I completely agree with those suggestions, but let's not forget J. Geils version of Land of a Thousand Dances and the retro classic I Do which is a huge banger.
True story! It happened to the lead singer, Peter Wolf. He was flipping through a men's magazine at a newsstand, turned to the centerfold, and recognized his high school classmate!
Check out "Freeze frame", "Flame thrower", "Love stinks", "Angel in blue", "Rage in the cage". Lead singer Peter Wolf says he was inspired by Mick Jagger and showed it as the front man for the group.
I was a little kid when this hit the charts and I *loved* it, it was so catchy. They were one of my favorite bands. I also still remember asking my Dad what a "centerfold" was, too. :) To his credit, he managed to keep a straight face and explain "When making magazines, they fold the paper, so that the center of the magazine is the centerfold... and... uh... well... some grown-up magazines have pictures of women in that centerfold." Miss you, Dad!! ❤
@@lukeskywalker902 Speak for yourself. I don't know how old you were at the time, but I wasn't much of a horndog checking out women when I was only 7 years old. ;)
Imagine her reaction when she realizes that 75% of 70s and 80s rock is about sex! hahahaha
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I think you'll find most younger people not really being aware of what a "centerfold" is. Playboy's circulation has been in decline for some time (obviously due to the Internet).
Gold star to Jay! Yep, this is about a man who, as a teenager, had a massive crush on a girl in his homeroom, a girl who was so perfect, sweet, and pure, he thought of her as angelic, and he felt he couldn't touch such a wholesome, innocent girl. She stayed that way in his head...until he saw her in that girly magazine. At first he's upset and confused, then comes the lyric, "Oh no, I can't deny it, oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it (the magazine)". Now he's going to track her down, admit his crush, and take a shot with her.
@@pauld6967 Someday I'll tell you guys about the day my mom suddenly decided we needed to flip the mattress on my bed. Unfortunately, I had 3 Playboy Magazines stuffed between the mattress and the box spring, and there was no time to transfer them somewhere else in my room, so with her on one side of the bed, and me on the other, I preemptively flipped my end up first, so that her edge of my mattress slid along the top of the box spring towards me. So then I grabbed hold of the magazines & carefully maneuvered them across the top of the box spring, making sure the tilted mattress blocked her view. I'm telling you, that was a close one !! It was a maneuver you'd think you would only see in a movie.
J. Geils Band concerts were legendary! Don't know if you are into instrumentals, but if so, you might try their song "Whammer Jammer" featuring Magic Dick on harmonica. Good rockin' for sure.
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Amber, don't feel bad. This song came out when I was 8, and all we did was dance to it because it was a fun beat. It wasn't until years later when I realized just what this band was singing about! Still fun! lol
This was a huge hit when I was in junior high. Yes, it was a "girlie" magazine not a lingerie magazine. Its on my 80s playlist. Also their FREEZE FRAME hit.
J Geils Band has a wide variety of song styles. Centerfold is like an 80s pop song. Freeze Frame has kind of a New Wave style to it. Love Stinks is just an angry rock song. I do remember skating to this at 10 at the skating rink in my hometown and had no clue what the song was about til I got older.
This band had some 80s bangers- this song, "Freeze Frame", "Love Stinks", singer Peter Wolf's solo song "Come As You Are". How many Gen Xers here heard these songs at the roller rink? :)
Definitely roller-rink songs! Though when I was skating at Rollermagic in South Amboy, NJ as a kid (RIP Rollermagic), I was too young and naive to know the meaning of this song.
We actually had a teacher in middle school who it was discovered had previously appeared in an adult magazine. This song was for real for many teen boys. Ooh la la. She was the French teacher.
This is one of four standout songs by JGB. The other three are "Love Stinks" (funny but kind of not, especially viewed through the lens of adolescence), "Freeze Frame" (a banger with a hook every bit as big as the "na na's" in this one), and "Piss On The Wall" (angry and sullen, again made more poignant through the lens of adolescence). JGB's entire catalog is criminally underrated, though, imho.
How strange haven’t heard this song in years and yesterday heard it on the radio and today you are reviewing it!! This song reminds me of such happy days!!!!!
The J Geils Band has a load of great songs worth checking out here is a smallest list. ( freeze-frame, I must have got lost, Love Stinks, give it to me, come back,)
Great reaction. I was eleven when this song came out so just starting to get my first crushes and forming my own ideas about music outside of that from my parents. Loved this song back then and always reminds me of that time.
This is an amazing classic. You'll also love their song "Freeze Frame". Some other great storytelling songs are "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot, and "The Letter" by The Box Tops.
A Boston band that I grew up with as a teenager. They'd play in my hometown of Hull, Mass at a place called the Surf Ballroom. They were a great rock and blues band. I got to see them one last time at the House of Blues in Boston as a pre Grand Opening party. R.I.P. J. Geil.
I was in high school when this song was released, and it made a big impression on me because I had an "angel", too. Never thought she'd end up in a girlie magazine and I'm sure she never did, but this song always brings up that tiny sliver of possibility. Fortunately, my angel and I are both in our late 50s, now, so I can probably stop worrying. Love this band, and love you guys, too. Great reaction! :)
This is what the 80s childhood was like. This was a staple song at every early 80s roller rink. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police should be next!
OMG OMG OMG I can't wait to see this reaction!! ****oh Jay, you are so right!!! His HS love/crush who was so pure ended up as the centerfold and he just couldn't handle it. You two are fabulous together!!
The song that made them was “I Must have Got Lost”. The live versions start with a story loosely based on Rapunzel with her long blonde hair. It’s available on the tube. They were definitely a live band!!!!
Fun fact: the lead singer is Peter Wolf. I'm an Uber and Lyft driver and I gave him a ride a few years back during SXSW here in Austin. It was about a 20-minute conversation. He was really nice. I believe he was on the way to do something with meatloaf or at least have a conversation with him.
Yes J Geils! Check out "Freeze Frame", "Must of Got Lost", "Come Back" (a personal fave - a banger with one of the best intros!), "Give It To Me", "Love Stinks", "Flamethrower", "Sanctuary".
One of the signature songs of the early 80s, spending many, many weeks at #1. Lead singer Peter Wolf is at his best here. Though they were a officially a band from the late 60s through the mid 80s, they didn't have a ton of huge hits. This was the biggest, obviously. Next up you should do "Freeze Frame" which has one of the most memorable riffs of all time. "Love Stinks" is also a classic. (John "J" Geils was the lead guitarist. Sadly we lost him in 2017.) Peter Wolf also had two great solo hits - "Come As You Are" and "Lights Out".
I know people will want you to listen to Freeze Frame and Love Stinks, but the live version of Musta Got Lost w/intro is worth it for the intro alone. The song is also pretty good. 👍
Don't worry Amber, We love you anyway...Sometimes you just gotta have fun with a song and just vibe. It doesn't matter what it's about when the beat is that fun.
The J Geils band was a favorite son of the city of Detroit. On their early live album, they had a Funky song called the Detroit Breakdown. It's got slapping bass, but Magic Dick plays an awesome harmonica Solo as well. They were also the opening act for one of Bob Seger's final tour's.😎☮️
I miss those days. I stripped my vocal cords at my first J.Geils concerts at Pine Knob in Clarkston, Michigan. I got so caught up in singing at the top of my lungs I ruined my own singing career (in gospel music).
Peter Wolf is the lead singer and is still out there performing well into his 70s. Amazing performer. J. Geils is the guitarist. My favorite jam by them is Give It to Me.
My step brother Roy had somewhat the experience related in this song.Before he went to Vietnam in 1970,he was dating a young lady who had a tween-age sister who he never really thought much of.But in the summer of 1978 he opened up the latest Playboy magazine,turned to the centerfold and THERE SHE WAS (Janet Quist)!
Does she walk? Does she talk? Does she come complete? My homeroom, homeroom angel Always pulled me from my seat She was pure like snowflakes No one could ever stain The memory of my angel Could never cause me pain Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between My blood runs cold My memory has just been sold My angel is the centerfold Angel is the centerfold My blood runs cold My memory has just been sold Angel is the centerfold Slipped me notes under the desk While I was thinkin' about her dress I was shy I turned away Before she caught my eye I was shakin' in my shoes Whenever she flashed those baby-blues Something had a hold on me When angel passed close by Those soft and fuzzy sweaters Too magical to touch To see her in that negligee Is really just too much
This song got played so much on radio back in the day we began to hate that little hook. J Geils has some great stuff. FYI: The lead singer, Peter Wolf, was married to actress Faye Dunaway in the 70s.
The J Geils Band was awesome in concert. I saw them during the "LOVE STINKS" tour. Had seats of the floor about 5 rows from the side of the stage. His Sax player came up and was playing standing in one of the seats behind us.
Glad you guys found out about this band. They were always fun to listen to back in the day. I didn't know one HS or college party in the late 70s & early 80s that were not spinning a record from this band. They were a blues/rock band through the 70s with a lot of soulful covers they did until they hit it big with their last two albums. Then the lead vocalist, Peter Wolf, went solo after that. His solo stuff is pretty good too.
I loved playing this in my bands because people immediately started dancing, J Geils is the Guitar player an lived a couple towns over from me here in Massachusettes and met him on a few occasions, The Lead singer is Peter Wolf. After the band broke up J Geils and the Horn Player Magic Dick, I swear that is his stage name, had a band called Blues Time. Oh and he comes right out and sings the Lyrics "One day I'm looking thru a GIRLY Magazine and there's my homeroom angle on the pages inbetween". They are also the Band playing in Adam Sandlers Back Yard party in Grown Ups 2
Floyd's Motel, First I Look At the Purse, Whammer Jammer. I saw these guys live twice and I can tell you the show was electric. They always had the audience going. I regret you won't have that opportunity since J. Geils died recently.
I lived this! When I was a kid I had a crush on my babysitter Connie Kreski. A few years later in 1968 (I was only 13) she's the Playmate of the Month, and Playmate of the year in 1969. She won a pink Mustang.
