Centerfold; J. Geils Band

The last but not the least, J. Geils Band with Centerfold. I think that Rolling Stone magazine put in its list only songs that were worldwide hits in their respective times and it chose to mix up the stiles of the songs witch appear in it (power ballad, indie rock, soul, etc.). Its staff made a complete and consistent playlist with so many good choices and only 6 places. Good work!

"Centerfold" is the bigger success of J. Geils Band. It reached #1 on US Bilboard Hot 100 and stayed there for six weeks and reached #4 on UK Single Charts. The song lists at #52 on Billboard's All Time Top Songs.

Peter Wolf, the vocalist, wrote "Centerfold" and some guess he wanted to mean his relationship with Angel Tompkins, even because the chorus says "my angel is the centerfold". The whistling in this song is right in the end, in the fade out part. Which means that if you wanna listen it you will have to listen the entire song. But it's not a problem — it's a amazing song.

The videoclip is very cool. I found in Wikipedia: "The music video starts out with Peter Wolf going to the classroom and looking through a magazine which he mentions his girlfriend is in. Some girls then start dancing in a line wearing slips. Afterwards, more girls appear in the whole classroom in negligees dancing, smiling, and playing patty cake. Wolf then hands a couple of uniforms to two of the girls. Later on, the girls appear in cheerleading sweatshirts resembling a 1980s style dress. After Wolf is knocked out by the girls with books, a party begins with the cheerleaders. The video ends with Wolf running out of the school in the company of four girls doing cartwheels."

For a digital remastered version of the videoclip click here to watch in YouTube. Below the video there is a picture of his Angel...

Come on!

Does she walk?
Does she talk?
Does she come complete?
My homeroom homeroom angel always pulled me from my seat
She was pure like snowflakes, no one could ever stain
The memory of my angel could never cause me pain
Years go by, I'm looking through a girlie magazine
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in between

My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
(2x)

Slipped me notes, under the desk
While I was thinking about her dress
I was shy, I turned away, before she caught my eye
I was shakin' in my shoes whenever she flashed those baby blues
Something had a hold on me when Angel passed close by
Those soft fuzzy sweaters, too magical to touch
To see her in that negligee is really just too much

My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
(2x)

Nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah (3x)

Now listen:
It's okay, I understand
This ain't no never-never land
I hope that when this issues gone
I'll see you when your clothes are on
Take your car, yes we will,
We'll take your car and drive it
Take it to a motel room and take 'em off in private
A part of me has just been ripped
The pages from my mind are stripped
Oh no I can't deny it
Oh yeah, I guess I got to buy it

My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
(2x)

Nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Alright!
Alright!
1,2,3,4

Nah nah...

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