I got the Foxworthy CD as a birthday present when he was just starting to blow up. It was my first comedy album, though I am glad to say my next ones (by way of rummaging through my parents vinyl collection) were by George Carlin and Steve Martin.

I liked the song for the Three Musketeers movie, though I haven't seen it.

I saw it when I was 10, and I think my parents had a good chuckle over that moment.

I'd look up some of his matches from Japan (a whole bunch of them can be found on YouTube), and maybe rethink that. His style was wholly different there (even had a different finisher, the Axe Bomber I think it was called).

I prefer it to "Silent Lucidity".

The live "Dream On" was from the MTV 10th Anniversary concert, complete with orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen (who did the score for LAH).

Yeah but they are calling it quits soon because of it, despite his saying that he's fine.

In '93 they were still relatively safe. Hard rock was selling fairly well just the year before as Bon Jovi and Def Leppard both had albums that sold well. Things got more shaky a few years later. Bon Jovi concentrated on the overseas market (until their reinvention in 2000) and the following Leppard album tanked.

"I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" was their breaking point with me. Otherwise I agree with you, mostly. I thought Nine Lives was a pretty cool album.

Genius and talent go hand in hand, right?

By what standard was he not tremendously popular? He had chart hits in both the UK and the U.S. (after his Monterey gig).

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I wouldn't say that he isn't, but I have heard about him bitching to crew members and generally being a pain in the ass to radio people and such.

I feel the same way about Apollo 13. Opie's opus.

Um, wrong movie.

I hear similar things about John Mellencamp, especially being from Indiana where he's somewhat revered.

Absolutely. He seems to thrive on telling stories about unlikable people, too.

He sounds like he's a fan of the band, too. Which could mean it would very well be watered down. Let alone the fact that this is also the studio that just refused Scorsese a NC-17 cut.

And I'm sure that's largely just Don and Glenn. Walsh and Schmit seem like cool enough guys who had their struggles while the other two were stars when the band had broken up, and I'm sure are thankful to have the gig.

He's the one guy in the band who doesn't strike me as a dickhead like the other three do. Like I said below (or above) I didn't read the book, but I gather in interviews he was more introverted (also fairly older than the other guys) and just did the gig.