Billy Sheehan Interview: Talks DLR

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  • ELVIS
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    Originally posted by TJMKID
    Dave's always been a headstrong artist with his own compass so we can admire that.

    But when I hear "Hina" and "Stand Up" and compare it to the tasty hard rock stuff that came out in 1987.....it sounds weak and uninspired.

    Dave phoned it in for most of SkyCrapper and he lost a lot of swagger when compared to EEAS.
    I agree with all of that, but ALAE is worse, in my opinion...

    I just hate that radio rock formula sound...

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  • ELVIS
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    I didn't like that song for a long time but it really kicks on a good system and it's pretty heavy at times...

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  • TJMKID
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    Originally posted by ELVIS
    No, It was Dave doing exactly what he wanted to do and that's what makes it interesting to me...

    Dave's always been a headstrong artist with his own compass so we can admire that.

    But when I hear "Hina" and "Stand Up" and compare it to the tasty hard rock stuff that came out in 1987.....it sounds weak and uninspired.

    Dave phoned it in for most of SkyCrapper and he lost a lot of swagger when compared to EEAS.

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  • DLR Bridge
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    Originally posted by ELVIS
    No, It was Dave doing exactly what he wanted to do and that's what makes it interesting to me...
    Oh, I'll give it interesting for sure. Just a touch wimpy at times and not near as edgy as it could or should have been. Vai's too polished execution falls flat for me. Hina and Damn Good the only true stand outs. The rest is just fair or not good. I hate Hot Dog and a Shake.
    Last edited by DLR Bridge; 04-02-2013, 03:50 PM.

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  • ELVIS
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    Originally posted by TJMKID
    Skyscraper was most definitely Dave hanging out in left field for awhile.....
    No, It was Dave doing exactly what he wanted to do and that's what makes it interesting to me...

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  • ELVIS
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    ALAE (especially the song itself) isn't even listenable if you put it on directly following Skyscraper...

    On production alone Skyscraper stands the test of time over that overproduced, slick sounding power rock mix...

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  • TJMKID
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    Originally posted by sonrisa salvaje
    I want to get this out of the way while i am venting. Dave was always ahead of his time. Skyscraper was like no other sound at the time. He didn't like to do what was comfortable and liked to venture out.

    Skyscraper was most definitely Dave hanging out in left field for awhile.....but I listen to "Knucklebones" or "Stand Up" and cant help but feeling they sound dated.

    But I can still listen to "Crying in the Rain" or "Mr. Brownstone" and fondly remember that '87-'88 still had balls.

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  • sonrisa salvaje
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    I want to get this out of the way while i am venting. Dave was always ahead of his time. Skyscraper was like no other sound at the time. He didn't like to do what was comfortable and liked to venture out.

    The biggest case in point about Dave being ahead of the curve is with his Las Vegas stint. Remember how all the sheep made fun of that? Look at what is going on now with Motley Crue, GNR and Def Leppard all playing stints at the Joint in Las Vegas.

    Who has the last laugh now bitches? Kiss the ring.

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  • sonrisa salvaje
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    My issue with Billy is that on one hand is talking about how he struggled all those years and then all of a sudden he is playing packed arenas with Dave and how great it was. Then on the very next album he doesn't agree with the direction, still plays on the record, and then splits? How about some loyalty Billy? So because he didn't agree with the direction he goes and forms Mr. Big to do what? Play sub par hard rock music in the style of the late 80's hair band craze. Wow. You really showed everyone Bill. Mr. Big opened for Rush for a while in 1990. I can't imagine any Rush fans giving 2 shits about them. Then they opened for the Scorpions for a while on triple bills beside the likes of White Lion, Aldo Nova and Great White. Thus, i ask did Billy win or lose?

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  • TJMKID
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    Originally posted by Zing!
    Are you talking the tour or the album? If you mean the tour, I think that stands to reason. The Skyscraper tour was huge and they played an unreal number of shows, while the ALAE tour had replacement players and was cut short by Grunge. If you mean the album, then you're fucked in the head.

    "Just Like Paradise" and "Damn Good" remain in my Top 5 solo Dave tunes of all time.

    However, ALAE smokes the shit out of Skyscraper. Grunge and it's release 2 weeks before the Gulf War are the reasons it didnt become a huge album.

    1987 saw the release of some epic hard rock albums and Skyscraper was quite weak compared to that level of competition --- Def Leppard's "Hysteria", Whitesnake's self-titled album, and of course the mighty "Appetite for Destruction".
    Last edited by TJMKID; 04-02-2013, 03:18 PM.

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  • chefcraig
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    Originally posted by sonrisa salvaje
    Addicted to that Rush for which they had their first video wasn't a world beater. I think i would have just stayed with Dave.
    That song always cracked me up, because if you really listen to it, once you get passed all of the hammering and showing off, it's really just "Heard It On The X" by ZZ Top. "Green Tinted Sixties Mind" wasn't bad, nor was the home video from the early 1990s from San Francisco, yet outside of that...

    The problem is, a little bit of that obnoxious lead singer goes a very long way.

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  • FORD
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    Originally posted by ELVIS
    Skyscraper kicks the shit out of ALAE...
    Unless Billy sent you the REAL version of that album that he says he has, you're full of shit.

    SkyCrapper was easily Dave's weakest solo record. And yes, I mean weaker than YFLM and the "Diamond Dave" covers album.

    Too goddamn much cheese. It had only slightly less Velveeta than OUBlowsGoats2 did. And no, I don't buy the "everybody's doing it" excuse. There were albums released in 1988 that weren't buried in synthesizer crap.

    Next time somebody interviews Billy Sheehan, they should ask him if he knows what FLAC and Bit Torrent are. He needs to leak that damn tape. I'd really like to hear the GOOD version of this album, if it actually exists, like he says it does.

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  • Zing!
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    Originally posted by ELVIS
    Skyscraper kicks the shit out of ALAE...
    Are you talking the tour or the album? If you mean the tour, I think that stands to reason. The Skyscraper tour was huge and they played an unreal number of shows, while the ALAE tour had replacement players and was cut short by Grunge. If you mean the album, then you're fucked in the head.

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  • sonrisa salvaje
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    Originally posted by ELVIS
    Skyscraper kicks the shit out of ALAE...
    April Fool's is over.

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  • ELVIS
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    Skyscraper kicks the shit out of ALAE...

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