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.
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.
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!
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).
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. ;)
@@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.
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.
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.
C Thang, Scarface, Cemetery Gates, Nuthin' but a G thang, Home, Chasin' that Neon Rainbow 🌈, Levitating, REAL MFing Gs, Assassins, Goodbye Dixie, Sinner, Ride It were released after the 80s 70s and 60s
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.
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.
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.
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 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!!!!!
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.
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. 👍
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!!!!
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! :)
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".
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!
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.
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,)
Flamethrower is also a great song of theirs, also Land of a Thousand Dances which is a cover of a Wilson Pickett song. Oh almost forgot Just Can’t Wait
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.
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.
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.
You've got to do their song off their Live album, "Musta Got Lost"! "Hold on this song has a little introduction to it It ain't supposed to be sad though you might feel it that way It's a song about desperation, Every now and then we do get desperate This is a song about L-O-V-E, And if you abuse it you're gonna lose it And if you lose it..."
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).
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.
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'm looking for a love" is my favorite by these guys. You wanna listen to the studio version. The live version has terrible audio. Definitely worth checking out
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
"Whammer Jammer. J Geils Live Full House" is a must. It is the band live in Motown. Whole album is amazing. Peter was an amazing front & magic Dick on harp is sick.
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)!
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.
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!!
These guys were a PARTY BAND!!!! Seen them too many times to count! Seen them open for Black Sabbath & Blue Oyster Cult (Lebanon Vally Speed way) and Alice Cooper & Frank Zappa, (Dillon Stadium). Used to go see them at small venues around Massachusetts, and they'd get the crowd hopping wild. People elbow to elbow jumping up and down like they were possessed. I really miss those days. It was a BLAST!!! By the way the harmonica players name is Magic Dick, he's amazing!
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.
This song is great and, of course, this is when they did all the cool music videos. However, please react to their older stuff. Anything off their 1976 live album Blow Your Face Out. You won't be disappointed. You love Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes. This singer, Peter Wolf, totally has the same vibe IMHO.
Love J. Gail's Band. Peter Wolf was a great front man and they had some jams. This and Freeze Frame are the best on this album. Flame Thrower was a jam in the day, but listening to it now it seemed a lot better back then. Check out Love Stinks and Musta Got Lost. The live version of Whammer Jammer (Full House version) is a lot of fun.
The J. Geils Band (John "J." Geils - guitar. Peter Wolf - lead vocals, Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz - harmonica and saxophone, Stephen Bladd - drums, Seth Justman - keyboards, and Danny Klein - bass). First album released in 1970. Centerfold is from their 1981 album Freeze-France, and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Classic!! Listen to “Freeze Frame” and “Love Stinks”... J. Geils, the guitarist, passed away, but the singer, Peter Wolf is still belting out the tunes. Great choice, as always!!
Many moons ago, A very large group of friends filled the colosseum in Memphis on the fourth of July. J Giels Band, Charlie Daniels Band and the Rolling Stones played all day and into the night. Awesome concert!
In a song about the loss of innocence and naivete, Amber manages to be completely innocent and naïve. Beautiful!!!
Isn’t she the sweetest?! I love her!
The look on her face when the false ending kicked into high gear. I thought she was going to start floating.
I love that they both are so caught up in the 80's music they both are naive to the reality the Angel is now a prostitute.
I guess Amber shouldn't listen to Billy Idol's Dancing with myself... ;-)
Hilarious! I was thinking to myself: "Amber's gonna have this one nailed in no time..."! But NO! Gotta love it, and you both!
“Freeze Frame”, “Love Stinks”, and “Must Of Got Lost” are necessities. All three classics. Peter Wolf is an amazing performer. 💜💜💜
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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.
FREEZE FRAME!
FREEZE FRAME!
“Freeze Frame” by them is the jammy-jam!
@@LordEagle “…with the green teeth! Let me in!”
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.
Love Freeze Frame
Whammer Jammer
Freeze Frame!!
Freeze Frame!
Yes, "Freeze Frame" should come next.
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!
Soft fuzzy sweaters too magical touch. I love that line!
The title of the song is Centerfold and she “never would have guessed” what it was about? Oh Amber, you are so pure. 😇
LOL. Yeah, I had to stop the video cause her confusion made me laugh so hard. 🤣
Even after he explained it you could just tell she wasn’t really paying attention to the rest of the song
Imagine her reaction when she realizes that 75% of 70s and 80s rock is about sex! hahahaha
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).
@ I guess there aren't as many pop culture referencs to centrefolds these days.
Fun song. The other big hit from them (they had several, but the one that casual listeners remember) is "Freeze Frame," and that's a bop, too!
Love Stinks!
I must have got lost
Come As You Are (Peter Wolf solo song, #1 Mainstream Rock chart 1987)
Those are their bubblegum songs. Down an dirty bluesy funky rock. One of the most underrated bands ever.
"Wammer Jammer" the harmonica on that will rock your socks off
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!! ❤
Stop lying, we watched the video for the girls. It was my favorite video as a young boy.
@@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. ;)
Lots of great music from this band. Enjoy.
Oh, man, I was 14 when this album came out and "Centerfold" was a HUGE hit on MTV. One of the catchiest pop tunes ever, probably.
Ha, so you are also 54ish. I bought the 45 and was only able to listen to it a few times until my mom heard it, then it was gone. 😥
@@jen_alanfromchicago53 Between that and throwing away comic book collections, mom can excel at ruining fun.
@@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.
@@stevejoshua9536 Yes,...we can be inventive little scamps.
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.
J Geils was the only rock group I ever saw that had the audience dancing in the aisles from the opening number to the final encore.Awesome Group.
Yep, been there done that :) They put on such a great show.
Only The Dead was better live
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.
yasssssssssssss the BOUNCE.
C Thang, Scarface, Cemetery Gates, Nuthin' but a G thang, Home, Chasin' that Neon Rainbow 🌈, Levitating, REAL MFing Gs, Assassins, Goodbye Dixie, Sinner, Ride It were released after the 80s 70s and 60s
14 years old, at the skating rink.. the floor absolutely FILLED UP for this one.. good times 👍
Exactly! Brings back so many nights as a teenager at the roller rink
Angel is the centerfold!?
OMG I WAS SMILING EAR TO EAR WATCHING YOU BOTH ENJOY THIS AWEWSOME SONG !!! LOVE THAT !!!
Kind of like Forrest Gump seeing Jenny in Playboy.
40 years later it's still a fun tune. Love the milk splashing up from the snare.
Jennnaayyyyy! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! LOL
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
Haha. Same here. I was 10.
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.
It may be that young folk aren't really aware of girlie magazines so much. Modern porn delivery takes place via internet.
Yes, she was NUDE - not in a negligee, which is why he says his "blood ran cold"
Man, Amber, those lyrics were crystal clear.
This is one song where listening carefully to the lyrics pays off.
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.
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.
Same, whenever I hear this or Mickey by Toni Basil it takes me back to skating in the 80s 😄
Loved Freeze Frame
ahahah I just commented that this song reminded me of roller skating. I guess it was big at all the skating rinks.
The best song from "Love Stinks" is "Come Back". The musicianship in that song is off the chain!
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.
✋me
Peter Wolf's solo song "Light's Out" is also good.
✋ And “Flamethrower” was a staple of the arcade where I spent way too many hours playing Tempest.
See my comment.
Peter Wolf is an incredible front man, so much energy live.
Sixties Seventies and Eighties BEST years for music that will last forever and NEVER get old for years to come....
Peter Wolf and the rest of the band were animals when they hit the stage. Legendary concerts....
Oh Lordy! The guys sang this to me all throughout high school. I blamed my parents for naming me Angel. Lol
Come Back, Love Stinks & Freeze Frame all big hits for this band.
Every teenaged boy had a home school angel……
I remember you were homeschooled
From my 6th grade homeroom in 1975; Donna Hodges and Stacy Lee. ❤
'Flame Thrower' is another great song by them!
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 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.
I listened to this song so much as a kid, i literally still remember every word he sang!!!
Their catalog of music is well worth a listen... Brings me back to my Junior/High school days!!!
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!!!!!
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.
Also Dire Straits, 'Romeo and Juliet'
There ain't nothin' like a J. Geils Houseparty.
One of the best live bands. I saw Peter Wolf (the singer) a couple years ago, still full of energy.
I love the reaction when you 2 think the song is over, then you start so happily jamming away.
Y'all grooving!! Flame Thrower is a banger, along with Love Stinks and Freeze Frame
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. 👍
Freeze Frame is another huge hit from the J. Geils band.
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!!!!
Woofa Goofa,,,💥💥💥👍😎
Blow Your Face Out. A great live album.
YAY!! I recommended this! I thought you would enjoy it! I feel so special!!😊😊
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! :)
Their live shows were so good ! Their live album Full House does a good job of capturing the vibe of their live shows in the 70's.
This song came out my senior year of high school. Anytime DJ would play this at a high school dance EVERYONE hit the dance floor.
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".
I love "Come Back". It's a REALLY fun song to play.
Woofa Goofa,,,,💥💥💥👍😎
@@sox5131 Awesome! You play the guitar or keyboard part?
@@ZG1967 Just the guitar-the slide down the neck is the fun part.
Love Stinks is a must hear!!!
You Kids are Amazing!!!!!! Thanks for Sharing and being Open to all this Wonderful Music!!! God Bless!
Yes!! So much fun with this band - "Love Stinks" and "Freeze-Frame" next, please! Thanks!
It was a massive hit from the moment it was released…awesome, infectious beat…and the rhythm and lyrics…
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!
Andy and Alex gave you a shout out, so I came over here and watched! Great video!
I remember roller skating to this as a tween, lol They played it over & over when it came out! Lol
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.
#bostonstrong!
Got to see them open for Aerosmith boy was it smoky inside the Garden that night lol
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,)
Brings back great high school memories! The 80’s had the best upbeat music!
Flamethrower is also a great song of theirs, also Land of a Thousand Dances which is a cover of a Wilson Pickett song. Oh almost forgot Just Can’t Wait
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.
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.
This was a hit in 1981. I was 17, and it was a great time to be that age.
Another hit for them was "Freeze-Frame", again in 1981.
Hand claps, "Na-na-na"s *and* whistling - this song has it all! And they rhyme "drive it" with "private"!!
…and “oh well, guess I gotta buy it!” 🤣🤣
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.
Andy and Alex sent us. Great reaction, you got a new subscriber!
When I was in high school on drill team, we did a routine to Centerfold. How are parents didn't complain is beyond me. It was the early 80's.
You've got to do their song off their Live album, "Musta Got Lost"!
"Hold on this song has a little introduction to it It ain't supposed to be sad though you might feel it that way It's a song about desperation, Every now and then we do get desperate This is a song about L-O-V-E, And if you abuse it you're gonna lose it And if you lose it..."
The wooba gooba with green teeth...........Love it
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.😎☮️
Oh yeah....that harmonica in Detroit Breakdown! Stellar!!!
I saw them several times in the 70's, they would introduce Magic Dick as Magic Dick and his licking stick.
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).
But home was always here in Boston!! Lol
@@genegiusti6239 True, True! 🔥
YES!!! Your husband is 100% right!!
Trivia... The lead singer, Peter Wolf, was married to Faye Dunaway, in the 70's
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.
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'm looking for a love" is my favorite by these guys. You wanna listen to the studio version. The live version has terrible audio. Definitely worth checking out
Another great band who doesn't always get enough acclaim now days Peter Wolfs great singing
Watching Amber makes me smile 😊
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
Forrest concert that I took my wife to be to. That was Convo Hall Detroit 40 years ago.😆
"Whammer Jammer. J Geils Live Full House" is a must. It is the band live in
Motown. Whole album is amazing. Peter was an amazing front & magic Dick
on harp is sick.
This song is so catchy and always a jam! I think y’all would also enjoy The Romantics, “Talking In Your Sleep”. Another upbeat 80s tune 😎
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)!
songs like this made the 80s fun MTV was actually playing videos and we lived!
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.
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!!
I absolutely LOVE this channel!! It's such a joy watching them get into the songs of my childhood.
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Love your reaction to this song, thank you for not stopping the video every 30 seconds.
Yes Amber...his "angel" appeared in a centerfold...blew his mind
These guys were a PARTY BAND!!!! Seen them too many times to count! Seen them open for Black Sabbath & Blue Oyster Cult (Lebanon Vally Speed way) and Alice Cooper & Frank Zappa, (Dillon Stadium). Used to go see them at small venues around Massachusetts, and they'd get the crowd hopping wild. People elbow to elbow jumping up and down like they were possessed. I really miss those days. It was a BLAST!!! By the way the harmonica players name is Magic Dick, he's amazing!
It is so cool you guys are enjoying the songs we used to listen to in our high school years!
speak for yourself, I was 28 and dancing the night away in the disco's to this song
it is so cute innocent little Amber didnt get it
They only had a couple hits, but a great song, classic song, I put them up with Dexy's Midnight Runners with 'Come one Eileen'
J. Geils Band in concert is second to none. Great shows. Blow Your Face Out and Full House are two of the top 10 live albums ever. They jam.
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.
This song is great and, of course, this is when they did all the cool music videos. However, please react to their older stuff. Anything off their 1976 live album Blow Your Face Out. You won't be disappointed. You love Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes. This singer, Peter Wolf, totally has the same vibe IMHO.
Love J. Gail's Band. Peter Wolf was a great front man and they had some jams. This and Freeze Frame are the best on this album. Flame Thrower was a jam in the day, but listening to it now it seemed a lot better back then. Check out Love Stinks and Musta Got Lost. The live version of Whammer Jammer (Full House version) is a lot of fun.
Flamethrower was the b-side of Freeze Frame!
@@NoCanDu in my high school my senior year, it was the song everybody cranked up to max volume
@@mikeharris3733 I was in junior high and I remember asking the dj at one of our dances to play it! Everyone went nuts! Good times, good tunes!
Andy & Alex gave you guys a shout out and directed people to your channel.
Fun to watch y'all. Thanks go out to Alex & Andy for sending me your way.
The J. Geils Band (John "J." Geils - guitar. Peter Wolf - lead vocals, Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz - harmonica and saxophone, Stephen Bladd - drums, Seth Justman - keyboards, and Danny Klein - bass). First album released in 1970. Centerfold is from their 1981 album Freeze-France, and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Another great J.Geils Band song is "One Last Kiss" They were a Great live band.
Dude, Snow blind. The sound of my youth.
Classic!! Listen to “Freeze Frame” and “Love Stinks”... J. Geils, the guitarist, passed away, but the singer, Peter Wolf is still belting out the tunes. Great choice, as always!!
Fav song by J Geils Band....Serves You Right to Suffer.
Many moons ago, A very large group of friends filled the colosseum in Memphis on the fourth of July. J Giels Band, Charlie Daniels Band and the Rolling Stones played all day and into the night. Awesome concert!
Hit it right on the nose Jay! Another big hit from J Geils is LOVE STINKS
Well, I have the microphone and you don't. SO YOU WILL LISTEN TO EVERY DAMN WORD I HAVE TO SAY!!!