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Happy 63rd birthday, Rod Stewart. You’re going through an odd era as far as your status among critics goes, with appreciation for the Faces on the rise, while nearly everything that followed only seeming to chase trends and, in the words of Rolling Stone, “become a bilious self-parody.” While one would be justified in questioning a tribute to you, considering your later work–including the seemingly endless tribute to the “American Songbook,” which was wildly popular with my mother-in-law and sold incredibly well for being a sign of the apocalypse–everyone, no matter how severe their aesthetic crimes, deserves recognition on their birthday. So here’s ours…
Since we didn’t make it to the model train store before it closed last night, the best thing we can offer is the four minutes and twenty-three seconds of your one tolerable ’80s hit, 1981’s “Young Turks”.
Rod, even with your tenure in the Faces and the occasional interesting moments of your solo career to consider, I think you could help your long-term legacy greatly by just issuing a blanket apology for your daughter, Kimberly. A simple “I regret the trouble I solved by ever helping to conceive her” would suffice.
Smiler – The Rod Stewart Fanclub [Official site]
