70’s rock – michael jarmer

#707: F is for Foreigner

I“I guess it’s just the woman in youthat brings out the man in me,”an objectively dumb lyric. I’m not looking forward to this. I have five, that’s right, five Foreigner albums, inherited by my older brother who hasn’t plugged in a turntablefor decades now. Like the Flashdancesoundtrack, but in a very differentstylistic direction, I don’tContinue reading “#707: F is for Foreigner”

#704: F is for Fleetwood Mac

I picked up this box set, not because I loved Fleetwood Mac, but because, growing up, their music was ubiquitous, everywhere, all the time, and I hated none of it, and in 2019, felt someobligation to have them in the collection. Having owned as a youngperson none of their records, I neverthelessknew almost every songContinue reading “#704: F is for Fleetwood Mac”

#634: B is for Bread

First of all, “Baby I’m-A Want You”is an objectively funny name for an album. You would think, evenin the early seventies it would be funny, but you would probably be wrong about that. After all, ironyhadn’t been invented yet, so everysappy and sentimental thing was taken as absolutely sincere and earnest. Purveyors of the earlysoftContinue reading “#634: B is for Bread”