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[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Sugar

Yeah, but the solo albums weren't commercially successful, at least not compared to FM albums. Which says to me he was much more driven by artistic vision than by commercial sucess. Sure he would have loved to have had a hit with the solo stuff, and certainly he had hits with FM. If it was all about commercial sucess, he would have stuck with the tried and true formula of FM.

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.

Originally Posted by Sugar

Oh yeah. Play in the Rain, I Must Go, DWSuite...truly the stuff of the masses.

PS I'm guessing you meant comparitively "designed to be commercially viable," which I may be able to see, but I couldn't help a little jab.

HUSSY

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.