Daisy McLintock Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Eric's 'Hungry Eyes' was advertised last night by Time-Life's Collection of Rock Ballads. The clip they used to advertise Eric and his song was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzafZgYzOoQ He's singing live in 1987.(If you're interested in purchasing this dynamite collection of 153 songs from the 70's here's the number 800 406-5757.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 It is good to see publicity like this for Eric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Daisy, I'm no math genius... but 1987 was not part of the 70's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 And "I" thought I couldn't DO math. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy McLintock Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Yes I noticed that about the year, that they were advertising 80's music when the title of the collection was for 70's music. There were plenty of other songs in the collection that were clearly from the 80's. At the time of my post I did not think to add that tidbit.They also included ABM in this collection. Didn't know that until after my post.I highly doubt Time-Life contacted all these musicians to ask if they could put a collection together. They probably just put "the check in the mail." Nice for Eric and his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Time-Life doesn't need to contact the artists, but they certainly had to contact the appropriate publishing companies to ensure that all copyrights were protected. Eric had no hand in writing "Hungry Eyes", so whoever owns the publishing would have been contacted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 "Eric had no hand in writing "Hungry Eyes"' _ QUOTE from MarvinInteresting, I always thought he wrote the lyrics... he just recorded it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 "Hungry Eyes" was written by Frankie Previte of Frankie & the Knockouts fame ("Sweetheart" was their top 10 hit in the early 1980's.). In my opinion, Eric saved the song with his lead vocals. I've never liked the song, and in someone else's hands, it would have probably sunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Marvin...I agree with you. ec's vocals MAKE that song. IMHOJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 "Hungry Eyes" was written by Frankie Previte of Frankie & the Knockouts fame ("Sweetheart" was their top 10 hit in the early 1980's.). In my opinion, Eric saved the song with his lead vocals. I've never liked the song, and in someone else's hands, it would have probably sunk. Which is probably why "Teeth" brought it to EC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I've got a radio interview with Eric where he details what he thought of the song when it was presented to him, and how he tried to do his "Lennon" voice on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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