http://disqus.com/by/DannyH/enFri, 01 Aug 2008 16:26:04 -0000http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-with-rick-springfield/#comment-1075055<p>You are partly correct Allen. RIck's top hit in Austrailia was Speak to the Sky, which climbed the charts all the way up to #14 in the USA. RIck had a few labums that were great at that time, but was being shopped around as the next David Cassidy, but was writing more like Elton John, about Death adn very serious writing. a serious argument led to a divorse of management, and Rick was not allowed to put another album for several years. When the tie finally broke for good, RIck started writing for WCD, which didn't take off at first, but when Jessie's GIrl was put out, it skyrocketed. BUT, when SHSMY(Success ablum) came out, it sold way more than WCD, and it went all the way to #2 for the year! At that point, Rick already had Beautiful Feelings, Wait for Night, Comic Book Heroes out as Albums as well as WCD and SHSMY. At that point Rick left GH and was on his own as a house hold name and put out Living in OZ, then Hard to Hold, which sold faster than any CD. He was clearly on top of the world. But at the birth of his first son and Tao coming out, he was sort of torn between his career and his family, so he took two years off and became a self described hermit, or house husband. When Josh was born, he put out ROck of LIfe, and started to take off again and had a major accident while 4x4ing, and broke numerous boned in his arm and shoulder and couldn't hang a guitar from it, so he had to cancel his tour(which I had tickets to)Once again, he fell off the face of the earth, but kept writing. Then he formed a band called Sahara Snow, and put the CD out in Europe, and had some succcess. Finally coming back to the US, he put out Karma in attempt to come back, but although teh CD was written as a good CD, the stations were not going to let Rick become a household name again, and didn't play it . But he kept touring, as the fan base never left, so he kept on writing. Shock(SDAA) cd was criticaly acclaimed, and got some airplay, Beautiful You went to #14 on the AC, and put Rick back on the map again as someone who could break out with the right single/CD.<br>This CD, Venus in Overdrive(VIO) is everything every critic has wanted from Rick for a long, long time. It relates to every style of listener, and could have up to 9 hits on it. It is a great CD.</p>DannyHFri, 01 Aug 2008 16:26:04 -0000http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-with-rick-springfield/#comment-1074893<p>Clark, I do hope you are seriously not thinking of asking me out, as I am married to a lady. I do appreciate it though. But we wouldn't get along, as anyone who dosen't listen to RIck Springfield's new CD and come away extremly impressed is either lying to themselves, and us as well, or you just don't understand great music, and therefore are in no position to comment on such a vast topic.<br>Again, thanks for the comment, but until you can seriously listen to the music and not immediately dislike it because of who is singing it, we have nothing to talk about anymore.</p>DannyHFri, 01 Aug 2008 16:09:06 -0000http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-with-rick-springfield/#comment-1066978<p>Clark, you are a moron. RIck has had 17 top 40 hits in a career that was only sidelined by a major accident, or he would have never left the top of the charts. This new CD is the best CD available today, if not over the past 3 years or more. There are atleast 8 hits on it if it gets the airplay it deserves.<br>You sound like a jealous guy, and from teh way you look in your photo, I can see why.</p>DannyHThu, 31 Jul 2008 20:54:15 -0000