Found a review of my 1985 "alternative" album.
A play on words as it is definitely homosexual in nature! ON it was the Theme for Gay Pride 1985
Now that's the only Gay Pride Parade I attended, shopping the cassette during the event as I was asked to write the theme song for the parade.
The theme that year was "NO REGRETS" so on this album is the song, "No Regrets." It was written by request and utilized on BNN and presumably other places to promote the Gay Pride parade.
THE ALBUM: It's me on piano and some guitar throughout, except Danny showed up from New York and played brilliant guitar on "Boy of My Dreams," which I found astounding since my dear ex was so deeply in the closet.
We were genius together, but I had to say goodbye in 2014 as he truly still is my "psycho blonde," to quote an old Boston rock song, probably from Pastiche or the Knobs or Marc Thor, I can't remember.
MARCH 10 RIP
Sad to note our pal Asa Brebner died today at 65.
He was in the Modern Lovers and Robin Lane and the Chartbusters.
Mark Hollis at 65 Talk Talk,
produced by the late Jimmy Miller
Pete Shelley at 63
a great person, guest of Visual Radio
At my age, with people dropping like this, it does kind of make one feel mortal.
__________________________ Thanks Alex and IN MUSIC WE TRUST
Also got a great review in Billy Dare's magazine from New Hampshire back in the day.
In Music We Trust reviewed my 1985 album...wow...
Joseph "The Count" Viglione
Love Songs Just For You (Self-Released)
By: Alex Steininger
Recording an album in 1985, and never releasing it, Joseph Viglione has finally decided to release that album, along with some bonus tracks. Mixing pop with a rock sensation, "The Count" releases thirteen tracks total, showcasing his musical ideas from 1985 to 1994.
Self-proclaiming itself as an 'alternative' album, my first impression was that this tape was going to be someone trying to pass off a decade old album as 'alternative' so a bunch of mall shopping teens would quickly pick it up and earn some quick sales for the artist. But once I put it in, all suspicious were quickly drawn to a halt. The album is most definitely alternative. (Alex doesn't come out and say it - it's a gay album!) Choosing to stay away from both metal-rock and cheesy pop tunes that were common in the 80's, it shapes itself with beautiful pop ballads.
The songs are well-crafted, and considering most of their ages, stand out well amongst other soft-rock/adult contemporary numbers of today. The one thing that I hated about this tape though was the song "Joseph." The line "he called me Joseph" repeats itself over and over again. Of course he called you Joseph, that's your name! I kept shouting that at the tape player, hoping it would stop annoying me, but it didn't. But once that song was over and another adult-pop number came on, my blood pressure began to lower and I was once again feeling relaxed. (Producer Jimmy Miller loved it. He walks into the house in Woburn and says as he hears it playing "What a great idea, a gay album. He called me Joseph" - Miller actually thought it a great tune. Jimmy also produced the album's masterpiece, "I Want You Sexually," a different take )
No matter what year the songs were recorded in, rather it be 1985 or 1994, each song fits well together and seemed as if it was a piece of the puzzle that was needed to release this album. Maybe that's why the album took thirteen years to be released...Joseph had a gut feeling it was missing something. I'll give this tape a B-.
