I've been choosing to refrain from commenting on the songs to keep my longwindedness out of the way, but on the insistence of cousin Paul and my friend K-Dawg, I'll do 2-3 sentences above each song going forward. Almost always, when someone says "if you like Springsteen, you'll like this." I love Springsteen and almost always, I can't stand the stuff at all. The Gaslight Anthem is a rare exception, maybe because they're not a soundalike artist but one who's influenced not largely by the Boss but from some of his same influences and contemporaries, from r&b to the Clash.
Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison
Had a great phone conversation with one of my high school football coaches, a teacher, friend and mentor earlier tonight. We at once agree on a lot and not too much, but the Venn diagram on our sensibilities mostly overlaps. One year we were teammates on a semi-pro football team, the Hyde Park Cowboys of the EFL. Thought of this song because we had a teammate named Larry DeVoe. We didn't even talk about Larry on the call, but I'm a sucker for the cheesy music of the 80s and 90s and Larry was such a character, it crossed my mind.
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