Comments on: Into the Ear of Madness: Week 7 — 152 bpm, the Tubes, and Airplay http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/ your daily dose of pop culture Fri, 25 May 2012 17:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 93 | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-55927 Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 93 | Popdose Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:49:12 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-55927 [...] scattered The Completion Backwards Principle and 1983’s excellent Outside Inside both produced by David Foster. Outside Inside is the record that produced the big hits, including “She’s a Beauty.” “Tip [...] [...] scattered The Completion Backwards Principle and 1983’s excellent Outside Inside both produced by David Foster. Outside Inside is the record that produced the big hits, including “She’s a Beauty.” “Tip [...]

]]> By: Justinhttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-51708 Justin Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:04:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-51708 David Foster killed the Tubes. Their Suffer For Sound album was killer, but never released. Fee Waybill called it, "depressing." That was probably because he sang on so few songs. The music demonstrated a group that was filled to the brim with incredible musical ideas. There were even socially conscious messages in the songs! Much closer to punk and new wave than Completion Backwards. David Foster swooped in, micro managed every single bit of the music and even had people play who WEREN'T the Tubes. Dishonest! Their individualistic sound suffered, but no one noticed as the record companies and Foster were far too focused on getting a generic "eighties" sound. Fee Waybill is as much to blame for the failure of the Tubes as Foster was. He was just a lapdog who had a grudge against the far superior producer Todd Rundgren. Plus he badmouthed the band for not being able to do the things David Foster wanted them to do. Of course they weren't able, because they were the Tubes and David Foster wasn't. David Foster should have kept his attention on his own music making. We've all been victims of this puppet producer and the effects of his dumbing down even today. The band would have done better with Spooner and Co steering the ship from the get go. Had they stayed as cutting edge as on Suffer For Sound, perhaps the original configuration would still be playing. Todd Rundgren, by the way, invented his own way of producing. David Foster's work has no differences to any other flabby eighties production that focused more on technology than it did on playing. Waybill, with all his praise of David Foster, fails to note that he did not give the Tubes a number one EVER. And if Fee Waybill was so great, you'd think his album would have been a hit. It wasn't. And where are Fee's hits since then? None. The new Tubes albums? None. Fee Waybill isn't qualified to talk about "great" producers. Thanks to Foster and Waybill the Tubes went down the tubes. David Foster killed the Tubes. Their Suffer For Sound album was killer, but never released. Fee Waybill called it, “depressing.” That was probably because he sang on so few songs. The music demonstrated a group that was filled to the brim with incredible musical ideas. There were even socially conscious messages in the songs! Much closer to punk and new wave than Completion Backwards. David Foster swooped in, micro managed every single bit of the music and even had people play who WEREN'T the Tubes. Dishonest! Their individualistic sound suffered, but no one noticed as the record companies and Foster were far too focused on getting a generic “eighties” sound. Fee Waybill is as much to blame for the failure of the Tubes as Foster was. He was just a lapdog who had a grudge against the far superior producer Todd Rundgren. Plus he badmouthed the band for not being able to do the things David Foster wanted them to do. Of course they weren't able, because they were the Tubes and David Foster wasn't. David Foster should have kept his attention on his own music making. We've all been victims of this puppet producer and the effects of his dumbing down even today. The band would have done better with Spooner and Co steering the ship from the get go. Had they stayed as cutting edge as on Suffer For Sound, perhaps the original configuration would still be playing. Todd Rundgren, by the way, invented his own way of producing. David Foster's work has no differences to any other flabby eighties production that focused more on technology than it did on playing. Waybill, with all his praise of David Foster, fails to note that he did not give the Tubes a number one EVER. And if Fee Waybill was so great, you'd think his album would have been a hit. It wasn't. And where are Fee's hits since then? None. The new Tubes albums? None. Fee Waybill isn't qualified to talk about “great” producers. Thanks to Foster and Waybill the Tubes went down the tubes.

]]> By: Justinhttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-40594 Justin Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:04:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-40594 David Foster killed the Tubes. Their Suffer For Sound album was killer, but never released. Fee Waybill called it, "depressing." That was probably because he sang on so few songs. The music demonstrated a group that was filled to the brim with incredible musical ideas. There were even socially conscious messages in the songs! Much closer to punk and new wave than Completion Backwards. David Foster swooped in, micro managed every single bit of the music and even had people play who WEREN'T the Tubes. Dishonest! Their individualistic sound suffered, but no one noticed as the record companies and Foster were far too focused on getting a generic "eighties" sound. Fee Waybill is as much to blame for the failure of the Tubes as Foster was. He was just a lapdog who had a grudge against the far superior producer Todd Rundgren. Plus he badmouthed the band for not being able to do the things David Foster wanted them to do. Of course they weren't able, because they were the Tubes and David Foster wasn't. David Foster should have kept his attention on his own music making. We've all been victims of this puppet producer and the effects of his dumbing down even today. The band would have done better with Spooner and Co steering the ship from the get go. Had they stayed as cutting edge as on Suffer For Sound, perhaps the original configuration would still be playing. Todd Rundgren, by the way, invented his own way of producing. David Foster's work has no differences to any other flabby eighties production that focused more on technology than it did on playing. Waybill, with all his praise of David Foster, fails to note that he did not give the Tubes a number one EVER. And if Fee Waybill was so great, you'd think his album would have been a hit. It wasn't. And where are Fee's hits since then? None. The new Tubes albums? None. Fee Waybill isn't qualified to talk about "great" producers. Thanks to Foster and Waybill the Tubes went down the tubes. David Foster killed the Tubes. Their Suffer For Sound album was killer, but never released. Fee Waybill called it, “depressing.” That was probably because he sang on so few songs. The music demonstrated a group that was filled to the brim with incredible musical ideas. There were even socially conscious messages in the songs! Much closer to punk and new wave than Completion Backwards. David Foster swooped in, micro managed every single bit of the music and even had people play who WEREN'T the Tubes. Dishonest! Their individualistic sound suffered, but no one noticed as the record companies and Foster were far too focused on getting a generic “eighties” sound. Fee Waybill is as much to blame for the failure of the Tubes as Foster was. He was just a lapdog who had a grudge against the far superior producer Todd Rundgren. Plus he badmouthed the band for not being able to do the things David Foster wanted them to do. Of course they weren't able, because they were the Tubes and David Foster wasn't. David Foster should have kept his attention on his own music making. We've all been victims of this puppet producer and the effects of his dumbing down even today. The band would have done better with Spooner and Co steering the ship from the get go. Had they stayed as cutting edge as on Suffer For Sound, perhaps the original configuration would still be playing. Todd Rundgren, by the way, invented his own way of producing. David Foster's work has no differences to any other flabby eighties production that focused more on technology than it did on playing. Waybill, with all his praise of David Foster, fails to note that he did not give the Tubes a number one EVER. And if Fee Waybill was so great, you'd think his album would have been a hit. It wasn't. And where are Fee's hits since then? None. The new Tubes albums? None. Fee Waybill isn't qualified to talk about “great” producers. Thanks to Foster and Waybill the Tubes went down the tubes.

]]> By: Justinhttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-20892 Justin Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:04:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-20892 David Foster killed the Tubes. Their Suffer For Sound album was killer, but never released. Fee Waybill called it, "depressing." That was probably because he sang on so few songs. The music demonstrated a group that was filled to the brim with incredible musical ideas. There were even socially conscious messages in the songs! Much closer to punk and new wave than Completion Backwards. David Foster swooped in, micro managed every single bit of the music and even had people play who WEREN'T the Tubes. Dishonest! Their individualistic sound suffered, but no one noticed as the record companies and Foster were far too focused on getting a generic "eighties" sound. Fee Waybill is as much to blame for the failure of the Tubes as Foster was. He was just a lapdog who had a grudge against the far superior producer Todd Rundgren. Plus he badmouthed the band for not being able to do the things David Foster wanted them to do. Of course they weren't able, because they were the Tubes and David Foster wasn't. David Foster should have kept his attention on his own music making. We've all been victims of this puppet producer and the effects of his dumbing down even today. The band would have done better with Spooner and Co steering the ship from the get go. Had they stayed as cutting edge as on Suffer For Sound, perhaps the original configuration would still be playing. Todd Rundgren, by the way, invented his own way of producing. David Foster's work has no differences to any other flabby eighties production that focused more on technology than it did on playing. Waybill, with all his praise of David Foster, fails to note that he did not give the Tubes a number one EVER. And if Fee Waybill was so great, you'd think his album would have been a hit. It wasn't. And where are Fee's hits since then? None. The new Tubes albums? None. Fee Waybill isn't qualified to talk about "great" producers. Thanks to Foster and Waybill the Tubes went down the tubes. David Foster killed the Tubes. Their Suffer For Sound album was killer, but never released. Fee Waybill called it, “depressing.” That was probably because he sang on so few songs. The music demonstrated a group that was filled to the brim with incredible musical ideas. There were even socially conscious messages in the songs! Much closer to punk and new wave than Completion Backwards. David Foster swooped in, micro managed every single bit of the music and even had people play who WEREN'T the Tubes. Dishonest! Their individualistic sound suffered, but no one noticed as the record companies and Foster were far too focused on getting a generic “eighties” sound. Fee Waybill is as much to blame for the failure of the Tubes as Foster was. He was just a lapdog who had a grudge against the far superior producer Todd Rundgren. Plus he badmouthed the band for not being able to do the things David Foster wanted them to do. Of course they weren't able, because they were the Tubes and David Foster wasn't. David Foster should have kept his attention on his own music making. We've all been victims of this puppet producer and the effects of his dumbing down even today. The band would have done better with Spooner and Co steering the ship from the get go. Had they stayed as cutting edge as on Suffer For Sound, perhaps the original configuration would still be playing. Todd Rundgren, by the way, invented his own way of producing. David Foster's work has no differences to any other flabby eighties production that focused more on technology than it did on playing. Waybill, with all his praise of David Foster, fails to note that he did not give the Tubes a number one EVER. And if Fee Waybill was so great, you'd think his album would have been a hit. It wasn't. And where are Fee's hits since then? None. The new Tubes albums? None. Fee Waybill isn't qualified to talk about “great” producers. Thanks to Foster and Waybill the Tubes went down the tubes.

]]> By: Chartburn: 7/18/08 | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-8696 Chartburn: 7/18/08 | Popdose Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:43:25 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-8696 [...] will say that the coolest thing David Foster ever did was work with the Tubes. “Talk to Ya Later” is one of those songs that, to my [...] [...] will say that the coolest thing David Foster ever did was work with the Tubes. “Talk to Ya Later” is one of those songs that, to my [...]

]]> By: terjehttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-20889 terje Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:31:18 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-20889 I agree, and I hope that the real story will reveal itself eventually. You know, according to Marshall McLuhan, 'the medium is the message ,' and I think that will definitely be the case here. That's to say, my eventual mental disrepair will probably influence my posts much more than the actual content and as such, I expect the real story to unfold, but mostly between the lines.<br><br>So far everything seems normal (which in itself is a very disturbing sign) I agree, and I hope that the real story will reveal itself eventually. You know, according to Marshall McLuhan, 'the medium is the message ,' and I think that will definitely be the case here. That's to say, my eventual mental disrepair will probably influence my posts much more than the actual content and as such, I expect the real story to unfold, but mostly between the lines.

So far everything seems normal (which in itself is a very disturbing sign)

]]> By: hagenhttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-20888 hagen Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:50:33 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-20888 I'm looking forward to the Foster: Destroyer of Bands chapter(s), Terje. But I'm curious... now that you're several weeks into the Fosterization program, have you noticed anything different about your life, like have your coworkers started worrying, or has your missus been playing Motörhead more often to balance out the madness in your ears? I think the real story here might be the effects of All Foster: All the Time on the human psyche.<br><br>Signed,<br><br>A Concerned Reader I'm looking forward to the Foster: Destroyer of Bands chapter(s), Terje. But I'm curious… now that you're several weeks into the Fosterization program, have you noticed anything different about your life, like have your coworkers started worrying, or has your missus been playing Motörhead more often to balance out the madness in your ears? I think the real story here might be the effects of All Foster: All the Time on the human psyche.

Signed,

A Concerned Reader

]]> By: Dw. Dunphy On… The Tubes | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-8676 Dw. Dunphy On… The Tubes | Popdose Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:31:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-8676 [...] In a recent smackdown bitch slap Chartburn discussion that will be published tomorrow, we had cause to discuss the merits of “She’s a Beauty” by the Tubes. I won’t disclose the consensus, because we’d rather all of you read the post and not rely on my Dose-opedia version. Suffice it to say that I suddenly had an urge to revisit the band’s work. I avoided the earlier and — some would rightly say — weirder stuff like “White Punks on Dope,” and aside from a solitary spin of my vinyl version of The Completion Backward Principle (1981), I didn’t swim too far into the dangerous waters where the deadly David Fosters lurk (even though that’s where all their best material is floating). [...] [...] In a recent smackdown bitch slap Chartburn discussion that will be published tomorrow, we had cause to discuss the merits of “She’s a Beauty” by the Tubes. I won’t disclose the consensus, because we’d rather all of you read the post and not rely on my Dose-opedia version. Suffice it to say that I suddenly had an urge to revisit the band’s work. I avoided the earlier and — some would rightly say — weirder stuff like “White Punks on Dope,” and aside from a solitary spin of my vinyl version of The Completion Backward Principle (1981), I didn’t swim too far into the dangerous waters where the deadly David Fosters lurk (even though that’s where all their best material is floating). [...]

]]> By: terjehttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-20887 terje Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:26:09 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-20887 You'd almost think we planned it. I'm looking forward to that. You'd almost think we planned it. I'm looking forward to that.

]]> By: DwDunphyhttp://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/comment-page-1/#comment-20886 DwDunphy Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:53:38 +0000 http://popdose.com/into-the-ear-of-madness-week-7-152-bpm-tubes-and-airplay/#comment-20886 And for the Popdose addict in all of us, some post-Foster Tubes action is coming your way tonight! And for the Popdose addict in all of us, some post-Foster Tubes action is coming your way tonight!

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