I 've missed the boat! Not just missed the boat but not even 5 miles from the dock! Where the hell have I been the last few years? Booking and promoting in Toledo ,not too mention reviewing acts and Ive never seen Bowling Green Ohio's The Dumb Easies. Now that their CD Love ! Love! Love! has landed in my CD player I'm kicking myself for not catching them sooner.11 Songs of masterful pop sweetness. Not the kind of drivel that hit the top 40 these days as pop. This is 70's style ,updated a bit with some punk bad assery lurking beneath the melodies. But seriously this record would belong right next to K-Tel 20 Power Hits Comp's you could only get through TV back in the days of Archie Bunker and George Jefferson. Take Joey Ramone ,with one part Bay City Rollers,a sprinkle of Suzi Quatro and garnish it with Redd Kross then you have just an idea what these cats and kitties are like. Marvelous production gives equal weight to instruments,lead vox and background vox alike which must have been no small feat with so much going on in each song.I don't have many bubble gummy, stick sweet pop Cd's in my collection but Love ! Love! Love ! is going into it happily, Most of all I'm making it a point to catch them live very soon as the band just seems like they would be a rippin' good time to see and act silly with. Favorite songs off this gem are Poison In The Stars,Bang Bang,Night and Day,Testify and Share Your Drugs( Very NY Dolls).
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