[bwboy]

I loved every discussion so far, but this one is rough. I got to the 30 minute mark and had to take a break. Quite a bit of rambling and difficulty staying on topic. I’ll continue to listen to it but it’s probably going to take me a while and I’m surprised, because BTM is one of my favorite FM albums, and Christine was such an important part of BTM, I guess I was hoping for a more serious discussion.

I totally agree with whoever said that the album cover would have been better if the actual members had posed the same way the people are posed on the cover. Talk about an intriguing idea!

I was surprised no one seemed to understand the album format- my memories of the album were that all copies of the first printing had the CD+G capability- Compact Disc+Graphics. Only later printings didn’t include the capability, but if you went to the store and bought the CD the first few months it was released, they were all CD+G, whether you wanted it or not. The cost was the same. And it worked on a PC, not a TV. Not a big deal at all, in fact it was kind of interesting that FM was a part of that experiment, although I’m sure the band had no say in the matter.

I wish they had actually spoken about As Long As You Follow, but Jeremy seemed anxious to move on to No Questions Asked. I was surprised no one mentioned that Paper Doll was supposed to have been on the Greatest Hits album, but was swapped for NQA instead. And no mention of the incredible guitar work by Rick Vito?!? WTF? How do you talk about that song and NOT mention it? I liked the descriptions of the song as rambling, unfinished, etc. I agree it sounds rambling, but that’s part of the appeal, for me. It’s all over the place.

Edit: So I got a chance to listen to more of the episode and I was very happy to see that once they started talking about the actual songs, rather than the album as a whole, it was so much more interesting and focused. Much more of what I was hoping to see in the first place. Roland gets the MVP award for his comments about Love is Like a River- man, did he nail those lyrics!

I can’t believe most of the panel had a hard time differentiating between Billy and Rick! They sound very, very different to me. I mean, maybe not as vocally different as Christine and Stevie LOL but still very different. Comparing Love is Dangerous to In the Back of My Mind alone shows how different their voices are, and those are songs 2 and 3! So right from the get go, we get a feel for their voices and style. Too funny.