RIP Eric Carmen

Everyone has their artist or artists who they feel were undervalued by history. This one's mine. The king of power pop died over the weekend.

The fact that many will first associate him with the syrupy "Hungry Eyes" and "Make Me Lose Control" is sad to me. Between his solo career and the Raspberries, he was a consummate musician. Some of the deep tracks on his solo albums were stunning.

A little bit heart-broken. RIP.

 

Cleveland lost Michael Stanley in March three years ago.

 

@jr/shotglass The Hoffman forum, as of this writing, has 211 replies to an Eric Carmen thread if you'd like to check it out:

Eric Carmen of the Raspberries passed away. | Steve Hoffman Music Forums

 

He did a great cover of Poker Face.

 

Thanks Shottie. You had more gumption than I did to start a thread Eric Carmen deserves.

If anyone wants to take a dive into the Raspberries, one of my favorite bands, go to the dead musicians thread*. Posted some of my Eric-based faves.

* A thread that shouldn't exist because it's a shitty sensibility for a thread and running threads suck ass anyway.

 

He also covered "Hey Deanie" better than Shaun Cassidy ever did.

 

Damn, "All by Myself" is a staple of my youth. May he RIP.

 

Trying to figure a modern (or semi-modern) comp to the Raspberries with the power chords and the melody.

Closest I can think of is Extreme.A band I LOATHED in 1991-ish.

 

Rock Hall to honor Raspberries' Eric Carmen

 

When I kick, you have my permission to make a one-line post in the Running Dead SJ Members Thread. And you can stick it at the end of Metro briefs on B4.

 

Well, I was happy to provide the memory of Carmen with a little more than that.