{"id":379,"date":"2011-11-18T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T13:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=379"},"modified":"2015-01-03T16:24:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T14:24:03","slug":"my-loveliest-vinyl-part-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"my loveliest vinyl, part 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1439,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/shadowy.brainiac.com\\\/smen-soundtracks.htm#kith&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260210163428\\\/https:\\\/\\\/shadowy.brainiac.com\\\/smen-soundtracks.htm&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/shadowy.brainiac.com\\\/smen-soundtracks.htm&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 09:26:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-23 19:01:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 11:09:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 11:09:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-383\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-383 \" title=\"Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Savy Show Stoppers (Glass Records GLALP 31, 1988)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/smoasp.jpg\" alt=\"Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Savy Show Stoppers (Glass Records GLALP 31, 1988)\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/smoasp.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/smoasp-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet &#8211; Savy Show Stoppers (Glass Records GLALP 31, 1988)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now this is a fun one &#8211; one of the view times TV made me explore a band. Back in 1993 my soon the be wife already had pay-tv (&#8220;Premiere&#8221;, now Sky) and they had some strange stuff there including a canadian commedy called &#8220;Kids in the Hall&#8221;. Highly entertaining and with a distinct &#8220;twang&#8221; on the musical side. With a bit of pre-internet searching i found that the theme-song was from &#8220;Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet&#8221;, from Canada, and they released through Cargo &#8211; got it!<\/p>\n<p>1977 \u2013 <em>mhh, this is instrumental. few bands in 1977 burned their finger on that one!<\/em><br \/>\npublished by a cool lable \u2013\u00a0<em>Glass Records in the UK did the 1988 Vinyl, Cargo re-released it in 1990 when &#8220;Kids in the Hall&#8221; went big.<\/em><br \/>\nfound in a cool shop \u2013\u00a0<em>ticked, again Martin Stehr\u2019s Drugstore<\/em><br \/>\ncatching sound \u2013 <em>reverb and instrumental. surf. dig it! next thing cool to punk rock!<\/em><br \/>\nnot too bad words \u2013\u00a0<em>hahaha, having a laugh and having a say is one in one!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They dispanded 1996 and left behind quite a legacy and where instrumental (sic!) in driving other bands. Sadly bass player Reid Diamond died in 2001 of cancer. Damn.<\/p>\n<p>This is the famous theme song:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kids In The Hall intro theme song by Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A-avHA_9SvY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And this is my loveliest thing from &#8220;Kids in the Hall&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kids In The Hall - Head Crusher: Rival\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PM5_dgKDsrc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet served as the background band and sometimes even played in the foreground. You can listen to all sound snipits from all episodes <a href=\"http:\/\/shadowy.brainiac.com\/smen-soundtracks.htm#kith\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now this is a fun one &#8211; one of the view times TV made me explore a band. Back in 1993 my soon the be wife already had pay-tv (&#8220;Premiere&#8221;, now Sky) and they had some strange stuff there including a canadian commedy called &#8220;Kids in the Hall&#8221;. 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