There are many things that may make a song awesome and memorable. It sometimes has to do with the singer that is performing it, and if they have a unique style, they can really make a song popular very quickly. In fact, it seems as if almost anything they sing is going to go straight to number one. At other times, however, it is a combination of multiple factors that can include the voice of the singer, the tune of the song, and even the lyrics. All of those come together quite nicely in an old Bob Seger classic, “Turn the Page.”
Not only is it an amazing song, it also has the distinction of being one of the most popular songs of all time. When you really stop to think about it, you will only need to hear a few notes of the song and before long, you are singing it in your head. It was originally released in the 1973 album, “Back in 72”. It made its debut and before long, it was working its way into our permanent memory. It also got released as a single but amazingly, it didn’t make the charts. When the live version of the 1976 song from the ‘Love Bullet’ was released, it gained a lot of attention.
One of the reasons why it is so popular is because it takes you on a very special journey to a place that many singers are quite familiar with. It talks about a journey down the road, so to speak, and it is referring to the difficult life of a musician. Many people can relate to the song, not because they live the life of a musician but because they sometimes feel like an outsider, even when they are among those whom they know.
The highs and lows of the song are undeniably emotional. It seems as if they all knew what they were doing back then, and they even talked about their long hair, which was suitable because it was in the hippie era. Seger said: “We all had very long hair back then – it was the hippie era – but Skip, Mike and Bob had all stuffed their hair up in their hats. You had to be careful out on the road like that because you’d get ostracized. When I walked in, there was this gauntlet of truckers making comments – “Is that a girl or man?” I was seething.”
There is also a lot of emotion behind the song, and that is perhaps what drives it more than anything else. Along with the lyrics, however, is also some fantastic music that is taking place in the background. From the saxophone to the drums and everything else, it just seems to reach us on a very personal level.
We have a lot to thank Bob Seger for when it comes to the song. Not only is it a part of our memory, it continues to be something that we love to hear when it plays on the radio.