Saturday, June 9, 2018

Just Missed My Top 200: Kon Kan - Liberty

Kon Kan (a play on the term "Can Con" which stands for Canadian content) hit it big in 1988 with "I Beg Your Pardon", a song I've never really cared for. The band, composed of Barry Harris and Kevin Wynne, rode their first single's success (#19 in Canada, #15 in the USA) to stardom with their Pet-Shop-Boys-like musical sensibilities.

 Other songs followed, like "Harry Houdini", "Move To Move", "Sinful Wishes", and "Liberty", which was the first single from Kon Kan's 1990 album Syntonic.

 "Liberty" was a failure on the pop charts, peaking at a lowly #91 and marking the beginning of the end for Kon Kan. The band released one more unsuccessful album in 1993, then broke up, with both members going on to mediocre solo careers.

 I've always loved "Liberty", however, and its failure was mostly due to the changing tastes of a fickle music-buying public, not any fault of the band.

 More Kon Kan below!




Be back next week with another song that almost made my list.
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4 comments:

  1. wasJune 9, 2018 at 9:16 AM

    Never knew what Kon Kan meant ... now I know! I always confused these guys with that other similar sounding, one-hit, dual-three-letter duo Ebn Ozn... even though they were 5 years apart in New Wave space-time continuum.

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    1. MarcDJune 9, 2018 at 5:44 PM

      Another of my Just Missed It Halloween songs in October will tie into Ebn Ozn! Are you some sort of psychic?!

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    2. wasJune 9, 2018 at 5:52 PM

      MD ... you should know by now that we have some kind of explainable psychic bond thing going on :)

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  2. wasJune 9, 2018 at 5:53 PM

    unexplainable! damn spell check

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