Dave Davies - Glamour
#296
July 1 1981
Dave Davies
Glamour
Genre: Over produced slump rock
1.75 out of 5
Lowlight:
The 7th Channel
This thing is mastered LOUD. But Dave is way back in the mix. WTH?
I have a list of song titles that I think would make good tunes. I never worked that way before but, the truth is, the muse…is gone. It used to be that I would let the chords take me to where the song would be. Just a couple moves and the melody would reveal itself and then the lyrics would come.
On occasion I would have written some lyrics prior but that was kind of a rarity.
But lately, I got nothin. I don’t like the chords. I feel that I am too limited a player (which is true) and I am bored. And I don’t have that angst anymore. The stuff that fuels songwriting in your younger days. I’m also…happy. My best songwriting came at the lowest and angriest part of my life and I’m just not angry anymore.
What’s that old saying? Why did comedy stop being funny? Cuz, Jews discovered Prozac.
I feel like that a lot of the time.
So, what’s this about, Allen? This creative nadir?
I imagine that, were I a better musician I would end up writing stuff like this Dave Davies record. Nothing is really about anything. There’s nothing to hold on to.
I’ll say this: “Body” isn’t terrible and he’s trying on “Too Serious” but they just sound like Ray Davies leftovers.
