Comments on: Dw. Dunphy On… The Tubes http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/ your daily dose of pop culture Fri, 25 May 2012 06:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Hancottehttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-86972 John Hancotte Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-86972 Another BIG Love Bomb fanatic here.  Loved Remote Control also and what Todd brought to the table.  I think I bought Utopia's POV (wish they could have hung in there as well - kept improving as far as I'm concerned) at the same time and I saw the tour in '86 (plus the Fee-less Tubes at DC's Cellar Door as well).  Love Bomb has many great moments: Piece, Come As You Are (Fee at his emotive best), For a Song (not much Fee on Side 2 - aka 2nd Thing as it was labeled on the vinyl - but this is classic Fee), Roger's Eyes, Bill's Feel It, Wooly Place(!!!)...  Todd shaped it into what it became, much like what he did for XTC's Skylarking.  I like the Genius tunes when they pop up in shuffle mode on the iPod, but I never sat down and listened all the way through.  But then, that's how music is ingested these days, at least around here. Another BIG Love Bomb fanatic here.  Loved Remote Control also and what Todd brought to the table.  I think I bought Utopia’s POV (wish they could have hung in there as well – kept improving as far as I’m concerned) at the same time and I saw the tour in ’86 (plus the Fee-less Tubes at DC’s Cellar Door as well).  Love Bomb has many great moments: Piece, Come As You Are (Fee at his emotive best), For a Song (not much Fee on Side 2 – aka 2nd Thing as it was labeled on the vinyl – but this is classic Fee), Roger’s Eyes, Bill’s Feel It, Wooly Place(!!!)…  Todd shaped it into what it became, much like what he did for XTC’s Skylarking.  I like the Genius tunes when they pop up in shuffle mode on the iPod, but I never sat down and listened all the way through.  But then, that’s how music is ingested these days, at least around here.

]]> By: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 93 | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-55924 Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 93 | Popdose Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:46:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-55924 [...] To me it sounds like some kind of half-assed middle ground between INXS and the Escape Club.The Tubes “Tip of My Tongue” — 1983, #52 (download) “The Monkey Time” — 1983, #68 [...] [...] To me it sounds like some kind of half-assed middle ground between INXS and the Escape Club.The Tubes “Tip of My Tongue” — 1983, #52 (download) “The Monkey Time” — 1983, #68 [...]

]]> By: Elainehttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-50010 Elaine Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:25:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-50010 Oh, you're not alone. I love that song, too. I know the whole "Outside, Inside" album backwards & forwards. I saw The Tubes perform in the 90's, Fee-less, and while they were entertaining, it just wasn't the same. No horns during "Tip" = not even the same song. Oh, you're not alone. I love that song, too. I know the whole “Outside, Inside” album backwards & forwards. I saw The Tubes perform in the 90's, Fee-less, and while they were entertaining, it just wasn't the same. No horns during “Tip” = not even the same song.

]]> By: retrobloghttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-50011 retroblog Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:58:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-50011 oh come on! Love Bomb is a classic. Especially the second side. yes, it just sounds like Tubes mashed up with Utopia but still, it's a fun listen. :) oh come on! Love Bomb is a classic. Especially the second side. yes, it just sounds like Tubes mashed up with Utopia but still, it's a fun listen. :)

]]> By: Elainehttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-41304 Elaine Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:25:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-41304 Oh, you're not alone. I love that song, too. I know the whole "Outside, Inside" album backwards & forwards. I saw The Tubes perform in the 90's, Fee-less, and while they were entertaining, it just wasn't the same. No horns during "Tip" = not even the same song. Oh, you're not alone. I love that song, too. I know the whole “Outside, Inside” album backwards & forwards. I saw The Tubes perform in the 90's, Fee-less, and while they were entertaining, it just wasn't the same. No horns during “Tip” = not even the same song.

]]> By: Elainehttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-18560 Elaine Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:25:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-18560 Oh, you're not alone. I love that song, too. I know the whole "Outside, Inside" album backwards & forwards. I saw The Tubes perform in the 90's, Fee-less, and while they were entertaining, it just wasn't the same. No horns during "Tip" = not even the same song. Oh, you're not alone. I love that song, too. I know the whole “Outside, Inside” album backwards & forwards. I saw The Tubes perform in the 90's, Fee-less, and while they were entertaining, it just wasn't the same. No horns during “Tip” = not even the same song.

]]> By: retrobloghttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-18564 retroblog Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:58:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-18564 oh come on! Love Bomb is a classic. Especially the second side. yes, it just sounds like Tubes mashed up with Utopia but still, it's a fun listen. :) oh come on! Love Bomb is a classic. Especially the second side. yes, it just sounds like Tubes mashed up with Utopia but still, it's a fun listen. :)

]]> By: Chartburn: 7/18/08 | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-8681 Chartburn: 7/18/08 | Popdose Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:34:03 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-8681 [...] times a year, and have yet to buy another Tubes album (the fact that their next one was called Love Bomb was enough to scare me off forever, I [...] [...] times a year, and have yet to buy another Tubes album (the fact that their next one was called Love Bomb was enough to scare me off forever, I [...]

]]> By: DwDunphyhttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-18563 DwDunphy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:29:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-18563 I didn't say I didn't have them, I said that for the purposes of this article I was foregoing them. The A&M stuff barely resembles Genius Of America, the focal point of the write-up. I didn't say I didn't have them, I said that for the purposes of this article I was foregoing them. The A&M stuff barely resembles Genius Of America, the focal point of the write-up.

]]> By: chimsterhttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-18562 chimster Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:25:17 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-18562 You are doing a disservice to yourself by not listening to the Tubes during their A&M years. The Tubes sold out with mainstream crap during their Capital years (Completion Backwards Principle) The first two album were progressive rock genius. The other three were not as good as the first two, hence their sell-out to Capital gave them a last ditch effort to become well know. (Heck, they even showed up on the Xanadu soundtrack with a duet with Olivia Newton John. How embarrasing.<br><br>If you don't have their self-titled album and Young and Rich, you don't deserve to review them. You are doing a disservice to yourself by not listening to the Tubes during their A&M years. The Tubes sold out with mainstream crap during their Capital years (Completion Backwards Principle) The first two album were progressive rock genius. The other three were not as good as the first two, hence their sell-out to Capital gave them a last ditch effort to become well know. (Heck, they even showed up on the Xanadu soundtrack with a duet with Olivia Newton John. How embarrasing.

If you don't have their self-titled album and Young and Rich, you don't deserve to review them.

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