i guess. I like the last half of Hold On To the Night but the first half takes FOREVER to build
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
I like Marx when he goes big, lol
I'll take "Keep Comin' Back" (with Luther on backing vox!)
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
YES
god I love that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
"Now and Forever" is a gross sack of shit though
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
yeah he veers into that Bryan Adams/Everything I Do territory there, it's too much
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-10-08/news/0610070202_1_richard-marx-guitars-parent-teacher-conferences
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
I don't feel the least bit sorry for him -- he's living exactly the sort of life that shoudl be the envy of musicians: stable marriage of 20+ years, massive early success, regular royalty checks, still writing and producing hits.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
He's playing a small club here in a couple of weeks, same place I'm seeing Graham Parker.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
Which would you prefer, Josh -- a punked-up cover of "Should've Known Better" by Parker or Marx doing an acousti-sensitive "You Can't Be Too Strong"?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
Good question! Marx is more versatile, so maybe Marx doing Parker? Then again, Parker doing Marx would be more fun. Marx clearly writes songs others like to sing.
Marx popped on stage for one of his songs when I saw Keith Urban a while back.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
i worked on a show that had an episode w/marxie 10+ years ago. iirc he came across as remarkably decent. on that same show, david foster was revealed as a thoroughly reprehensible piece of shit but that's another story.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
i would see richard marx play if he ever came to cali
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
Remember this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wdv7sxdiE0
Plainly emulating Daryl Hall.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
Peter Gabriel's So inspired the production of "Hold On to the Nights," Marx sez.
http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/news/1000-no-1s-watch-richard-marx-chat-about-1005763752.story
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
This is the one I saw them do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G4SaKxcb_I
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
Not only is Marx emaciated but his voice is intact.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 03:17 (eleven years ago) link
He's playing here this weekend, and I probably would have gone if not for other plans. Tickets seemed pretty cheap - I guess no one cares about this dude anymore. Coincidentally just heard Angelia for the first time last month, that's pretty much how you do a ballad.
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=41
Three different versions of the video were shot and aired on VH-1, and Marx himself appeared several times, challenging viewers to watch for all three versions, "...and see if you can figure out who killed Mary."
― in a year with thirteen goons (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 6 December 2012 05:52 (eleven years ago) link
uh this is supposed to be the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_(song)
― in a year with thirteen goons (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 6 December 2012 05:53 (eleven years ago) link
Uh.
http://www.themorningnews.org/article/right-here-waiting
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
maybe this is just the Richard Marx stan in me talking but that guy just seems like 100% douche.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
150% even
I was gonna say Richard should just ignore the trolls like any sensible person but this is probably going to give him the most publicity he's had in years.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
nobody really comes out looking great in this thing. but i mean when has "a writer dissed me, if i CONFRONT him nobody will write bad things about me!" ever worked?
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
true
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
“A Christmas album?” he said. “At Target? You know, I was kind of ehhhh on what you said about him”—Mike lifted his palm to chin level and wobbled it back and forth—“but that is shameless.”
This is such a funny way to end this article. Though recording a Christmas album w Kenny Loggins is probably a better way to earn money than writing a story about how you insulted a guy you never met and then impressed your boozehound friends by avoiding a bar fight.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
The funny thing to me is that the writer sounds like like he was kinda meek/apologetic at the bar meetup, but then like any good passive-aggressive douche goes and editorializes about all the things he WOULD have said in the blog.
it's so fucking lame
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
At one time, Rogers Park had been an Irish and Jewish neighborhood, but immigration and suburbanization transformed its demographics to equal thirds white, black, and Latino, with a few Middle Eastern grocers mixed in for diversity. The Lighthouse was the last redoubt of white folks too sentimental—or too broke—to leave the old neighborhood. Sitting next to the stubborn ethnics on the torn vinyl stools were broken, drunken men and women who lived in adult care facilities on Sheridan Road, the neighborhood’s main drag.
COOL STORY BRO OH WHAT YOU HAVEN'T STARTED YOUR STORY YET COOL I'LL WAIT
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
“What happens when two Irishmen and a Jew buy a bar?”
How about 'What happens when a dickbag and a butthurt dickbag meet up in a bar?'
― scattered to the nine vectors (snoball), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
just remembered in college i once e-mailed a certain chicago critic about his use of the word "ironic" and he responded "irony is in the eye of the beholder."
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
same dude also got called out by a lunatic celeb for word choice and released the convo, possibly more than once. Whoever can guess who i'm talking about gets to realize they've spent more than a decade caring about this shit.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
not me then.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
Is there anyone who cares about a dickhead blogger being a dickhead to Richard Marx in 2013?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
Who is the audience for this?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
dickheads
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
Eh, readers of The Morning News I guess. Not sure who that is generally, but they exist.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
anyone who clicks on a thread titled "richard marx - s&d"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
Heh -- saw that quip coming soon as I hit submit
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
I thought this article was hilarious.
― Poliopolice, Sunday, 13 January 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
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!”
“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!”
― Poliopolice, Sunday, 13 January 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
This blogger can have his fun, but here are the facts
Marx wrote "Hazard".This 'blogger' wrote...this.
Nuff said.
― NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
Blogger also seems like the guy who would write an entire blog lamenting today's price of milk.
― NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
Marx wrote "Hazard". This 'blogger' wrote...this.
I like this article more than I like anything I've heard in the Richard Marx catalog.
― Poliopolice, Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
I do not like Richard Marx. "Hazard", however, is fantastic.
― NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
gtfo
xpost
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
LOL
― NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
sb poliopolice imo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
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
― NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
Totally. But kind of funny.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link