From the 'comeback' album, which to be fair, did break the downward slide - it's better than the previous two. But if it was ever that good, it's aged poorly. The title track was a hit, but it does nothing for me. It's not a terrible song, but like most of the album, it's a cluttered sounding record. "Young Turks" and "Only a Boy" are potentially good songs - it's encouraging that Rod wrote the lyrics to both, but "Only a Boy" has too much '80s bombast, with Rod shouting over the drums, and "Young Turks" sounds like it was sung over a Dire Straits outtake. I also like the vocal on "Jealous" which otherwise sounds a bit derivative of the Rolling Stones' SOME GIRLS.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link
I think I what you mean about “young Turks” and dire straits, but to me the production on YT is so gentle and twee and warm and genuinely wavey. “walk on life” is such cold sonic horseshit, especially compared to the rest of Brothers In Arms, it’s like born in the USA never happened.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
The general warmth pervading "Young Turks," coupled with his exuberant performance, is a poem.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
it's aged poorly.
Soto alarm sounded
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
Watched only 20 minutes of that so far, we're really going to miss that guy when he's gone. There will be a giant David Lee Roth sized hole in the universe, and we're all going to feel it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, July 22, 2019 5:48 PM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink
I think we are really going to miss Rod Stewart when he's gone as well. There's gonna be a giant Rod Stewart's hair sized hole in the universe, etc.
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 02:42 (four years ago) link
"The Killing of Georgie" hit me tonight.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 March 2024 02:17 (one month ago) link
"Move Me" (Stewart, Tony Brock, Jay Davis, Wally Stocker, Kevin Savior)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfUZDye75QI― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, November 3, 2016 7:47 AM (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfUZDye75QI
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, November 3, 2016 7:47 AM (seven years ago)
Maybe this should be in 'post a controversial music opinion', but when Rod went Full Disco or New Wave, he was a god-damn beast that rose above even his epochal 'Every Picture Tells A Story' album. That voice in a new wave/disco idiom was fucking fantastic.
I remember being told by Important People (including my 8th-grade english teacher, who chastised me for liking 'Infatuation' more than 'Maggie Mae') that Rod sold out with his disco/new wave turn on "Blondes Have More Fun", but then I listened to that cassette, hoping for more of that vibe, only to get (fun, I'll admit) bloooz like 'Dirty Weekend' and (also good, god damnit Rod you bastard) folky stuff like 'Ain't Love A Bitch'. What the hell, Rod? You totally misled us. Where's the disco?
Thankfully, we get 'Body Wishes', and the full-on FUCKYEAH harmonized guitars track 'Move Me', which is god-damn 10.0 Rod, ripping off 'Billie Jean' better than (also awesome) 'Caribbean Queen' or Cee-Lo's 'Bright Lights, Bigger City'. Is he saying 'punch me in the bible (Ezekiel 23!?), please'? Because, I don't care, that's what he's saying. And that extra measure he makes us wait before the last chorus? Damn, it's one of the reasons I love music.
― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Monday, 4 March 2024 04:17 (one month ago) link
I'm enjoying the hell out of this record.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, November 3, 2016 5:30 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is the fun trashy Rod record I've been hoping for since this thing started
― col, Thursday, November 3, 2016 6:24 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglin
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 March 2024 10:33 (one month ago) link
I heard "Lost in You" at CVS this morning.
And how the hell did "Every Beat of My Heart" go #2 in England?!
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 March 2024 15:17 (four weeks ago) link