DON'T LET THEM PUT YOU DOWN: The Official ILM Track-By-Track ROD STEWART 1975-1988 Listening Thread

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.

"The Killing of Georgie" hit me tonight.

"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)

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.

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

I heard "Lost in You" at CVS this morning.

And how the hell did "Every Beat of My Heart" go #2 in England?!