Happy Birthday Expando!
Expando was released a year ago today.
This is a great album. I'll be listening to it throughout the day.
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Happy Birthday Expando!
Expando was released a year ago today.
This is a great album. I'll be listening to it throughout the day.
Thanks for the reminder whitcap - i'm putting it on right now! :thumbsup:
It's amazing to think it's been a year already! I'll be listening to it after work today for sure!
It's been a busy week this week but I did stop and think about all this on Monday because it had been exactly a year since I saw Timothy in Chicago and met so many other Borders and like minded people. Good times!!! :thumbsup:
See, this is why I love it here. I would never have remembered that on my own!
When I listen to Expando I feel proud for Timothy. I know it sounds weird but I feel like he finally got it right and just did what he wanted to do, critics be damned! It's a great album to listen to with lots of different styles of music. My favorite is still Friday Night.
And I believe it was on Oct. 18 that Soda, TBF and I went to see Timothy in Chicago. I remember that we were hoping that they would be selling the CD there even though it hadn't been released yet. Well, it wasn't there and we had to go find it just like everybody else. I remember that some people on here were having a hard time finding it, but I found it on my first trip to Best Buy. Plus I won a copy playing the first Eagles Trivia game on here, which I gave to my brother, who later told me how much he liked it. :thumbsup: Share the love, that's what I say! If you haven't bought an extra copy to give to a friend or family member I suggest that you do!
Happy Birthday Expando! PM- I feel the same way. This album really shows off his true talent. I absolutely love this album, and will be listening to my two favorites today-Parachute and One More Mile :)
I love the album!
I remember I had, of course, pre-ordered the album and I should get it to the release day,but it could not be delivered, no idea why,all the same!
I have read all the reviews and could hardly expect to hear it, finally.After 3 long weeks, of waiting, it was so far, the wait was worth it, I liked the album from the first note!
I really love it, too! And thanks for reminding me about it being 1 year! I'd have never thought of it either!
Kudos to Timothy for doing what he loves and not staying in a mold of the same old thing! :thumbsup:
I think my favorite song now is Secular Praise. Awesomely beautiful! Gives me goosebumps!
Ooh, me too Brooke! Love me some Secular Praise!
Ah yes... I remember going to Best Buy and having them search the area, no luck. Target, database search of the area, no luck. Called one of the last remaining "record stores"... they had it! Jumped into my car and took the 45 min trip at 8:30 at night to get my hands on it! I had the biggest smile on my face the whole ride home. I couldn't wait to each song and savor it. The concert the week earlier seemed to have flown by... and I wanted to each song in my nice closed environment (car) blasting down the expressway. Ah... good night! I mentioned elsewhere, my phone broke on the way home, but I really didn't care. I was so excited to have Expando. To hold it, touch it, read it, listen to it.
I'm with the rest of you - I LOVE this album. I listened to it on my drive to Louisville this past weekend. Tim definitely shines on it.
Happy 1st Birthday, Expando!!!
A year already! Wow! I love the fact that the Expando love is still well and truly alive... I'm sure Tim would feel all warm and fuzzy inside if he ever checked out this thread.
CONGRATS, TIM.
LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!!
This is my favorite album of Timothy's. I listed to it today in honor of the occasion!
I remember very well that wonderful night seeing Timothy - so amazing! I never thought I'd see him solo, or share the experience with such cool people. ;)
Don't forget:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7FpoBI-edk[/ame]
I just want to repost here my thoughts on the album from when it first came out:
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My overall thoughts: This is, IMHO, Timothy's strongest album. While many of the songs start off in a similar fashion, before long they twist around and become something else. The thing that strikes me most about this album is how so many of the songs take unexpected turns - suddenly shifting tempos or keys, even styles - it's something he's done before and continues to do with great success. It also seems this album is more personal than his others; maybe it's because he wrote every single song himself, but I feel like we're getting a window into his life.
One More Mile - I love this song. At first I wasn't sure if Tim's vocal was bluesy enough to work it, but every time I listen to it I like it more. So jazzy and catchy, especially the way he sings the title - "one more mile."
Parachute - My favorite on the album. This is where Timothy sounds his most modern and it stands out from the other tracks. They picked right to make this the single, because it would fit right in on radio now. It's rare someone can put out a song that isn't quite what they've done before and still have it work. Terrific job. Little things I love: the way he stops for a beat because going into the chorus, the attitude/altitude lyrics, the metaphor of the parachute / heights entirely, in fact. The soaring plane at the opening, then the visual of him in the penthouse suite of a huge hotel looking down... terrific. I think it's the most sophisticated song on the album. Love it!
Friday Night - such a fun song; I've enjoyed it from the first hearing on MySpace. The lyrics are very cute - I especially like the "princess" and the "palace" lines. It's great how the melody goes from slow to peppy, matching the lyrics as they go from fighting to having a good time. Works for me!
Ella Jean - When I first heard this in Chicago, I immediately thought that the chorus sounded like it was lifted right out of a Beach Boys tune. When I got the album, I decided it was too simplistic and I didn't like it... but then, that chorus got stuck in my head for freaking DAYS. I'd just be buffing my nails or something when I'd find myself humming "Ella, Ella Jean" - it's gotta be doing something right! I do love how romantic and sweet it is. Lucky Jean!
White Boy from Sacramento - I don't usually go for "joke songs" where you get funny voices and all that, so this one had a strike against it going in, but you can't help but love the self-deprecating references and those ladies working it in the background make it even more fun!
Compassion - when the song starts out, my first reaction was "Snooze" - then it hit that "if I see the world as it really is..." segment and I immediately liked it better. Again, it's that unexpected twist that attracts me. His vocal on this song sounds very vulnerable and genuine, which is something that always lifts a song for me. He sells it. Suddenly, near the end, he pulls out the Beach Boys "ahhhhh" again! Always the unexpected.
Downtime - This plays great live but it doesn't strike me quite as much on the album as it did in Chicago. I think the verses get a little repetitive melodically, but then it comes to "Every now and then I gotta shut down" and goes from trudging to kicking back and feeling mellow. Then, I realized - that's exactly what the lyrics do. The first part is supposed to be a bit tiring so that you feel the relief of "downtime" as much as he does. Very effective thematically as a result.
Melancholy - This is the only song I didn't hear live before I heard it on the album, as he didn't play it in Chicago. It certainly achieves the sentiment of the title. I wonder if Timothy meant this to come off as the portrait of someone who feels so sorry for themselves that you are rolling your eyes and going "Get over yourself already?" I say this because even the lyrics admit the guy is self-absorbed and anyone who sighs "Oh, pitiful me" must have some sense of how melodramatic they're being (after all, the Zevon song certainly makes a joke out of it). Something to think about.
I Don't Mind - from the opening almost Charlie Brown-esque tuba you know you're in for something fun. It's catchy and enjoyable, and that carefree melody works with the lyrics well. His vocal not only sounds unfazed, it also has a hint of wry humor. The "misery loves company" lines are clever. I love the attitude of "Man, he is just being ridiculous, but I'm gonna let it roll off my back and do my thing." I bet Timothy lived that a few times while working with the Eagles! lol
Secular Praise - The song starts out slow, but when the Blind Boys of Alabama come in and make it really sound like a praise song, it brings the song up. The line "Gonna breathe it in" - what a great way to put it.
A Good Day - every time I hear this song, I like it more. It's very country, but that's cool with me - if it's well done, it's well done no matter what the genre. I think it has the most consistently clever lyrics of the album, right up there with Parachute. This is another song that got stuck in my head and I'd find myself randomly humming "some make a wish and some like to pray, but everybody just wants to have a good day!" I love the entire chorus - makes me feel good, and it's so catchy. Great way to end the album - with a smile!
Thanks for posting that video Soda. The person who shot it must have been very close to me, because that was pretty much my vantage point - well, maybe I was just a tad further left.
I wish Timothy would smile more. During the intro and near the end he gives us just a glimpse and I want more! But I have to remember that this was only, like, his third or fourth show, he was carrying the weight of performing new solo songs in front of an audience that was so close we could practically count his nose hairs! :hilarious: All pretty scary I'm sure!
Yes, the person who took that video was pretty close to you, PM. It was ME! lol
Oh! :blush: I forgot that you got some video!
LOL!
HAPPY 2nd ANNIVERSARY TO EXPANDO!!!
Well right as Timothy announces a solo show in CA, it's time to celebrate this anniversary. As we have been doing for other albums, we can list our favorites in order for this album. It’ll be interesting to see how close the results are here to what they were when we played the Survivor game a couple of years ago.
Again, this isn’t exactly a game, but more like a poll with no other purpose than to be an exercise of fun. I’m going to list all the songs on the album and ask folks to rank them in the order that they like the songs from favorite to least favorite. I’ll give folks a week to post their list in this thread, and then I’ll calculate the results so you can see how close your list is to the combined scores.
After I calculate the combined scores from everyone’s list, I’ll post the list in the order of which songs had the highest points to the lowest. You will be able to see how close your list comes to the “master” list. If others post a list after a week, I’ll update it with their scores.
I'm not going to repeat all the rules again, but if you would like an overview of how this works, you can go here.
Okay, here we go – the songs for the Expando album are as follows:
One More Mile
Parachute
Friday Night
Ella Jean
White Boy from Sacramento
Compassion
Downtime
Melancholy
I Don't Mind
Secular Praise
A Good Day
So again, list these songs in the order of your most favorite to least favorite.
Okay - I'll go ahead and get this party started. Here is my list ...
1. Parachute
2. Secular Praise
3. White Boy From Sacramento
4. Melancholy
5. Friday Night
6. A Good Day
7. I Don’t Mind
8. Downtime
9. One More Mile
10. Ella Jean
11. Compassion
1. Secular Praise
2. Parachute
3. White Boy From Sacramento
4. Friday Night
5. One More Mile
6. Downtime
7. I Don't Mind
8. A Good Day
9. Compassion
10. Ella Jean
11. Melancholy
I did the above before I went back and looked at my original review. I knew it had changed some, especially Secular Praise moving to #1 over Parachute. Secular Praise still chokes me up today, every time I hear it. I absolutely LOVE that song--everything about it!!!! Looks like the rest of it is about the same.
Here's the link to my original review if anyone's interested. I loved reading it. Gave me a few chuckles.
https://eaglesonlinecentral.com/foru...8&postcount=45
One more thing--when I realized yesterday that it had been 2 years since seeing Timothy in concert and hearing the Expando songs for the first time, I brought it up on my Itunes and listened to part of it and again this morning, the same thing. Each time I heard the beginning of I Don't Mind, as soon as I heard the tuba, I found myself grinning from ear to ear. That still, 2 years later, cracks me up!!!
Can't believe it's been two years already!
1) Secular Praise
2) White Boy from Sacramento
3) Friday Night
4) Ella Jean
5) A Good Day
6) Parachute
7) One More Mile
8) Downtime
9) I Don't Mind
10) Melancholy
11) Compassion
That's a very tough one cause I genuinely like the whole album; there are no songs I skip lol
CONRATULATIONS TO TIMOTHY B SCHMIT for the Anniversary of EXPANDO...:partytime:
1. Downtime
2. Parachute
3. A Good Day
4. One More Mile
5. Secular Praise
6. I Don't Mind
7. Melancholy
8. White Boy From Sacramento
9. Friday Night
10. Compassion
11. Ella Jean
I heard Compassion yesterday, & while I like it I prefer most of the other songs. Also I don't seem to like Friday Night as much as other people. I do like it, but I don't love it.
Here's my list. I forgot how much I liked this album :)
1. A Good Day
2. I Don’t Mind
3. Secular Praise
4. Parachute
5. Friday Night
6. Ella Jean
7. White Boy from Sacramento
8. Compassion
9. Melancholy
10. One More Mile
11. Downtime
Just found out that TimmieB is no longer with Lost Highway Records.
Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal
Okay - It's time to post the results of our poll for the Expando album. For me, there were a few surprises here. There were also a couple of ties. So, here's the way the votes went ...
1. Secular Praise - 48 points
2. Parachute - 45 points
3. White Boy From Sacramento - 37 points (tie for 3rd & 4th place)
4. A Good Day - 37 points (tie for 3rd & 4th place)
5. Friday Night - 34 points
6. I Don't Mind - 29 points
7. Downtime - 26 points
8. One More Mile - 25 points
9. Melancholy - 19 points (tie for 9th & 10th place)
10. Ella Jean - 19 points (tie for 9th & 10th place)
11. Compassion - 11 points
So congratulations to Secular Praise as the top vote getter so far.
Thanks to those who participated. As I said earlier, if anyone else wants to still post their list, it's not too late. Go right ahead - I'll update the standings if this happens.
1. Parachute
2. One More Mile
3. Friday Night
4.Secular Praise
5.White Boy From Sacramento
6. I Don't Mind
7. Downtime
8. A Good Day
9. Compassion
10. Ella Jean
11. Melancholy
So happy to see Secular Praise at the very top!!! :nod:
I'll be making a list soon - just gotta listen to it one more time to be sure of my order!
I love this album, and I think it's so wonderful that Timothy continues to put out strong original music even after all these years.
My order:
1. Parachute
2. A Good Day
3. One More Mile
4. I Don't Mind
5. Friday Night
6. Secular Praise
7. Compassion
8. Downtime
9. Ella Jean
10. White Boy from Sacramento
11. Melancholy
Yes, it just goes to show you some things get better with age. 8-)
1. Friday Night
2. Parachute
3. A Good Day
4. Secular Praise
5. Downtime
6. Melancholy
7. I Don't Mind
8. Compassion
9. White Boy From Sacramento
10. Ella Jean
11. One More Mile
I love this album!
I remember that I pre-ordered it but had delivered only three weeks later!In ITunes, it was not available so I could not even get it faster there.I still know how you've all raved about the album and I always thought, damn, I want to hear it also, finally!But the long wait then had sometime to end and I could finally hear the album, I liked it right from the first minute!
I remember that Koala!
Looking back on what I posted right after I got the album and I still feel the same. Secular Praise is still my favorite. Still gives me goosebumps.
1. Secular Praise
2. A Good Day
3. White Boy From Sacramento
4. Friday Night
5. One More Mile
6. Parachute
7. Downtime
8. I Don't Mind
9. Melancholy
10.Ella Jean
11.Compassion
Finally, there it is!
Well - I'll go ahead and update this thread since we had several more folks post a list. This changes the results somewhat so here goes ...
1. Parachute - 83 points
2. Secular Praise - 81 points
3. A Good Day - 70 points
4. Friday Night - 69 points
5. White Boy From Sacramento - 58 points
6. I Don't Mind - 52 points (tied for 6th & 7th place)
7. One More Mile - 52 points (tied for 6th & 7th place)
8. Downtime - 47 points
9. Melancholy - 30 points
10. Ella Jean - 28 points
11. Compassion - 24 points
With the addition of these votes, we now have a new leader in the poll - so congrats to Parachute.
As I recall Dreamer, you and I had a similar admiration for Timothy's vocals on Melancholy. I still think it's his best vocal on the album.
You won't get any argument from me there, PM - I totally agree with you. It really surprises me that more people don't like the song. We may have said this before, but I wonder why this was the only song from Expando that he did not play live during his solo tour and would people have liked it more if he had played it :?: :?: Oh well, Tim said in a recent interview that he might do some different songs on his upcoming tour, so it seems only fair to me that he should do this one. Soooooo ... if you're reading Tim .....
Well, I specifically remember Soda disliking the line oh pitiful me. And I can see some people listening to it and wanting to jump off of a building. ;)
But musically, it's a damn good song.
Yeah - I guess I take the song more of someone just having one of those days when they are self-absorbed and feeling sorry for themself rather than someone who is about to jump off of a bridge. We've all been there. What I like about the song is that while he's having a bad day, he seems to acknowledge it and knows that it will pass. I particularly like the lines ...
I hope this won't last
'Cause it's such a waste of time
Anyway, I guess we all like what we like, but I agree with you that musically, lyrically, and vocally, it is one of Tim's finest moments.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that the person in the song is feeling like he wants to jump off of a building. I just meant (tongue in cheek) that I can see some people not liking the song because it depresses them! (Kind of like how I feel when I hear Pink Floyd). ;)