Now Listening To (The Resurrection), Musical Musings Options

[treydog]

The Saturday Late Night Random 10:

Funplex- The B-52s

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed- Allman Brothers

The Way- Fastball

Daydream Believer- The Monkees

I Ain't Superstitious- Howlin' Wolf

What I Like About You- The Romantics

Skating- Vince Guaraldi (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

A Sight for Sore Eyes- Tom Waits

Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand- Glenn Miller

Style- U.R. Penetrators

As usual, it really is a random mix, esp. with the Vince Guaraldi in there...

[bbqplatypus]

Frampton Comes Alive.

Sometimes, an odd, inexplicable feeling will come over me where I just have to listen to some 1970s arena rock. Not Styx, REO Speedwagon, or Foreinger - God, no. Those bands suck. I'm talking about stuff like Boston or Peter Frampton. And on this occasion, I chose Peter Frampton.

Namely, his breakout live album, which catapulted him from his not-particulary-distinguished position as "the guitarist from Humble Pie" onto the international scene, where he became a household name...until I'm In You came out and he vanished into obscurity. I'm pretty sure you can see his face on milk cartons now.

This album can be seen as cheesy - some would call it rubbish. I don't dispute that - this ain't high art by any stretch of the imagination. However, I think Frampton Comes Alive! is an essential document of 70s arena rock (assuming you're the type of person who can stand to listen to it). And quite frankly, I think Paul McCartney at this stage in his career was even MORE excessive.

"Show Me the Way," "Baby I Love Your Way," and "Do You Feel Like We Do" (good stations play the full fifteen-minute version, bad stations don't) are all staples of classic rock radio now, and with good reason. All of them have some great hooks, and "Do You Feel Like We Do" has some great soloing (and a talking guitar). Other good songs include "Something's Happening" and "Shine On."

After an album like this, it was inevitable that anything that came after it would be seen as a letdown, and lo and behold, it was. I'm in You was nowhere near as well-liked. The fact that the album itself isn't that bad is beside the point. All that matters is that after that album came out, he disappeared into a pocket dimension beyond space and time and was never heard from again.


And yeah, Frampton looks like a girl on the cover of this album.

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Dec 6 2009, 09:05 AM