[QUOTE=Starving Artist]
None taken. 
But I would ask if your dislike is for the song itself, or is it the result of too much radio play?
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Maybe. There was a period of my life, before I discovered public radio, when I heard the song about every other day. Maybe if I had been wiser in those years, I’d still have some appreciation for the song.
Naaah.
Such a waste of talent.
**Truth **by the Jeff Beck Group is one of my top few albums. Some of his other stuff, like Maggie May, is brilliant.
But he does need to be shot for some of the other stuff - can we just wing him?
Thanks Bayard. Also (WordMan, too) for reminding me that it’s Maggie May, not Maggie Mae.
[QUOTE=Starving Artist]
But I would ask if your dislike is for the song itself, or is it the result of too much radio play?
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His voice. It’s actively unpleasant.
I have a feeling there’s a good song there, somewhere. But I doubt he’s going to be the one singing it.
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow]
and heard Blur’s cover on their B-sides album… and realized what a great song it was.
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I was on a self-imposed mini-hiatus* from the boards until I read this line. So, Hippy Hollow, I have to say:
You are awesome and I love you. 
Blur fan for 15 years.
No mention of “You Wear It Well?”
A little old fashioned, but that’s all right.
[QUOTE=Slithy Tove]
He’s become an old woman singing Broadway standards It would be a kindness.
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Amen to that! He has officially joined Clapton in the Rock-Musician-Turned-Boring-Old-Fart Hall of Fame.
However, his pre-disco work should earn him some sort of commutation. Perhaps 10 years in solitary forced to listen to his own tribute albums 24/7. With any luck, within 2 weeks he’ll be begging for that firing squad!
Naw, his Faces stuff gets him an automatic reprieve.
[QUOTE=Manduck]
Actually rather than save him from the firing squad, we should invent a time machine and go and shoot him about, oh, 1974. Think of what his reputation would be then! No Tonight’s the Night, no disco, no (barf) American Songbook.
I’ve convinced myself - let’s do it!
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And if we fail at shooting him, at least try to prevent him from meeting Britt Ekland. I’m not necessarily saying there’s some sort of connection but if you examine Rod Stewart’s career, you’ll find that his steady slide into suck began at the time he hooked up with her.
(Then again, now that I think about it, Peter Sellers almost died of a heart attack and also went into a creative rough patch around the time he married Ekland. Hmmmmm…)
[QUOTE=NDP]
I’m not necessarily saying there’s some sort of connection but if you examine Rod Stewart’s career, you’ll find that his steady slide into suck began at the time he hooked up with her.
(Then again, now that I think about it, Peter Sellers almost died of a heart attack and also went into a creative rough patch around the time he married Ekland. Hmmmmm…)
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True all dat, though in their favor Ms Eklund was SMOKIN’ HOT and few of us could resist her charms. Hmmm, be brilliant or screw Brit Eklund? It’s a choice we’d all like to make and, as hetero guys, the choice is depressingly clear. 
Back in the day, “Tonight’s the Night” is responsible for more ladies being laid (& maybe more pregnacies?), so adding to the general US population.d
My proposal for UATWMF (up against the wall, MF): Boy George. Except for a minor piece of disco nonsense, why bother?
Love, Phil
Sorry. My home and car are Rod Stewart-free zones. Out he goes.
I know this is probably even the cheesiest Rod Stewart song, but I have a soft spot for “Forever Young”.
If we spare Rod Stewart because of his early work, then we also have to spare Paul McCartney. This is no time for half-measures, people! To the wall with them both!
Save the first 40 bullets for Michael McDonald.
[QUOTE=silenus]
If we spare Rod Stewart because of his early work, then we also have to spare Paul McCartney. This is no time for half-measures, people! To the wall with them both!
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You make a compelling argument.
[QUOTE=dropzone]
True all dat, though in their favor Ms Eklund was SMOKIN’ HOT and few of us could resist her charms. Hmmm, be brilliant or screw Brit Eklund? It’s a choice we’d all like to make and, as hetero guys, the choice is depressingly clear.
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that just means that she is a proto cylon and they have a plan remember, if this was BSG , RS would be a male cylon familiar and should be spaced.
Declan
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon]
I was on a self-imposed mini-hiatus* from the boards until I read this line. So, Hippy Hollow, I have to say:
You are awesome and I love you.
Blur fan for 15 years.
High five!!!
I’ve seen Blur twice - once for the tour supporting the Blur album (Song 2) and the last time supporting Think Tank (no Graham Coxon, sadly). As you probably know the “Maggie May” track was a B-side and is on the “Special Collectors Edition” CD, which ws Japan only, I believe. Definitely worthwhile, especially to sample the wigginess of Blur that was buried slightly beneath the Britpop surface.
Welcome back Anastasaeon and whenever you’re up for a Blur thread I’m there…
In mitigation of Mr. Stewart’s crimes, the defense offers the following clips:
The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)
His cover of First Cut Is the Deepest
I say we let him off with a warning.
[QUOTE=spoke-]
I say we let him off with a warning…
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…shot to the groin?