![]() ![]() If nothing else, his career was consistently inconsistent (or vice-versa), with albums and singles that alternately hit big or were busts altogether. Indeed, as historians might tell it, Eddie’s career wasn’t rock-star perfect, but I’d say it was nothing if it wasn’t durable, or “solid” as we might have said back in his heyday (yes, he did have a heyday). He was the “uncool” guy who always bucked the current trends – like new wave or punk in the late 1970s – or simply didn’t have the right voice or look or the song depth to carry a rock-and-roll career for as long as he eventually did (the man was touring right up until his health began failing him this year). In their attempts to poetically capture Money’s unorthodox rock-star status, many of the tributes paint the late singer as the unlikeliest of rockers (remember, he was the epitome of the establishment – a New York City cop – before he first pursued music 45 years ago). ![]() Rolling Stone recalled him as being “spasmodic and gawky” while Billboard used terms like “unconventional” and “out of step,” to describe the otherwise lovable, or at least “likable” star that Money was – as the magazine put it. Mostly the recollections of Money’s career have been mixed in describing how he became an unlikely star and the music that he did it with over the decades.įor instance, one publication called him the “archetype of album rock” – a flattering sentiment that is countered by another referring to him as the “patron saint of rock uncool.” Eddie was actually too cool for school. Some of what’s been written has been straight-up praise, while some has been less so. 13) from complications following heart valve replacement surgery (and just weeks after the singer revealed he had esophageal cancer). In the way of tributes, much has been written by the media about rocker Eddie Money, the 70-year-old legend who passed away early Friday (Sept. ![]()
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