Goals for the remainder of the year: Stop writing articles for the LA Weekly involving the phrase, [Random Band] is the Best [Insert Hyperbolic Superlative Here]. That said, I get hopelessly stannish when talk turns to Arthur Lee and Love, in particular their masterpiece, Forever Changes, which was just re-issued by Rhino last month complete with a new alternate mix and a few obsessives-only outtakes.
The article makes the case for Love as Los Angeles’ greatest band based on how perfectly they capture the way the city feels (no, not over-tanned and bloated with excess, that would be Ratt). If you haven’t heard Forever Changes, I can’t recommend anything more, save for possibly yoga on weed. So the morale of the story is probably to listen to Forever Changes while smoking a blunt and stretching. I think that last sentence indicates that I may need to move. Soon.
LA Weekly: The Doors? Black Flag? The Chili Peppers? Nope, LA’s Best Band Was Love
Buy Love-Forever Changes (Collector’s Edition)
Download:
MP3: Love-“Maybe the People Would Be the Times Or Between Clark and Hilldale”
MP3: Love-“Alone Again Or”
Bonus Track:
MP3: Love-“Your Mind And We Belong Together”
