Sunday Music: Johnny Rivers, Summer Rain
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stoutfellowAlbum Title: Summer Rain
Why I Bought It: I think I was looking for "Poor Side of Town", but once I saw the track list, there was plenty of bait.
What I Like (Patience): "Poor Side of Town". For some reason, I put this song alongside "Down in the Boondocks", and not too far from "Five O'Clock World". There isn't really much to connect them, other than all being about a working man's love. Anyway, I like the narrator's attitude.
What I Like (Satiric): "Secret Agent Man". They've given you a number / And taken 'way your name. A sardonic take on the James Bond phenomenon, written soon after the first Bond movies came out.
What I Like (Atmospheric): "Summer Rain". She wants to live in the Rockies / She says that's where we'll find peace. Just a nice mood piece, with contentment, nostalgia, and longing all mixed together.
Overall: There really isn't anything I dislike on this album. Rivers sings a number of covers - "Blue Suede Shoes", "Help Me Rhonda", "Maybelline", and some others - none of which quite come up to the originals, but the sorrowful "Mountain Love", the gleeful "Seventh Son", and the penitent "(I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water" are all excellent. Throw in some classics like "Midnight Special" and "Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu", and you've got a darn good album.
Why I Bought It: I think I was looking for "Poor Side of Town", but once I saw the track list, there was plenty of bait.
What I Like (Patience): "Poor Side of Town". For some reason, I put this song alongside "Down in the Boondocks", and not too far from "Five O'Clock World". There isn't really much to connect them, other than all being about a working man's love. Anyway, I like the narrator's attitude.
What I Like (Satiric): "Secret Agent Man". They've given you a number / And taken 'way your name. A sardonic take on the James Bond phenomenon, written soon after the first Bond movies came out.
What I Like (Atmospheric): "Summer Rain". She wants to live in the Rockies / She says that's where we'll find peace. Just a nice mood piece, with contentment, nostalgia, and longing all mixed together.
Overall: There really isn't anything I dislike on this album. Rivers sings a number of covers - "Blue Suede Shoes", "Help Me Rhonda", "Maybelline", and some others - none of which quite come up to the originals, but the sorrowful "Mountain Love", the gleeful "Seventh Son", and the penitent "(I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water" are all excellent. Throw in some classics like "Midnight Special" and "Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu", and you've got a darn good album.
