A thought about Dave's musical career/legacy....

[DLR Bridge]

Well, he did put out a 10 minute "floor music" version of Stand Up.

[DLR Bridge]

Well that makes no sense to me they left if it was Vai's music. It never hit me that Dave gave him the leeway to do it. Until I read it some where. It makes total sense now listening too it. I wasn't smart enough to even get it. I thought it was Dave being weird and gambling a little musically.

I think it was a gamble that just didn't pay off too well. I think Vai had stated that the inclusion of Tuggle into the mix threw him off a bit. Vai hated Just Like Paradise. Probably wasn't too thrilled with what the keys did to Knucklebones and Bottom Line, either. I don't know. The CD just has total identity issues. In a sense, that's a good thing that it didn't resemble the watered down hair bands that were trying to have a career by aping Dave and Ed. It's a bad thing in that the material just wasn't strong enough to hold it's self up.

[78/84 guy]

Yeah well I thought Paradise was a good tune. Hell that was more Dave than Hina right ? I loved Hina. I didn't get some of it lyrically more than the music in a way. The whole thing is all over the place. I don't hate it though.

[DLR Bridge]

I love Hina. Definitely wouldn't work live, but a great song indeed. My least faves were Hotdog And A Shake, Perfect Timing and Two Fools A Minute.

[wolfsbane]

So, to look at these albums as what DLR wants to put out, The most logical thing is that he sees the first album with each guitarist as the most important. So, the albums he tried the hardest on and he wanted to sound the best from a performance and songwriting perspective must be the first ones:
VH I
EEAS
ALAE
DLR Band
ADKOT

[themighty]

I don't follow Vai much these days, but as guitar players go he can play some awesome stuff... but as song writing for songs with vocals... Vai just doesn't cut it.

yeah I love EEAS, but Vai isn't the best rock/songwriting kind of guy. More quirky and wacky, more like Skyscraper.

I love Hina. Definitely wouldn't work live, but a great song indeed. My least faves were Hotdog And A Shake, Perfect Timing and Two Fools A Minute.

Hina I love. Think you're spot on the other 3 being weaker songs of the bunch...although Hotdog (ignoring the silly title) is a pretty smoking song for the most part.