Sammy Hagar - Cosmic Universal Fashion
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Free Music Review: Where's the old Sammy?
Hit: 2 Stars
Loved Sammy since high school w/Montrose, loved solo stuff and of course Van Halen (only with Sammy)... could even tolerate the Waborita stuff, but, this, however, truly kinda sucks. Can anyone tell me what did happen to Chickenfoot? Have been waiting for that forever!!!Free Music Review: Jam Session
Hit: 2 Stars
Sounds like a jam session at times. No polish, rushed. A few songs are ok. Very disappointed overall. His last good cd was Ten 13. That seems like a long time ago.Free Music Review: Hagar's Latest Falls Flat
Hit: 1 Stars
Following Sammy Hagar's post-Van Halen solo career hasn't always been the easiest thing to do. Rewarding at times, yes, but certainly not without a great deal of work. His first release sans his former band was 1997's Marching To Mars, a truly excellent recording that filled listeners with hope that there would be more of the same to follow. Unfortunately, Hagar followed things up with 1999's Red Voodoo, his first collaboration with backing band The Waboritas and the first hint that things were on a slow downhill ride. While containing some truly satisfying moments, the album was comprised with a great deal of filler that made a start-to-finish listen nearly impossible. Subsequent releases (2000's Ten 13 and 2002's Not 4 Sale, for example) followed the same trajectory as the one before it, with stellar tracks being harder and harder to weed out amongst the half-baked rockers and overtly-chintsy ballads.
Enter Cosmic Universal Fashion, Hagar's latest entry into his solo catalog. Here, weeding out the good stuff from amongst the filler proves either nearly impossible or remarkably easy, depending on how you look at it. This is largely due to the fact that album is virtually devoid of any memorable or meaningful tracks, a handful of underdone genre experiments and poorly-thought out cover selections in their place. In fact, the only truly memorable moment on the entire record comes in the form of a Van Halen cover, a live capture of a "Dreams" and "Cabo Wabo" medley as reinterpreted by Hagar's solo band on his last tour. Hagar manages to strip away the bombast of the original Van Halen versions without sacrificing the power of the song, a testament to the intense talent of his songwriting partnership with Edward Van Halen.
The most glaring problem with the album is calling it just that: an album. With ten tracks clocking it at barely forty-five minutes, this hardly constitutes an album by the current definition of the term. Toss in the fact that the songs have no cohesive bond and there are two covers in the mix and Hagar's really got himself an EP. Had the singer/songwriter submitted Cosmic Universal Fashion as a collection of unreleased tracks and oddball cover tunes, it probably wouldn't hurt that it isn't very good. But to pass it off as an album leaves the listener feeling cheated and pining for something more.
Another key problem with Cosmic Universal Fashion is that the rock feels somewhat forced here. It's hard to tell at first, as the rockers are drenched in Hagar's usual mix of carefree pseudo-spirituality and teenage-like abandon. But at age 61, the latter of the two characteristics borders on ridiculous. At this point, there's no reason for Hagar to "fight for the right to party" - he's a successful millionaire who own a tequila-based club on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The man's got the right to party and no person of the age when the lyrics to "Fight For Your Right" mean something is looking to Hagar for guidance on the issue.
His reluctance to let go of the constant theme of partying is what does Hagar in throughout the course of Cosmic Universal Fashion. After all, the music to some of the tracks is downright wonderful. "Psycho Vertigo," "Peephole" and "Loud" all contain some of Hagar's best constructed songs musically of his entire catalog. Unfortunately, the lyrics are just plain silly at times and render the songs unlistenable. The singer fairs a little better lyrically on the album's lead-off single, "Cosmic Universal Fashion," which focuses on the issues of the day a la Van Halen's 1992 hit, "Right Now." But that's one fleeting moment of relevancy amongst a cavalcade of mediocrity and ultimately serves as a reinforcement to just how good the album might have been had Hagar delved deeper into more of those lyrical themes.
Free Music Review: Oh Jeez.....
Hit: 1 Stars
OK!!
Who stole the Red Rocker?!?!?!
Before I rant, let's get one thing straight, ok?
I have always been a Sammy fan. I have been to more Sammy shows than most.
I love the guy. But....
This disc doesn't rock! It is a commercial piece of junk. It's a little better than the last weenie that he put out, but just barely.
Sam, if you are gonna be known as the Red Rocker, then ROCK! PLEASE!!!
Don't tell me that after all these years of killer rock and roll, you have sold out?!?!
If ya' need the money that bad, I'll loan you a few bux!!
Just quit putting out these cream cheese tunes!
Take the time, and write good music like you used to do.
Ok, here goes....
1) COSMIC UNIVERSAL FASHION - Rappy, Dancy, Crappy. Does NOT rock!
2) PSYCO VERTIGO - The best song on the disc...Reminds me of the HSAS BAND.
3) PEEPHOLE - Another good one! Good old Red Rocker rock and roll!!
4) LOUD - An attempt at redneck rock. Lyrics are plain STUPID! "LOUD LIKE A HURRICANE, LOUD LIKE A ROARIN' TRAIN??" C'mon man....
5) FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT... - Of all the tunes to copy... Blech!
6) SWITCH ON THE LIGHT - A silly song if I ever heard one. Musta wrote this one in the crapper.
7) WHEN THE SUN DON'T SHINE - The Rednekker strikes again! Jusy cain't git it outa yer system, huh Sammy?
8) 24365 - Bad attempt at a funk song. I mean BAD!
9) I'M ON A ROLL - A NASCAR commercial plain and simple. With stupid lyrics to boot. A third grader could have written these.
10)DREAMS/CABO - Ahhhh...It's over! Even a classic Sammy tune can't save this mess.
Sorry Sam.
Free Music Review: Red Rocker bombs again
Hit: 1 Stars
No doubt about it. Sammy puts on the best live shows ever, but most of his success is from his old stuff. I've been a fan since Montrose, so I was hoping that he would bounce back after his last dud but,alas I was wrong. If he plays any of this junk in concert, time to take a bathroom break. Put down the J's and booze, Sammy and get rockin' again or you'll just become a nostalga act. Bring on Chickenfoot!