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    The mystery is solved. Would love to hear the track with Sam's lyrics. Although, it sounds like Ed maybe wasn't a fan of his former singer's lyrics. Who knows.
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    Hell yeah I knew it. Really looking forward to hearing it in full.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VH1986 View Post
    The mystery is solved. Would love to hear the track with Sam's lyrics. Although, it sounds like Ed maybe wasn't a fan of his former singer's lyrics. Who knows.
    As the story goes - no one in the band or the record label were satisfied with the lyrics Sammy came up with. The song was originally titled "Closer To You", and had lyrics like "I can't see your diamond ring, through your shooting star". Eddie and Glenn Ballard rewrote the lyrics, and handed them to Sammy, who then refused to sing them. Eddie even offered Sammy the opportunity to rework his own lyrics. Then everything came to a head, and Sammy left the band.

    The first line of Between Us Two starts with: "I want to see you, I want to know who you are".

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    Quote Originally Posted by MeWiseKnobs View Post
    Hell yeah I knew it. Really looking forward to hearing it in full.
    Likewise!

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    I have always loved this song!

    A much broader clip at the 5 minute mark:

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    Quote Originally Posted by stripedkramer View Post
    That opening bit sounds like "Josephina."

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    Quote Originally Posted by stripedkramer View Post
    As the story goes - no one in the band or the record label were satisfied with the lyrics Sammy came up with. The song was originally titled "Closer To You", and had lyrics like "I can't see your diamond ring, through your shooting star". Eddie and Glenn Ballard rewrote the lyrics, and handed them to Sammy, who then refused to sing them. Eddie even offered Sammy the opportunity to rework his own lyrics. Then everything came to a head, and Sammy left the band.

    The first line of Between Us Two starts with: "I want to see you, I want to know who you are".
    Sam described it as their "Stairway to Heaven". Not with stinker lyrics like that. That's as bad as "cherries or bananas" .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edword View Post
    Sam described it as their "Stairway to Heaven". Not with stinker lyrics like that. That's as bad as "cherries or bananas" .
    There were many different version of the songs, though.
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    Can't wait to hear more of it!!
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    I've heard it said, the lyric version will never see the light of day because once Ballard added lyrics he wanted a huge cut of the song and everybody, including Sam guffawed and shelved it.

    -no confirmation on this, just little bits I've read here and there, but don't remember where-

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    Well, considering Al hates Sammy, you will never hear anything with Sam‘s voice on it released.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brett View Post
    Well, considering Al hates Sammy, you will never hear anything with Sam‘s voice on it released.
    Alex could release Homeboy, which would probably piss off Sammy. But it would also make fans happy, so you can see Al's dilemma.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brett View Post
    Well, considering Al hates Sammy, you will never hear anything with Sam‘s voice on it released.
    I'm just glad we got the Hagar remasters and possibly these "box set" releases with live video as well.


    I never expected anything to be released from Hagar era so these are all a bonus to me

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    Quote Originally Posted by stripedkramer View Post
    As the story goes - no one in the band or the record label were satisfied with the lyrics Sammy came up with. The song was originally titled "Closer To You", and had lyrics like "I can't see your diamond ring, through your shooting star". Eddie and Glenn Ballard rewrote the lyrics, and handed them to Sammy, who then refused to sing them. Eddie even offered Sammy the opportunity to rework his own lyrics. Then everything came to a head, and Sammy left the band.

    The first line of Between Us Two starts with: "I want to see you, I want to know who you are".
    Well, those lyrics suck. I do wish Sam had been receptive to critiques on his lyrics or had been receptive to working with a writing partner.

    With all the lore surrounding Between Us Two, I once read that Chickenfoot's Come Closer was a leftover from the VH days that got reworked, perhaps Between Us Two. The lyrics to Come Closer are great.
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