Word: rockers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fool Button," a potted rocker that's the best song on the album...
There is as much put-on as defiance in such a posture, much striving after the long shadow of one's own legend. Zevon is shrewd enough not only to realize this but also to acknowledge it, both in his songs (one hell-raising rocker is called I'll Sleep When I'm Dead) and in casual conversation. "The fundamental idea that everything's going to be all right appeals to me less than the simple notion of bonehead justice," Zevon told TIME'S correspondent James Willwerth...
...Take Five and the seamless jazz fantasies of Oscar Peterson. He dreams of the day Ray Charles will pull one of the best songs out of the Joel portfolio, "and I'll hear New York State of Mind at the World Series." He prides himself on being a rocker, but wears a tie and jacket onstage and during performances does cocky, funny monologues about the sartorial and pharmacological indulgences of his peers...
From the man who wrote "The Late Show" and "My Opening Farewell,' tripe like this is awfully sad to hear. "Love Need a Heart," a Lowell George composition, is an endless dirge indistinguishable from any nine Linda Ronstadt songs. "You Love the Thunder" is a faceless, mindless rocker in the mold of "Redneck Friend," but lacking the wit. It's a humorless song--and without a sense of humor, upbeat L.A. rock can be terribly dull...
...good Jackson Browne album. He doesn't do anything new on this record, and he doesn't re-do the old especially well. What makes this album especially noteworthy is, quite simply, its gimmick. It's the most comprehensive and sympathetic portrayal of life on the road that a rocker has produced to date; and the idea meshes well with the production techniques used to bring it to life. Running On Empty is one of those rare records that vindicates the idea of the concept album. Unfortunately, anybody out of L.A. could have made it. Browne's uniqueness, at least...