Seems the World Series hangovers are finally subsiding and votes for The Musical Guilty Pleasures are returning; "What's My Age Again" by Blink-182 scored a slim 26 points but generated a better response than some recent selections and included some nice commentary from the younger (more relevant?) demographic of the Guilty Pleasure audience (thanks, kids!).
This weeks selection is more music from the Dentist office (what better place to lay back and "drill" for for forgotten musical treasures?). A pair of excellent singer/song writers from Texas, Jim Seals and Dash Crofts crafted some nice stuff that, coming out of the psychedelic era, made you believe you were listening to jazz when, really, they were helping create the easy listening/soft rock genre you've since grown to hate.
A call-and-response melody riff that everyone knows, a totally swinging bass line over the verses, congas and flutes makes this a swinging jazz/pop tune as there was at the time. "Summer Breeze" was a great single for your days in junior high (was that really a sitar or a fuzz tone guitar?), and "We Will Never Pass This Way Again" was their song of substance, but "Diamond Girl" by Seals and Crofts was their pop hit that stands the test of time.
Enjoy!
KO
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