{"id":1437,"date":"2020-05-02T00:32:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T00:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joeviglione.com\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2020-06-02T03:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T03:30:07","slug":"1437","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/?p=1437","title":{"rendered":"May 1, 2020  The Joe Vig Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AllMusic Review by&nbsp;Joe Viglione&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/crystal-mansion-mw0000117031#\">&nbsp;[-]<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tommy-james-three-times-in-love-millennium-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1446\" width=\"916\" height=\"921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tommy-james-three-times-in-love-millennium-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tommy-james-three-times-in-love-millennium-2-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tommy-james-three-times-in-love-millennium-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tommy-james-three-times-in-love-millennium-2-624x628.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No Hay Dos Sin Tres (Three Times In Love Spanish Version)\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GzzzBiDYctY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>En Espanol!  No Hay Dos Sin Tres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TOMMY JAMES-&quot;THREE TIMES IN LOVE&quot; (LYRICS)\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5tYwcZIV3MM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SUBSCRIBEA #19 hit in 1980 on the Billboard Hot 100. Song Review by Joe Viglione at Allmusic.com:\n&#8220;Three Times In Love&#8221; is as exquisite a pop confection as you&#8217;ll find, a #1 Adult Contemporary hit for Tommy James which should have ushered in a whole new career for the singer\/songwriter in the 1980&#8217;s, one that could have had him giving Olivia, Elton, Helen and Barry a good run for their money on the pop charts. Millennium Records single #11785 came at the dawn of that new decade going Top 20 on the singles charts in February of 1980. The guitar strums are even lighter than Nick Lowe&#8217;s hit, &#8220;Cruel To Be Kind&#8221; from the year before, the sentiment a lot more positive than Lowe, a song about falling in love head over heels, not once, not twice, but three times. It&#8217;s survival of the fittest from the first love of teen years being a game and and ultimately fading away to the second time around finding the person in question older and wiser, The lyrics take a back seat to the gorgeous hook, a gliding vocal of &#8220;three times in love&#8221; over cascading acoustic guitars with a stunningly sweet lead right before the bridge. Tommy James made some good records for Fantasy in the &#8217;70&#8217;s, including a wonderful re-make of &#8220;Tighter, Tighter&#8221;, the hit he wrote and produced for Alive &#8216;n Kickin&#8217;. The label change to Millennium Entertainment allowed this title track the opportunity to reach an audience, and it deserved to. Sophisticated adult pop by a craftsman who has the voice and intuitive charm, this number drives politely, swimming in pretty sounds and is a far cry from the garage rock of &#8220;Hanky Panky&#8221; which launched James&#8217; storied career. Of the 19 chart songs he wrote or performed, there&#8217;s something extra special about this one. Co-written by Tommy James and guitarist\/bassist Ronnie Serota, the song clocks in at four minutes and nine seconds. A Spanish version was also released, which has become something of a collectors item.&#8221;    LYRICS: She was all of a lady, you were all of sixteen,\nYou were king of the mountain, she was your queen.\nYou played in the sunshine, you danced in the rain,\nIt was so easy, when love was a game.\nBut, everybody&#8217;s\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHER the thought of loving you\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AsZYa2Qgkek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/crystal-mansion.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1441\" width=\"728\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/crystal-mansion.jpg 280w, https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/crystal-mansion-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><figcaption> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/479528-Crystal-Mansion\">https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/479528-Crystal-Mansion<\/a> on the label of Producer Jerry Ross, Colossus Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crystal Mansion - Carolina In My Mind (1970)\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JT1BniujIYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When Motown had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/r-dean-taylor-mn0000386603\">R. Dean Taylor<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/meatloaf-mn0000339624\">Meatloaf<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rare-earth-mn0000339490\">Rare Earth<\/a>, poppy blue-eyed soul with urban leanings on their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rare-earth-mn0000339490\">Rare Earth<\/a>&nbsp;imprint, the company also released this disc by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/crystal-mansion-mn0000113955\">Crystal Mansion<\/a>. Engineered by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/brooks-arthur-mn0000937369\">Brooks Arthur<\/a>, who went on to produce&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/crystal-mansion-mn0000113955\">Crystal Mansion<\/a>&#8216;s 1979 album on Twentieth Century,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/peter-allen-mn0000314155\">Peter Allen<\/a>, and many middle of the road acts in the &#8217;80s, this disc, by what was once a pop band, is a real strange one. Prior to this album they almost hit with &#8220;The Thought of Loving You,&#8221; a timeless pop song written by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/david-white-mn0001892882\">David White<\/a>&nbsp;and covered by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/sonny-cher-mn0000042993\">Sonny &amp; Cher<\/a>, as well as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/the-manhattan-transfer-mn0000674749\">the Manhattan Transfer<\/a>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/dave-white-tricker-mn0001754564\">Dave White Tricker<\/a>&nbsp;appears on this disc courtesy of Bell records, contributing three co-written numbers, &#8220;Earth People,&#8221; &#8220;A Song Is Born,&#8221; and &#8220;Satisfied..&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/david-white-tricker-mn0001754564\">David White Tricker<\/a>&nbsp;also shows up on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/len-barry-mn0000242573\">Len Barry<\/a>&#8216;s abysmal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/ups-and-downs-mw0000860461\">Ups and Downs<\/a>&nbsp;on Buddah the same year, 1972. This album has a better groove than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/barry-mn0000242573\">Barry<\/a>&#8216;s, but it gets mired in the down side of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/atlanta-rhythm-section-mn0000605965\">Atlanta Rhythm Section<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rare-earth-mn0000339490\">Rare Earth<\/a>, the unfortunate non-hit sides of those bands. Why Collectables would re-release this with an additional track,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/james-taylor-mn0000204386\">James Taylor<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Carolina on My Mind,&#8221; is a mystery. There is nothing here as sublime as their little mini-pop masterpiece, &#8220;The Thought of Loving You,&#8221; and despite having it together better than solo outings by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rob-grill-mn0001581492\">Rob Grill<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/the-grass-roots-mn0000070773\">the Grass Roots<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/len-barry-mn0000242573\">Len Barry<\/a>, &#8220;Peace for a Change&#8221; is not the kind of tune you would seek out to play repeatedly, nor would a classic hits music director go out on a limb for &#8220;Boogieman.&#8221; The cover, featuring bare trees over a blue &#8220;crystal&#8221; mansion, is the best thing about this disc. The gatefold holds the lyrics, but there are no lost&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bob-dylan-mn0000066915\">Bob Dylan<\/a>&nbsp;etchings here, nor words that will be published in volumes of important rock poetry. To be kind, &#8220;There Always Will Be More,&#8221; &#8221; I Love You,&#8221; and the final track, &#8220;Earth People,&#8221; aren&#8217;t bad. &#8220;Earth People&#8221; is reminiscent of &#8220;Calling Occupants,&#8221; the hit for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/the-carpenters-mn0000051909\">the Carpenters<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/klaatu-mn0000098467\">Klaatu<\/a>. It is the highlight of the album. Let&#8217;s call it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/crystal-mansion-mn0000113955\">Crystal Mansion<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;I&#8217;m Your Captain\/Closer to Home.&#8221; Nice keyboards, good production, great vocals, but the three minutes and 59 seconds seem to drag on, and nothing here is, as mentioned, as stimulating as their signature tune, &#8220;The Thought of Loving You,&#8221; which, unfortunately, is not on this disc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Thought of Loving You\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FBLoyVoL0oM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/safe_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/safe_image.jpg 540w, https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/safe_image-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AllMusic Review by&nbsp;Joe Viglione&nbsp;&nbsp;[-] SUBSCRIBEA #19 hit in 1980 on the Billboard Hot 100. 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