Richard Marx - S&D

I thought this article was hilarious.

My favorite part:

Until I wrote that blog post, I hadn’t thought about Richard Marx in more than 20 years. Back in 1989, my friend Marty was trying to describe the roster of a celebrity softball game, but couldn’t come up with the name of one of the musicians.

“Who’s that guy who really sucks?” Marty asked.

I knew immediately. “Richard Marx?” I replied.

Marty’s face lit up. “Yeah! That’s it!”

This blogger can have his fun, but here are the facts

Marx wrote "Hazard".
This 'blogger' wrote...this.

Nuff said.

Blogger also seems like the guy who would write an entire blog lamenting today's price of milk.

Marx wrote "Hazard". This 'blogger' wrote...this.

I like this article more than I like anything I've heard in the Richard Marx catalog.

I do not like Richard Marx. "Hazard", however, is fantastic.

gtfo

xpost

LOL

sb poliopolice imo

I wouldn't care if Marx had performed only harmonized farts for 20 years, tho, that article was just a self-backslapping piece of crap regardless

Totally. But kind of funny.

I liked that article, especially how it subdivided his ballads into pre-prom, prom, and post-prom.

Where does that leave Children Of The Night

Where does that leave Children Of The Night

9 months post-prom

I like it because the guy writing the article depicts himself as a not-particularly-influential critic who makes an offhanded comment thinking nothing of it, and finds himself sucked into an a comically ominous battle with a soft rock B-lister. I think he approaches the situation half-wanting to blow off Richard Marx as some lame has-been, and so he never takes Marx seriously, just riding the wave of this bizarre experience to the point where he ends up having an uncomfortable face-to-face meeting.

“Explain to me why I’m shameless,” Richard Marx said.

Had I given it more thought, I would have written that Richard Marx was the kind of musician who wouldn’t be ashamed to record anything he thought would sell a million copies. But I didn’t want to say that to his face.

"You called me shameless in my hometown, where my family can read this.”

That was a douchey thing to say, especially since Richard Marx is married to a model and I’d woken up alone that morning. I let it pass, though. I wasn’t there to start another argument.

He took him seriously enough to meet him for a drink.

yeah .. i think thats pretty cool actually ...

Richard Marx was the kind of musician who wouldn’t be ashamed to record anything he thought would sell a million copies.

what does this even mean? As an artist I want to record a song bought only by the Edward McClelland claque?

i'm super-curious why marx is so worked up about the phrase "shamelesness," but why should a journalist be expected to explore that, or even defend his work, when he can just hem, haw, hand the offended a copy of his book about obama and write a tell-all later?

no question he gets defensive about music. Besides the Adam Curry kerfuffle, I remember reading an irate letter in his name after Entertainment Weekly made disparaging remarks about him in the mid nineties.

what does this even mean? As an artist I want to record a song bought only by the Edward McClelland claque?

It's doing what you want without concern for how it might be received vs. cynically doing exactly what you think will sell. Isn't this the classic 'sell-out' debate?

oh is that what the debate was about

the sellout argument is kinda moot if you never liked him in the first place though, surely

he's referring to the Alan Vega-Colin Newman collaboration that Marx left in the vaults because the record company wanted "Endless Summer Nights."

haha

It's not my argument that Richard Marx is a sellout. It's my argument that he sucks.

better log out before he reads you!

was thinking of starting some shit with him on twitter

omg his dad's name for real is Dick Marx?

i mean obv Richard = Dick but if that was my last name I'd probably just go by Richard like my son did

back on topic, Richard frequently plays shows at this Theatre called Plaza where all kinds of over the hill acts perform, apparently he began his last show with like a 15-min movie or something like that...

Richard Marx ✔ @richardmarx

"Risque" clothing banned at Grammys but guys who beat up women? Come ooonnn downnnnn.....#goodcallgrammys

Richard Marx = my favorite content farm

that should read 'Richard Marx's twitter = my favorite content farm'

Listened to his interview on Low Times a week or so ago and he revealed that his first (or one of his first) recorded vocal performances was the "all niiiiight" background vocal on Lionel Richie's "All Night Long". Which sucks, because now when I listen to that song it's THE ONLY THING I CAN HEAR.

Richard Marx ‏@richardmarx 28 Jul

The good news: Been asked to write/sing the love theme to "Sharknado 2." The bad news: The song has to be called "Sharknado, Too."

I love this man:

Richard Marx ‏@richardmarx 27 Jul

I think as of last night I have decided that a Belvedere martini can be considered its own food group.

Richard Marx ‏@richardmarx 12 Jul

"@paisleyoungfan It's been 25 years since I saw you!" You'll be glad to know I found some scissors along the way.

yeah, he's a treat

S- "Hazard"
D- most of the rest

>:(

what would you keep besides "Hazard," Neanderthal?

I like "Endless Summer Nights", "The Way She Loves Me", "Take This Heart", and uh...probably a few more.

"don't mean nothing", which i'd call the best fake eagles song ever except 3 of the eagles are on it so i'm not sure there's anything 'fake' about it, and of course 'hazard' are the only two i'll really rep for, there are a few others i can get more mild pleasure than mild annoyance from ("satisfied", "children of the night" a pretty big guilty pleasure, "endless summer nights" which could probably use more sax tbh). no use for "right here waiting" or "hold on to the nights".

until wikipedia had no idea he cowrote, produced, and played on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQOmDUnt8Hs

yeah I said upthread it's a blatant copy of "The Long Run" but less obnoxious. I like the falsetto.

man for like a year and a half i've been moaning about spotify not having the eagles and how they're precisely the type of band i would never buy but would totally check out on spotify but now that they're on there i've been all 'eh, maybe i'll check out pink floyd instead'.

"The Long Run has deep cuts!"

ended up playing the hazard video for a bunch of coworkers trying to reconvince them of his brilliance and ended up back down the Richard Marx rabbit hole. I realized I never did reup the first 2 albums as intended. I think today will be the day.

i really love the sound of his voice.

ended up ended up ended up :(

I dunno about brilliance but "Hazard" is several leagues better than most of his stuff, and not exclusively because it's Serious Material.