THE BODEANS' Bubbling Crude
What distinguishes a great band from an average band is often hard to pinpoint, but you could say it all boils down to motivation. The “would-be’s” and “wannabe’s” play the music biz game because they wanna be rich and famous, rolling in cars, girls and clothes, and they figure rock ’n’ roll’s as good a means as any to that end.
THE BODEANS' Bubbling Crude
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by Moira McCormick
What distinguishes a great band from an average band is often hard to pinpoint, but you could say it all boils down to motivation. The “would-be’s” and “wannabe’s” play the music biz game because they wanna be rich and famous, rolling in cars, girls and clothes, and they figure rock ’n’ roll’s as good a means as any to that end. The airwaves are clogged these days with mediocres who’ve made it— temporarily anyway—but they’re ultimately disposable.
On the other hand, those who play rock ’n’ roll because it’s essential to their existence—because they have an itch that can’t be scratched any other way—are often the ones with true staying power. Milwaukee’s local-band-made-good, the BoDeans, are in this category. The critical success of their spirited 1986 debut disc, Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams, could’ve been chalked up to beginner’s luck, but they’ve followed it with one of this year’s most engaging LPs, Outside Looking In.