Kapurasama Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 I was listening through "Boats Against The Current" again yesterday afternoon. For some reason, the lyrics of "Run Away" just clicked inside my head. I've listened to it a lot over the past month, but I actually really listened to the lyrics this time.It's such an amazing song; almost the antithesis of the average blue-eyed golden love song.The cynicism I detect in this song toward teenage love is so refreshing. I'm in the middle of "Romeo and Juliet" in school, and this song is such a breath of fresh air.The cautionary tale of a man who was burned by adolescent 'love'.I like this song. Of the two albums I own ("Eric Carmen" and "Boats"), this song reigns supreme over all others.Anyone else have any opinions? Love? Hate? Indifferent? Discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 The main thing to discuss is, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE ERIC'S OTHER ALBUMS YET? They are afordable over there, aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapurasama Posted October 30, 2002 Author Share Posted October 30, 2002 Why don't I have Eric's other albums yet? Several reasons:Affordable for a person with a real job and afforble for someone with a thirty-dollar-a-month allowance and a small lawnmowing business on the side are two very different things.EC isn't exactly the most widely-distributed musician; he's not sold at Wal Mart, the only major store I'm in each week.My next Amazon.com order isn't for several more weeks.I prefer to ration out any new musician: I took a year to collect all my Manilow stuff, I took six months to gather my Bee Gees collection (which is only about half their stuff), and I took three months to gather my very small Al Stewart collection. I like taking time to gather any musician's works. Besides, I've been burned too many times by buying a CD for twenty bucks, only to find the unopened vinyl at a thrift store for a fraction of the price.I live in rural Texas; my occassional trips to Houston's used record shops have been the only source for my current EC collection (and Manilow, and Bee Gees, et cetera).There. That enough explanation yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 I like "Run Away" but always felt that it could have used a bit of editing. A couple of minutes too long, I thought.MARVIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJacks Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 I always liked "Runaway" too. I think it should have been on his "Best of" CD. Actually, it is on the import version. But it is very long; of course, that's kind of a good thing too.Jeff J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveh Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 Runaway is one of my favorite EC ballads. I think most guys can relate to what Eric is expressing in the song, and he sings it with passion. He expresses frustration and disappointment, yet hope for the future - and is determined to succeed.Steveh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 Kap, buddy, Try getting them used on the internet. E-bay, Amazon.com CDnow. I hope you got the Bee Gees Main Course 1975, Mr Natural 1974, ESP 1986, One 1989, High Civilization 1991, Size Isn't Everything 1993. They are some of the best Bee Gees CD's unless you like their chipmunk disco phase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 Tony, you and I finally agree on something!!!"Main Course" by the Bee Gees - one of THE best albums of the last 30 years.MARVIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapurasama Posted October 31, 2002 Author Share Posted October 31, 2002 I've checked for 'em used, but don't want to get them all too quickly. The Amazon.com order will be coming quickly; "Cartoon World" looks like too much fun to pass up.--"I hope you got the Bee Gees Main Course 1975, Mr Natural 1974, ESP 1986, One 1989, High Civilization 1991, Size Isn't Everything 1993. They are some of the best Bee Gees CD's unless you like their chipmunk disco phase."--I personally basically like sticking with the "Greatest Hits" from the Disco era. "Children of the World", "Spirits Having Flown", and "You Stepped Into My Life" are the only Disco hits of theirs I really like. Alas, "Children of the World" never makes it on to any of the greatest hits compilations, save the 1979 "Bee Gees Greatest Hits", available on LP, 8-track, and cassette. I've got the 8-track."Main Course" truly was a great album. "Nights on Broadway", "Fanny", "Wind of Change", "Edge of the Universe", and a naked woman on the cover. Everything you could possibly want.A lot of my Bee Gees collection consists of their early stuff, including a couple LPs of their Australian sessions from '64. There's very few of their albums that I listen straight through."Here At Last" was very good. One of the best Live albums I've heard in a while (certainly better than their 1997 "One Night Only"). "Nights on Braodway" seems designed to be played live.Interestingly enough, "ESP" is on my turntable right now. "One", "High Civilization", and "Size Isn't Everything" are all on my "Next Bee Gees to Buy" list. Their latest, "This Is Where I Came In" isn't half bad, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymooladi Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 Runaway has always been one of my favorites if not my favorite. It should have gone much farther than it did. I'm glad your enjoying it too. JUNE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCraft Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 I love Runaway, I like the piano solo parts as well as the lyrical parts. Its one of those songs that fits the mood of the album perfectly.JIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Runaway is probably the best lyric Carmen has written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Ther is only one weak song on Bee Gees "Main Course" That is "All This Making Love" I put that album up there with Carmen's 1975, 1980, and 1984 releases in my all time top 10. I'm not that much of a rocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapurasama Posted November 1, 2002 Author Share Posted November 1, 2002 Ironically, I don't have that song on my version of "Main Course".My mother bought the album for my birthday, and used a Sharpie to censor the cover art. I then was given the album, converted to CD (sans that one song).I really like "Edge of the Universe. That's a fun song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 The live version of "Edge..." on Here At Last: Bee Gees Live is better than the studio version.It has a better grove and a horn section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 The Bee Gees "Main Course" is also one of my favorites. The song "Come On Over" was a top 30 hit for Olivia Newton-John back in 1976. I like the Bee Gees version than Olivia. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristina Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Run Away is one of my all time favorites...maybe because I was just an average blue eyed golden haired high schooler...an incredibly romantic song with awesome lyrics and great musical ending...don't think it was too long at all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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