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: Thanks for posting that link, Rose.
: Honestly, I don't think the viewers of today
: have any idea just how popular this show was
: in its day. It had the ability to make a
: song a pop hit. It propelled careers of many
: talented people...think John Stamos, and so
: many others. Lots of stars from other media
: just wanted to get walk-ons to be a part of
: it. There was a media frenzy unlike
: anything that I have ever seen before or
: since. Tony and Genie were on the covers of
: every soap magazine and newspaper as well as
: teen magazines and mainstream entertainment
: publications. They were all over on talk
: shows too. It was a blitz.
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: By the way, did you see that ABC cancelled
: "The Chew"? They lost OLTL and
: its devoted audience for that totally stupid
: show, and now they have nothing but an
: extension to their news show. They are
: never going to compete with CNN and the
: other 24/7 news outlets. Really stupid
: management over there. Look what Brian Fons
: wrought.
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: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2206
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: To this day when I hear Rise, I think of
: Luke
: and Laura and that rape scene. I loved that
: song. I maybe crazy but I don't really
: associate rape with that music, I think of
: LnL and their crazy relationship and how it
: evolved into the love for the ages. LnL put
: Rise on the map. I still love hearing that
: song. TG was such a great dancer too which
: really made that scene work with Genie.
: Those were the Days!!
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: It's amazing to me how the dramatic moments
: of
: LnL can be brought back by the music
: associated with them. ""Think of
: Laura" always makes me wistful when I
: hear it. "Fascination" has a
: special place in my heart. "Rise"
: is another one that beings back LnL
: memories, and the music on the sailboat
: seduction scene also does that for me.
: There was a dance scene to Donna Summers
: (can't remember the name of the song)
: "She works hard for the money...".
: GH was a work of art in those heady days
: of the 1980's. Tony and Genie put Herb
: Alpert on the map. After the rape,
: "Rise" became a national hit. GH
: was a great platform for music artists. It
: didn't hurt Rick Springfield's career to
: perform, "Jesse's Girl", a song
: that a lot of people thought was written for
: his character on GH, Noah Drake, and jackie
: Zeman's Bobbie who was living with the
: nurse, Jessie, at the time. Tony had a part
: in the music selection for some themes. The
: whole show was brilliant. Sad that they
: can't sustain that now.
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: They're playing Rise right now at work. It
: amazes me how good this song is.
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: Was it popular before the infamous L&L rape
: scene, or only after?
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