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A Streaming Pile of Hit: The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

Time for another edition of A Streaming Pile of Hit - where you put the "s" in hit is up to you. This time we go deep into the vat of cheese and dip into The Osmonds. Yeah you read this right. The Osmonds baby, and this is worth your time - really. Months ago I found a double album of material by the Osmonds. From the brothers to Donnie and Marie. It was a terrible cover, but on the inside were some surprises. Especially the stuff from the early '70s. I figured why not revisit Crazy Horses this looked like it had the potential to be awesome or awful. Far from being the joke you think you know the punchline to, there was a time these guys were the real deal. The album opens with "Hold Her Tight" a hard rocking song with a heavy driving riff that bears more than a passing resemblance to "The Immigrant Song" released in 1970 by Led Zeppelin. The difference being the smoking horn section and the talk box licks. Heavy metal wasn't a thing yet and whi...