Bite-sized posts about 7″ singles I own – shameless nostalgia from the days of vinyl.
Eddie & The Hot Rods – Live At The Marquee (Island Records, 1976)
Barrie Masters was born to be on stage. You could see it in his eyes. He revelled in the adulation. He could work an audience so they were eating out of his hands. Ok, so he got all his moves, and singing style, from the young Mick Jagger but who cared? In 1976 , the Stones were already has-beens, dinosaurs on the way to becoming the heavily sponsored relics they are today.
Eddie & The Hot Rods were the new kids on the block, giving their own take on the R’n’B classics and making them relevant to a new generation tired on pomp rock and concept albums. In refusing to adopt the stance of aloof pop stars, they showed that there was life beyond the pretentiousness of ‘Prog’ and the faded sequins of Glam or Disco. Continue reading
