Comments on: See What You Started, Gerry?

By: nhfalcon

nhfalcon — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:29:49 +0000

Bo, you are absolutely right - Badlands debut album was much better than the sequel. The first album ROCKED!

Unfortunately, Badlands suffered the fate of many late-80’s / early-90’s hair metal bands and just came out at the wrong time. Bands like House of Lords, XYZ, Hardline, and Riverdogs. “Sigh” They coulda been contendas…

By: Grammar Snob

Grammar Snob — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:29:10 +0000

I’ll be working on my list!

Thanks for the shout out. Had a fantastic family and friend filled day. Don’t feel any older, so I suppose that’s an added bonus!

By: Bo

Bo — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:53:17 +0000

Love “Southern Cross.” Always have. Part of it for me is fond memories of early MTV. In and around “Southern Cross” on the television (back when MTV showed 13-14 videos per hour), there was Bezerk and Frogger on the Atari 2600 sitting on the black bean bag chair in my dad’s den; oil-popped corn in the old Hamilton Beach popper; and trying to make sense of all the weird new energy we were suddenly feeling toward girls.

Sigh. That was such a long time ago now.

nhfalcon, that was indeed a good cover of “Fire and Rain.” Voodoo Highway had moments, but top to bottom I think the self-titled album tops it.

I’m working on my list. I’ll probably do another page, like Mrs. Chili did. And I haven’t decided for sure, but I’m leaning against providing any sort of explanation. I may just list the songs.

By: twoblueday

twoblueday — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:29:22 +0000

“Romeo and Juliet.” Monte Montgomery did a kickin’ cover of this song on a live album, I forget just what that album was called, but I think you can audition this song on iTunes.

“Brown Eyed Girl.” Not a bad song, but one which has been played so much, and covered by so many bad/average/good bar/restaurant/coffeehouse singers that I can no longer bear to hear it.

“Southern Cross.” I like it, sort of. Well, more than sort of, but it just sounds like a song where if Steve Stills had just worked at it harder, it coulda been a contender.

By: nhfalcon

nhfalcon — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:17:43 +0000

Some great songs in there:

I’ve always liked “Southern Cross,” too. Somehow, in my warped mind, that song gets lumped into the same category as “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “We Just Disagree” and a couple of other tunes.

“Breathe (2AM)” struck me the first time I heard it.

The 80’s hair metal band Badlands did a tremendous remake of “Fire and Rain,” believe it or not.

“Tiny Dancer” and “Your Eyes” are classics, imho.

“Hallelujah” struck me like “Breathe (2AM)” did. I love it when songs do that. Like “Sway” from Bic Runga and “You and Me” from Lifehouse.