Re: Dion - Yo Frankie (1989).

by Guest Sun May 17, 2020 7:36 pm

It's no Tower of Power.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun May 17, 2020 7:37 pm

Last track - Serenade.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun May 17, 2020 7:37 pm

Piano.

by Guest Sun May 17, 2020 7:37 pm

Music By, Lyrics By – Tom Waits

by Nightjar Sun May 17, 2020 7:37 pm

See, now I'm on Chrome, no adverts. oh no

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun May 17, 2020 7:38 pm

This sounds quite sad.

by Guest Sun May 17, 2020 7:38 pm

Is this a cover of San Diego Serenade?

by Nightjar Sun May 17, 2020 7:38 pm

Pure Closing Time.

That's not a bad thing BTW IMO.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun May 17, 2020 7:39 pm

More sax.

by Nightjar Sun May 17, 2020 7:40 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Is this a cover of San Diego Serenade?

Well, it could be The Heart Of Saturday Night as well.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun May 17, 2020 7:41 pm

This album could have done with a couple of tracks in this vein.

by Guest Sun May 17, 2020 7:41 pm

Let's check out the original.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun May 17, 2020 7:43 pm

It is over.

I felt that was an entertaining album that only rarely mis-stepped. It struggled to live up to the standards of its outstanding opening track but, for a bloke who could be seen as a 1950s relic, he seemed in good form.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everyone else made of it. Excited

by Nightjar Sun May 17, 2020 7:43 pm

Well, that's it done and dusted.

After the promise of the first track (genuinely enjoyable), I felt it fell away sharply in quality and ever downward into banality.

The last track was good however, but it's a sneaky trick to bookend an LP with the best tracks.

I'm not going to fall for that one. no no

by Guest Sun May 17, 2020 7:44 pm

That was alright, good to see one of the old timers go toe to toe with the 80s trends and beat Springsteen/Dire Staits/Tom Petty et al. at their own game, and beat them with more energy and 50 doo-wop.

Boring music though.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun May 17, 2020 7:45 pm

I want to give it 3.5 stars but we don't have that option, so I'll give it 3.

by Guest Sun May 17, 2020 7:45 pm

That's what I was going for. So I'll give it 4 so the cosmic balance is restored. yes

by Nightjar Sun May 17, 2020 7:46 pm

His vocal performance was the only thing of any merit ultimately.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun May 17, 2020 7:53 pm

I feel I should post the video for his Paul Simon team-up/Dire Straits channelling exercise, for no reason other than that I like it.

Joan Jett, Lou Reed and Dave Edmunds making cameos. Excited

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