Wednesday, August 08, 2012

An Actual Sign of the End Times

Okay, I have no further reason to remain living.

By which I mean, I have found an illegal download link for the first two albums by early 70s soft-rock schmuck icons Batdorf and Rodney.

John Batdorf & Mark Rodney were signed by Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic Records, the same day as The Rolling Stones, in the next room. Ahmet took a personal interest in the Batdorf & Rodney sound, and guided their career.

Download the albums Ahmet felt so strongly about here. If you dare.

And now -- I'm done.

Okay, I'm mostly kdding, but this really frightens me.

[h/t Gummo]

11 comments:

pete said...

Batdork did a show on Bainbridge Island recently.

Gummo said...

I couldn't name you a single B&D song, but I have a vague memory that they made Seals & Crofts look macho.

buzzbabyjesus said...

I went to Youtube and experienced 44 seconds of "One Day".
Much worse than The Gaslight Anthem.
Back in the day, amidst the classic albums by The Stones et al, was plenty of dreck like this. It's why Punk happened.

FD13NYC said...

Not a bad song really. Could've been shortened by at least 2 minutes. Too much intro. I haven't heard these guys in ages.

Anonymous said...

has anybody else seen 2/3 of America shilling on an infomercial for 70's love ballads?

Gummo said...

Anonymous said...

has anybody else seen 2/3 of America shilling on an infomercial for 70's love ballads?


2/3 of America? That would be something like 200 million people!



Oh, wait.

GLLinMO said...

I think that win the CS&N sound alike contest - wimpy division. Although the acoustic guitar work t'aint bad.

Mark said...

Yeah, yeah. And I'M still waiting for the two WILDERNESS ROAD albums to be released on CD. Unlike Batdorf and Rodney, the two ROAD albums were good.

powerpopster said...

Damn! Here I spent good money that went to the artists when I could have waited and stolen it for free. ;) Agree to disagree, but yes, a lot of early '70s "soft rock" hasn't aged well. You guys probably hate Aztec Two-Step also, who are a much better comparison that CS&N...

BTW, Batdorf & Rodney's best song, and the one to judge them by (IMHO) would be "Home Again" from the 1st album.

steve simels said...

You guys probably hate Aztec Two-Step also, who are a much better comparison that CS&N...

I have an Aztec Douchebag story that I wasn't going to tell, but now I probably have to. Let's just say I briefly shared a stage with those twerps.

Next week. Remind me.

powerpopster said...

Will do! I'm sure it's a good one..