Early Wynn
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I agree....it's a real snoozer, IMO.
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My wife dragged me to it. I should have stayed home. Eddie Murphy was good though.
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I believe I recall seeing Davey Johnstone touring with Alice Cooper back in the late 70's.
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I reluctantly have to go with the Geffen CD. The first Arista CD is pretty good too. Raspberries...I don't really like any of them. The first album would be my favorite choice. Side 3 is a clever idea, but IMO it makes the album look like some sort of novelty item, and not the serious rockin' album that it is.
I like album covers that kind of reveal what's inside. Like Born to Run with Bruce and Clarence. I had a feeling what that album was going to sound like before I put the needle on the vinyl. When I looked at Side 3, I was thinking 1910 Fruitgum Company or the Ohio Express. Of course, when I put the album on, I was completely blown away. I seem to remember a line, "we were locked in image prison...."
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Lawsuits??? Are you insane? Then I'm going to sue the Who for the $60 I paid for their "farewell" tour ticket in 1982. For any knucklehead that is considering a lawsuit, could you convince a judge that you wouldn't have purchased the CD/DVD had you known there were going to be 1,000 released instead of 300. Plus, you'll have to show damages. "Geez, your honor, I could have gotten $175 on ebay..."
Print as many as you can sell. It's not $125 because it's a limited edition. It's $125 because there's $125 worth of stuff included.
293 and 292.
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A joke. I'd love to hear how they decide who gets in and who doesn't. Obviously not based on sales. Influence? Who has been more influential than Kiss, Alice Cooper, Raspberries? Gotta be a critics favorite I guess. They lost all credibility for me when they let the Mamas and the Papas in.
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Hey, sell as many as you can. I would have bought one if you offered 3,000 instead of 300. Hopefully you'll sell enough to go back out and play a few more shows.
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In no order:
Graham Parker
The Figgs
Tommy Keene
Cheap Trick
Smash Palace
The Peace Creeps
The Gin Blossoms
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We've listed our favorite power pop bands and favorite power pop songs. So now, how about favorite power pop albums. Here's my top 10.
Raspberries - Side 3
Badfinger - Wish You Were Here (close 2nd - Straight Up
Dwight Twilley - Sincerely
20/20 - 20/20
Shoes - Present Tense
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
Plimsouls - Anywhere at Once
The Knack - Get the Knack
Big Star - Radio City
The Keys - The Keys
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film
Artful Dodger - Rave On
The Figgs - Follow Jean Through the Sea
The Beat - The Beat
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977) (close second - Heaven Tonight)
Marshall Crenshaw - Good Evening
The Romantics (first album)
Smash Palace - 1999-2006
Eric Carmen - Tonight You're Mine
The Searchers - Love's Melodies
Bram Tchaikovsky - Strange Man Changed Man
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Hated it then - hate it now. IMO, the best thing about it was it was partially responsible for the rise of the great "new wave" music from the late 70's.
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Tonight - Raspberries
Dream All Day - Posies
High Wire Days - Tommy Keene
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Remember the Lightning - 20/20
Just a Chance - Badfinger (Baby Blue has already been picked)
A Million Miles Away - Plimsouls
Rock n Roll Girl - The Beat
Sooner or Later - Smash Palace
Am I Falling In Love Again - DL Byron
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The Hall lost all credibility for me when the Mamas and the Papas got in. And the Lovin' Spoonful??? Come on, they had a few nice songs, but.... No Alice Cooper, no Kiss, but Blondie's in there??? Again, a joke. If they want bands that were influential, then the Raspberries and Badfinger should be there. If they want bands that just had hits, then where are the Grass Roots, the DC5, Hermans Hermits, Paul Revere and the Raiders? What the hell is the criteria for getting in???
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Good poll.
Here's my choices...in no particular order.
Raspberries
Badfinger
Tommy Keene
Cheap Trick (power pop?)
Big Star
Plimsouls
Gin Blossoms
Knack
20/20 (great first record)
Shoes (Present Tense was great)
There have been some great power pop songs by non-power pop artists over the years too. But that's another list.
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Actually it was a combination of two things: first, the Yankees got spanked by the Tigers in the first round of the playoffs, then (and even sweeter) the Amazing Mets got beat by the Cardinals in round two. Pure heaven I tell ya, pure heaven.
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I'm not a big fan of this trend of washed up singers doing an entire CD covering old hits. Nothing wrong with including one or two covers, but an entire CD??? If they can't do a decent original song, then at least cover some great obscure songs. Like with Rod Stewart covered "Downbound Train" (although I thought Patty Smyth did a much better version a couple of years before). Quite honestly though...I haven't like Rod the Mod since he left the Faces. IMO, he hasn't done anything that is even close to "Stay With Me."
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Here's my 2 cents worth. I would prefer to see the Raspberries tour with a newer, young, relevant opening band. I don't think of the Raspberries as an "oldies" act, and a new band would help attract a new audience to see the masters at work. Cheap Trick is currently touring with OK GO. I would imagine that a lot of OK GO's fans only know of Cheap Trick thru the episode of the Simpsons. Of course, OK Go is only known for that cool treadmill video. The song is mediocre, at best (IMO).
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While I'm not a fan of any of those other songs, the Raspberries are in some good company there...Elvis, Chuck Berry (the true king of Rock n Roll), James Brown, Chicago, Three Dog Night, the King of Pop, Mac Davis...wait a minute, Mac Davis had the #1 song????? Ugh!!!
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Is it possible that Gale doesn't have a boyfriend because she already has a rich girlfriend?
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I was just singing "It Hurts Too Much" this morning.
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I loved it. Thanks. Hopefully the "Tonight" video will be on again soon.
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I wish opera was banned in my town, along with rap, hip-hip, techno, show tunes, and Celine Dion.
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Two things:
1. We love to hate Steinbrenner, but I wish the Phillies' owners wanted to win as much as he does. I'd take him in a heartbeat.
2. Abreau is a dog. He's not a winner. He puts up nice stats, but he's all about himself. Notice that since he's been gone, the Phillies have been winning. Even the players have commented about what a dog he was in the clubhouse. He's surrounded by winners now but (despite what Donnie Osmond said) one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch.
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Agreed. After the play Philly, then they can travel across the pond.
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No Boats Against the Current, Sunrise, No Hard Feelings, It Hurts Too Much, Hey Deanie, She Did It, Change of Heart, Hungry Eyes??? Are they being saved for Disc 3?
Funny "On Tour" Stories
in Go All The Way
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C'mon, I wanna hear about the wild parties, the wilder groupies, tearing up hotel rooms.........