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I've posted the full video, but the song (as it appeared on the album) doesn't start until about 50 seconds in. The guest vocalist, and disembodied head in the video, is Shaun Ryder from the Happy Mondays. I've read in a couple of places that the song was going to called 'It's There', but Shaun's strong Manchester accent made it sound like 'It's Dare' so they changed the name. To keep in with the Japanese theme, the single was titled '挑戦 (Dare)'.

Slightly unusual, mainly spoken track from Damon Albarn's other band. I've had this CD for several years, but until I looked up the video I never realised that the narrator was Dennis Hopper.

Here's a couple of screengrabs to illustrate CD's point. Firstly, this is Floyd and Bubba's Blue Nova: And here's the parked car (on the left), looking suspiciously similar, and seen just a few seconds after they were meant to have driven off. Just to add another blooper from the same scene, the back projection used as Bo and Luke pull up to protect Boss clearly shows 'Seth M. Berley & Co.', which got replaced in season 5.

Back to the mid '80s again

The Boar's Nest sign is already done (back on page 1 of this thread), but I can have a look at the others. Either let me know the episodes and rough times they appear, or send me some screengrabs and I'll see what I can do. Let's hope that this sign proves less controversial than the last . It's the sign from the studio that the Dukes visit in 'The Dukes in Hollywood' in season 7. I thought I might get a break here because the 'Studios' text looks like a font called Souvenir, but it wasn't to be.

lost_sheep posted 'Life in a Northern Town' over on the Musical Chairs thread yesterday. That reminded me of the following dance track from 1997 that samples of that song by Dream Academy.Sunchyme - Dario G I found a video for this song on another website.

I can't believe that we've never had any Kenny Rogers in this thread. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition This time I was lucky, and found the too . I didn't realise that anyone had covered Dream Academy's 1985 hit. Their was filmed in and around Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (a northern town in England). Thanks for posting the new version.

Headstrong - 10,000 Maniacs I think I bought this album the day it came out, way back in 1989.

I didn't get a chance to post this when we did 'last night' songs last week. From the album 'Whatever and Ever Amen', this track is about throwing a leaving party for a guy who never leaves.

Ghost Town - The Specials A 30-year-old hit from the British 2 Tone ska band. It reached #1 in the UK charts in the summer of '81.

Not part of my usual record collection, but while we're doing the '80s. I only remembered it because it was used twice in the background of the episode of 'The Fall Guy' ('Win One for the Gipper???' from season 2) that I watched yesterday.

Thanks for posting the link, but I can't help thinking that whoever compiled the list was a bit lazy. The first "movie" is the Dukes TV show!. That's followed by the Dukes movie, Deathproof, and both the original and remake of Vanishing Point. Three movies that came to mind before I read the article weren't even listed: Bullitt - you can't get much better than Steve McQueen chasing down the bad guys' black '68 charger. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry - Peter Fonda evading a helicopter in a '69 Charger. - Vin Diesel's supercharged '70 Charger (best car in the movie).The cars in Deathproof were used because they were paying tribute to other movies. The white Challenger was from Vanishing Point, while the Charger was black like the one in Bullitt, had the same wheels as the General Lee, and the same license plate as the Charger in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. One sad point to note - very few of these Dodges make it to the end of their movies . Whilst looking up the YouTube links above I came across this TV commercial for the 1969 Charger SE (love the crane driver's mustache ):

Thanks for posting these pictures. Like Garrett, I did look at them the other day, but was too tired to reply - and then I forgot . Looks like you're only about half an hour from the track - did you get to see the race?.

I know how you feel Roger - Ireland is in the process of electing a new president (that's our head of state, we also have a Taoiseach who's head of the government) so our lampposts are covered in posters and our mailboxes are full of political junk. That said, here's another political poster: I hope this is the one you wanted, knightprowl - the Rosco poster from 'One Armed Bandits' you've been asking for. As with the last one, I've substituted a different photo as I couldn't find this one at any resolution. The text is all done from scratch though. I originally posted screengrabs of these billboards here. I've now done my own versions. First is the unfinished 'Hazzard Safety Week' poster from 'Goodbye General Lee'. Just to annoy me, the 'Drive Carefully' text is not quite the same as the last one I did, but I had to make most of it into outlines anyway!. I wonder why the painter didn't finish the black text before starting the red. This is Lulu's billboard from 'Share and Share Alike'. I couldn't get a better picture of Lulu for this one, so I had to tweak the one from the screengrab.

(12" Mix)I've been on a bit of an '80s kick musically speaking for the last 48 hours. This one's from 1985 - check out the pastel colors (it was around the time Miami Vice started), and the cutting edge visual effects. This is what 12" remixes were all about - judging by the length I'd say this is the 'Inside Leg Mix'.

As opposed to 'three on the tree', which I don't think I've ever seen over here. From a quick Google search it appears that nearly 85% of cars sold in the US have automatic transmissions. In the UK it's closer to 85% manual (stick) - worth considering if you're visiting and need to hire a car. If you pass your driving test in a manual you can drive an auto, but not vice versa - don't know if it's the same in the US.

Riders on the Storm - The Doors There's a killer on the road, his brain is squirmin' like a toad ... This song is so atmospheric that I can easily convince myself that it's raining outside when it's over (although as I live in Ireland, it usually is ).

Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners I don't know how well this song is known in the US compared to Come on Eileen - it was a UK #1 in 1980. This song is a tribute to soul singer Geno Washington and his group Geno Washington's Ram Jam Band (click here for their version of 'Que Sera Sera'). Of course, when I typed the words "Ram Jam" into YouTube it brought up Black Betty. Just like Black Betty, Dexy's Midnight Runners were from Birmingham, but in this case it's Birmingham in the West Midlands of England and not "Way down in Alabam'".

Thanks Mufn. The full picture is $10 on Jimmie's website: The image size is just large enough for this thread, but not the PDF:

I haven't done Rosco's re-election poster from 'One Armed Bandits' yet, but I have done the one from 'The Revenge of Hughie Hogg' in season 5. The picture of Rosco isn't exactly as it appeared in the show because I went for the best quality photo I could find that was similar. Unlike some of the recent posters I've done, these typefaces are the closest I had, rather than starting from scratch. Otherwise, it's pretty close. Here's Uncle Jesse standing next to Rosco's poster in that episode: Here's my version: Here's the button badge that Rosco makes everyone wear (including Uncle Jesse in the picture above). I couldn't get a clear grab of this, or the flyer below, so the text is my best guess as far as typefaces are concerned. And here's the flyer that Flash has in her mouth near the start of the episode: The re-election poster is available to download as a printable PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file in the Dukes of Hazzard Downloads section of HNet along with the Carnival of Thrills poster. Both are US letter size, but will print without any problem on European A4 paper. There's also 10 different Dukes themed desktop wallpapers to download.

Brewing Up A Storm - The Stunning Great track from 1990. Probably the best known track from this Irish rock band.

Some alternative rock from North Wales. This takes me back to my school days .