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With all the news about SP doing a new record, which is yet to be seen, I've been giving his solo stuff a listen quite a bit. Which admittedly, I've got very limited experience with. I've always passed on it because I'm not into the softer side of music, so much.

But, and I may get flamed to death for this, I love it. Aside from Foolish Heart and Oh Sherrie, which have been played to death, his other stuff is really good. Like I need to tell you people this.

I made a statement about his song Against The Wall, saying he wasn't in good enough vocal condition when he did that one, but on a second or fifteenth listen, I get it. He didn't make a bad song that I can find. Maybe Summer of Luv. I even like that one a little.

Rick wrote:With all the news about SP doing a new record, which is yet to be seen, I've been giving his solo stuff a listen quite a bit. Which admittedly, I've got very limited experience with. I've always passed on it because I'm not into the softer side of music, so much.

But, and I may get flamed to death for this, I love it. Aside from Foolish Heart and Oh Sherrie, which have been played to death, his other stuff is really good. Like I need to tell you people this.

I made a statement about his song Against The Wall, saying he wasn't in good enough vocal condition when he did that one, but on a second or fifteenth listen, I get it. He didn't make a bad song that I can find. Maybe Summer of Luv. I even like that one a little.

Welcome to the dark side babe....

You're drinking on a Monday night , bro ?!

Behshad wrote:You're drinking on a Monday night , bro ?!

cat is on the natural light for sure!

loon looks lovely on you, sweetums ...

DrFU wrote:loon looks lovely on you, sweetums ...

uhh.. thanks..




.... hhahhehahhehahehaha..

larryfromnextdoor wrote:

DrFU wrote:loon looks lovely on you, sweetums ...

uhh.. thanks..

u 2, honeybunch!

DrFU wrote:

larryfromnextdoor wrote:

DrFU wrote:loon looks lovely on you, sweetums ...

uhh.. thanks..

u 2, honeybunch!

.........................right on.

I will admit it grudgingly, but I have finally started listening to ROR, TBF and SPGH+5. I've even elevated Arrival's status now that I've given it a few more listens.

Behshad wrote:You're drinking on a Monday night , bro ?!

I'm on vacation this week.

Rick wrote:

Behshad wrote:You're drinking on a Monday night , bro ?!

I'm on vacation this week.

I knew it.
For a second I thought it was Saturday night tonight

Behshad wrote:

Rick wrote:

Behshad wrote:You're drinking on a Monday night , bro ?!

I'm on vacation this week.

I knew it.
For a second I thought it was Saturday night tonight

Good thing is, I'm not in a combative mood, so WTF is safe.

Rick wrote:With all the news about SP doing a new record, which is yet to be seen, I've been giving his solo stuff a listen quite a bit. Which admittedly, I've got very limited experience with. I've always passed on it because I'm not into the softer side of music, so much.

But, and I may get flamed to death for this, I love it. Aside from Foolish Heart and Oh Sherrie, which have been played to death, his other stuff is really good. Like I need to tell you people this.

I made a statement about his song Against The Wall, saying he wasn't in good enough vocal condition when he did that one, but on a second or fifteenth listen, I get it. He didn't make a bad song that I can find. Maybe Summer of Luv. I even like that one a little.

He gets it!

Summer of Luv is one SP's best solo songs Rick! No shame in liking that one. Love those harmonies at the start. It's a fun song with a neat little 50s kinda beat I guess

Edit: I just realized how much this song would have fit into Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons catalog. I love this song

I think although ST is viewed as the best now, 100 years from now FTLOSM will stand out.

It's easily dismissed by knotheads like me as way too ballad-heavy but it's not really that at all, just dark and moody which is sometting I like. It's NOT a bunch of Foolish Hearts just have to listen for the timebombs laid there in 1994 by Perry and I'm sure the remaster helps if ever you could discern a difference that's one of the records you can. Plus you add Friends Of Mine to the mix the best song of the lot.

Ehwmatt wrote:Summer of Luv is one SP's best solo songs Rick! No shame in liking that one. Love those harmonies at the start. It's a fun song with a neat little 50s kinda beat I guess

Yeah, that's the truth. I love those harmonies in You Better Wait. That SP sound. Magic. He sure knew how to make the most of what he had.

Red13JoePa wrote:I think although ST is viewed as the best now, 100 years from now FTLOSM will stand out.

It's easily dismissed by knotheads like me as way too ballad-heavy but it's not really that at all, just dark and moody which is sometting I like. It's NOT a bunch of Foolish Hearts just have to listen for the timebombs laid there in 1994 by Perry and I'm sure the remaster helps if ever you could discern a difference that's one of the records you can. Plus you add Friends Of Mine to the mix the best song of the lot.

Beg to differ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7CeB8m-wgw

JK, they're both good.

Rick wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Summer of Luv is one SP's best solo songs Rick! No shame in liking that one. Love those harmonies at the start. It's a fun song with a neat little 50s kinda beat I guess

Yeah, that's the truth. I love those harmonies in You Better Wait. That SP sound. Magic. He sure knew how to make the most of what he had.

YBW just amazes me, one of my all-time favorites. What a voice! Ok, I'll stop...

Deb wrote:

Red13JoePa wrote:I think although ST is viewed as the best now, 100 years from now FTLOSM will stand out.

It's easily dismissed by knotheads like me as way too ballad-heavy but it's not really that at all, just dark and moody which is sometting I like. It's NOT a bunch of Foolish Hearts just have to listen for the timebombs laid there in 1994 by Perry and I'm sure the remaster helps if ever you could discern a difference that's one of the records you can. Plus you add Friends Of Mine to the mix the best song of the lot.

Beg to differ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7CeB8m-wgw

JK, they're both good.

Yep, same vibe too.
Both started I guess in the Against The Wall sessions (per the notes the date on both is '88) but given they appeared on FTLOSM's reissue my guess (and maybe Cyndy can correct me) is he pulled both back down for work again in the FTLOSM sessions but opted to leave them off (not moody enough? Although I think Friends can be damn menacing if you listen)

weatherman90 wrote:

Rick wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Summer of Luv is one SP's best solo songs Rick! No shame in liking that one. Love those harmonies at the start. It's a fun song with a neat little 50s kinda beat I guess

Yeah, that's the truth. I love those harmonies in You Better Wait. That SP sound. Magic. He sure knew how to make the most of what he had.

YBW just amazes me, one of my all-time favorites. What a voice! Ok, I'll stop...

Thanks for backing me up on this. I know Saint John is gonna come along soon and kick me square in the nuts.

Rick wrote:

weatherman90 wrote:

Rick wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Summer of Luv is one SP's best solo songs Rick! No shame in liking that one. Love those harmonies at the start. It's a fun song with a neat little 50s kinda beat I guess

Yeah, that's the truth. I love those harmonies in You Better Wait. That SP sound. Magic. He sure knew how to make the most of what he had.

YBW just amazes me, one of my all-time favorites. What a voice! Ok, I'll stop...

Thanks for backing me up on this. I know Saint John is gonna come along soon and kick me square in the nuts.

He;s full of shit, I don't even think he's HEARD FTLOSM since the casset version he bought in July 94 disintegrated...he CLAIMS to like Street Talk only of the solo work but never upgraded that from his vinly he got in 85.

Red13JoePa wrote:

Rick wrote:

weatherman90 wrote:

Rick wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Summer of Luv is one SP's best solo songs Rick! No shame in liking that one. Love those harmonies at the start. It's a fun song with a neat little 50s kinda beat I guess

Yeah, that's the truth. I love those harmonies in You Better Wait. That SP sound. Magic. He sure knew how to make the most of what he had.

YBW just amazes me, one of my all-time favorites. What a voice! Ok, I'll stop...

Thanks for backing me up on this. I know Saint John is gonna come along soon and kick me square in the nuts.

He;s full of shit, I don't even think he's HEARD FTLOSM since the casset version he bought in July 94 disintegrated...he CLAIMS to like Street Talk only of the solo work but never upgraded that from his vinly he got in 85.

Red13JoePa wrote:

Rick wrote:

weatherman90 wrote:

Rick wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:Summer of Luv is one SP's best solo songs Rick! No shame in liking that one. Love those harmonies at the start. It's a fun song with a neat little 50s kinda beat I guess

Yeah, that's the truth. I love those harmonies in You Better Wait. That SP sound. Magic. He sure knew how to make the most of what he had.

YBW just amazes me, one of my all-time favorites. What a voice! Ok, I'll stop...

Thanks for backing me up on this. I know Saint John is gonna come along soon and kick me square in the nuts.

He;s full of shit, I don't even think he's HEARD FTLOSM since the casset version he bought in July 94 disintegrated...he CLAIMS to like Street Talk only of the solo work but never upgraded that from his vinly he got in 85.

Rick wrote:With all the news about SP doing a new record, which is yet to be seen, I've been giving his solo stuff a listen quite a bit. Which admittedly, I've got very limited experience with. I've always passed on it because I'm not into the softer side of music, so much.

But, and I may get flamed to death for this, I love it. Aside from Foolish Heart and Oh Sherrie, which have been played to death, his other stuff is really good. Like I need to tell you people this.

I made a statement about his song Against The Wall, saying he wasn't in good enough vocal condition when he did that one, but on a second or fifteenth listen, I get it. He didn't make a bad song that I can find. Maybe Summer of Luv. I even like that one a little.

Welcome, Rick. We've been expecting you....

(resistance is futile, you will be assimilated)

Jubilee wrote:

Rick wrote:With all the news about SP doing a new record, which is yet to be seen, I've been giving his solo stuff a listen quite a bit. Which admittedly, I've got very limited experience with. I've always passed on it because I'm not into the softer side of music, so much.

But, and I may get flamed to death for this, I love it. Aside from Foolish Heart and Oh Sherrie, which have been played to death, his other stuff is really good. Like I need to tell you people this.

I made a statement about his song Against The Wall, saying he wasn't in good enough vocal condition when he did that one, but on a second or fifteenth listen, I get it. He didn't make a bad song that I can find. Maybe Summer of Luv. I even like that one a little.

Welcome, Rick. We've been expecting you....

(resistance is futile, you will be assimilated)

Missing You is amazing. May be my new favorite SP song.

Rick wrote:

Jubilee wrote:

Rick wrote:With all the news about SP doing a new record, which is yet to be seen, I've been giving his solo stuff a listen quite a bit. Which admittedly, I've got very limited experience with. I've always passed on it because I'm not into the softer side of music, so much.

But, and I may get flamed to death for this, I love it. Aside from Foolish Heart and Oh Sherrie, which have been played to death, his other stuff is really good. Like I need to tell you people this.

I made a statement about his song Against The Wall, saying he wasn't in good enough vocal condition when he did that one, but on a second or fifteenth listen, I get it. He didn't make a bad song that I can find. Maybe Summer of Luv. I even like that one a little.

Welcome, Rick. We've been expecting you....

(resistance is futile, you will be assimilated)

Missing You is amazing. May be my new favorite SP song.

TMI dude, you're starting to go Barry on us now. Put down the Shiner Boch, go into the other room and pull down your wifes panties, that might be the only thing that saves you from going over the edge.

Gunbot wrote:

Rick wrote:

Jubilee wrote:

Rick wrote:With all the news about SP doing a new record, which is yet to be seen, I've been giving his solo stuff a listen quite a bit. Which admittedly, I've got very limited experience with. I've always passed on it because I'm not into the softer side of music, so much.

But, and I may get flamed to death for this, I love it. Aside from Foolish Heart and Oh Sherrie, which have been played to death, his other stuff is really good. Like I need to tell you people this.

I made a statement about his song Against The Wall, saying he wasn't in good enough vocal condition when he did that one, but on a second or fifteenth listen, I get it. He didn't make a bad song that I can find. Maybe Summer of Luv. I even like that one a little.

Welcome, Rick. We've been expecting you....

(resistance is futile, you will be assimilated)

Missing You is amazing. May be my new favorite SP song.

TMI dude, you're starting to go Barry on us now. Put down the Shiner Boch, go into the other room and pull down your wifes panties, that might be the only thing that saves you from going over the edge.

I'm good dude. I'm one of the most homophobic people that post here. {not that there's anything wrong with that} or whatever.

Rick wrote:

Jubilee wrote:

Rick wrote:With all the news about SP doing a new record, which is yet to be seen, I've been giving his solo stuff a listen quite a bit. Which admittedly, I've got very limited experience with. I've always passed on it because I'm not into the softer side of music, so much.

But, and I may get flamed to death for this, I love it. Aside from Foolish Heart and Oh Sherrie, which have been played to death, his other stuff is really good. Like I need to tell you people this.

I made a statement about his song Against The Wall, saying he wasn't in good enough vocal condition when he did that one, but on a second or fifteenth listen, I get it. He didn't make a bad song that I can find. Maybe Summer of Luv. I even like that one a little.

Welcome, Rick. We've been expecting you....

(resistance is futile, you will be assimilated)

Missing You is amazing. May be my new favorite SP song.

Missing you is my favorite SP solo song. I love it. He has some great songs on FTLOSM. Believe me, I love moody music. I love ColdPlay. But as a whole the album is missing something. It doesn't sustain my interest to listen to it from beginning to end. I end up hitting skip in places to get through it.

Jana wrote:

Rick wrote:

Jubilee wrote:

Rick wrote:With all the news about SP doing a new record, which is yet to be seen, I've been giving his solo stuff a listen quite a bit. Which admittedly, I've got very limited experience with. I've always passed on it because I'm not into the softer side of music, so much.

But, and I may get flamed to death for this, I love it. Aside from Foolish Heart and Oh Sherrie, which have been played to death, his other stuff is really good. Like I need to tell you people this.

I made a statement about his song Against The Wall, saying he wasn't in good enough vocal condition when he did that one, but on a second or fifteenth listen, I get it. He didn't make a bad song that I can find. Maybe Summer of Luv. I even like that one a little.

Welcome, Rick. We've been expecting you....

(resistance is futile, you will be assimilated)

Missing You is amazing. May be my new favorite SP song.

Missing you is my favorite SP solo song. I love it. He has some great songs on FTLOSM. Believe me, I love moody music. I love ColdPlay. But as a whole the album loses something. It doesn't sustain my interest to listen to it from beginning to end. I end up hitting skip in places to get through it.

Same thing I told Rick. Go into the other room and...never mind.

Red13JoePa wrote:I think although ST is viewed as the best now, 100 years from now FTLOSM will stand out.

I always liked ST better than FTLOSM. However, I thought Perry's voice on ROR was starting to show some wear, and by the time TBF came around people were saying WTF was wrong with SP's voice. People couldn't understand why he couldn't sing in the same register as DSB or WCN. Some of my favorite SP vocals are on IBAWY, BGTY, GCHI, WCTNGOF, OTY, KOR, AWYWI, and SHML.

(I love it when people get into the heat of a Journey discussion and start using abbreviations.)