PDA

View Full Version : Hereos Are Hard to Find (the song)

jbrownsjr
05-19-2006, 11:13 AM
I love the piano timbre...her style is very unique... i love it!!!

Especially.... near

dont you know.. (piano plays naked)
when you're in the mood (piano plays naked)
you might meet a man .... etc etc
chiliD
05-19-2006, 11:27 AM
I like the intro snare snap followed by the horn section...what a damned fine way for an opening track of an album to start!! :nod: :D
HomerMcvie
05-19-2006, 11:47 AM
I like the intro snare snap followed by the horn section...what a damned fine way for an opening track of an album to start!! :nod: :D
Man, I was with ya, all up until that horn section kicked in! And how would they have ever pulled it off live?
chiliD
05-19-2006, 12:07 PM
Man, I was with ya, all up until that horn section kicked in! And how would they have ever pulled it off live?

Have Tower Of Power open for them and then ask the horn section to sit in with them.
HomerMcvie
05-19-2006, 12:09 PM
Hired a horn section.
I doubt they could've afforded it back then!
chiliD
05-19-2006, 12:22 PM
I doubt they could've afforded it back then!

You quoted me too quickly...re-read my post. ;)
David
05-19-2006, 12:25 PM
I love the piano timbre...her style is very unique... i love it!!!

Especially.... near

dont you know.. (piano plays naked)
when you're in the mood (piano plays naked)
you might meet a man .... etc etc
You are such a goofball & I love your posts!!

P.S. I also love Heroes Are Hard to Find.
jbrownsjr
05-19-2006, 01:03 PM
You are such a goofball & I love your posts!!

P.S. I also love Heroes Are Hard to Find.


i'm quite serious about this....

however, i may be a bit of a goof... :o

carry on lads
chiliD
05-19-2006, 01:04 PM
Christine's piano work on the entire album is really good...and seemingly more prominent than on previous albums.
HomerMcvie
05-19-2006, 02:51 PM
however, i may be a bit of a goof... :o


That's why I like you!:thumbsup:
(takes one to know one)
macfan 57
05-19-2006, 03:25 PM
Christine's piano work on the entire album is really good...and seemingly more prominent than on previous albums.

That's true, even more so than Mystery To Me. I believe there's only 2 or 3 tracks where I can't hear her piano. "Born Enchanter" is another good one to listen to her piano.
chiliD
05-19-2006, 04:19 PM
Yeah, she seemed very "piano oriented" on that album...to the point of hiring somebody ELSE (Doug Graves & later Bobby Hunt) to play Hammond & synths.
DavidMn
05-20-2006, 02:14 PM
To be honest, I dont really care for this song. Dont hate it, just dont like it that much.
jbrownsjr
05-20-2006, 06:29 PM
To be honest, I dont really care for this song. Dont hate it, just dont like it that much.

how dare you sir!! for your pennance you must say 15 hail christines and put a blonde wig on and sing oh daddy at the piano to your parents!!!

or just post your opinion... there's room for everybody:]
aleuzzi
05-21-2006, 12:34 PM
I love the title Heroes song. Her voice is in top form as she belts out this "men are pigs" up-tempo blues. I first heard it when I was about 12 and was horrrified by the horn charts. But I love them now. I wish, however, there were one or two very deep, low horns in there, too...

If you listen to the song minus the horn charts it's a very well-crafted, straight ahead r and b track. I think they could have pulled this off live, with a bit of rearranging.

All of her Heroes songs are excellent. They would benefit from re-recording.
becca
05-21-2006, 01:33 PM
My CD of this comes from Germany (like my Chicken Shack CD, they must have had quite a following)... and the whole album is sort of muddy sounding. I'm not sure if it's something to do with the German manufacturing or, as I'd thought before, the producer and Bob Welch's influence (he wanting a heavier sound then). Maybe somebody hit the dolby switch too many times or something. Perhaps I should try a U.S. copy and see if it's any clearer?
aleuzzi
05-21-2006, 07:22 PM
My CD of this comes from Germany (like my Chicken Shack CD, they must have had quite a following)... and the whole album is sort of muddy sounding. I'm not sure if it's something to do with the German manufacturing or, as I'd thought before, the producer and Bob Welch's influence (he wanting a heavier sound then). Maybe somebody hit the dolby switch too many times or something. Perhaps I should try a U.S. copy and see if it's any clearer?

No, you're right. The album is, on the whole, pretty muddy sounding. But the songs themselves are excellent. Recast live, "Bermuda Triangle" and "Angel" are outstanding. Chris's "Come a Little Bit Closer" and "Prove Your Love" are great tunes that would benefit from better arrangements and a crisper, cleaner production sound.

Notwithstanding some of the problems with production, the title tune comes off sounding pretty lively and exciting, I think.
chiliD
05-21-2006, 09:41 PM
Hmmm...interesting. My copy of the CD is really crisp & clear...surprisingly crisp & clear. 100x's better than the Mirage or Behind The Mask CDs.
becca
05-21-2006, 11:26 PM
And my Mirage is from the late '80s (with no 'Notes' titled review page) and sounds fine. My 1984 Christine McVie is from the same time or maybe earlier and also sounds great.

Well, I like the title Heroes track and Angel best and think they'd have to be on any best of. I also like Safe Harbour quite a bit. Coming Home makes me think of some gigantic spaceship landing. In a way this is kind of like FM trying to do a Pink Floyd album, like say Saucerful Of Secrets or Meddle.