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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
J. Geils... Name a band that:
1. Was together longer;
2. With fewer hit songs;
3. Or fewer memorable songs;
4. Or fewer albums the names of which anyone can remember;
5. Or a less memorable name, and is yet;
6. A ubiquitous, immediately recognizable reference to everyone under 60.
Peter Wolf's solo work? It'll get a review in the New Yorker. Why? I can only assume a lot of people are still confusing him with Ray Davies.
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They do have -- pardon the oxymoron -- regional super-stardom among people whose musical tastes were formed in 1978. (See e.g. the older brother my ex girlfriend from Beverly, MA.)
