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Post by Molly on Jul 4, 2006 9:41:07 GMT
Just wondering what everyone else thought of Spike's songwriting. I never really noticed before, but a lot of my favourite Cross songs have been written by him, I guess he just got a bit overlooked because so many of the band's tracks were written by Roger.
Here are some of the tracks written by him:
Closer To You
Dirty Mind
Baby It's Alright
Put It All Down To Love
Hand Of Fools
What do you think?
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Post by roberta on Jul 4, 2006 9:49:55 GMT
"Hand of fools" and "Baby it's alright" are 2 absolute gems! and perfect for Roger's voice. Funny how he wrote "Baby it's alright" and "Dirty mind" too - 2 faces of a medal (I mean for their different attitude...listen to them AND look at the lyrics LOL).
I wonder if he gave up writing completely - saw him at the "46664" as a musical director, and of course he was on stage with Queen lately , but I don't think he's still writing...just like Josh is a drummer no more, "just" Roger's producer.
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champs
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Post by champs on Jul 4, 2006 11:09:32 GMT
"Baby It's Alright" is one if not the all-time favorite track by The Cross IMHO. I love it.
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Post by james on Jul 4, 2006 15:14:11 GMT
Put It All Down To Love is one of my favour, along with Dirty Mind. When you look at that list, you realise how good a writer Spike is.
He's a versatile guy though. I heard he had a big part in the putting together of Queen's set at Wembley 86 among other shows, so if people like Roger, Brian, Freddie and John were asking his advice, he MUST be good!
JG
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Post by champs on Jul 5, 2006 7:35:20 GMT
I remember an interviw with him recalling his debut with the band in 1984. During rehearsals of Radio Ga Ga...the track went to pieces with the band struggling to remember the chords etc... Spike informed them that he knew the track and proceeded to 'keep them right'. He's never looked back since.
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Post by roberta on Jul 5, 2006 8:47:32 GMT
Haha, great Spike! ;D Now I can see why he became the musical director for a huge event like "46664".
Thanks for sharing the info!
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Post by jmochampion on Jul 5, 2006 20:00:30 GMT
Spike is great and some of those songs are definitely the best on the albums such as Baby It's Alright  |
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Post by Molly on Jul 8, 2006 12:58:07 GMT
I don't think anyone disagrees so far on Baby It's Alright being an amazing song!
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Post by madbad on Aug 30, 2006 19:10:19 GMT
I don't think anyone disagrees so far on Baby It's Alright being an amazing song! Absolutely. |
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