Thursday, February 25

February 25, 2016 - Apollo 100 - Joy (1972)


What to say about this one? It's a classic instrumental one hit wonder, the archetypal breezy cheezy 70s pop AM radio hit. I love the fade in, the organ, and the rhythm guitar. I especially love the electric guitar solo, it has that recorded in a cave reverb quality. Not crazy about the horns during the song, but I love them during the build up at the end. And the tiny one second drum break around 2:01 is cool. I don't know if Bach would have liked it, but I think it's a pretty cool arrangement and from a long gone era in pop music when hit songs were allowed to be unapologetically geeky and joyful.

1 comment:

  1. I loved the 70's, cheese disco and all; this was in Boogie Nights, I think?

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