raspathens Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I'm with James. "Junior's Farm" ROCKS!! I also think that I Reach For The Light is a wonderful song. I will say, however, that when I first heard End Of The World I sat in disbelief that that song could end up on any Eric Carmen album, much less sharing the same vinyl with the great Desperate Fools. It was like, WHAT??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Have you ever heard "Soily"? ec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I never understood "Soily" either, but man does Paul scream his lungs out on that one.Isn't "Ships" Ian Hunter's song?Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I also really like "Junior's Farm." The breakdown at the end is INSPIRED!!!Bernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 And yes, Ian wrote "Ships." Probably made more scratch from Manilow's version than most of his own recordings :-)Bernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 For what it's worth....* Yeah, I'm a "Junior's Farm" fan too.... "Soily," I can live without. It was from that mid-'70s Wings period where Paul was rockin' out a bit. It seems like a song made for his band to crank on, but it's one I would skip past every time I played that Wings Live Over America album. I'd give it a D... at best a C-. * As for "C Moon" -- damn, I've waffled on that one. Paul played it on his 2002 tour, and I thought, "Hmmm, odd choice. Get on to the next one." (He dropped it from the 2004 set list, however, as far as I know.) Yet when the Back in the US disc came out, I found myself strangely attracted to it, and NOT skipping past it. (My little daughters would say, "Dad, why are you singing "See Moon," and what does it mean? The moon's not out right now....") That said, I'd still give it a C, or maybe a C+ at best.* As for "I Reach for the Light," it was probably one of my three favorite Fresh songs (with "IWBWY" and "Let's Pretend") when I "discovered" the album while in college. But now, "If You Change Your Mind" ranks up there and replaced "I Reach." Even so, it's still a success as a song, IMHO, and I still love hearing it. But there aren't many pop songs better than "If You Change Your Mind," by anyone, from any era. Great playing, great vocal, great production, great tag.... That's an A+ song if ever there was one. Same with "IWBWY" and "Let's Pretend." I'd give "I Reach for the Light" a solid B.... A lot of writers would love to have penned that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeler Deb Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 My two cents......I also like Junior's Farm. That was popular when I was in high school. The DJ played that it lot at the school dances.My favorites from the Fresh LP has always been "If You Change Your Mind", " I Wanna Be With You", "Let's Pretend", and "Nobody Knows." "I Reach for the Light" came in fifth for me, but I do like to hear the scream!My favorite all-time EC song is "Tonight" from Side Three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 'Tonight' is pretty awesome. I remember back in the late 70s guys from the Wild Giraffes and the Pagans [Very popular local Cleveland original music bands] would constantly rave about 'Tonight'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sllvnbil Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I loved the Wild Giraffes!! Great band!! When I was with Club Wow, we've done some shows together. I'd love to have a copy of their album on CD!! Anybody??? Sorry,,,,, I'm off the subject here!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris hess Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 c- moon...yuck!! my alltime fave song of eric's is still "let's pretend"...the way the raspberries recorded it/played/sang on it still GETS me..i know you all know what i mean by that..it has that special "feel"..u know what i mean? lol,chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlesteve Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I suspect Soily was written as an extended jam specifically for the WOA 76 tour. The show I saw I believed encored out with Hi Hi Hi, and finally Soily. An odd choice as I don't believe anyone had ever heard of soily before the tour, lyrics a little goofy, should have ringed up John for some help on that one.He was still pretty stingy with playing his live Beatles tunes at the time, which at the time made sense, to establish Wings, which was pretty good timing as the 1-2 punch of Band on the Run and Venus and Mars was pretty hot.(Literally as I write this Paul just did a cameo on SNL tonight, pst) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerreds Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I was working in a Mall retail store in 1996 and I had the Geffen album on cassette in heavy rotation on the sound system.One day a female customer was present when "You Took Me All The Way" came on-she asked who that was and where she could get it.I had to break the news to her that it was out of print in the States and only available on Cd in Japan.I love "You Took Me All The Way." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspyrock Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Recently bought the Geffen album in a FYE store in Alpharetta, Ga. It was the last solo Eric Carmen CD they had. "You Took Me All The Way" is fair, but I like GATW 10 times more! Different strokes for different folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I love "Juniors Farm", AND "Soily"! "C Moon" is OK, but with all the other great Wings songs, I'm also baffled as to why includes that one in concert to this day...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuke Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I always liked C Moon, it's a little quirky. How in the world did he convince the rest of the band to play Let 'em In? Now THAT'S one McCartney song that's lyrically awful and trite and shmaltzy. Do you think they all cringed at the idea of playing that?I remember in a National Lampoon magazine there was a sort of Beatle issue and had a trivia question, When did Paul McCartney write Silly Love Songs?A: 1964 to 1987.Funny Stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I also hate "Let 'Em In", and yet I believe it went to #1.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 McCartney played a secret gig in London on Thursday. Song #4 in the setlist is back again. 'Drive My Car' 'Only Mama Knows' 'Dance Tonight' 'C Moon' 'The Long And Winding Road' 'I'll Follow The Sun' 'Calico Skies' 'That Was Me' 'Blackbird' 'Here Today' 'Back In The USSR' 'Nod Your Head' 'House Of Wax' 'I've Got A Feeling' 'Matchbox' 'Get Back' 'Hey Jude' 'Let It Be' 'Lady Madonna' 'I Saw Her Standing There' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 "Secret" gigs are planned for NYK and Chicago and LA as well. Stay tuned.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Eric Carmen said: Maybe this will help. Songwriting is a craft. Like shoemaking. At a certain point, a good shoemaker probably becomes incapable of making an outright bad pair of shoes. Songwriting is the same. ec I thought master songwriters could still write a crappy tune, but were smart enough to throw it out after some reflection, before too many people hear it. That's why Kirk and I want to raid EC's secret music vault, so we can find some things to make fun of the dude...and get a copy of that original "I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips Video" that Eric secretly watches once a week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspyrock Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 How would that compare w/ "Tales From the Crypt"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 "I Wanna Hear it from Your Lips" now that's one I cant listen to anymore! (Sorry Eric, I hope you dont take offense).Dont get me wrong, I really liked it when it first came out. I think maybe the reason is it sounds a bit dated now. It kinda has that 80's "vibe" to it, with the synthesizer and all...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HT from Mo Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Tony Cartmill said: That's why Kirk and I want to raid EC's secret music vault, so we can find some things to make fun of the dude...and get a copy of that original "I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips Video" that Eric secretly watches once a week... Tony, Are you still trying to hold onto your spot in line for your next strangulation episode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 HT, methinks you are right Muzza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mac Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 There was a band from the 70's called Edward Bear that had a huge hit with "Last Song." you know... "this is the last song, I'll ever write for you." They followed it up with a sequel on their next album called "Close Your Eyes" which finishes the love story. Harry Chapin had a big hit with his follow up to Taxi. Musical sequels are cool. We should start a thread on this. I bet there are a lot of them.I put Go All The Way and YTMATW on a mix tape back to back. Sequels are rarely as good as the originals (except for Superman 2 and Spiderman 2)but it's great fun none the less. No cringing please. Sometimes it's fun to listen to a crafted work. You have no idea the smiles you put on all of our faces the first time that one came spilling out of the speakers. IRFTL makes my Best Of Eric Carmen CD easily, and that's with only 80 minutes of recording time. We all love that song!If you want a stinker, there are none on Raspberries albums (EC compositions), but my life would not suffer greatly if I never heard "Come Back To Your Love" again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kiwi Connection Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Hey Brian...I remember Edward Bear....I loved that song. It was really popular here back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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