I've been thinking that if I keep posting "summer" songs, maybe Mother Nature'll take the hint and send the sun out to play for a few days. Thus we have Tony Carey, a middling storytelling rocker with a Meatloaf-meets-Milsap look, with his second and final hit, "The First Day of Summer." For a brief time in 1984 his tales of ne'er-do-wells hiding from their lives and responsibilities sat comfortably alongside the characters from Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp who were trying a bit harder. "First Day" is kind of forgettable (nice riff, but a silly video); I prefer its predecessor, "A Fine Fine Day," whose video tells a far more sensible story.It's a fine, fine day for summer to actually begin. Ain't it?
2 comments:
Wow, I was completely unaware of this guy (despite his 2 Top 40 hits). He was a member of Rainbow?? And later became the Planet P Project?? Amazing. Borderline-awful to my ears, tho', I'm sorry to say. But the MeatLoaf-meets-Milsap description is dead-on -- LOL!
I in turn did not know of the Rainbow and Planet P connections. But I'm surprised you dislike so much - is Tony that far removed from, say, "Prove It All Night"?
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