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Conference mr1pst::music

Title:	MUSIC V4
Notice:	New Noters please read Note 1.*, Mod = someone else
Moderator:	KDX200::COOPER

Created:	Wed Oct 09 1991
Last Modified:	Tue Mar 12 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	762
Total number of notes:	18706

77.0. "The Raspberries" by VCSESU::MOSHER::COOK (Schizofrenchfryica!) Mon Nov 25 1991 13:31

    
    I may shock a few veterans of this conference with this topic
    being the headbanger that I am, but am I the only person that
    remembers and likes the Rasberries?
    
    Eric Carmen's old band. Their biggest hits were "Go All the Way",
    "I Want to be With You", "Overnight Sensation", and others.
    
    I don't know what it is about them, but for some reason I've
    always loved their stuff since I was a wee nipper. Their last
    release was in 1974 with "Starting Over" which is probably
    my favorite release, although I do have all of them. I recently
    got the Capitol Collectors Series on them which is highly 
    reccomended if you like them.
    
    So am I the only one?
    
    /prc

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
77.1		RAVEN1::B_ADAMS	Time for F.A.R.T. again!	`Mon Nov 25 1991 14:51`	4
	No...I remember them well. Too well it may seem...(see old age). B.A.
77.2	Raspberries ahead of their time...	CARTUN::BDONOVAN	Mark Farner's guitar tech	`Tue Nov 26 1991 09:48`	21
	I like the Raspberries.... I remember the liner notes of their greatest hits album said that the band was a very tense unit....lots of in-fighting, etc. Apparently everyone had different musical tastes and coming to a consensus on anything was very difficult. I remember something aobut the lead guitar player wishing he was in Free. That struck me as funny because I always thought the opening chord progression of "Please Go All the Way" sounded an awful lot like Free's "All Right Now." The world wasn't ready for the Raspberries' retro-mod, pop sound in 1972. If they had emerged just five years later in and around the Cars and the Knack, etc., etc., they would have been a lot bigger than they were. FWIW, Brian
77.3	I have the Greatest Hits album.	DELNI::S_KENNEY		`Tue Nov 26 1991 16:10`	4
	Yes! They are good stuff....Hard driving for the time! I think they were from Ohio! Correct? Steve
77.4	Don't forget Eric	FSOA::HLEINONEN		`Wed Nov 27 1991 08:37`	11
	I too loved them and still have a few old albums kicking around. Eric Carmen went solo and still pops up on occasion. He did one of the songs in "Dirty Dancing" - though I can't remember the title right now ..... Great group! Heidi
77.5		SELL3::FAHEL	Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn	`Wed Nov 27 1991 11:36`	5
	Re: .4 "Hungry Eyes". K.C.
77.6	That's It	FSOA::HLEINONEN		`Wed Nov 27 1991 12:57`	9
	Re: 5 THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You saved me from a day of mindless wandering.
77.7		VCSESU::MOSHER::COOK	Stormtroopers Anonymous	`Wed Dec 04 1991 11:13`	2
	I corrected the spelling in the title.
77.8	Another Fan	AIMHI::ROBINSON		`Wed Dec 04 1991 16:27`	2
	I too like the Raspberries.. good stuff... they reminded me alot of the Grassroots... now they were good too!
77.9	wish I had their greatest hits	IMTDEV::BERRY	Dwight Berry	`Tue Mar 03 1992 06:53`	5
	I like'em too, Peter. I found a Rhino disc, (3 inch), with four songs on it. Eric was inspired into music by The Beatles. Sort of a Beatle sound, eh?
77.10	RASPBERRIES ECSTASY	SUBSYS::GODIN		`Thu Feb 25 1993 11:54`	12
	Of course !!! The Raspberries were great !!! I saw them live in NJ back in '73. Did they do a song called "Ecstasy" or something like that, towards the latter part of their endeavors ? They remind me of Bad Finger etc. another somewhat under appreciated pop band. ("I tell ya', I don't get no respect.") I'm biased though, I also like The Knack, The Records, The Romantics, The Scooters (Knack clone !!!) & a slew of others that most people laugh at. -Paul
77.11	-1	COMET::BERRY	Dwight Berry	`Mon Mar 01 1993 06:50`	4
	Speaking of Bad Finger, I just got a new disc of their's with the first time ever release on CD of "NO MATTER WHAT", which was written for them by Paul McCartney.
77.12	NILLSON WHO ???	SUBSYS::GODIN		`Mon Mar 01 1993 10:44`	6
	Speaking of speaking of Bad Finger, I only recently found out that they (Pete Hamm I think) wrote & recorded Nilson's greatest hit "Without You", when I was reviewing some of their stuff for cover material that isn't completely "burnt". I might have known that & forgotten it, but it should be worth at least 5 trivia points. -Paul
77.13	Eric, what are you doing nowadays ?	EEMELI::KUPARSAARI		`Wed Dec 29 1993 15:51`	7
	I was browsing my records yesterday and came across some of his albums. Got me wondering how he is nowadays and what he's doing. Is there anybody out there who knows what he's been doing lately ? Antti
77.14		SAHQ::LUBER	I have a Bobby Cox dart board	`Mon Jan 03 1994 08:37`	3
	Hasn't done anything since his last two singles, Hungry Eyes (from Dirty Dancing) and Make Me Lose Control. Probably counting his money in Cleveland.