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Anyone else here at bit partial to his music? Now I'm not old by any means but I reckon he has one of the best voices of all time.
Just downloaded his catalogue and am playing them now on the iPad while on BF.
Sailing and The First Cut Is The Deepest would have to be 2 of the most beautiful songs ever.
Thoughts?
 
I quite like most of his stuff.

Sailing, I Don't Want To Talk About It and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy are among my favourites.

I do envy him though. He's had more wives and girlfriends than I've had steak dinners.:p
 
His string of classic albums in the '70's are brilliant. His work through the '80's was mostly shite and since then he has only really made one great album, 1998's When We Were The New Boys. Since he had surgery on his throat and nodules removed from his vocal chords, he has had to use only his middle range to sing so the Songbook albums have suited his new voice but I went to his show a few years back and he just couldn't nail the old stuff that requires more of him anymore.
 

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TheBlondeBomber said:
His string of classic albums in the '70's are brilliant. His work through the '80's was mostly shite and since then he has only really made one great album, 1998's When We Were The New Boys. Since he had surgery on his throat and nodules removed from his vocal chords, he has had to use only his middle range to sing so the Songbook albums have suited his new voice but I went to his show a few years back and he just couldn't nail the old stuff that requires more of him anymore.
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This is very much the truth. His first 4 albums are as good as almost anything put out by anyone. He lost his edge after that, although there was the odd good moment.

If you like these, you should checkout those early albums from 69-72


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One to prove Rod could still do it after he sold out. From 1977, sensational song.

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Is it just me, or does Rockin' Rod seem to not get much acclaim from wider circles these days? His early work (in particular Never a Dull Moment - his masterpiece, in my opinion - and the Coast to Coast live album - love the cover of Jealous Guy) still gets a regular spin on my record player at home, and the DJs where I work still bring out Young Turks or Da Ya Think I'm Sexy from time to time, to much cheer.
 
He was brilliant on and off until disco, then Do Ya Think I'm Sexy was the beginning of the end. ****ing woeful.

Handbags and Gladrags, Mandolin Wind, Reason to Believe etc were truly magnificent. Great choices EW. (I still prefer Elton John's version of Country Comfort, you can clearly hear Elton's backing vocals on Rod's version).

I am a huge jazz fan and have many many versions of the songs from The Great American Songbook and I reckon Rod's attempts are the worst by far that I have heard. My mother in law put one of the Rod sings the song book albums on last week and I asked if they could change it back to the Croatian folk music !!!!!

I would say he is the artist that has gone from brilliant to dreadful most spectacularly !
 
Rod was also once upon a time a fantastic lyricist/songwriter and this from A Night On The Town (1976) is one of his finest:


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TheBlondeBomber said:
Rod was also once upon a time a fantastic lyricist/songwriter and this from A Night On The Town (1976) is one of his finest:


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I like your style BB:D
Definitely one of my favourites, had this playing on my desk at work after we shut. Bad part is, everything's quiet and you can get carried away listening to the music and before you realize it, 7pm rolls around and you're late home for dinner.
 
Yep - Killing Of Georgie is a great song. That would have been his last great album.
 

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Apart from the fact that the original is one of my all-time favourite songs, his cover of 'Downtown Train' was surprisingly engaging.

+1 for 'I Ain't Superstitious' as well. Loved the way it was used in 'Casino'
 
So many covers and he has a way of making them his own. (I Know) I'm Losing You, I Don't Want to Talk About It, The First Cut Is The Deepest, etc etc.

Saw him first at South Melbourne Football Ground in 1974 and have seen him regularly ever since. His voice ain't what it was, but I go just to salute a great career.

Of his own stuff I've always been partial to Every Picture Tells a Story, Stay With Me, Miss Judy's Farm, Dynamite and I never get tired of Maggie May.
 
To the OP, don't know if you are just discovering Rod or not, but if you are a fan of his more racous rocking side, you must check out The Faces. One of the most pure rock bands of the 70's, and one of the best. Hard to top this.

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To the OP, don't know if you are just discovering Rod or not, but if you are a fan of his more racous rocking side, you must check out The Faces. One of the most pure rock bands of the 70's, and one of the best. Hard to top this.

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Rediscovering:D
 
One of my favourite songs of all time..:thumbsu:


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