you're not one of those people who thinks they're too good for him, are you? he's got such a great sound and energy, you can't help but like him no matter how boomer he is
>>128233347My mom and dad would put on one of his albums on a Friday night and it wouldn't come off until Sunday night. Great songs, great songwriter. A bit sad at times but in the 70s, looking down the barrel of the 80s, who wouldn't be sad? Hippies were excoriated.
>>128233347One of those guys who aged 20 years overnight when he turned 30 and instantly started making soppy dadslop.
>>128233347I vaguely remember him playing on the radio in the car with my parents. Stuff like that. So I got some nostalgia.
>>128233347before he became a superstar his music kicked ass and even the famous stuff is good
The Distance [RCA, 1983]I had this filed as unlistenable until the amazing tuneout power of "Roll Me Away" piqued me to find out why. The music is adequate melodically with moments of good writing here and there, but Seger's romantic individualism is suffocated by overstatement, less Bruce than late outlaw. Just about any country singer could teach him how to approach a cliche kinda easy like. In fact with Seger's connections he could get lessons from Willie himself. But knowing his tastes he'd probably choose Waylon instead. C
