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Eric Carmen - RIP
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Greg Gutfeld mentioned he was his friend tonight on the Five.
He asked Eric what was the best way to learn guitar.
Eric told him to learn piano first.
RIP Eric.
He asked Eric what was the best way to learn guitar.
Eric told him to learn piano first.
RIP Eric.
Sad indeed. I loved this record. Eric had one of those kind of timeless singing voices. RIP
Wasn't a big fan BUT, I remember where I was when I first heard Goin' All the Way and later, All By Myself. So, obviously, his music still made an impression on me.
RIP.
RIP.
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Actually, the verse is from the second movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. Lyrics by Eric Carmen.
With a chorus lifted from an earlier Raspberries song. It’s also a sappy sentimental song for girls and when we feel like a man-at-the-piano song we should listen to Bowie’s “Life on Mars” instead.
Those of us who remember the heyday of AM radio remember just how huge Go All The Way was. Still a great song and on my top five list. I had to listen to this a few times today. Such a great song. Thank you for the music brother.
Eric Carmen, the man who made pop out of Rach.
From the NYT obit:
Late in his career, [Eric] Carmen was sanguine about the impact of the Raspberries.
“Rock critics got it and 16-year-old girls got it, but you know, the 18-year-old guy who liked Megadeth was never going to like the same record his sister did,” he said in the 2017 interview, before recounting the first time he met Bruce Springsteen.
“I walked in his dressing room before a show and he was writing out the set list, and we both looked at each other for a couple of minutes — I was very uncomfortable being on the fan end, so I felt a little stupid. But Bruce looked at me and he goes, ‘You know, while I was writing ‘The River,’ all I listened to was Woody Guthrie and the Raspberries’ greatest hits.’”
Before The Raspberries, there was Cyrus Erie…
Then there was also The Quick…
Then there was also The Quick…
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AWESOME Live performance!!! So Beautiful and sad at the same time!!
Not sure if this has been put up yet but this is EC at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a concert with some young musicians. He goes to bass at about 24:40 and again at about 37:00 with some Beatles songs in the encore. He comes off as a nice guy with no problem sharing the spotlight with the youngsters.
As I get older I find with the passing of people close to me, the memories and events we shared become of lesser reality along the lines of the tree falling in the forest and nobody being there, leading to little moments of existential doubt. The passing of musicians I have liked, particularly from my youth, does the same and seems to cause me to have sadness for the joy. There is a word in the Portuguese language that captures part of this feeling (saudade). It is kind of hard to explain but I have understood it to be sadness because of joy. RIP Eric Carmen and once more thank you for the music brother.
As I get older I find with the passing of people close to me, the memories and events we shared become of lesser reality along the lines of the tree falling in the forest and nobody being there, leading to little moments of existential doubt. The passing of musicians I have liked, particularly from my youth, does the same and seems to cause me to have sadness for the joy. There is a word in the Portuguese language that captures part of this feeling (saudade). It is kind of hard to explain but I have understood it to be sadness because of joy. RIP Eric Carmen and once more thank you for the music brother.
