J. Geils Band – “Looking For A Love”, “Love Stinks”, “Freeze Frame” and “Centerfold”

The J. Geils Band, which started as an acoustic blues trio in the mid Sixties, went on to have a number of hits in the Seventies, including “Looking For A Love”.

To be honest, I don’t really remember much, if anything, of them in those years.

At the end of the decade they moved somewhat from blues-rock to a more commercial sound, charting with “Love Stinks” in 1980, followed by “Freeze Frame” and “Centerfold”.

These are the songs that I mainly associate with the J. Geils Band, and in fact I saw them perform the tracks live in June 1982 at the Munich Olympic Stadium, when they were a curtain raiser for the Rolling Stones.

I had a seat at the opposite end of the stadium, so I couldn’t see a lot of detail, but I do remember it was one heck of a show.

This obviously wasn’t the J. Geils Band’s first visit to Germany, as here is a 1979 live performance of “Looking For A Love” at Rockpalast, a popular German live rock TV show:

I have two versions of “Love Stinks” for you, first the studio sound:

And now “Love Stinks” live (in this video the synchronisation stinks too…)

And I eventually found a video of “Freeze Frame” that didn’t have the sound disabled – hopefully this one hasn’t by the time you watch it…

This video of “Centerfold” isn’t exactly what I was expecting, but it’s kind of fun – these kids were certainly having a great time making it:

Bit different to the show I saw at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, but I like it, hope you do too…

Paul

Tags: Centerfold, Freeze Frame, J. Geils Band, Looking For A Love, Love Stinks, Music of the Seventies, Rockpalast, Rolling Stones, Seventies Rock Bands

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