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hagen
· 1 year ago
Psst! Hey, Terje, if you can stand the weather, you can hang out at my place until your contract is renegotiated. You'll have to listen to Bruce Cockburn, Marillion, Lou Reed, Slade, and Two Cow Garage until they release you from your Fosterage, but it's a small price to pay for freedom. The Tubes tune above should convince you of my sincerity. In other words, come with me if you want to live.
Sara
· 1 year ago
No Christopher Cross never did a session with Foster. Don't forget in 1982 he also produced the cast album of Dreamgirls (badly) and worked on Dionne Warwick's "Friends in Love" which was produced by Christopher Cross' friend Jay Graydon
I haven't received the DVD, but really, I mostly wanted the book anyway. The DVD should be, uh, interesting...with some coffee. No, I'm sure it's stimulating and wildly entertaining. [As someone who idolizes the man, I'm required to say that].
Sharon
· 1 year ago
Oh and I also love the fact that the book jacket has this lovely sentiment from Ronnie Hawkins: "He's got one of the best ears in the business, this cat does. David Foster can hear an amoeba fart in a typhoon and tell you what key it's in." I love that they included it amongst all the other flowery praises and sentiments from Streisand, Dion, Boccelli and the like.
terje
· 1 year ago
Ronnie Hawkins sounds like a funny guy. I can't wait to read it. I'm sure I will enjoy it - possibly even the marriage bits. I just read Al Kooper's "Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards" for the first time, and I'm hoping for a little bit of the same candor, but I'm not counting on it. I pre-ordered it on Amazon, but I think it's shipping on November 11, so I'll just have to be patient. Maybe you ought to do the Ear of Madness posts until then, Sharon?
Oh, and that whole "I'm wondering if you wrote the "early years" portion" part really warmed my heart. Thank you!
Sharon
· 1 year ago
As tempting as it sounds, I couldn't write the "Madness" posts for two reasons, I'm not a writer (barely a reader) and two, your knowledge and wit far surpass my abilities. And I do not have the fortune of having 1200+ David Foster gems on my iPod (though I do have the Billboard Top 100 for 1980-1989, 1000 songs, many which are Foster's). I am stuck in the 80s.
Also, going back to Foster's early years, I think he may have read your posts as he was writing his book. He even writes, briefly, about the Keane bros. I mean really, who knew about that besides Foster, the Keanes and you? I think you should, as someone suggested, interview Foster. Then you could nail him for royalties from the book sales. (to the Foster lawyers, I'm kidding)
The other thing I wanted to mention was that I have become a Popdose junkie, so thanks (I think).
This will be my last comment until I see the next "Madness" post! That's more of a promise than a threat, really. Nonetheless, I am anxiously awaiting the next brilliant posting (no pressure).
terje
· 1 year ago
New post coming up on Thursday! See you then. Last week's post wasn't published as scheduled due to a Wordpress bug or something like that - at least according to my editor. But I think it may be a conspiracy - I'm looking into it.
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As a Foster fan, I am, of course, enjoying reading this memoir. It's written with that David Foster attitude (for the most part) of, "I don't give a shit what you think", so I like that.
I haven't received the DVD, but really, I mostly wanted the book anyway. The DVD should be, uh, interesting...with some coffee. No, I'm sure it's stimulating and wildly entertaining. [As someone who idolizes the man, I'm required to say that].
I love that they included it amongst all the other flowery praises and sentiments from Streisand, Dion, Boccelli and the like.
Oh, and that whole "I'm wondering if you wrote the "early years" portion" part really warmed my heart. Thank you!
Also, going back to Foster's early years, I think he may have read your posts as he was writing his book. He even writes, briefly, about the Keane bros. I mean really, who knew about that besides Foster, the Keanes and you? I think you should, as someone suggested, interview Foster. Then you could nail him for royalties from the book sales. (to the Foster lawyers, I'm kidding)
The other thing I wanted to mention was that I have become a Popdose junkie, so thanks (I think).
This will be my last comment until I see the next "Madness" post! That's more of a promise than a threat, really. Nonetheless, I am anxiously awaiting the next brilliant posting (no pressure).