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#RobertChristgau hipped me to #ManfredMannsEarthBand's self-titled first album, a record altogether more diverse, eccentric, and moving than anything that band subsequently gave us. It's crowning jewel is a yearning cover of #RandyNewman's "Living Without You" - a true reinvention, beating their later hit Springsteen cover 6 ways to Sunday.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OWwX4s9hcuY

Living Without You

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

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‘The Last Critic’ Review: A Captivating Portrait of Robert Christgau, the Brilliant Mad Professor of Rock Critics, and How He Made the Grade
#Variety #Reviews #RobertChristgau #SXSW #TheLastCritic

https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/the-last-critic-review-robert-christgau-1236701916/

'The Last Critic' Review: How Robert Christgau Made the Grade

A captivating look at Robert Christgau, the brilliant mad professor of rock critics, testifies to everything this formative rock writer invented.

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"Get a Job" is a song by American doo wop/R&B group #theSilhouettes, released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the #Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958, and was later included in #RobertChristgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). The song celebrates the virtues of securing gainful #employment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKhbaLyIFw
THE SILHOUETTES - "GET A JOB" (1957)

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"Get a Job" is a song by #theSilhouettes released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the #Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958, and was later included in #RobertChristgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). The song celebrates the virtues of securing gainful #employment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKhbaLyIFw
THE SILHOUETTES - "GET A JOB" (1957)

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#IDreamedIDream

I dreamt that music critic #RobertChristgau and I were in a large, high-ceilinged room where he housed his massive record collection. I asserted that the best #SteelyDan song of all isn't found on any Dan album; rather it was the Becker/Fagen-penned "American Lovers" that #ThomasJeffersonKaye once recorded. He nodded his approval, danced around a bit, and sang the lyrics back to me a cappella: "You may be the last to walk in the garden / Your life should be living to love one another / And it is no crime to walk with your brother"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHsZ2W5ms7E

American Lovers (Fagen/Becker) - Thomas Jefferson Kaye

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"Get a Job" is a song by #theSilhouettes released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the #Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958, and was later included in #RobertChristgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). The song celebrates the virtues of securing gainful #employment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzWkqfQ17Eo
Silhouettes Get A Job A B 1958

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"Love Will Find a Way" is a song released by American rock group #PabloCruise from the album #WorldsAway in May 1978. Released as a single, "Love Will Find a Way" peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song received a considerable amount of airplay during the summer of 1978, prompting critic #RobertChristgau to say, "Hear #DavidJenkins sing 'once you get past the pain' fifty times in a day and the pain will be permanent".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4-_-iq1A8
Love Will Find A Way

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"Love Will Find a Way" is a song released by American rock group #PabloCruise from the album #WorldsAway in May 1978. Released as a single, "Love Will Find a Way" peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song received a considerable amount of airplay during the summer of 1978, prompting critic #RobertChristgau to say, "Hear #DavidJenkins sing 'once you get past the pain' fifty times in a day and the pain will be permanent".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ_X6DRybJk
PABLO CRUISE - Love Will Find A Way (1978)

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"Get a Job" is a song by #theSilhouettes released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the #Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958, and was later included in #RobertChristgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). The song celebrates the virtues of securing gainful #employment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd_uvlhnvE4
The Silhouettes - Get A Job

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"Get a Job" is a song by #theSilhouettes released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the #Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958, and was later included in #RobertChristgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). The song celebrates the virtues of securing gainful #employment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKhbaLyIFw
THE SILHOUETTES - "GET A JOB" (1957)

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