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J. GEILS BAND-CENTERFOLD

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 13, 2019-THIRTY EIGHT YEARS AGO THE J. GEILS BAND HIT PAYDIRT WITH THE RELEASE OF THE SINGLE ‘CENTERFOLD.’ THIS SONG IS ABOUT A GUY WHO HAD A CRUSH ON A SWEET, INNOCENT GIRL IN HIS CLASSROOM IN HIGH SCHOOL. YEARS LATER, HE’S SKIMMING THROUGH A GIRLIE MAGAZINE AND SEES HIS CRUSH AS THE CENTERFOLD, AND HIS MIND IS BLOWN. RATHER THAN BEING EXCITED, HE IS DISAPPOINTED, AS HIS MEMORY “HAS BEEN SOLD.”

THE SONG WAS THE NUMBER ONE SONG IN THE US FOR 6 WEEKS AND BILLBOARD HAS IT RANKED AT #66 ON IT’S LIST OF “THE TOP SONGS OF ALL-TIME.”

HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘CENTERFOLD’