And the Hits Just Keep On Comin' is one of my favorite Nez albums. Just Nez on guitars and Red on steel guitar. This tune was one of my favorite songs off that album. Actually, I also liked all of the songs. I sometimes wished however, Mike, had recorded a version of this album with the conventional band backing of guitars, bass, keyboards, drums and steel guitar. And maybe some things like strings and woodwinds on some certain songs (like The Upside of Goodbye and Lady Love) and horns on other songs (Tomorrow and Me, Roll with the Flow). The songs I would've added horns to actually needed to be set in rock and roll trappings. I think The Candidate would've worked well with the song being played on piano and Moog, bass and guitar, going into rock mode with some thunderous drums after the middle eight (the part of the song that begins with the lyrics listen well) and some rock energy that carries the tune for a lengthy break, before coming around with a repeat of the middle eight section and final verse, with a long fade much like that heard on A Day In The Life. Mike could well have given RCA an album that would've sold in the millions with this album, if a band had played behind him. It's fine enough as is, but RCA was giving Nez a lot of grief about wanting hits and the fact his albums weren't the big sellers they wanted them to be. Which is a topic for another day.
The issue for this album was money, plain & simple. RCA's advance to Nez really didn't allow budgeting for a full band, and Nez at that time likely didn't have the funds to finance an LP with a full band. However, even at this point, it would be interesting to see Michael "re-visit" this album with fleshed out instrumentation.
@@shazam-rareobscuremusic32 Agreed. RCA gave Nez that old phrase in Tom Petty's song, "I don't hear a single." But, I could've seen "Roll with the Flow" being a huge hit single if it had been given a full blown rock treatment. And maybe "Lady Love" as well. Part of RCA's budgeting had to have included promoting the singles, and while they did their part on "Joanne," they didn't really spend much promotion money on "Silver Moon," "Nevada Fighter, " "Propinquity" and "Texas Morning." "Silver Moon" did fair but the "Nevada Fighter" singles all charted poorly, even though "Nevada Fighter" and "Texas Morning" got some fair radio airplay on Top 40 stations. I heard "Propinquity" a time or two as well, but I guess the record companies at the time didn't realize you had to build the artist's career when expecting returns on the money you've spent.
Thanks for posting and sharing! He also played Joanne on this show. I’m big Nezhead. Hit me up if you want me to send stuff I might have you might not. Thanks
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And the Hits Just Keep On Comin' is one of my favorite Nez albums. Just Nez on guitars and Red on steel guitar. This tune was one of my favorite songs off that album. Actually, I also liked all of the songs. I sometimes wished however, Mike, had recorded a version of this album with the conventional band backing of guitars, bass, keyboards, drums and steel guitar. And maybe some things like strings and woodwinds on some certain songs (like The Upside of Goodbye and Lady Love) and horns on other songs (Tomorrow and Me, Roll with the Flow). The songs I would've added horns to actually needed to be set in rock and roll trappings. I think The Candidate would've worked well with the song being played on piano and Moog, bass and guitar, going into rock mode with some thunderous drums after the middle eight (the part of the song that begins with the lyrics listen well) and some rock energy that carries the tune for a lengthy break, before coming around with a repeat of the middle eight section and final verse, with a long fade much like that heard on A Day In The Life. Mike could well have given RCA an album that would've sold in the millions with this album, if a band had played behind him. It's fine enough as is, but RCA was giving Nez a lot of grief about wanting hits and the fact his albums weren't the big sellers they wanted them to be. Which is a topic for another day.
The issue for this album was money, plain & simple. RCA's advance to Nez really didn't allow budgeting for a full band, and Nez at that time likely didn't have the funds to finance an LP with a full band. However, even at this point, it would be interesting to see Michael "re-visit" this album with fleshed out instrumentation.
@@shazam-rareobscuremusic32 Agreed. RCA gave Nez that old phrase in Tom Petty's song, "I don't hear a single." But, I could've seen "Roll with the Flow" being a huge hit single if it had been given a full blown rock treatment. And maybe "Lady Love" as well.
Part of RCA's budgeting had to have included promoting the singles, and while they did their part on "Joanne," they didn't really spend much promotion money on "Silver Moon," "Nevada Fighter, " "Propinquity" and "Texas Morning." "Silver Moon" did fair but the "Nevada Fighter" singles all charted poorly, even though "Nevada Fighter" and "Texas Morning" got some fair radio airplay on Top 40 stations. I heard "Propinquity" a time or two as well, but I guess the record companies at the time didn't realize you had to build the artist's career when expecting returns on the money you've spent.
Thanks for posting and sharing! He also played Joanne on this show. I’m big Nezhead. Hit me up if you want me to send stuff I might have you might not. Thanks