This song really takes me back. Was 16 at the time which would have been 1975. Such a great time for music. Wish I could go back to those times. They were the best!
they used to have a&w's up here in canada where the waitresses would roll up to your car take your order and bring it to you on a tray that clipped to your window ah the good old days
Oh how I wish I could travel back to 1975 & relive those days when life was easier of course I was only a year old in 75 , but go back & see it from an adult point of view either late teens or early 20's , going to the roller rink or a drive in movie or one of those drive in resturants
So this is the original recorded by Sweeney Todd with Nick Gilder on vocals! Suzi Quatro recorded a cover of this song! I must admit I prefer this version to Suzi Quatro's. I must confess when I first heard "Hot Child in the City" by Nick Gilder I honestly thought it was a female vocalist. He really sounds like a chick when he sings. Regardless, I think the vocals are great and this is a great track!
yes,i am familiar with Ms.Quatros version aswell.This is far superior and yes,Nick does sound very much like a woman.I think he looks a bit fem too.Great artist,one of the best from the '70s!
Was listening to a customized station for "artists most like 'The Sweet,'" and of course Hot Child popped up-noticed it was a Nick-and was like "oh, so that was a dude." About 5 songs later, "Here Comes the Night" comes on, sounded 50/50 on gender, but noticed I loved the song and somehow hadn't heard it before for how catchy it was. Then of course, "Roxy Roller" comes along and before even looking at who sings this I was thinking the Go-Go's or someone similar, and it's this Nick-who obviously is short for "Nickie" or "Nicole." Loved it, guy or gal. Could not believe it was a guy! Not one of my friends-who are not of this generation (mid-30's) could, either. Then I heard "Rated X" (my fave). I was immediately searching for eBay and saddened to see the lack of popularity and selection of this guy (much like the aforementioned Sweet) His yellow "Hot Child"/"Best of" sucks. His 2nd or 3rd most popular song-Here Comes the Night-missing? Some other better choices like "Metro Jets" or "Time after Time"-off Frequency alone-would've worked, too. I'd recommend buying the CIty NIghts/Frequency combo over that-only missing Rated X, and Roxy of course....But they really need to put 20 songs on a Greatest Hits. There's room! Now onto finding the other albums somehow (that aren't readily available on eBay on CD or Vinyl).
I miss the "RIFF ROCK CAFE" On WRIF 101FM from Detroit in the early 80s. It was a late night show that highlighted rare or seldom heard tunes, I forget the DJ who hosted it.
just because i haven't seen any other comments, if you are digging this you might want to check out where it came from, a little band called T. Rex, aka Marc Bolan
It’s “Sweeney Todd” (Nick Gilder lead singer who later sang “Hot Child in the City as a solo artist and he’s from my city of Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦) not the Runnaways
This is the original 1975 version but I find that the one year later cut with young Bryan Adams' vocals is way better and sexier than this one! Good old days, this is great stuff!! :)
Im only 18 and my father told me to listen to this.. Apparently this song was really good back then and i love it! No justin beiber or lil wayne for me.. I'd prefer this.
My mother & her sisters were roxy rollers, I knew about this song long before everyone started mentioning this Runaways movie. ^_^ brings me back to when I was like 5 years old. :)
Foxy from the Roxy, Might turn some heads tonight. Flashlight dream. Peaches and cream delight. Roxy Roller. Five-bob job. She gets bubblegum on her knees, Down between the seats. Sometime she'll pass you the keys. Roxy Roller, Oh, Roxy Roller. Roxy Roller, Roxy. Her daddy, the commissioner. Took far more than his share, So Roxy joined the syndicate, Knowing it wasn't fair. Roxy Roller, Oh, Roxy Roller. Roxy Roller, Roxy. Oh, Roxy Roller. Oh, Roxy.
@tokimasa121 maybe it did, but thats your opinion. maybe it was my love for the music that overshadowed the film that made it so good for me? best performance had to go to Michael Shannon, definitely.
Saw Nick Gilder open for Foreigner on Thanksgiving night 1978. He sang about 6 songs and got booed off stage by the insane Madison Square Garden fans. He was trying really hard too, but they wanted Foreigner. I remember him playing this song, and Back Street Noise, besides his hit, "Hot Child In The City". The band and music weren't bad, it was his falsetto voice... the crowd just couldn't take it.
what a shame , Nick Gilder is so underrated , he is a damn good singer, I heard a story about a guy I knew who went to a black sabbath concert & Van Halen I guess around 1978 opened for them & they started with running with the devil & the crowd went nuts, but then when sabbath hit the stage & started playing they got booed off the stage
@tokimasa121 I have to agree with you, dakota was too innocent to play Cherie. dakota's 16 i think,but i still think dakota still is childish etc. about kristen stewart, i was half and half, i love the devotion she put into the film like cutting her hair, singing to the songs, hanging round joan jett so she knew how she rolled but i think we've seen her as bella for too long and we're used to that. it must be hard for all the twilight cast, because they're known for their twilight roles.
Our local top 40 station would play this song fairly often in the fall of 1976. Almost without fail they would follow this song with the ABBA hit "Fernando".
