I don't recall having any particular affection for this song when I was a lad, but this time around it made me really happy. So have I finally come around, or am I just now taking leave of my senses?
It sounded like 1975. It made me want to sing along - or better yet, find me a nice, midwestern girl to karaoke it with!
"Woman with the sweet lovin' better than a white line..."
Is there anything not to like about that?
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 14 July 2005 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 14 July 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 15 July 2005 04:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 15 July 2005 04:53 (eighteen years ago) link
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― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 15 July 2005 05:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 15 July 2005 05:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― scout (scout), Friday, 15 July 2005 06:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― scout (scout), Friday, 15 July 2005 07:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 15 July 2005 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 15 July 2005 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
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― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Friday, 15 July 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Head East was big and happy midwestern arena rock. Also covered Russ Ballard's "Since You Been Gone" to great effect. Earned substantial airplay on midwest and some eastern FM in its heyday.
Trower's "Bridge of Sighs" was brooding and heavy distorto-blues, also big on classic radio and in the arenas. But it wasn't hit or even semi-hit single fare.
― George Smith, Friday, 15 July 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 16 July 2005 02:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 16 July 2005 04:38 (eighteen years ago) link
One of the best back covers in history, too.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 16 July 2005 04:39 (eighteen years ago) link
SAVE MY LIFE I'M GOING DOWN FOR THE LAST TIME
― Trip Maker, Friday, 11 April 2008 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Bump. Underappreciated happy midwest Seventies blue-collar & white trash big rock. Regionally great, along with Shooting Star who probably wish they'd had a song which fared as well as "Never Been Any Reason." "Jefftown Creek" from their second album also cool, rating some classic rock FM radio play.
Now the blue-collar sixpack midwest, along with the Rust Belt, is a lot less happy. And the bands doing the same thing as Head East, except for the cable video country channels, have thrown out their synthy keys for banjos and fiddles on the same style of songs. Are Rascal-Flatts-types are improvements on the original model?
― Gorge, Saturday, 12 April 2008 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link
The guitar-cowbell break in this always seemed like a natural loop. Has it been done yet?
― briania, Saturday, 12 April 2008 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh man where has this song been all my life? New York FM totally shit the musical bed by not having this on their playlists all those years ago. I feel cheated out of years of rocking goddamnit
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 17 October 2014 03:13 (nine years ago) link
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― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 October 2014 03:18 (nine years ago) link
Fuck yes.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 17 October 2014 03:26 (nine years ago) link
I fuckin' love this song.
― dynamicinterface, Saturday, 24 October 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link