Stranger In Town

Bob Seger who? To the couple of boomer reviewers complaining that the original list harbors too many albums by supposedly unimportant acts, I would advise to broaden their horizons so that they could realize Bob Seger was never a household name outside of US borders. And now that this European listener has been exposed to his shtick, it's clear for him that Seger was for all intents and purposes a wannabe Springsteen. As far as I know, his real legacy is at least up for debate. The most streamed song of his on my streaming service is that cover of "Old Time Rock & Roll". This speaks volumes about the real nature of said legacy. In other words, who in their right mind can pretend Seger's songwriting chops left a pivotal imprint in music history? Of course, this doesn't mean his music is bad on paper. But this suggests that his fans repeating how important the man is might be projecting stuff that has no real bearing on said music history taken as a whole. About the album proper now: opener "Hollywood Nights" and "Brave Strangers" are pretty good cuts in the genre, I admit it. The first is a little too linear for my taste, but I'm not gonna complain about its energy at least. I guess that "Feel Like A Number" could be added to those two good cuts, but that thing is already a little too meat-and-potatoes for me, in spite of the tribute to American working class in the lyrics, which is never a bad thing. The rest offers boring ballads -- cheesy snoozefest in my book -- once again not providing much in terms of harmonic wonders. Even worse are the two extraneous, self-indulgent covers. "Old Time Rock & Roll", that I have already touched upon, and "Ain't Got No Money". And those covers are not even worth the effort I could spend roasting them. When I see the incredibly high global score for this record, I'm wondering if users are really using their ears. Maybe a cabal of old-timers exclusively (and desperately) looking into the past to force their tastes on people like me has taken over this generator, ha ha. Yeah, I feel like a "stranger in town" myself now, hence the paranoid rant. If at least this rant can give a wry smile to a couple of boomer users still having a sense of humour in here, I won't have fully wasted my time today. "Thank you for your attention in this matter", as another famous boomer yelling at clouds often says these days... 1/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums. 6/10 for more general purposes (5 + 1.5, minus 0.5 for the effect of the -- fully annoying -- global score of this thing for me) ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 77 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 97 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 190 (including this one) ---- Émile, tu trouveras ma dernière réponse sous le *Inside* de Bo Burnham

I'm just not big on generic 70s rock. It doesn't do anything for me at all.

Not for me. This sort of bluesy rock always sounds the same to me and I've heard it enough for one lifetime already.