To fully appreciate this song, don’t listen to it on a compressed mp3 file. Find a remastered CD or an old piece of vinyl and listen to it on a nice stereo system. You will be amazed.
Record Reviews
Songs I Turned Up: Rock & Roll, The Velvet Underground
Posted on April 6, 2011 Mike Elias
“And baby it was all right,
And it was all right,
Hey it was all right,
It was all right.”
Papa John DeFrancesco, A Philadelphia Story
Posted on March 24, 2011 Mike Elias
Devotees of soul jazz records made by the great B-3 players like “Groove” Holmes, Jimmy Smith, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Brother Jack McDuff, run out to your local record dealer and immediately grab this new disc by ‘Papa John’ DeFrancesco. It’s like steppin’ back to 1972.
The Babies, Self-Titled
Posted on March 23, 2011 Mike Elias
The opening track, “Run Me Over” sounds like something Nancy and Lee would do if they were 23 years old and recording in the new millennium.
Donnie Ray, Who’s Rockin’ You?
Posted on January 19, 2011 Mike Elias
I’m no different than a dope fiend junkie / ‘Til I can get in the sack / I got a Love Monkey on my back
Cake, Showroom of Compassion
Posted on January 17, 2011 Mike Elias
Is it a marvel in song construction, mimicking the sheep that we are in our willingness to follow our leaders?
Redondo Beat, Meet Redondo Beat
Posted on January 11, 2011 Mike Elias
“The Spell I’m Under” is a catchy piece of pop rock, sounding like Shadow Morton got a hold of a Marshall Crenshaw rarity.
The Guess Who, Artificial Paradise
Posted on January 11, 2011 Mike Elias
The album opens up with “Bye Bye Babe.” It was an attempt at boogie-rock, like the sound of Humble Pie, early Foghat and 70s circa Status Quo
