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Eric Carmen, Raspberries Frontman and ‘All by Myself’ Singer, Dies at 74
Variety ^ | Mar 11, 2024 | Chris Willman

Posted on 03/11/2024 7:35:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: LukeL

Oh, yeah. I guess all 80s dance movies are the same to them. Have you ever seen Patrick Swayze and Kevin Bacon together?


21 posted on 03/11/2024 7:57:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I wrote to him when he was on Twitter. He hit ‘like’ but I do not remember what I wrote. He went off it at one point. I thought it was because of something political but now I wonder if it was health related.


22 posted on 03/11/2024 7:59:00 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: nickcarraway

Ouch. Some of my first memories out of childhood were to his music.

They keep getting closer….😳


23 posted on 03/11/2024 8:00:28 PM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: nickcarraway

1970’s am car radio vibes


24 posted on 03/11/2024 8:00:39 PM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: nickcarraway

The Raspberries were the first concert that I ever went to. Ocean City, MD. Brownsville Station was the opening act. Good times back then.


25 posted on 03/11/2024 8:01:03 PM PDT by spiffy
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Suddenly I feel real old.


26 posted on 03/11/2024 8:03:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: LukeL
I figured it out. He did write a hit song from Footloose, he jus didn't perform it. He cowrote Almost Paradise, which was a duet between the singer from Heart, and the singer from Loverboy, and made the top ten.
27 posted on 03/11/2024 8:03:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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28 posted on 03/11/2024 8:06:49 PM PDT by BipolarBob (If you bring up my past, you should know that Jesus dropped all of the charges.)
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To: Gary from Dayton

Double dang :(


29 posted on 03/11/2024 8:11:20 PM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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To: nickcarraway

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EzoazPPC7b8&pp=ygUNYWxsIGJ5IG15c2VsZg%3D%3D


30 posted on 03/11/2024 8:21:12 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: nickcarraway

Both Dirty Dancing and Footloose should be every list of the 10 worst movies ever made


31 posted on 03/11/2024 8:23:54 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the Beast and steal its food.)
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To: nickcarraway

Another very talented musician gone. :-(

It would seem he got his wish, though, in his final years, marrying and staying married until the end, so, not “All by himself (anymore)” ...

May he Rest In Peace, and prayers for his family and friends.


32 posted on 03/11/2024 8:42:17 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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To: nickcarraway

Big hits I recognize:

All By Myself
Hungry Eyes
Make Me lose control
Never gonna fall in love again


33 posted on 03/11/2024 8:47:43 PM PDT by Revel
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Good composers borrow, but great composers steal. And Eric Carmen was great.

He stole from the second movement of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto #2 for "All by Myself." He stole from the third movement of Rachmaninov's Symphony #2 for "Never Fall in Love Again."

In doing so, he continued in the honored tradition of Neil Diamond and Alan & Marilyn Bergman, who stole from the second movement of Rachmaninov's Symphony #2 for "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." And who could forget 1945's "Full Moon and Empty Arms," stolen from the third movement of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto #2 by Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman?

Sergei Rachmaninov would have been thrilled to know that his music lived on in the popular form. (He loved jazz!) He would have joyfully hummed those melodies as he deposited his royalty checks in the Beverly Hills branch of United California Bank.

34 posted on 03/11/2024 8:54:56 PM PDT by Publius
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This is old news for some, but for those just now finding out: singer Steve Lawrence (of Steve and Edie) died last week at age 88. It was either Weds. or Thurs.
Last week, most news hounds were wrapped up in Uncle Joe’s state of the nation speech.


35 posted on 03/11/2024 8:59:18 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway

“Go All the Way” will be forever a personal favorite song. Good vocalist. Rest in peace.


36 posted on 03/11/2024 9:03:38 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Cody's Wish: thank you.)
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To: nickcarraway

I very much enjoyed his music. R.I.P.


37 posted on 03/11/2024 9:11:34 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: nickcarraway

This is unexpected and sad. Eric Carmen was extremely talented.

RIP.


38 posted on 03/11/2024 9:21:00 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Honorary Scouser. Go Liverpool! You’ll Never Walk Alone.)
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To: nickcarraway

Another victim of time change.


39 posted on 03/11/2024 11:28:00 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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40 posted on 03/11/2024 11:39:40 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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