Robin23 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Happy Birthday to a fellow "Little Rascals" fan. If you remember the episode with Darla's dad..I hope your b-day turns out better than his. I hope your birthday is filled with happiness and love. Thank you for sharing your musical talent with us. The NY show was awesome and looking forward to the Atlantic City show in Sept.RobinSuffolk, VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Happy Birthday, Eric! Thanks for keeping your music so special for so many of us."Haven't you come a long way, baby?"Love from Cajun Country in Baton Rouge, LouisianaSharon Aycock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sllvnbil Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Happy Birthday Eric!!!!!!! I'll see you at the next rehearsal my friend! Billy Sullivan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungryeyes Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Eric, Bob Stroud from WDRV 97.1 just wished you aHAPPY BIRTHDAY and played GO ALL THE WAY on hisRock & Roll Roots show! Thanks Stroud!I emailed him asking if he would wish you HBHe has done so in the past too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andie Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I would like to wish you a very happy birthday from a new fan (but known your songs forever). Seen the Scene show in Cleveland - great! (Keep Sullivan close to home sometimes O.K.!) Congratulations on your renewed success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldblue Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Eric, Happy Birthday and many thanks to you.Way back in '72 I was in college in Cedar Rapids, IA, and heard "Go All the Way" for the first time on the local AM "all hits" station. I freaked. This was essentially what I had been looking for a band to do for the past 2 years -- seamlessly blend influences of Beatles, Who, Beach Boys, and those other melodic bands of the 60's into a musical statement that was fresh and original. I drove most of my friends crazy punching GATW up on the juke box at the local watering hole. They didn't quite understand.I moved back to St. Louis in '74, got re-acquainted with old buddies from high school, and sang the praises of the Raspberries. Occasionally we would meet, get out the guitars, and I'd play riffs from GATW and "I Wanna Be With You" and they'd look at me as if I had just stepped out of a spaceship. They didn't quite understand.In '76 I saw you at the Ambassador Theater on a bill with Sweet. It was the most polished, yet energetic performance I had ever seen from anyone - not Sweet, but the Eric Carmen Band. Almost felt sorry for the English band, having to follow that example. Told my friends about the concert and how great you were, and even tried to get up a party to come down to Six Flags to see you later on that year, but...they still didn't quite understand. (But I came to see you regardless, and still kick myself in the butt for missing the Dirty Dancing tour at 6 Flags years later.)It's the 21st Century, and I've long since given up on seeing the Raspberries perform live, when lo and behold, rumbles begin to emerge about members getting back together for various projects. I hear belatedly of the Hall of Fame concert. And then...2004, and I hear of the HOB opening in Cleveland, then the New Year's Eve show, and I knew I had to come to Chicago to see the Raspberries on Jan. 15.Jan. 15 -- all the years melted away. I had come back to that same experience of the early 70's, hearing the hits with new ears, seeing the most perfect ROCK AND ROLL BAND (notice, no "power pop", no "oldies revival" labels) I HAD EVER SEEN on stage and enjoying playing as much as the audience was enjoying listening -- perfect symbiosis. I felt it couldn't get any better AND I was in the company of people who UNDERSTOOD COMPLETELY what it was all about.And the remarkable thing was that on July 23rd and 24th in New York the experience was not only duplicated, but made even richer by getting to know still more people touched by your music. And incidently, Sunday, July 24th will go down as the best performance I've ever seen from any group, period.I truly hope you can simply reap a fraction of the happiness you, Wally, Dave, and Jim have given me and hundreds of other fans in the past year -- because you have given us so much, both in the past 12 months and in your recorded and performance legacy over the years. Thank You, the rest of the Berries and the Overdubs, and everyone associated with the advancement of your music.My apologies for the longwindedness. And once again, A Very Happy Birthday wish to you and your family on the 11th. Enjoy life.John Roppolo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Happy Birthday Eric!Your music has meant so much to me over the years... I was hooked from the first time I heard "Let's Pretend" in 1972 at the tender age of 7!! A lifelong dream came true for me on July 23rd in NYC - I got to see my first Raspberries concert! (and I got to shake hands with you in Lucille's!) Thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. The show was beyond anything I could have imagined - I still get goosebumps when I think about it! And can I just say that you look and sound absolutely amazing!! I can't wait for Atlantic City.Ah, Life is Good!! Wishing you all the best for the future and lots of love from Boston!Margaret Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryGL Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 "There are no second acts in American lives."--F. Scott FitzgeraldWell, Eric, you certainly proved your old literary hero absolutely wrong. Because your second act began post-Raspberries with your magnificent solo work--and after that, you somehow called up the energy to re-invent yourself in the '80s, and once more in the '90s.And now, all of us are in awe by how you've done it again--this time rocking like a 20-year old in the new millennium. Thank you Eric Carmen, for being in this world. You're a national treasure, and we take such joy in your artistry. Happy birthday.Love and light,--Larry Lange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Nivan Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Happy Birthday Eric!Thanks for making rock 'n' roll THRILLING again!Your pal,"Keith" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy the Nick Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 From all of us fans whom you and the boys have made a wish come true, have a wonderful birthday, and many more to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Krider Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I've spent 33 years listening to your voice, loving your songs and admiring your growth as a person. You are the definition of the word "cool."So now the youngest Berry hits the age of 56, and all the Berries share the same age and the same stage. You all are musical brothers born of different parents brought together by love.Thanks for sharing the dream that is Raspberries with the world once again.My son and I wish you a very "Happy Birthday!"Don and Eric Krider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Eric -- what a great year for you !! Thanks for the music -- Happy Birthday and may this upcoming year be blessed with health and happiness.Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Have a great, great day with your family, Eric. What a thrill it was for me to see three concerts of yours in the last nine months and actually get to shake your hand twice! Here's to a fantastic year....you had me at "Go All the Way". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Happy Birthday to you and Jim Koplik...He(a promoter for many years on the east coast) noted the other day on a radio show here in Ct., that you were the only rock figure to have the same birthday as him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzy Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Dearest Eric,Well, where do I start? How do I explain how much your music has meant to me? Every year on my Birthday I always wished for the same thing...."please, please let the Raspberries get back together...(or at least let me be able to meet Eric someday)!!!"I had been dreaming and wishing for that since high school. Well, who woulda thought!!!! Thanks for making my wish come true, I hope all yours have come true as well.All the best and have a wonderful Birthday!!!Your fan forever....Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamacote Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 .....happy b-day, eric.......i echo the sentiments of my e.c.board-member brethren, wishing you the best, and thanking you for making our collective and cumulative birhtday wishes come true!!!!......tommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Eric,I don't know who's having a better year--you or me! I met my soul mate, married him, had some of your music played at our reception, went on an awesome honeymoon, moved 165 miles, got a great job and the Raspberries got back together! Anyway, thank you for putting the cherry on my sundae! Many, many more happy birthdays to you!--Julie (still on a farm in Iowa--just a different one!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Happy B-day to the Jack-Of-All-Music Trades Master! From romantic crooner to hard-rocking front man...You can ace them all! But we all know it's your songs that touch us most deeply and make you immortal...So keep sharing and keep creating...For the next Raspberries or solo CD...And the kids are going to need some co-writes on their debut CDs as well.Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Happy birthday. Look back at some of the concert photos in about 30 years and you'll be saying "I didn't realize what a kid I was at those reunion shows!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymooladi Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 The Happiest of Birthday to you Eric. You have lots to smile about these days as I do. I've had a blast at the Raspberries concerts I've had a chance to get to. I really hope you are enjoying them as much as I am. I'm so glad that you have such a loving family, your health, this Raspberries this happening, and so many fans who can say such nice things about you and your music. What a wonderful gift.Enjoy your Birthday Eric, Love and PeaceJune & Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sthom3521 Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 My wife and I were priveleged to be the first to sign Kazumi's huge card for ya, Eric. We won't forget the NYC experience (and staying back from our Sunday flight to see the Sunday show!)Happy birthday..you've given us so much.Steve and Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymooladi Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Gene I enjoyed looking at all your the wonderful pictures. Some people I know and some I don't, but it is so great to see all the smiles on the faces. Are we having fun yet??June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When I'm Cool Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Hi Eric, it’s great to see you once again,Stepping from behind the shadows just feels go right, we’ve been blown away and blinded by your light.It’s been like a rock n’ roll echo from the past,with anticipation of building new long-lasting memories, we live by the light you cast.Arthur, Clifford and Dragon Tales are pretty cool, but those kids are back to school.So, now that you’ve sharpened your sword,Please, please get back to the studio and record.We can’t wait to see you twist and shout again,thank you for sharing your musical genius.Happy Birthday ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Double Feature Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Happy Birthday Eric... hope to see you in the UK very soon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobsterLvr Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Eric, did you get my present? What? It didn't get there? I can't believe it! It must have gotten lost in the mail! Jeez, that sucks. You woulda loved it. Nice wrapping job too. What a waste. Darn it!! Oh well, it looks like I'll just have to give you the same thing I gave you last year....one big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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