Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Let Us Make This Perfectly Clear

Bob Seger sucks. It is no coincidence that both he & Bruce Springsteen share the initials B.S.

A Brit (we assume) believes otherwise, in the Guardian, yet.
Songs like Back in 72 won't thrill those who demand experimentation from their music. Bob Seger was always a musical conservative – as with Springsteen, the music of the 60s soul revues and the bar bands of America's great cities are his inspiration – but he made music that deserves to be heard. A left turn somewhere in 1968 and he might be remembered alongside those other highpoints of high-energy Detroit rock the MC5 and the Stooges.
Say what you will about Seger (Don't you start us talkin'!) "high-energy," especially when compared to the Stooges & MC5, is not a term you can apply to his medium tempo, tedium-inducing, lame-ass horseshit.

4 comments:

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Won't go to hear them play a tango

I'd rather hear some blues or funky old soul

There's only sure way to get me to go

Start playing old time rock 'n' roll


Admit it, M.B. You're wanna them tango lovin' fools we read about.
~

Substance McGravitas said...

He started as a kind of Motown/hippie pastiche.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

I heard he was going to do a joint project with Pomplamoose.

M. Bouffant said...

We advise the zombi to bite his tongue, 'though he probably doesn't need to be told that, & we can only assume the two Vancouverettes in the last shot on the Heavy Music clip are close personal acquaintances of Mr. McGravitas.

Whiskey, Tango, or Foxtrot. We know which >we prefer.

Don't care to hear 'em play the tango
I'm in no mood to dig a mambo
It's way too early for the congo
So keep a - rockin' that piano


And there is aesthetic (For something so formalized.) tango.