Thursday, June 12, 2025

The Babys : Live At The Bottom Line , 1979


FALLING IN LOVE WAS

 THE LAST THING ON MY MIND


 I've always been

 a fan of 

The Babys. 

To me, 

they blended the 

hard rock hooks

 we'd hear on the radio

 in the Seventies, 

with the slightly

 New Wave-informed

 power pop of 

contemporaries

 Cheap Trick.

 The Babys: 

Live at the Bottom Line, 1979,

 out now via

 Omnivore Recordings

adds more evidence 

of the chops 

of these guys, 

with the familiar hits

 served from

 a band on fire.

Hits

"Everytime I Think of You" 

and a personal fave

 "Isn't It Time" 

are standouts here, 

with leader

 John Waite

 sounding wonderfully

 in command of the material. 

"Isn't It Time"

 is more spacious, 

with an intro

 that's downright playful, 

even as 

"Everytime I Think of You"

 is lush and punchy

 in equal measure. 

Elsewhere, 

"California"

 is supple, 

while 

"Crystal Ball"

 is a crunchy riff factory.

 The song would end up

being called 

"Anytime"

 later in the band's career, 

on their 

Union Jacks album. 

Of course, 

the band's cover of

 "Money (That's What I Want)"

 is here, 

and it's a standout

 of the performance.

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