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- clive gash
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Fleetwood Mac were listening.
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clive gash wrote:Fleetwood Mac were listening.
So was Jim Steinman.
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Carmen and the Raspberries have some good stuff and they certainly try very very hard, but there is always a naffness quotient to everything. They are so full of themselves. And yet, I want that in a rock star. And yet they are not and will never be rock stars.
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Not the best or worst example of Eric Carmen trying to be McCartney. Dunno about Fleetwood Mac, but Styx were clearly listening.
Where would rock 'n' roll be without feedback?
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Harvey K-Tel wrote:clive gash wrote:Fleetwood Mac were listening.
So was Jim Steinman.
I hear Jay Ferguson. And maybe Andrew Gold?
And the piano at the end, Jeff Lynne.
Quintessential 70s schmaltz. I guess Carmen is/was more of a composer than a vocalist, but he does get stronger near the end.
whodathunkit wrote: Somewhere it's always 1972.
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I was generous with a 3 cuz the piano is nice. But the strings have got to go.
whodathunkit wrote: Somewhere it's always 1972.
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I consider myself a fan of the Raspberries, but - yeah, this is like a demo reel of all of Eric Carmen's musical problems.
It's like using Hamburger Helper to stretch 1/4 lb. of beef to feed a thousand or so people and then realizing that it's just you dining alone.
It's like using Hamburger Helper to stretch 1/4 lb. of beef to feed a thousand or so people and then realizing that it's just you dining alone.
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Bent Fabric wrote:It's like using Hamburger Helper to stretch 1/4 lb. of beef to feed a thousand or so people and then realizing that it's just you dining alone.
Well I'm not going to listen to it now....
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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I love early 70s pop music. The Raspberries' best songs are among my favorites. But this is a bloated mess.
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