Geils is at his most electric here, and harmonica master Richard Salwitz, a/k/a Magic Dick tears things up forthrightly.
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There’s also the unintentionally hilarious subtitles to let West German TV viewers know which song is playing, even though delays and absences make it clear the poor fellow running the chyron unit didn’t know J. There are some inherent flaws to the image that no one could have done much about, specifically the quality of shielding of video cables during the shoot flaring back when the volume signal got too high. It looks good overall, considering it is around 35 years old. It was a clear indication that this version of the band intended to go out with a bang.Įagle Vision has packed the audio disc of the concert with the live DVD video from that Rockpalast. It’s more than just a revved-up audience of German rock fans going crazy. We’re talking about their cover of The Showstoppers’ ”Ain’t Nothing But A House Party,” ”Sanctuary,” ”Nightmares,” ”Whammer Jammer,” and the one-time ketchup jingle ”Give It To Me.” The performances are full-blooded and full-throated, and almost daringly so, with more of a hard rock kick than your average party band. Sourced from the West German concert TV program Rockpalast, the group tears through some of their greatest non-hits…songs we would recognize now, but probably wouldn’t have known when they were in their ascendance with Love Stinks or Freeze Frame. Now try to imagine a point between version one and two, where the group is holding fast to its leather and denim ethic, but a change was surely about to come. Think Muscle Shoals and Wilson Pickett at his most wicked. Think the earliest Springsteen records, or more pointedly Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. That first iteration, however, was a classic R&B-influenced bunch of rowdy houserockers. In 1984, lead singer Peter Wolf went solo and keyboardist Seth Justman took the lead position, edging out the band’s namesake guitarist, John Geils, a little bit more. The most well known 1980s version leaned heavily on the new wave sound, with generous amounts of humor to boot, and was rewarded with a tidy string of hits.
Geils Band was (is?) three distinct varieties.
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