I was devastated to read that Eric Carmen has passed away. The man was a true musical genius.
Today I walked around NYC listening to Go All the Way on repeat, a song he penned as frontman for The Raspberries. It may very well possess the single best hook of any song in the modern pop music era.
And I say this as a devoted fan of the Beatles, ELO and other brilliant groups from that era. As Jeff Lynne might say, I can’t get it out of my head.