January 9 – Thursday – Eddie Money

Another Long Island boy, Eddie Money made a good showing on Saturday Night Live back when this, his first record came out, singing both songs from the album that would become hits – “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Baby Hold On.” His, like Ricki Lee Jones’ performance on the show made a big impression on me, and, unlike with Ricki Lee Jones, I rushed out to buy this album. I’m still liking the two hits a lot and the rest of the album is okay.

I was going to write about the GEICO commercial that ran in 2013 and my reaction to his appearance, but when I googled Eddie Money commercial, the words popped up right away and at the top of the list of references were the words I had typed in to search, plus the word that summed up my reaction to his appearance. So many posts with the same thought that was already in my head, and it’s not kind, so I thought I would just end here. I don’t want my site to be one of the ones that comes up in that kind of search, which is why I’m not using the descriptive word. I just have to wonder what would Ronnie say.