Not Another Music Series - "Not Fragile"

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Not what you might expect to follow a reggae song, but here we are. This series is almost over, but not-quite-yet. So here is today’s tune: “Not Fragile” by Bachman Turner Overdrive. Remember those radio-friendly hit singles like “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” or “Let it Ride,” or “Takin’ Care of Business?” If you’ve listened to Classic Rock Radio you have, at some point. Hell, if you watched enough television over the years, you’ve heard “Takin’ Care of Business” in like a gazillion commercials. Yeah, well, “Not Fragile” doesn’t sound like any of those. “Not Fragile” is all muscular, crunchy riffs - heavy, in-your-face riffage. It’s the title track from the Canadian band’s 1974 triple-platinum album (#1 in both the U.S. and Canada.) It wasn’t released as a single (“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” was tacked onto the album late as a single because the record company heard no hit-single potential in the album as it was.) It wasn’t really single material - this is pretty heavy stuff for 1974. So, since this is the middle of the night, be sure to turn it up really loud when you listen. Link is to the studio album version: