“I know who you are, Peter Quill, and I am not some starry eyed waif here to succumb to your… your PELVIC SORCERY!” – Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Guardians of the Galaxy

Ah, “pelvic sorcery”.  It was the line that sparked a revolution.

Rakeem and I saw Guardians of the Galaxy  shortly after it came out, and suffice to say that we were pleasantly surprised at how good it was.  This was a year (read: this year) where Marvel was responsible for the terrific X-Men: Days of Future Past and the even more terrific Captain America: The Winter Soldier, so it was truly high praise from  a pair of enthusiastic film goers and/or critics such as ourselves.  It was a brilliant movie with a perfect emphasis on light hearted humor, a great cast and a kick ass soundtrack which is what sold me on the film as a whole.  A while back I intended on doing a review for the O.S.T. as a whole (that’s original soundtrack for those who didn’t know) but I think I can have more fun doing track reviews for the twelve songs, especially those that may be lesser known to our general audience.  So let’s start with the one that gave us the finest “I’m attracted to you but I won’t admit it” line in comedic sci-fi history.

Elvin Bishop is an old blues man out of California, a blue-eyed soul and country rocker who doesn’t just sound like a folk singer but has a nickname that sounds like a folk legend (Pigboy Crabshaw).  In the mid-70s, with his album Struttin’ My Stuff, he enlisted the assistance of singer Mickey Thomas, famed for being lead vocalist for Jefferson Starship, and a song was born.

This song is easy to listen to, just hard to classify.  It is blues?  No, it’s too happy to be blues.  It is pop?  No, it’s not generic enough to be pop.  Soft rock?  Kind of.  The more we grow the less and less we care about genre.  What “Fooled Around” gives us is an upbeat tale of going from player to lovesick in the span of a song, as well as ridiculous statistics.  A million girls?  Every singer and/or songwriter is not Wilt Chamberlin. 

While this song may not be the most well-known to those I know so much, they can appreciate the concept of the song because I know they’ve heard “Fire and Desire” by the late greats Rick James and Teena Marie.  It’s the same concept, from a blues/soft rock perspective.  Bishop himself would have sang the song had his voice not been so gravelly.  The upbeat feel of the song makes for a fun listen, and its inclusion into the film was sheer perfection.  So give it a listen below, and if you haven’t checked out Guardians then check it out.  Then check out the soundtrack.  Because it’s great.