Comments on: Dw. Dunphy On… The Tubes http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/ your daily dose of pop culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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.

]]> By: Eric S.http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-18561 Eric S. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:43:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-the-tubes/#comment-18561 I listen to that 1992 compilation on a regular basis, but I have to admit that while I own Genius of America, I've probably only listened to it two or three times at the most. I would say "wildly uneven" pretty much sums up The Tubes.<br><br>As for "a fine three-song EP", I also nominate Fee's 1984 solo outing "Read My Lips" (Yeah, I know David Foster produced and wrote that too). "You're Still Laughing" and "Saved My Life" (from St. Elmo's Fire) are as good as anything The Tubes did up to that point. Foster was at least smart enough to bring along Steve Lukather for co-writes/guitar and Richard Marx, Bill Champlin and Bobby Kimball for backing vocals. I listen to that 1992 compilation on a regular basis, but I have to admit that while I own Genius of America, I've probably only listened to it two or three times at the most. I would say “wildly uneven” pretty much sums up The Tubes.

As for “a fine three-song EP”, I also nominate Fee's 1984 solo outing “Read My Lips” (Yeah, I know David Foster produced and wrote that too). “You're Still Laughing” and “Saved My Life” (from St. Elmo's Fire) are as good as anything The Tubes did up to that point. Foster was at least smart enough to bring along Steve Lukather for co-writes/guitar and Richard Marx, Bill Champlin and Bobby Kimball for backing vocals.

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