Eddie Money Is Dead To Me!

Aw. Like ol' EDDIE.

His "I Wanna Go Back" song always makes me wistful.

Best Eddie:

Every since Valerie Harper died, these threads are pointless.

He only had twp hits, "Take Me Home Tonight," which went to #4 all because of Ronnie Spector. And "Walk on Water" #9

what was on his Ipod?

how old and how did he die?

aw that is sad he was a nice guy.

Several years ago I wound up at a Perkins about midnight and was sitting next to a table full of people who had just been to an Eddie Money concert. They talked at length about how his daughter Jesse did most of the performing, and in between songs they would shill for some MLM scheme they were involved in. None of them seemed bothered by this in the slightest.

Which MLM scheme? Scentsy? LuLaRoe?

Poor guy. Forgotten and now dead

I remember buying his first hit single and my favorite by him, "Baby Hold On". It put him on the music map.

Rest In Peace Eddie Money.

I remember in the 70's Casey Kasem would always mention that Money was a former cop. He had some fun hits.

I don’t get what R4 is saying. Two tickets to paradise and baby hold on were both hits too. The ones mentioned I don’t even remember somehow.

This thread is definitely going to 600 in NO TIME. RIP Eddie. She was a good girl.

R8, it wasn't anything I had heard of before, but it was a health supplement, which is darkly humorous now that I think about it.

His real name is Edward Mahoney, born in Brooklyn. Like other male members of his family he worked as a New York Police Department Patrolman until he successfully morphed into music. Has 5 children.

He was a cutie back in the day. Long sexy hair.

Was too young to appreciate his earlier hits but this song was a fave of mine in HS. Got me through some teenage bad times. Very soulful voice.

60's on Sirius did a nice tribute to him by playing The Ronettes.

He's changed a lot. He was looking quite unwell and I read that he had to cancel his latest tour for heart surgery. RIP.

"I'll Get By" is a great song, and by far the best of Eddie's catalogue.

I've always loved, "Take Me Home Tonight..." For some reason I can't find the video on Youtube.

"Shakin'" is one of my favorites. I'm surprised that it got no higher than #63 on the pop chart but it did get Top Ten on the Mainstream Rock chart.

That's "Apollonia" who is "shakin" in the video. Of course, in 1982, she was still known as "Patricia."

I love this late 70s/early 80s radio rock era that was popular before MTV and Michael Jackson blew it all up. Eddie Money, Styx, Pat Benatar, Rick Springfield, J Geils Band, Journey, Foreigner, etc. Roller Skating Rock.

"Shakin" is my second favorite Fddie Money song.

Clearly, he didn't take himself too seriously.

He died of throat cancer. From eating pussy no doubt. Pussy should have a warning on it. Will cause cancer! Jesus.

I remember he opened for Cyndi Lauper back in the 80s when I saw her at Cobo Arena in Detroit. I remember thinking that was an odd concert ticket pairing those two. He was also known for opening the Pine Knob concert season for like 28 straight years. Pine Knob is an outdoor concert venue in Clarkson, MI (now DTE Energy Theater). His last concert was in May.

“Pussy should have a warning on it.“

My vagine sign reads: This will take your breath away.

The solo section in "Two Tickets To Paradise" is amazing. Top studio guys just killing it.

And who was it that said you can’t take Money with you when you die?

Back in the late 70’s he played at my college. What I remember most is the next day he was really pissed because someone stole his favorite leather jacket.

According to Wiki, there was a reality show about his family called Real Money last year on AXS TV (whatever that is!). Sounds fascinating.

[quote]I saw her at Cobo Arena in Detroit.

Cobo Arena?

I don't know her.

Did he suffocate from lack of oxygen due to nose hair obstruction?

damn. that's what fucking these groupies will do I suppose...throat cancer..

RIP.

I liked "Take Me Home Tonight"

RIP

I always liked him. RIP, Eddie. I'll miss you.

I went to High School with him. so long ago..............

He was a smoker...That is what gave him throat cancer.

Or maybe it was cunnilingus

His voice was always on the raspier side.

He was the musical entertainment at my partners bar-mitzvah in the 80s.

Eating pussy is known to give throat cancer. It is hazardous to your health. Who eats more pussy than a singer? Even a nobody like Money.

I can’t believe people paid to hear this performance live.

Technically, Esophageal cancer which is really terrible. RIP.

R43 A centenarian escaped from the old turd's home! Jesus fuck what a nobody.

"Poor guy. Forgotten and now dead."

I still hear his old hits on the radio. I think his hits "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise" And "Take Me Home Tonight" are considered rock classics.

Prove it ..... $how me the Money

To the poster upthread who said he only had two hits, Money had 11 Top 40 hits and charted from 1978 to 1992.

Money can't buy me love.

Or a longer life.

Junior prom just won’t feel the same again.

Only 549 posts to go, r13.

You're dead on the money, r51!

I'd forgotten about Endless Nights, but that is one of my favorite songs by him. I also liked Walk on Water,

He didn't die from the cancer. It was a heart procedure.

Think I’m in Love was a fun hit from the early eighties. Kind of typical punchy, infectious pop from the era. The vampire video is quite funny with the twist at the end.

It must have taken a lot of planning to shoot a video in the MTV age for a man with partial facial paralysis.

I think Rick Springfield would’ve been featured more prominently.

It was like watching a corpse at r43. But to be fair, he kind of was - he was still performing less than a year before death, he was probably already very ill and in the terminal stage. Sucks to be that sick yet have to still hit the stage and perform. I'm guessing he may have needed money.

R53 He didn't look anything like that during his peak success. Most people remember him from his 80s videos

He was looking quite Mark Hamilish in his later years

In the days before file sharing and streaming, artists could make serious money from catalog sales and airplay. With those revenue streams gone, they have to get onstage if they want to pay the mortgage.

I liked this one back in the day, too. He wasn't a particularly great singer, certainly nothing special to look at...hard to imagine a guy like him ever getting a music career these days. And he managed to stick around for a decent amount of time, considering.

Seriously, what happened with the video for, "Take Me Home Tonight?"

It seems to have been pulled from all channels.

[quote]hard to imagine a guy like him ever getting a music career these days.

I know, right?

R28, The percussion on Two Tickets was great. Totally made the track.

I think I'm in love is his best song, besides Take Me Home Tonight.

Another "Shakin' " fan here.

Who knew that Eddie Money had so many fans on DL??

Apollonia Kotero @ApolloniaKotero Eddie Money - Shakin' Rest in Power my friend. I am forever grateful you chose me to portray your ex-girl Rosanna, whom you wrote this song about. Thank you Eddie! Oh yeah, you let me race that chort!!! That was so funnnn!!!! Orale!!

“nothing special to look at...hard to imagine a guy like him ever getting a music career these days”

“nothing special to look at...hard to imagine a guy like him ever getting a music career these days”

In 1986 I was a shy, awkward kid with no friends. I joined school clubs to get to know my schoolmates . It really didn’t work, I was always a wall flower, on the outside looking in.

One day one of these clubs had scheduled to leave campus for community service. We left campus, split up in groups. The teacher assigned me to ride in a car full of some of the cool kids. They didn’t treat me mean; actually, it was like I was invisible. No one talked to me the entire ride. I listened like a ghost as the girls gossiped and laughed on the ride away from and back to school.

Then Eddie Money’s “Take Me Home Tonight” began playing on the radio. All of us in the car sang as loudly as we could to the entire song. For a moment I felt like I fit in. It brought this weird, shy kid joy.

Present day, I could give two shits about fitting in with any crowd. But, when I hear that song - I smile at that memory...

I can't find the original video, either. But this is nice. I love that Ronnie Spector was there to share the song with him.

R70, Lovely memory.

It seems really weird that the original video has been pulled, R71. It was up a few weeks ago.

Great song from his second album

Take Me Home Tonight was a huge hit, it got tons of airplay. You still hear it today.

R74 It was his biggest hit single and really cemented him on the music map.

He was very down to earth. I grew up in a really rural, difficult to get to area. Airport did not have commercial flights. Eddie Money came to play at a casino. While in town, he went to the music store and basically hung out and jammed with the nerdy high school kids who were forming their own bands and learning instruments. He spent a couple days there and was just a super nice regular guy. Thank you Eddie, RIP.

Take me home tonight was a big part of my youth

What's the real story of exactly how he went from being a policeman to a musician?

I assumed his name was made up by a manager like John Cougar, but he probably heard Eddie Money all the time when people said Eddie Mahoney fast.

In the early 80’s he had a mishap-I can’t remember if it was drug related - anyway apparently he lay passed out for so long he ended up with nerve damage to one side of his body

A classic rock station that I listen to was playing his songs today in tribute to him. So I don't really think he was totally "forgotten."

He'd been in the hospital on a vent for months. I'm surprised it took this long really. A friend of mine was seriously involved with Jesse for a few years but he'd met and become pals Eddie before hooking up with her.

r78...drugs. His brother, also a cop....shhhh

r56, wife spent all his money. The family is going to implode without him.

Take Me Home Tonight was a fucking great song.

He was never a cop. According to the NY Post:

He wrote “Two Tickets to Paradise,” but he never wrote a traffic ticket.

On Friday night, the NYPD cleared up the mystery of whether rocker Eddie Money was ever a cop, as he’d sometimes claimed: He wasn’t.

But the rocker was, briefly, a trainee, a police spokeswoman said of Money, who died in Los Angeles on Friday at age 70.

“Eddie Money served in the capacity of a police trainee,” Sgt. Mary Frances O’Donnell told The Post. “He was never appointed to the rank of Police Officer. The NYPD offers their condolences to his family."

Take me home tonight. Thanks for the memories Eddie Money.

Eddie Money:

GAY ICON

I haven't listened to "classic rock" radio in years but when I did, "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise" were in heavy rotation. Eddie Money is only "forgotten" by children who never knew who he was and dizzy twinks who are too distracted with the new and next.

Apparently when they brought him Take Me Home Tonight, he wouldn’t do it because he didn’t want to sing the Be My Little Baby line. I don’t know if he suggested Roni do it, but someone did and she agreed. At least that’s what I read somewhere when the record came out. She had a follow up album that unfortunately fizzled.

I love I Think I’m in Love. Also this one, from my grade school years.

This one, too. Damn, I miss the 80s.

Well that was a lot of nothing

Fun Fact: Maureen McCormick was one of the backup singers on "Get a Move On".