LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 4, 2020…FORTY YEARS AGO THE ROMANTICS RELEASED THEIR SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM. THE ALBUM WAS DRIVEN BY THE SONG ‘WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU’. THE SONG CRACKED THE TOP 50 SINGLES ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. IT LATER BECAME A ROCK ANTHEM WHEN IT WAS FEATURED IN A BUDWEISER BEER AD. IN 1987 THE ROMANTICS SUED THE MAKERS OF ‘GUITAR HERO’ FOR INCLUDING A SOUNDALIKE VERSION ON THEIR GAME. THEY LOST THE CASE IN COURT WITH THE JUDGE RULING THAT THE GAME MAKER HAD TAKEN ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS IN RE-RECORDING IT IN THE MAKING OF THE GAME. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO THE ‘WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU’ WITH THE BAND SPORTING BACK PLEATHER OUTFITS.
