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But, that is my point, he wants commercial success with the comparatively outlandish. Tusk, the song, is a good example of this. Would that crazy and brilliant song have been a hit without FM - who can say for sure. But, it was. So, I think he thought he could do that alternative, quirky stuff on his own and have a hit with it. I do not think he ever released those 80's record without thinking they would be commercially viable to the tune of a few million sold. He had no reason not to IMO.
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Ah, so your point is he is commercially driven and was delusional enough to think "his vision" would be embraced comercially -- even though not one of his solo albums did "well" comercially.
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Yeah. And?
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I think LB smartly peppered his first two solo records with some hit material amongst the quirkier stuff. Interestingly and with the exception of "Come," his SYW stuff was rather mainstream and very commercial oriented.
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Sure. Loving Cup sounds positively out of place next to DW Suite and I often wondered why it wasn't released as a single, and certainly the GOS stuff isn't as "experimental" as much of the stuff on L&O, GI, or even Tusk. So was this natural growth or a deliberate swing to the mainstream? The world may never know..