jayvee2 wrote:

Eclectic - d'oh!

Not a bad song, but not the sort of thing I expect to hear on RP.

The first two J Geils albums are absolute dynamite, first track to last. Virtually every track! By the time this came along, the band had lost some of their edge and was moving toward the path of commercialism that eventually broke up the band.

Meanwhile, even mediocre J Geils is better than most

Hannio wrote:sort of boring

oufason wrote:

Yeah, I also saw them live (in your hometown, too), but I was talking about this particular song. The only people I knew that liked this song had a mullet. I'm ashamed to admit I knew people that had mullets.

meadowwoods wrote:
Yes. Double yes.

YeeHah ! , thumbs-up to the Woofer Goofer with the Green Teeth ! .. Boston's Baddest and Best!

no

Hot, sweaty, early 70's soul.

Boring....Trite

Hannio wrote:

I have to disagree, this was not from the mullet set. This band (before Centerfold) was pure rock n roll, also think South Side Johnny. Saw them live (U2 opened) and they tore the roof off and U2 off the stage

LPCity wrote:

Man, you took the words right out of my mouth! I went to ZooMass in the 70s and tell me this song wasn't played loud and proud by all us chowdahheads! Saw them in concert on campus and that place was rockin! Good days!

8

I regretfully admit I liked them when I was 14 and saw them in concert in '80, but now.............? I can't listen to them! :puke:

damn, I'm cruising the "Main" in my 63' Buick Skylark again!?

I loathe this. Mullet music, indeed.

Old enough to not only remember these guys and have to say I thought so then and still do.

Ordinary

J. Geils Band was such a big part of my college music experience, I can't give them anything less than an 8. And the earlier comment about their live performances was right on, they were a GREAT live band.

As the liner notes of their double live "Blow Your Face Out" album said: "Made Loud to Play Loud"!

ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
It's the harp that does it. I wasn't going to rate this til suddenly the harp kicks in and..

yet another great boston band. back when they were good...

Organ solo on this sounds like Argent (I think)

Whoa, this went from pretty lame to really funky all of a sudden!

zipper wrote:

Oh I know it, just don't have it except on vinyl. On Love Stinks, I believe.
I always kinda thought it was a throwaway, liked Piss on the Wall a whole lot better.

I was about to give this thumbs down. Then I realized I was listening to the main channel!

I'm not sure how to rate this one, but I used to love the ending music when I was in high school. By that, I mean everything after that launching whistle followed by bongos, harmonica and piano.

This is fun to dance to. There's not a lot of rock and/or roll music out there that you can dance to (at least not without feeling like a fool). Now, I just need to find a pair of those hideous gold shoes Peter Wolf wore in that video. Never mind.

Check out some of Peter's solo stuff. I heard his rendition of "Holdin' on to nothing but the wheel" while driving late one night and picked up "Sleepless" the next day. Mick Jagger does a little back up on it. Good stuff.

Mari wrote:Yes, nice mixture (sounds more ska based at times tho). What year was this song originally released?

redeyespy wrote:

YES! Z doesn't and he was into these guys when they were a bar band. Was beginning to think it was someone other than J. Geils.

Gotta find the mp3 somewhere just for him.

Yeah! Give It To Me! - Give THIS To Me!

Ten years ago, I saw a man that claimed to be Magic Dick lose one of his front teeth in bar related hijinx. I always wondered if it was really him. He played a wicked harp!