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Walter Egan — Magnet and Steel
Album: Not Shy
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Released: 1978
Length: 3:15
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Ooh, ooh, ah
Now I told you so you ought to know
Ooh, it takes some time for a feelin' to grow
Ooh, you're so close now I can't let you go
Ooh and I can't let go

With you I'm not shy to show the way I feel
With you I might try my secrets to reveal
For you are a magnet and I am steel

I can't hope that I'll hold you for long
Ooh, you're a woman who's lost to your song
Ooh but the love that I feel is so strong
Ooh and it can't be wrong

With you I'm not shy to show the way I feel
With you I might try my secrets to reveal
For you are a magnet and I am steel
Ooh, ooh, ooh
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it was dreck then, it's still drek. 
Posted 6 months ago by onemorebyte    [ Reply ]
Most steel types are not attracted to magnets. Maybe that's the point. 
 
Posted 7 months ago by Jimusics    [ Reply ]
William courted his wife, Rebecca with this song!
Posted 7 months ago by laserace    [ Reply ]
Sappy trash IMO. 
Posted 7 months ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Had to check the dial to make sure I didn't slip into SiriusXM's Yacht Rock. 
Posted 7 months ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
This came out when I was in high school. I liked it then and it still sounds good to me today. After all these years I still recognize it right away from those opening strums in that triplet rhythm.

According to the man himself, this song is about Stevie.
Posted 1 year ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
Killin' me Bill!  Hahahahaha...
Posted 1 year ago by stevieslo    [ Reply ]
 slaskey wrote:
I can hear the radio playing back in the day    Magnet and Steel, leading into Gold- Jon Stewart - the RIde Like the Wind Christopher Cross
 
This song and Gold both feature vocals by Stevie Nicks. Great 70s MOR radio staples.
Posted 1 year ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
I can hear the radio playing back in the day    Magnet and Steel, leading into Gold- Jon Stewart - the RIde Like the Wind Christopher Cross
Posted 1 year ago by slaskey    [ Reply ]
Always loved this song as a kid, thanks for playing!
Posted 1 year ago by davell    [ Reply ]
i love this so much. thank you for the memory!! 
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Enunciation: "You are a magnet, I am stee-yul."
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 jelgator wrote:
10 all day for this song.

Suck it for all y'all who didn't grow up in the 70's!



You said it Jelgator!!!
Posted 2 years ago by mikegrinker    [ Reply ]
 EdEastridge wrote:

Considering it was produced by Lindsey Buckingham with Stevie and Lindsey singing backup, it wasn't too far off from a FM song of that era.


Now, that is an interesting piece of trivia.  As Johnny Carson used to say, "I did not know that."    Now that I have this piece of info, I can hear her voice in the background fer sure.  I always thought this was an awful song and thought that RP was trying to play a joke on us, just for grins, ya know?  No, they are begging us to remain open minded and git an educashun!
Posted 2 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
"It's couples skate. Couples only on the rink floor for this song. Guys grab you gal. Ladies grab your guy ... "
Posted 2 years ago by opaceo    [ Reply ]
I remember at the 1978 Texxas Jam at the Cotton Bowl, of about 12 acts, this guy was one of the first two.  Reading the audience, he boomed up the bass and drums to try to turn this, his one known song, into a rocker.  It didn't quite work, but he tried.
Posted 2 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Big hit back in the day...Still sounds pretty darn good.
Posted 2 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
 EdEastridge wrote:

Considering it was produced by Lindsey Buckingham with Stevie and Lindsey singing backup, it wasn't too far off from a FM song of that era.


I was 18 when this was released and it was certainly FM dreck then. 

Now? 

Not much has changed. 
Posted 3 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Oh so moody in that photo. So pained and angst ridden. 

Was probably popular at high school dances way back when.

Really bad today. Sorry RP.
Posted 3 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
Good lord, I love this song. It's not one I'll seek out and play on my own, but when I hear it, I get a big smile on my face.
Posted 3 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Good old good one. Fell in love with this playing in the background. Sweet memories.
Posted 3 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
On the AM station it was this or Debbie Gibson...I will take this...
Posted 3 years ago by jcbenten994    [ Reply ]
A darned good pop record for when it came out on the radio. I liked it then and I guess I still do.
Posted 3 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
Won't go sucko barfo on it, but I've always thought this is one of the worst songs that ever climbed the charts. Boring melody, stupid lyrics. Nothing going for it.

One of the most disappointing selections for RP. Can't imagine why some of my submission haven't been picked up when this one made it.

To each his own. Walter Egan's forgotten more about singing and song writing than I ever knew or will know.
Posted 3 years ago by tcseeley    [ Reply ]
Now, who thought of putting a toy piano in the chorus?
Posted 3 years ago by Brooklyn_Carey    [ Reply ]
The song is certainly fluff but it has a great hook. Deserves a 7.
Posted 4 years ago by spacemanspiff    [ Reply ]
And I had almost forgotten ~
Posted 4 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
10 all day for this song.

Suck it for all y'all who didn't grow up in the 70's!

Posted 4 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Never liked this overplayed song and I give it a 1.  I give Bill a 10 for playing it.
Posted 4 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Cheese!
Posted 4 years ago by stevieslo    [ Reply ]
I’ll go 9 on this one Always enjoy it !
Posted 4 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
Okay, just gave this the 5 that it deserves.  It even seemed catchy but bland when I was a teenager.  But...thank you for putting this out there.  Nothing wrong with Radio Paradise doing a little nostalgia tour on occasion.
Posted 4 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
Waaaa! I haven't heard this in forever! Love it!
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
I've never been particularly attracted to "Magnet and Steel."  I suppose it's ferrous to say that the song can be quite polarizing.
 
Great comment! You can really hear the alchemy workings of Lindsey and Stevie turning this into gold. Otherwise I suspect there would have been a negative attraction. 
Posted 4 years ago by jayhamiljr    [ Reply ]
why isn't there a rating below "SUCKO BARFO"?

cuz this would be it
Posted 4 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
guilty pleasure...
Posted 4 years ago by miamizsun    [ Reply ]
Bill, you're on a roll here!  So many good songs in a row I can't bring myself to leave the room with the good stereo!  Haven't heard this in an age.  What a great blast from the past!  
Posted 4 years ago by scarletdancer    [ Reply ]
This song is kind of corny. But I really like it!
Posted 4 years ago by steviedeant    [ Reply ]
Seriously?  OK, sure.
Posted 4 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Yacht Rock!
Posted 5 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
anything with Stevie
Posted 5 years ago by obankenobi    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
such poetry! 
You are Ring Around the Collar, I am the Wisk
 
Thanks. Made me laugh out loud.
Posted 5 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
Man,
time traveler sweet spot Thank You Spontaneity  adoration!
Posted 5 years ago by craig_bechtel    [ Reply ]
Seriously.....?
Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 Hoosfoos wrote:
Stainless steel is non-magnetic.
 
It depends; there are several different types of steels - a number of which are stainless and magnetic.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Stainless steel is non-magnetic.
Posted 6 years ago by Hoosfoos    [ Reply ]
I've never been particularly attracted to "Magnet and Steel."  I suppose it's ferrous to say that the song can be quite polarizing.
Posted 6 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of 8th grade.  He worked with Lindsey Buckingham.
Posted 6 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
now That's a guitar solo! and I love the toy piano
Posted 6 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
I could have gone another decade without hearing this.
Posted 6 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
 pfreet wrote:
Solid 6, but gets a bump for awesome nostalgia. Thanks for playing this.

 
I give it a 5 for nostalgia.


Posted 6 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
The harmonies are very nice. Something lacking today. 
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
K-tel records at their finest!
Posted 6 years ago by freddyfender    [ Reply ]
Perhaps it's nostalgia, but I love this song.
Posted 6 years ago by dig    [ Reply ]
Wow! The worst of the 70s.  So bad, I can't stop listening to it! {#Roflol}
Posted 6 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:
Seriously?

 
Yes, for serious.
Posted 6 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 SchoepTone wrote:
I can see myself slow dancing with that girl at the 9th grade dance, trying not to step on her feet. Memories . . . 

 
aww
Posted 7 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite songs from the 70's.
Posted 7 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
such poetry! 
You are Ring Around the Collar, I am the Wisk
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
By all measures of taste I should hate this, but I don't. Nostalgia for you.
Posted 7 years ago by Duc1098    [ Reply ]
Seriously?
Posted 7 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 haresfur wrote:
Yep, I still hate it.
 
That's possibly because you never listened to it while inside a Faraday cage.  Electromagnetic euphoria!!  Plus there's the irony (pun intended) of an album titled "Not Shy" which has a picture of a guy who looks like a frightened teenager on its cover.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
A late 70's rock/pop nugget not normally seen on this part of the dial; but I still love this song, for sentimental reasons. Another thing that it's nice to hear Bill play occasionally, just another add to the mix. Ahhhhh, Greensboro 78, long-gone days and people.
Posted 7 years ago by randyblew    [ Reply ]
I can see myself slow dancing with that girl at the 9th grade dance, trying not to step on her feet. Memories . . . 
Posted 7 years ago by SchoepTone    [ Reply ]
disliked it then, dislike it now.
Posted 7 years ago by DocStrangelove    [ Reply ]
Yep, I still hate it.
Posted 7 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
Solid 6, but gets a bump for awesome nostalgia. Thanks for playing this.
Posted 7 years ago by pfreet    [ Reply ]
'70s song and production corn. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 ploba wrote:
thought it was fleetwood mac....i remember loving this song when i was in highschool!

 
It was probably pointed out earlier in this thread, but Lindsey Buckingham produced this song - he and Stevie sing back-up vocals on it as well.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 xtalman wrote:

Yep, I thought the same thing.  Good memories, song is dated though.

 
Considering it was produced by Lindsey Buckingham with Stevie and Lindsey singing backup, it wasn't too far off from a FM song of that era.
Posted 7 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
Thank you ... this transported me back to 1978 in my aunt & uncle's living room in Orange Co, CA.  It was a lovely trip on this cold and rainy Ohio day.
Posted 7 years ago by Middleton    [ Reply ]
from a time when everything with a Mac would be played on the radio.
Posted 7 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
Wow, haven't heard this in a long time. Haven't missed it,
Posted 7 years ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
Am I listening to Radio Paradise or "cheerful tunes for elderly ladies"**?
 
**(with all due credit to Grant Naylor for that turn of phrase)
Posted 7 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
 ploba wrote:
thought it was fleetwood mac....i remember loving this song when i was in highschool!

 
Yep, I thought the same thing.  Good memories, song is dated though.
Posted 7 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
I love the guitar solo! So swarmy
Posted 7 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
One of my first buys. I was 12.
Posted 8 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
It really has some nice harmonies and a woozy melody. Cool.  i wish I could sing like that, 
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Good memories with this one. Met the wife-to-be, finishing up college. 
Posted 8 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
Just the kind of flashback to bring me to my childhood in the middle of my "second shift" at work.  Whoo-ooo-ooo-ooo!!
Posted 8 years ago by Middleton    [ Reply ]
 nutrod42 wrote:
Great blast from the past. I heard this was written about Stevie.

 
Flash back indeed.  Didn't remember the child piano sound in the background on the chorus.
Posted 8 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
aye carumba!  '78! this was on the jukebox while I had my first deep french tongue-wrestling match with Claire whats-her-name, whoa man that was super fun   : p
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Great blast from the past. I heard this was written about Stevie.
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 ploba wrote:
thought it was fleetwood mac....i remember loving this song when i was in highschool!

 
He was the "5th" Mac member.
Posted 8 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
I have always loved this silly song...especially that "guitar solo"
Posted 8 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
This qualifies as a 'dashboard' song--one of those memories when you could still sit in the front seat of your parents car yet not see over the dashboard. 
You probably weren't buckled up either.  
Posted 8 years ago by rmcc    [ Reply ]
 jocelynsart wrote:
Omg I haven't heard this song since I was in grade school lol! I forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me! :-)

 
I forgot about it too.  Thanks 
Posted 8 years ago by MargoMallen    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
good stuff from a fleetwood mac helper.
 
Yes it is.  
Posted 8 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Omg I haven't heard this song since I was in grade school lol! I forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me! :-)
Posted 8 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
Bill, what are you doing????
Posted 8 years ago by GeorgeMWoods    [ Reply ]
thought it was fleetwood mac....i remember loving this song when i was in highschool!
Posted 8 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
 ANNE_MARIE wrote:
whoa...flashback. nice.
 
Flashback yes.  Nice?  Not so much.  Just getting a chuckle out of how cheesy this sounds today.
Posted 8 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
This song needs to go on another 11 year vacation...
Posted 8 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Aaaughgh! NO NO NO! I NEVER thought I'd have to hear this sonic drivel AGAIN! And CERTAINLY not on RP! NO! NO! :verysorry: :verysorry: :verysorry:
Posted 19 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
ChardRemains wrote:
Guess again, bud. This song is at least 25 years old. And I still love it, even if it is girlmusic.
Might explain why it appears on the BOOGIE NIGHTS soundtrack, since that movie takes place 25 years ago.
Posted 20 years ago by stevebeaver    [ Reply ]
stevebeaver wrote:
BOOGIE NIGHTS soundtrack, eh? Now I keep thinking of Heather Graham.
Guess again, bud. This song is at least 25 years old. And I still love it, even if it is girlmusic.
Posted 20 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
Living where I live does have a few drawbacks. As beautiful as the area is, the radio is paltry and the mountains keep the better stations in the Portland area from getting through to me. My point is that I can hear this song on our small town stations quite often. I love RP (new subscriber) and listen to it NOT to hear the same stuff played quite consistently on my radio dial. I'd be happy if Bill and Rebecca played something else off this album even. Still love RP!
Posted 20 years ago by ottergeek    [ Reply ]
LOVEITLOVEITLOVEIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Posted 20 years ago by 326    [ Reply ]
damien wrote:
I heard that the back up singers on this song are actually Lindsay Buckingham & Stevie Nicks.
I've heard that too. Great song, brings back lots of memories.
Posted 20 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
great pick-up line "hey baby...you are a magnet and I am steel"
Posted 20 years ago by Bruceg    [ Reply ]
good stuff from a fleetwood mac helper.
Posted 20 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
I heard that the back up singers on this song are actually Lindsay Buckingham & Stevie Nicks.
Posted 20 years ago by damien    [ Reply ]
BOOGIE NIGHTS soundtrack, eh? Now I keep thinking of Heather Graham.
Posted 20 years ago by stevebeaver    [ Reply ]
Great "old" song full of memories.IMO
Posted 20 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]