Monkey Talk 👍

Could you guys do the music video for Michael Nesmith's RIO? The video is six minutes in length. It's on the Michael Nesmith's Videoranch channel. I would much rather the official video and not some audio clip. Back in 1977 Countdown played the music video for ''Rio'' and we Countdown kids went nuts for it. The clip was quite sophisticated at the time, and we didn't mind that he was an ex-Monkee. RIO was the first song I requested on the radio through seeing it on Countdown. The song got to # 4 on the Australian charts, and it all had to do with us kids repeatedly requesting the song. I don't think the song had the same success anywhere else, and Nesmith was appreciative of our efforts. I got to say guys, music videos were pretty important component for us Countdown kids. A lot of times it was the only way we could find out about a song. See the video on Countdown. Radio weren't always willing to play cutting edge artists unless we pushed for it. I would like it if you guys viewed Michael Nesmith's ''Rio'' (6 minute long - Micahel Nesmith's Videorach).

Brilliant song , another to try is , say when , you will love that too . Was another big hit in the uk .

Wonderful and thanks for the name check. I've always adored Lene Lovich and her hits album is on regular rotation in my car. She was a huge influence on a later acts. You can hear her in Gwen Stefani amongst others, not sure it was direct but I think it's clear. Nina Hagen and Lene were great friends and Nina did a cover of this on, I think, Unbehagen. As for Devo - they were on Stiff with Lene and the Stiffies all did a cover of 'Be Stiff', of which Lene's is a stand out - it's wonderful. Please check out 'Bird Song' - it's pretty much my favourite and is a bit darker.

So glad you enjoyed this one. Her other biggie was New Toy. Thomas Dolby had some level of involvement in her music, but I no longer recall the connection. I did see him in one of her music videos, in a car if I recall correctly. Thomas has done great songs, and there’s a fantastic live version of Hyperactive on The Old Grey Whistle Test that I think you’d love.

Have not heard this for yonks , Lenai was a proper one off , this was right in the middle of Punk if my memory serves me right ! great tune !

Lene has always been one of my favorites. She doesn't have many releases, but IMO, Shadows and Dust, which is her latest release from 2005 is by far her best album. I saw her in New Haven CT at a club called Toad's Place back in the early 80's. She had such energy and played the sax. Check out Craze from Shadows and Dust if you want to hear more of her.

If you do a follow up, Lena's second (lesser) hit single, New Toy, is the way to go. It isn't quite as quirky, but her vocals are as distinctive and I think it's every bit as good as Lucky Number.

In 1979 the Nina Hagen Band did a great German cover version of "Lucky Number" (titled "Wie leben immer… noch") on their album Unbehagen. Actually, I knew the latter before having listened to the original by Lene Lovich, which is why I am perhaps more attached to the cover by the Nina Hagen Band, nevertheless the two versions each have their unique charm and specificity.

Good stuff out of the Stiff records stable.Plenty of quirky artists on that label.

OMG, you mentioned Nina Hagen! She's another great artist from back in my youth.

another great track

This is probably her best-known song; I also liked "The Night" from her album 'Flex'. Good choice.

Hugs from Brazil 🎉

Great to hear this again , Lena was unique , not a lot of hits but this was memorable yes 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

All time fav. Reminds me a little of early Split Enz.

I am not sure if this is true but I remember hearing she supplied the screams for horror movies

You really should listen to FOX very eccentric UK band. Try ONLY YOU CAN or IMAGINE ME IMAGINE YOU. Lead singer Noosha Fox beautiful and amazing.

You look like a couple of airline pilots there! :0)

GREAT SONG REMEMBER IT WELL, ANOTHER QUIRKY ONE WAS. A REMAKE OF MONEY BY THE BEATLES BY THE FLYING LIZARDS SURE IT WAS THEM CHEERS😊

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There is no such thing as pop punk. The blink 182s Greendays of the world are power Pop. BUT AWESOME I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS SINCE I WAS A SNOTTY NOSED LITTLE BRAT I'M NOW A BOOGER NOSED GERIATRIC AND HAPPY TO HEAR THIS AGAIN

If you're thinking about giving Nina Hagen a try, may I suggest Universal Radio. It may not be her best, but it did get some radio airplay. (At least on KROQ)

Quirky ok, but thats enough

Another great one from Lena is "I Say When": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uDZGPWkDl28.html

Got to # 2 in Australia. Why not watch the original video?

has anyone suggested any Toyah songs

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