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Elmo Lewis
Loved his work from the beginning up until about the Lawyers In Love album.
Saw him play a great show once.
Personal favorites:
"Jamaica Say You Will"
"The Pretender"
"In The Shape Of A Heart"
"For A Rocker"
Unfortunately, I have named a disease for him "Jackson Browne Disease" - symptoms are:
1. A former great rocker who begins to take himself too seriously and thinks he is an "artiste".
2. Write more and more political songs.
3. Becomes a bore
Some victims:
Jackson himself
Bob Seger - WTF?
Bruce - recovers and relapses often
Mellencamp - terminal
Bono - Also terminal
Steve Earle - Also terminal
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Elmo Lewis
Loved his work from the beginning up until about the Lawyers In Love album.
Saw him play a great show once.
Personal favorites:
"Jamaica Say You Will"
"The Pretender"
"In The Shape Of A Heart"
"For A Rocker"
Unfortunately, I have named a disease for him "Jackson Browne Disease" - symptoms are:
1. A former great rocker who begins to take himself too seriously and thinks he is an "artiste".
2. Write more and more political songs.
3. Becomes a bore
Some victims:
Jackson himself
Bob Seger - WTF?
Bruce - recovers and relapses often
Mellencamp - terminal
Bono - Also terminal
Steve Earle - Also terminal
Great post Elmo Lewis, I agree he takes himself way to seriously now. But I do love his early stuff. He was hugely popular in the States, don't know about elsewhere. Plus, he was so darn cute back then.
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tatters
I love how even the American Bandstand kids don't seem to really know how to dance to music this dreary.
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bob r
I've tried over the years to get into his music, but just cant..... don't know why-- .....
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bob r
I've tried over the years to get into his music, but just cant..... don't know why-- he seems talented, surrounds himself with good musicians, but for me there is something missing....don't know what it is.
Did like the song 'Lawyers in Love", but that's about it........
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tatters
I inadvertently did see him live once. At one of those No Nukes shows at MSG in '79. Graham Nash was better. James Taylor was much better.