Welcome back! While I realize it pains you (at least, seemingly) to write about the 90s to current Foster, it does seem to stir up the dosers. Perhaps a week of the "current" (phase 3, as he calls it) Foster, then dip back into the Foster of yesteryear, for the calming effect. Like downers and uppers. Nontheless, I will be faithfully reading and posting inane comments (just so you can exercise your eyes by rolling them up).
On a side note, there are plans to have Whitney and Foster reunite (very soon). Perhaps both are trying to recapture the glory days. Sadly, that ship may be long gone for both, but it does give me hope for some sort of spark of (80s) magic.
Sharon
· 9 months ago
Oh yeah, and this week's post...love the soundtrack too. Recently watched the "and when she danced" music video..heh, just funny to watch it today. I didn't realize Donny Osmond did backup on the song. Just a couple of years prior to "Soldier of Love"...did Foster contribute on Donny's CD (wait, I'll check the liner notes)...
terje
· 9 months ago
Well, did he? (I don't think he did)
Sharon
· 9 months ago
You are correct (as usual), Foster is nowhere on the Donny Osmond ('89) liners. Although Donny does give a "very special thanks" to his friends Peter Gabriel & Ged Doherty for making it happen. Huh, never would've connected Donny with Gabriel.
That aside, what happened to "into the ear"? I've been missing the Terje/ Foster insight, commentary, snark, etc! Well, should the posts return, I will be here to enjoy it all (good and bad on Fozz). Or maybe, you have secured an exclusive interview with the man...
hagen
· 9 months ago
Maybe some word association might help your writer's block, Terje. Try these for a start:
Force Majeur Tooth decay Paint-by-number Not The Beatles Big finish
Hang in there, Terje. You're past the halfway mark, and anything from this point on should be considered field communications from the heart of darkness. Jeff, no doubt, is waiting for you to swim up to his mansion and ask you if you find his methods unsound. Make something up about zany Foster collaborations with KISS or Willie Nelson or Wing. That'll make the next 17 weeks fly by and you'll be in that sanitarium before you know it.
terje
· 9 months ago
I've been trying to decipher your little word association game for over a week now, to no avail...
I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that Foster may have been playing on that bizarre Willie Nelson/Julio Iglesias duet in the 1980s -- "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" -- see, sometimes reality exceeds imagination.
Pete
· 9 months ago
That Photoshop montage is priceless. I vote for more in future posts.
DavidLG1971
· 9 months ago
Terge - I was updating my iPod and putting Stealing Home on it today, and accidentially discovered your site looking for album artwork. Synchronicities abound!
I'm 38, and have been writing/playing music since I was a teen. I connected to David Foster circa 1982-3, when I saw the credits for 3 of my favorite songs: Heart to Heart (Kenny Loggins), Hard to Say I'm Sorry (Chicago) and After The Love Has Gone (Earth, Wind & Fire). Especially as I played piano, I became hooked on his work with Chicago, Kenny Loggins, etc. The moment I heard Kasey Kasem introduce the Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire on the radio, I knew it was David Foster's production from those first synth-cellos. I was floored when he named Foster as the artist.
Anyway - sounds like you and I got into his music in the same era, and dipped out around the same time too. For me, Stealing Home was the last Foster thing I really liked. I bought River of Love in 1990, but by that time I was 19, listening to modern music and playing in bands of all sorts - rap, R&B, rock, etc. River of Love reeked of all the throwaway ideas Foster would've had in say, 1984. To this day, I've bought nothing newer than that of his. And I'm really selective where it comes to syrupy ballads - gotta have some great melodies and arrangements to make it work - not just divas belting out shrill high notes. It seems that - as a writer at least - Foster lost his gift of brilliant melodies circa Stealing Home.
Its title theme is one of my favorites, even if its melody is a twist on We Were So Close. We Were So Close is my wife's favorite of his - such nice playing by him and David Paich. Hard to believe he wrote that with the guy that wrote the MASH theme. How odd is that? Anyway - thank you for the trip down memory lane!
terje
· 9 months ago
You're welcome - glad you enjoyed it. You realize, of course, that we're the same age Foster was when he did "Stealing Home" in '88. Have you written your "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" yet?
Cellulite
· 7 months ago
Thanks for the post, keep posts like this one coming, you are awesome!
Jessica
susan
· 4 months ago
your MP3's are not working. I'm dying to hear these!
Abby
· 2 months ago
I was introduced to the music from this movie in college. I loved it so much that I decided to watch the movie. I just love it. acnee
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On a side note, there are plans to have Whitney and Foster reunite (very soon). Perhaps both are trying to recapture the glory days. Sadly, that ship may be long gone for both, but it does give me hope for some sort of spark of (80s) magic.
That aside, what happened to "into the ear"? I've been missing the Terje/ Foster insight, commentary, snark, etc! Well, should the posts return, I will be here to enjoy it all (good and bad on Fozz). Or maybe, you have secured an exclusive interview with the man...
Force Majeur
Tooth decay
Paint-by-number
Not The Beatles
Big finish
Hang in there, Terje. You're past the halfway mark, and anything from this point on should be considered field communications from the heart of darkness. Jeff, no doubt, is waiting for you to swim up to his mansion and ask you if you find his methods unsound. Make something up about zany Foster collaborations with KISS or Willie Nelson or Wing. That'll make the next 17 weeks fly by and you'll be in that sanitarium before you know it.
I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that Foster may have been playing on that bizarre Willie Nelson/Julio Iglesias duet in the 1980s -- "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" -- see, sometimes reality exceeds imagination.
I'm 38, and have been writing/playing music since I was a teen. I connected to David Foster circa 1982-3, when I saw the credits for 3 of my favorite songs: Heart to Heart (Kenny Loggins), Hard to Say I'm Sorry (Chicago) and After The Love Has Gone (Earth, Wind & Fire). Especially as I played piano, I became hooked on his work with Chicago, Kenny Loggins, etc. The moment I heard Kasey Kasem introduce the Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire on the radio, I knew it was David Foster's production from those first synth-cellos. I was floored when he named Foster as the artist.
Anyway - sounds like you and I got into his music in the same era, and dipped out around the same time too. For me, Stealing Home was the last Foster thing I really liked. I bought River of Love in 1990, but by that time I was 19, listening to modern music and playing in bands of all sorts - rap, R&B, rock, etc. River of Love reeked of all the throwaway ideas Foster would've had in say, 1984. To this day, I've bought nothing newer than that of his. And I'm really selective where it comes to syrupy ballads - gotta have some great melodies and arrangements to make it work - not just divas belting out shrill high notes. It seems that - as a writer at least - Foster lost his gift of brilliant melodies circa Stealing Home.
Its title theme is one of my favorites, even if its melody is a twist on We Were So Close. We Were So Close is my wife's favorite of his - such nice playing by him and David Paich. Hard to believe he wrote that with the guy that wrote the MASH theme. How odd is that? Anyway - thank you for the trip down memory lane!
Jessica
acnee