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Remote Control Reviews
Remote Control Reviews
| 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful  Tube-avision!, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Remote Control (Audio CD) This my favorite Tubes album. Of course, having seen the tour I am biased. WHile I would like to see this album re-mastered, it still sounds great. What a perfect concept album for a band called "The Tubes" since television has often been called 'the tube.' Others have reviewed the individual songs quite well so I will simply state that it really does come together because of the strengths of the individual members, the songwriting amd Todd Rundgren's production. Oh, and having seen the tour, I can guarantee that contrary to several reviewers, every song carries out the television theme. It was a masterpiece of staging and performance. When Fee commited suicide ("telecide") by throwing himself at a TV just as the explosion in the music occurs, their ingenuity was apparent. When looking at my photos from the night, I still marvel at the distorted face of Mr Waybill as he "wears" the TV on his head. Truly a great performance...the music on the CD holds up. It is a great album and helps... Read more 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful The TUBES Finest Hour ..., By Donald A. Bauer (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Remote Control (Audio CD) Here are some of the The Tubes best written and performed songs: "Turn Me On," "I Want It All Now," "No Way Out," "Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand)," and "Telecide." This recording is so uniformly strong from beginning to end that A&M Records included EVERY SONG in order (the entire record, in other words) when they issued the 2-CD Tubes compilation "Goin' Down The Tubes" in Europe several years ago. If you liked the way producer Todd Rundgren commandeered XTC's sometimes-elusive talents on their classic "SKYLARKING," chances are you will enjoy TR's meticulous production and song sequencing here on "REMOTE CONTROL."Lead singer Fee Waybill never sounded better. Words like "synergy" and "brilliant" are often so overused as to become meaningless, particularly when used in the context of pop music. That aside, "REMOTE CONTROL" as performed by The Tubes and produced by Rundgren is a very special musical statement, one that truly displays synergystic properties. This long-overdue... Read more 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful One of the Top-Ten Albums of All Time, By A Customer This review is from: Remote Control (Audio CD) Unlike the Tubes' uneven earlier and later works, this album, produced by Todd Rundgren, contains song after song of incredible, energetic pop-progressive-rock. Of the songs on this album, "Prime Time" received the most radio air play, but its mellow, bland, mainstream-pop sound is atypical of the other songs on this album, which sizzle with energy, funky rhythms, melody, harmony, and catchy chord changes that are so sadly missing in today's music. The lyrics often convey classic Tubes tongue-in-cheek humor as they ridicule American consumerism and TV. By far the best Tubes album, and one of the best rock & roll albums ever made. |
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