Those of us who were boys of a certain age will never forget the happy feelings we felt when "Centerfold" first aired on MTV.
I was in Navy boot camp when Centerfold hit top 40. Dec 1981.
His memory has just been sold ...
“Geils formed the band during his time at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he studied mechanical engineering.”
Now there’s a line you don’t read too often in the same sentence as a rock star’s name these days...
I have a red “Bloodshot” album. Saw them with Johnny Winter and Yes. Greg Allman was guest keyboardist. He was so wasted Magic Dick had to help him with the words to “One Way Out”.
Sorry Drew, I didn’t see this thread and I posted another one with the same source. I was certainly a boy of that age at that time.
“Centerfold”
I still hate that song - but I love these:
“First I Look At The Purse”
“Looking For A Love”
“Give It To Me”
“Must Of Got Lost”
“(Ain’t Nothin’ But A) House Party”
“One Last Kiss”
Another part of my youth gone. RIP, sir.
There ain’t no life on Monkey Island.
To me it was what a stupid sad song for losers.
71 is fairly young.
It’s awful. How many decades later and that stupid song can still be an ear worm just thinking about.
My blood runs cold.
I wouldn’t call “Love Stinks” a pop song. It flirted with punk, similar to Joan Jett and The Blackhearts. Wasn’t a huge fan of the band, but loved that tune, so anthemic.
I saw J.Geils perform in London in probably 1972 at a Midnite performance. What a great show. RIP. Peter Wolf could really wail on the harp, made it sound like a saxaphone.
My blood runs cold. My memories have just been sold. My angel is a centerfold.
Bummer. RIP
Saw them in the early 70 ‘s in KC , Memorial stadium, I think .
Musically, I grew up digesting ‘50’s and 60’s jazz, blues and rock and never really thought much about the J. Geils band. Some of their songs were pretty dynamic, though, and the only one I would punch out on the radio was “Love Stinks.” A couple of years ago I was on one of my infrequent used CD searches and I came across one entitled “New Guitar Summit” featuring the six string trio of Duke Robillard, Jay Geils and Gerry Beaudoin, all good New England boys. I’d followed Duke a bit but never saw any of them in person to my detriment. This CD is a mix of ‘40’s and ‘50’s style jazz and blues with a touch of swing. All three play vintage archtops—Gibsons and Epiphones. It opened my ears to Jay Geils’ guitar talent expanding way beyond the simple rock-pop of yore. The liner notes refer to Jay and Duke as being basically self-taught and Jay said that he learned by listening to old records. Sort of like I’ve been doing all these years. Well someone is going to either inherit or get a chance to buy some nifty old archtops. See you some day, Jay. Peace
We are gonna blow your face out!
One of the great live albums.
“We got the Deetroit Demolition here for ya!”