Hi all,
just another post to keep this forum alive while we're waiting for some - any - news
If you were to choose - which songs should have been released as a single (additionally)? My list is:
- Because Of You (1978)
- Runaway (1982)
- Out Of The Darkness (1983)
- Shine, Shine, Shine (1984)
- Two Roads (1986)
- Windy Town (1987)
- Black Dog (1993)
I'm not saying these are the best songs ever - although they belong to my all time favourite list - but in my opinion they have a certain style and quality that would have made them good radio singles.
On the other hand the choice of singles actually made is sometimes quite strange to me:
- Bombollini is a lovely song but not a song to be played on the radio, too long, too complex
- It's All Gone is one of my favourites - but like Bombo too complex and long for radio stations
- Texas
- Tell Me There's A Heaven
- Heaven
- Nothing To Fear
- Johnny Needs A Fast Car
Again, these lists do not neccessarily reflect my favourites/non-favourites - it's all about radio compatibility
I deliberately chose from songs made between 1978 and 1993 (the "classic" phase) because in the nineties the concept of "real" singles became more and more obsolete - and if a radio station nowadays plays Chris in 99% of these cases they play his old songs.