Rock and roll has always catered to a younger audience, but the purveyors of bubblegum music geared that sub-genre to pre-teen girls, who pestered their parents into letting them buy those records. As a result, the subject matter was pretty tame. That was OK by Joey Levine, who sang lead on the singles issued under the Ohio Express name. Later on, Joey sang ad jingles like “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t” and fronted a studio group called Reunion with the huge ‘74 hit “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me).” Hey, it was a living.
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I liked this song a lot when I was 14 and in junior high.
As a 64-year-old man I still find it catchy and enjoyable to hear from time to time.
It wasn't just pre-teen girls who liked the song. A neighborhood friend of mine and my brother's, he also loved it as well.
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