tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post8533892093270137374..comments2023-11-15T02:18:34.344-08:00Comments on DiscConnected: IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIMEDiscConnectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-88838046831649365092013-12-05T13:38:38.121-08:002013-12-05T13:38:38.121-08:00CW-I never take offense over music opinion...since...CW-I never take offense over music opinion...since junior high school, most opinions were the depth of "your bands sucks" and "my band rocks," so I learned a long time ago that I like what I like and everyone else is free to do the same.<br /><br />If you think of the song <i>Amanda</i> though, it had a hook in it-you probably could still have caught yourself humming it even while you felt it was a sell out.<br /><br />The last few records are missing that.DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-10732537679759853952013-12-05T12:11:22.897-08:002013-12-05T12:11:22.897-08:00No offense, I never heard the lp. Just what I hea...No offense, I never heard the lp. Just what I heard on the radio after Don't Look Back. And Amanda was too "let's be like Journey and Styx and make money off the teenyboppers" for me. So CTE was about it.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-35497541763515199662013-12-05T09:57:11.701-08:002013-12-05T09:57:11.701-08:00CW-I do not mind the different voices, and Kimberl...CW-I do not mind the different voices, and Kimberly has a few solo albums that are quite good. But your second point is what miffs me-<i>Third Stage</i> took several years but was a pretty darn good album. The next three albums have been just so-so....and that's mainly the fault of the material....and Tom is writing the material.<br />DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-17817869971904283172013-12-05T09:54:26.484-08:002013-12-05T09:54:26.484-08:00I hear ya, Alex-unless Scholz has a day job (I'...I hear ya, Alex-unless Scholz has a day job (I'd think he was set for life from the original album royalties), what else did he have to do but create music? This one is lacking in quantity <i>and</i> quality!DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-55176990145338717022013-12-05T09:52:47.740-08:002013-12-05T09:52:47.740-08:00Don't blame ya, Bryan-I'm a completist nut...Don't blame ya, Bryan-I'm a completist nut, so of course I had to have it, but for me it's mostly that at a rate of less than one song a year, it should be a better album (in the liner notes, Scholz talks about working on this for more than a decade).DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-65516097383203151402013-12-05T08:06:53.746-08:002013-12-05T08:06:53.746-08:00Not gonna lie, wasn't crazy about what I heard...Not gonna lie, wasn't crazy about what I heard. That second song in particular (as you mentioned, her vocals are just kinda... "there") is a huge turn off. Probably won't be adding this album to my collection.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-14099830282350474582013-12-04T14:29:14.732-08:002013-12-04T14:29:14.732-08:00Sounds like it would be worth it for the nostalgia...Sounds like it would be worth it for the nostalgia but that's about it. Shame. All those years to work on it.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-68293161470123820932013-12-04T14:26:48.045-08:002013-12-04T14:26:48.045-08:00I actually like If You Were In Love better... once...I actually like If You Were In Love better... once I get past the "a girl singing lead for Boston" part. But if they are the best the lp has to offer, it doesn't grab me. I don't think anything has since Cool The Engines. I might have liked it even more if there'd have been a shared male lead in there somewhere.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com