![]() Seger has to suck in quick breaths between lines just to keep up. Seger's Silver Bullet Band charges forward with the irrestible momentum that marks all Berry songs. The blood-boiling excitement of the new record is best represented on "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight," the best Chuck Berry song that Berry never wrote. Seger's 10 new songs capture the flavor of that action better than anyone's since his own legendary 1976 album, "Night Moves." "Against the Wind" takes Seger back down to the street corner action of Detroit's Woodward Avenue, where his true fans have always been. On his last record, Seger seemed to desert them for the glittery lures of "those Hollywood Hills," where they could never follow. In his music, Seger shows the fire and determination that make today's party more important than tomorrow's promises.įor all the gas pumpers, riveters, carpenters and secretaries who live for the weekend, Seger's new album, "Against the Wind" (Capitol SOO-12041), is a welcome return. All the restless young white kids who never gave up "the street" for the office or the kitchen - even as they passed 30 - view Seger as an inspiration. Bob Seger is the legitimate hero of American street life.
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