No question about it, the song is a heartbreaker. You want to put an arm around the guy's shoulder and tell him, "Dude, she's not coming back. Get out of this room and get some fresh air." But you know he won't.
And the production is immaculate. George Harrison is at the control board; he brings in Leon Russell(!) on piano and pitches in his own self with a perfect slide guitar solo. Pete Ham's vocal makes Alex Chilton and Chris Bell go, "That's it! That's the sound we want!"
But would this song be here if Badfinger wasn't one of saddest, most horrible chapters of rock music history? The way they started as the golden boys of Apple Records, then were robbed blind and virtually strangled by their manager, with the whole godforsaken mess ending with the suicide of BOTH lead singers....
Uccch.
In a better world, Pete Ham and Tom Evans would be living like kings off the royalties from "Without You." But that's not the world we live in.
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Date: 2020-08-14 02:33 pm (UTC)(Sigh. All right...)
Badfinger: "Day After Day"
https://youtu.be/XonFZjuyc6E
No question about it, the song is a heartbreaker. You want to put an arm around the guy's shoulder and tell him, "Dude, she's not coming back. Get out of this room and get some fresh air." But you know he won't.
And the production is immaculate. George Harrison is at the control board; he brings in Leon Russell(!) on piano and pitches in his own self with a perfect slide guitar solo. Pete Ham's vocal makes Alex Chilton and Chris Bell go, "That's it! That's the sound we want!"
But would this song be here if Badfinger wasn't one of saddest, most horrible chapters of rock music history? The way they started as the golden boys of Apple Records, then were robbed blind and virtually strangled by their manager, with the whole godforsaken mess ending with the suicide of BOTH lead singers....
Uccch.
In a better world, Pete Ham and Tom Evans would be living like kings off the royalties from "Without You." But that's not the world we live in.
Excuse me, I need a drink.