Looking over the track listing for Especially, while I haven't listened to it in 30 years, I could hum (and/or air-drum) every one of those songs. They knew how to put some hooks together.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 14 December 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
The Tommy stuff is so good, I forgot how good it is
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 December 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
I listened to "Especially For You" last night for the first time in years. So many good songs.
"Hand of Glory" made me wonder if the album was in John Squire's rotation at the time -- the verses are very "Waterfall."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_IUR6eeQ60
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 14 December 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
def saw them in the #2 spot at several shows, not as headliners i don't think
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 December 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
Love 'Behind the Wall of Sleep'. Opening line is one of my favourites, just such a concise and evocative image.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 14 December 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
I got to know Pat a bit over the years. He was a great guy, and very talented.
― Lyudmila Pavlichenko (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 14 December 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
Saw them a few times in the Green Thoughts/11 era whenever they came through LA. Never met Pat, but did talk to a super-boisterious Jim Babjak who gave me a guitar pick, revealed that the secrets to their songs was to tune the guitars down a step and play the Kinks ("tune down twice and you'll get Sabbath!") and said that playing on stage with Dave Davies was like playing baseball with Mickey Mantle.
RIP Pat. Those first four albums are master-classes in solid guitar-pop songwriting.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 15 December 2017 01:32 (six years ago) link
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― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 8 September 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link