Blast from the past 70's music- anyone remember Jigsaw?

United States
December 5, 2006 10:45pm CST
Ah, the 70's- what a fun time to grow up! All kinds of music to please even the most fickle music fan. From hard rock, to soft rock, disco, and folk, many great bands made names for themselves back then that are still popular today, while others had one hit wonders, though their songs are far from forgotten. One such "two hit wonder", if you will, band that I always loved but could never understand why they weren't as popular back then like other bands was Jigsaw. Funny, how they didn't get much press back then, nor were they considered a favorite of many, until recently. All of the sudden, it seems folks from the 70's remember the two songs this band had and claim how much they loved them! How can this be? Where was the love for this band back in the 70's when these guys, a classy band that wrote romantic ballads, put out two great hits, one of them, Sky High, and the other, Love Fire? Another thing I don't understand, is why there is nary a mention about these guys on the internet. I mean, nada, nothing, zip. I knew of a couple of band members names, and even tried looking them up, to see if anything came up. Nothing. Why? The only reasoning that I can come up with is that it is very possible that there were so many talented bands that emerged in the 70's, that Jigsaw got lost in the shuffle. They were a mix of soft rock and disco, so they had no main category of music that they exclusively belonged to. The drummer, who seems to be the lead singer in this band, has one of the most beautiful voices that have ever touched my ears, how he hit those notes back then without cracking is amazing to me to this day. How I wish I could have seen them live back in the day, and wish they had been more popular. Perhaps if they had had different management or promoters, maybe they would have more hits out and had been more popular. Anyhow, for those other Jigsaw fans besides myself, I bring you their two hits from You Tube (thanks to user Billy42 and DiscoVisionSF) and Daily Motion (thanks to user xyzmikey): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOu7JlQqiaA- Original video of Sky High posted by DiscoVisionSF at You Tube, thanks, DiscoVisonSF!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vQdX-u5Iws - Sky High (the band is in the video in this one- great find, this one has the lyrics posted in the vidoe- thanks, Billy42!!!!!) http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/jigsaw/video/xora1_jigsaw-love-fire - Love Fire- small introduction to the band, only pictures of the band are in this video, but hey, it's the song that counts!
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