What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



Not as good as the first one, yet still worth having. Only platinum compared to Vol. 1, which went 9 times. Covers
material from '75 thru '01. A few I had never heard, one great one, from the movie Teachers. Don't remember seeing
that. That song and five other love tracks make this a nice companion to Vol 1. Never mind the two tracks that
sucked, Shakedown (Beverly Hills Cop II and Bobs only #1 song) and Tomorrow (2001). A duet with Martina McBride
which I had never heard, on Chances Are. I was expecting to hear Johnny Mathis. I've always preferred Seger's ballad
type material and the only exception to that here is Rock 'n' Roll Never Forgets, a great anthem for us elderly
rockers. Favorite here is Fair Lake with a nice vocal back up by some Eagles. The album made #23 on the chart here,
compared to #8 for volume 1, released 10 years earlier.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Shakedown

Best Track - Fire Lake

Who's gonna ride that chrome three wheeler
Who's gonna make that first mistake
Who wants to wear those gypsy leathers
All the way to Fire Lake

Who wants to break the news about Uncle Joe
You remember Uncle Joe
He was the one afraid to cut the cake
Who wants to tell poor Aunt Sarah
Joe's run off to Fire Lake
Joe's run off to Fire Lake

Who wants to brave those bronze beauties
Lying in the sun
With their long soft hair falling
Flying as they run
Oh they smile so shy
And they flirt so well
And they lay you down so fast
Till you look straight up and say
Oh Lord
Am I really here at last

Who wants to play those eights and aces
Who wants a raise
Who needs a stake
Who wants to take that long shot gamble
And head out to Fire Lake
Head out
Who wants to go to Fire Lake
And head out
Who wants to go to Fire Lake
Head out
Out to Fire Lake
Who's gonna do it

1) Understanding ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOlN2KRACdU
2) The Fire Down Below ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJNxlG-0ZDk
3) Her Strut **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qbeIwn5jR8
4) Beautiful Loser **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36vR8kQbUo
5) Sunspot Baby **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujTTjt5VkZM
6) Katmandu **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeYDAkvL_xE
7) Shame On The Moon ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2n_-kxnDZA - superb by writer Rodney Crowell also
8) Fire Lake ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmf2jiyYKqQ - with Glenn Frey and Don Henley
9) Tryin' To Live My Life Without You **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y530MuXuVrk
10) Shakedown *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9fN-9fU2N4 - too much synth for me
11) Manhattan ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNNTTNVf1x8
12) New Coat Of Paint **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_n-EacO5xY - Tom Waits song
13) Chances Are **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl7LdevJ71c - with Martina McBride from the movie Hope Floats
14) Rock And Roll Never Forgets ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUfu9RK6w44
15) Satisfied **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLJLgprPqw0
16) Tomorrow *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zwL82LSMsA

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

Grade - 2.3
allmusic - 2.6