Bob Seger's "Night Moves": C or D

this is pretty much adult life summed up in a line.

uh, quite the opposite actually. as one who fits that description .. it makes it easy to LOVE it. Because we already knew how great Bob's early stuff wuz. tho it is fun to laugh at Soofjam lovin pitchdorks who discover Bob's early stuff and make an about-face.

Hmm... the scenario I describe also applies to a lot of Motown--some of which I still love, and a lot of which I can't stand anymore--or to which I've become numb--due to overexposure. And some Seger just hasn't aged that well ("Old Time Rock & Roll" I avoid for fear I will go on a killing spree if it comes within earshot). Anyway, YMMV, etc.

Bob Seeger is the king of songs that I hear on the radio but don't know who they're by and think they're pretty good.

it was deeply resonant for me for the opposite reason -- it represented what i wished being a teenager was going to be like but which i knew it could never be, not for me anyway. it was kind of like reading the letters to penthouse.

that use of "one" always bothered me, and still does. it's a really awkward line.

i just think, you know, Seger was a real good craftsman -- wudn't no genius, his inspirations were fairly obvious. but the songs are great. And his vocals are great. and there are tons of great little moments throughout his catalog .. from "k-k-k-k-katmadu" to the high-hats on "Hollywood Nights". And "Travellin Man"/"Beautiful Loser" from the live album is such an awesome performance. I just hate all the fucking hedged-bets when people bring him up. There are many great songs.

but you know, this year Prog is Not a Four Letter Word, five years from now, Mellencamp is Not a Ten letter Word...

(Were there any great punk/'70s bands from Indiana? Detroit and Ohio had their share, and Chicago obviously had a scene, but I can't think of a damn thing from Indiana outside of John Cougar.)

http://www.pentaclerecords.net/covenstead/bob_seger_live_bullet.jpg

okay, so when we were all desperately hungover last week, my friends and i drove around listening to 'Night Moves' at full blast, and it kinda made me feel incredibly good.

but what is the song from 1962?

(i feel like i just became a little straighter by admitting that)

Wondered about that song from '62 for a long time, too

"autumn closing in" is a great romantic line.

I really like this song, but I also can't hear it without laughing at it.

yeah but it's that kind of laughter that is more laughing at the sentimentality because..well, it's kind of easy to identify with? it's like laughing at yourself for being a sentimental shit bag. i feel the same way when i hear Thunder Road, which i also know all the lyrics to.

anyway.

Who wants to wear those gypsy leathers????

(Were there any great punk/'70s bands from Indiana? Detroit and Ohio had their share, and Chicago obviously had a scene, but I can't think of a damn thing from Indiana outside of John Cougar.)

don't get me started...

No love for "Big River" aka "The Original Night Moves"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hekBAk5L7k4

this (along with more seger) is in permanent rotation in my father-in-law's truck

The drums on "Hollywood Nights" are great, as others said above. I like this song a lot, but lyrically I think it misses the payoff that the opening stanza sets up. "He knew right then he was too far from home". I expect Manson-style mayhem, or SLA. But no, I guess it's just that they fuck..."with a passion that kills", it's true, but what does that mean? The song still rocks and I'm just overthinking it, but fuck it, it's ILM, that's what it's here for.

I really like this song, but I also can't hear it without laughing at it.

True for a handful of Bob Seger songs.

He's a Midwestern boy who gets in way over his head; he winds up broke and alone and emotionally devastated and he's not sure he'll ever make it back to where he came from.

cocaine is a helluva drug

Yeah, that works; broke and lonely. I think the conceit could be milked a bit more, but it's cool; and a great song.

A friend of mine told me he was getting his tires changed or brakes fixed or something here in Ann Arbor, Michigan about 10 years ago, and there was a plaque on the wall in the waiting room. It said "The Drive-in that inspired Bob Seger's 'Night Moves' stood on this site."

Ah-the internet says it's the Tuffy Muffler on Stadium Boulevard, not but a half mile from the house I'm now living in. Maybe I should go in there and perform some kind of ritual.

Personally, I'm ok with the MOR Bob Seger,but young punk Bob Seger is amazing. "East Side Story", "Down Home", 2+2=?. All killer.

I heard this and "someone saved my life tonight" back-to-back on the classic station.
It was freakin awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=487t88pz-2Y

thanks to jsimp for reminding me what the one bob sega master system song i heard and enjoyed once on the radio was

Just heard this for the first time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp25PHbLPcU

...after years knowing Bob's cover. Awesome.

This song is like the perfect Van Morrison song and the perfect Bruce Springsteen song rolled into one.

Just realized there is a coded boob reference in an early verse. The bit about "points of her own".

Not really so coded!

Chicks used to throw their bras onstage when he sang that line. Probably still do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJuIv41o2DY

Chicks used to throw their bras onstage when he sang that line. Probably still do.

I mean, wouldn't you?

http://www.icplaces.com/image/ic_BobSegerandTheSilverBulletBandsongPics1TaBXvAsoX2BPVM.jpg

Night moves is so dope.

all the seger -- particularly betty lou's getting out tonight -- reminds me of good burgers at the landmark inn

it was an absolute dive owned by my classmate's dad and always shady as fuck. classmate, last i heard, was in prison -- but his younger brother was flying blimps over sporting events

anyway seger rules

my least favorite music subgenre is washed middleaged guys complaining about music

True, I need them to be filthy before they start their whining.

Mr. Seger if you're nasty

nostalgia often has little to do with the quality of the experiences, and a lot to do with our own shifts in feeling about ourselves. This is actually a pretty feckin wise point, and one that I don't think was ever made in song before "Night Moves."

I'd say this is the point of "People Take Pictures of Each Other" by the Kinks, written eight years earlier.

...and "Picture Book".

The worst thing that happened to OTR&R was Risky Business.

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idk, if you've ever seen the Stone Mountain laser show...