Geils Band, I give you “Love Stinks” – a catchy, fun, simple, highly enjoyable track, coming from the band’s 1980 album of the same name. Geils and all he did as a musician and a member of The J. They are famous for rock classics like “Must of Got Lost”, “Freeze-Frame”, their cover of the song “Lookin’ for a Love” by The Valentinos and of course, “Love Stinks”, which is my choice for song of the day.
The band, heavily influenced by R&B and soul music, released a total of 11 studio albums. Geils Band in the late ‘60s, along with Danny Klein, Magic Dick Salwitz, Stephen Jo Bladd, and Peter Wolf, with Seth Justman. Geils Band, was found dead on April 11.īorn in 1946, the mechanical engineering-student formed The J. Geils, a member of the eponymous American rock band, The J. Guitarist John Warren Geils Jr., also known as J. Unfortunately, yet another respectable rockstar left our world.
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It was also covered by Adam Sandler in the movie The Wedding Singer and by Himalayaz with Ms.The song was also featured in the film Opie Gets Laid.Joan Jett covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1996 movie Mr.Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield praised the song, describing it as "rollicking". The B-side of the "Love Stinks" single was "Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down", also a track from the Love Stinks album. Geils Band's greatest songs, considering its lyrics to be "a hilarious spoof on new-wave nihilism as well as soul cliche." Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield calls it "one of the great trash-rock singles of the '80's." Cash Box said that the "playfully virulent lyric.mixed with Seth Justman’s whirling keyboards, creates an exciting march-like rhythm." Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated it to be the band's 3rd greatest song, saying that it incorporates "'60s garage-rock guitar," "late-'70s New Wave synths" and "a singalong chorus straight outta the era's arena rock" that "meet for a glorious collision that results in one of the group's heaviest, and best-loved, songs." "Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down" AllMusic critic John Franck describes the song as "infectious," noting that it was "one of the band's most recognizable FM songs ever." Music critic Robert Christgau describes the song as "broad" and "uproarious." Rolling Stone critic Dave Marsh considers it one of the J.
Geils Band who were then known for blues and R&B, but admits the results are fun to listen to and acknowledges that this and some other songs from the Love Stinks album pointed the way towards their pop-oriented 1981 platinum hit album Freeze Frame. Viglione finds such a "simple riff rocker" a departure for the J.
Author Maury Dean describes the opening of the song as "ponderous Power Metal." Dean describes the band's playing in the refrain as generating "wild waves of flame," the guitars as "fire-breathing" and Wolf's vocals in the "yeah yeah" portion of the chorus as snarling with " heavy metal glee." Justman provides extensive keyboards, which Associated Press critic James Simon feels gives the song "a little extra zing." Viglione describes the riff as " Lou Reed's ' Vicious' as performed by his Rock & Roll Animal band on Lou Reed Live at half-speed," also noting that it is a hard rock version of the riff from " Louie Louie." Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield notes that the riff was later used by Nirvana in the song " Smells Like Teen Spirit." Reception
Geils Band lead singer Peter Wolf's marriage to actress Faye Dunaway, which ended in a 1979 divorce. The lyrics describe a love triangle in which two participants experience unrequited love, before segueing into a description of love gone sour in general.