Coming Of
Age – Foster The People
Heard 1/21/2016 around 10:00, at
Wegman’s (Germantown)
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
#102 Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) – Looking Glass (1972)
Tagged as
one-hit wonders after this pop classic hit #1, New Jersey’s Looking Glass in
fact put out the equally fine (although less-successful) single “Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne” the following summer. I was seriously tempted to put that one on my
list rather than “Brandy”, but finally decided that being willfully obscure
wasn’t always the best policy.
A long, long
time ago, before the Internet, I remember my college roomie sending me a
lengthy newspaper profile of the band, who felt that they were unfairly
pigeonholed as a “pop” act based on their hit, which really didn’t represent
their sound. I couldn’t locate that article, but did find a nice tribute site
on the web that provides an interesting look at the band.
Glenn Frey
Come on,
folks. If you want me to mention you in my blog, there are less drastic ways to do it.
I was always
most partial to the Eagles' early, more country-rock stuff, having purchased Desperado and On the Border on vinyl. I do have to give “Hotel California” props
for the sly Steely Dan reference, though. If you don’t already have most or all
of the original albums, the two-disc Very
Best Of compilation is definitely the way to go.
Interesting
trivia note – when the band released Long
Road Out of Eden in 2007, it was initially available only through Wal-Mart,
Sam’s Club, and the band’s own web site. Until then, such “exclusive” albums
were not eligible to appear on Billboard magazine’s sales charts. At the last
minute, however, Billboard eliminated this restriction, enabling the album to
debut at #1 on the chart with over 700,000 copies sold. This had the side
effect of keeping Britney Spears’ brand-new CD, released the same week, from
topping the chart. I don’t think Britney has been the same since.
Favorite
songs:
Tequila
Sunrise
Take It Easy
New Kid In
Town
Desperado
Lyin’ Eyes
The Best Of
My Love
Ol’ 55
Peaceful
Easy Feeling
Hotel
California
One Of These
Nights
(seasonal
bonus -- Please Come Home For Christmas)
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