KAR120C's Full Review: Young and Rich by The Tubes
The Tubes are one of rock music’s groundbreaking, mold shattering bands. Under vocalist Fee Waybill's direction, The Tubes have always used satirical lyrics, witty banter and driving instrumentalism to propel their brand of classic heavy rock music. Known for their lavish stage shows ad first-class musical skills, The Tubes made a clear statement that they were (and are) for real with “Young and the Rich”.
"Young and the Rich" was released in 1976 and made the solid statement that The Tubes were to be taken seriously as both creative and talents players and as potential "hit makers". (As "The Completion Backward Principle" of 1981 would soon show which was packed full of hit singles such as "Talk To Ya Later", "Sushi Girl", "Mr. Hate", "Amnesia" and "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman")
"Young and the Rich" contains several tracks which display the bands musical abilities and talent for satire and humor. "Slipped my Disco" contains both the creative disco-esque beat of drummer Prairie Prince and the humor laced vocal antics of Fee Waybill. The drumming is first class and bears witness to the fact the Prairie Prince possesses considerable talent (he was in fact Journeys original drummer before deciding to stay with The Tubes, leaving the Journey seat open to the legendary drummer Ansley Dunbar)
While "Young and the Rich" is not as heavy in terms of shear volume and intensity as many other Tubes releases, it makes up for that intensity with creativity and subtlety. The title track “Young and the Rich" and its acoustic guitar bossa nova rhythm, displays a rather subdued Fee Waybill in a very relaxed mood as he delivers the trade mark Tubes satire. "Don't Touch Me There" moves into more sexual material, while never being vulgar. A sort of double entendre which The Tubes have nearly cornered the market on.
One of the interesting points present on many of the tracks is the use of the then new synthesizer arpeggios which wind their way through the music. The Tubes and Prairie Prince were able to weave these syncopated synth lines into the material as if it had been done a million times before this release, while in fact such synthesizer based arpeggios were at the time quite new and unique.
While "Young and the Rich" is not the best Tubes release ever it certainly is one of the most well respected and most telling of all The Tubes efforts. It certainly told us that "you haven't heard anything yet!" We had more to come and rock music has never been the same thanks to Fee and the boys!
Epinions.com periodically updates pricing and product information from third-party sources, so some information may be slightly out-of-date. You should confirm all information before relying on it.
- Add to My Yahoo!: 
- Add to Google Homepage: 
© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc.