For me, the
Smithereens are the second-best rock act to ever come out of New Jersey (in
between two others with close ties to Asbury Park). They don’t do anything
fancy, just write and play great, hooky, basic rock & roll songs. The only
reason they haven’t made this list before now is that I haven’t been able to
pick one of their songs as my favorite. This one starts side 2 of their Especially For You album, but either of
the two that immediately follow it (“In A Lonely Place” and “Blood And Roses”)
could have been my pick. So could “A Girl Like You” (one of their few singles
to edge into the top 40), or “House We Used To Live In”, with one of the great
call-and-response endings of all time. I finally decided on this one largely
because there aren’t many songs about guy groupies, and the sly reference to
Bill Wyman closed the deal.
Have you forgotten about Hange Range?
ReplyDeleteI could NEVER forget about Hange Range!
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