Saturday Night Fish Fry

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I do not dedicate this song to the royal newlyweds. But it is not because of any malice in my heart. I do dedicate this song to you, though, who choose their blog-reading material with care, intelligence, and taste. More specifically, I dedicate it to those of you who have a sweety pie, a libido, appropriate precautionary technology, and a pure heart.



Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes stuck with the style of music, which was what originally made me a Springsteen fan for a short time. Dig Springsteen's sustained "altissimo" vocal note near the end. "The Fever" is a Springsteen composition, but I always knew it as a Southside song. I wish the sound were better in this clip so we could hear the full power of the horns and their slinky accompaniment. As heard from a good audio source, this tune is a tour de force. But at least on this video we can enjoy Clarence Clemons lumbering around the stage, without his tenor but clad in a very tasteful yellow jumpsuit and giant Panama hat, grabbing the mike on cue to belt out his profundo embellishment on the refrain. It's fun!

The Fever, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, with Bruce Springsteen (1978, live performance at the Agora Club, Cleveland, Ohio), via YouTube, embedded for noncommercial critical discussion and educational purposes.