Ok, maybe I faltered a bit there with the posts. Maybe I got greedy. So i'm back to bring it to you. Hold on tight: this one's a doozy. (How do you spell "doozy"?)
Delving back into a seemingly endless collection of Seventies, Adult
Contemporary jams, the so-called 'golden age' of funky, danceable and
obvious jams, we have this memorable number by The Little River Band:
Reminiscing.
I know we've all heard this jam, and that it's so obviously obvious
that it obfiscates with the very concept of obviousness and runs amok with
it in the obvious jam centers of the brain, but I would like to dwell a
bit on the underlying funk backbone that so infectiously permeates
throughout each measure.
Now, having said that, I will admit that much of this jam's lyrical
styling is totes gay, and the LRB can sometimes come off as an oft-ignored
wedding band, but one could say that about 1000 bands (including early
Zeppellin, Prince, and especially Toto). I'll refrain from engaging in
such exercises and instead get caught up in that backbeat, that
bass-line, and those jazzy vocals that were as smooth as cheap 70s champagne.
Oooh, I can't think, I can't even type....
Ok, I'm now over what is without question an obvious jam.
btdubs...Most Awkward Video Ever Award, 1978. Billboard Top Ten, though! Woop Woop!
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