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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: "Worth the price of admission" by J. Borack |
| Date | Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:42:11 -0500 |
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>"Had to Make You Mine" -- Cheap Trick (from "Busted") -- This may well be
>the Great Lost Cheap trick Track, for a number of reasons: first, it was
>released in 1990, well past the Tricksters'prime; it's contained on the
>mainly forgettable commercial floperoo "Busted"; and it's one hell of a
>jangly treat, sounding for all the world like a "Hard Day's Night" outtake.
I also like "Walk Away" for Chrissie Hynne's great "I don't mind" cameo.
"Busted" isn't a bad album (anything's better than The Doctor"). But Barry
Zito's overproduction buried the whole CD except for that one track.
>"Hard to Get" -- Starclub (from "Starclub") -- This one here's an
>interesting curio from 1993 on Island Records (and one that can no doubt be
>found in 99 cent bins near you as we speak).
The only reason I paid full price for it in 1993 - groups only radio hit
and their best song. I read Oasis fans in the UK were paying a lot of cash
to get their hands for this CD (suckers), as drummer Alan White was a
touring member.
>"Suit of Armour" -- Beagle (from "Sound on Sound") -- David Bash will
>strongly disagree with me (happens a lot, folks) since "Sound on Sound" has
>long been one of his fave raves, but for my money, the album sounds a bit
>precious, basically devoid of much spirit and passion
Like a lot of 80's-early 90's pop productions - the pro-tooled and Midi'd
production sapps a lot of energy away from the performances. That said the
songs are great, and well worth doing everything to get a copy of it.
>"Don't Throw Her Love Away" -- Gregg Tripp (from "Tempus Edax Rerum") --
>Although there's no truth to the rumor that "Tempus Edax Rerum" is Latin for
>"Overblown Piece of Crap," this 1991 release by Gregg Tripp is certainly
>that. With overproduced songs with titles like "Sinners in Paradise" and
>"Human Being Being Human," much of this is ridiculously earnest and
>laughably bad. the one moment where Tripp doesn't sound like a total dork
>is on the joyous "Don't Throw Her Love Away," which takes some musical cues
>from "All My Loving" without sounding like a carbon copy.
What got me to search out and buy the CD was his track "Time" which I
discover on a sampler CD, great harmonies. I agree the rest of the CD is
crap, but im keeping it for those two songs.
Billy
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