![]() No more songs of innocence and experience for the face of the Faces these are songs of priapism and shlock, his trademark tartan scarf replaced by Italian suits and everything they represent. Gone forever was the guy who captured the confusion and triumph of growing to manhood the Stewart of 1978 sounds winded, jaded, and willing to settle for pure pop pablum. That said, by the time Blondes Have More Fun came out, Stewart had coarsened from irrepressible rogue to leering roué, and from a teller of incredible coming of age songs to the type of aging lothario who enjoys his “dirty weekends.” Gone was the Stewart who gave us “Maggie May,” “Every Picture Tells a Story,” and “You Wear It Well,” replaced by the old-enough-to-know-better celebrity sleaze who gave us “Attractive Female Wanted.” In short Stewart’s decline was not precipitous but gradual. ![]() And anybody who thinks “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” was Rod’s first ignominious bellyflop into the pop music swamp obviously missed “Hot Legs” from 1977’s Foot Loose and Fancy Free. ![]() It’s tempting to say that Rod the Mod jumped the shark on 1978’s Blondes Have More Fun, but it’s hardly accurate rock ’n’ roll’s most lovable bad boy had been on a downward slide ever since 1974’s Smiler.
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