I agree with the 1st point in your comment above. Re. your 2nd point about loosing a lot of the chemistry by replacing Alice's touring band with the ACG, you may be right.bigbradwolf wrote:Without doubt the AC group's material has stood the test of time, arguably better than the solo stuff IMO.
...You replace them (Alice's touring band) with the originals and IMO you'll lose a lot of that chemistry straight away.
Whilst I respect and love the music that was written back in the 70's I would argue that they couldn't add much more musically to what the touring band currently present. (Not to say that I wouldn't pay to see the original group in a one off show).
For people to dismiss Alice's solo stuff is very naive. He's a very clever lyricist and songwriter and if all you are listening to is the original bands music then there is a lot of work (some good, some bad) being overlooked.
I am slightly concerned that what we are going to get another rock n roll album. I was hoping a slight change of direction. Someone mentioned a country album. That would be awesome.
As for the ACG not being able to add much more musically to what Alice's touring band currently presents, I definitely disagree. MB, NS and DD co-wrote 1 song each for W2MN and they have collaborated on several songs which may be included on Alice's next album.
As far as dismissing Alice's solo stuff as being very naive, I don't agree. Alice may be a good/clever lyricist but in the ACG days it was the band (mainly MB) that wrote the music. I've listened to quite a bit of Alice's solo material and while some of it isn't bad, there's also a fair bit of mediocre stuff (i.e. Years Ago, Model Citizen). Plus look at the sales figures. The ACG had 6 gold records in a row and I believe most of them have long since gone platinum. When has Alice solo had similar success?
You think that if Alice does a country album that that would be awesome? I'd definitely want to reserve judgement until I heard the album!
Ted