What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



It was time to make a deliberate cd selection rather than a random vinyl selection. I was having a string of bad picks. This will break that. Could have been a double album easy with this compilation, but they did cram 15 tracks on here for this best of set. Over half of them tracks I love. At one time, one of my favorite vocalists. The last 2 tracks on here were new at the time, all others from 8 different albums, making a nice view of the guys productive years. Although seldom a chart topper he had some great stuff for me. Hold Out was highest charting album but Running On Empty has sold the most.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - The Next Voice You Hear

Best Track - The Pretender

I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen
Say it again
Amen

I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
I've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Amen

Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there

Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight

I'm going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again

I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Though true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender

1) Doctor My Eyes - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oisCN8fXld8
2) These Days - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOOGMaiV1kw
3) Fountain Of Sorrow - *** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FI23qf-xWg
4) Late For The Sky - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaknVe4t4oU
5) The Pretender - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQiXQUGbac0
6) Running On Empty - *** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nrGrP8xBg0
7) Call It A Loan - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLKcDvHZnpU
8) Somebodys Baby - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-3TZiyY9Sk
9) Tender Is The Night - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=439CsvJERKM
10) In The Shape Of A Heart - *** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXa5wRrtbbk
11) Lives In The Balance - *** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiXvGNEn6YM
12) Sky Blue And Black - *** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAu7gh7xoJo
13) The Barricades Of Heaven - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGNdpnYYEkQ
14) The Rebel Jesus - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCsLtsn_Z70
15) The Next Voice You Hear - * - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5d2C4g88b0

3's - 8
2's - 6
1's - 1

Rating - 2.5