John Parr

John Parr Artist: John Parr
Label: One Way Records Inc
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 046633517621
EAN: 0046633517621
ASIN: B00005KCHD


Release Date: 2001-06-12

John Parr


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Tracks:

  1. Magical
  2. Naughty Naughty
  3. Love Grammar
  4. Treat Me Like An Animal
  5. She's Gonna Love You To Death - John Parr & Betsy Durkin Mathers
  6. Revenge
  7. Heartbreaker - John Parr & J. Downes
  8. Somebody Stole My Thunder
  9. Don't Leave Your Mark On Me - John Parr & J. Downs

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding ! .......2005-01-19

The first Parr's song I ever listened was of course, "Naughty, Naughty". There was in 1984 and was the first song on a tape continuing with Don Henley's "All she wants to do is dance", then Glenn Frey's "The heat is on". I discovered this CD here on Amazon, and just listening the samples I instantly got back in time.
Everybody interested on the culture of that decade, (but not only them!), should not miss this CD, as this is one of the most representative for what we might call "the sound of 80's": no computer-generated tones, no digitized voice, no stupid lyrics, no play-back. Only voice, guitars, synths and nice lyrics.
When you're talking about Huey Lewis, Rick Springfield, Foreigner or Def Leppard, you must also talk about John Parr. That is, it's pure 80's spirit!

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding ! .......2005-01-19

The first Parr's song I ever listened was of course, "Naughty, Naughty". There was in 1984 and was the first song on a tape continuing with Don Henley's "All she wants to do is dance", then Glenn Frey's "The heat is on". I discovered this CD here on Amazon, and just listening the samples I instantly got back in time.
Everybody interested on the culture of that decade, (but not only them!), should not miss this CD, as this is one of the most representative for what we might call "the sound of 80's": no computer-generated tones, no digitized voice, no stupid lyrics, no play-back. Only voice, guitars, synths and nice lyrics.
When you're talking about Huey Lewis, Rick Springfield, Foreigner or Def Leppard, you must also talk about John Parr. That is, it's pure 80's spirit!

4 out of 5 stars "If I had my own country, this would be the national anthem".......2004-01-16

That's what my girlfriend recently said to me while we were listening to John Parr's "Don't Leave Your Mark On Me." I have to agree. I can imagine it at the olympics. All the other countries are introduced with their bland and boring national anthems. And then...Don't Leave Your Mark On Me. That would be the ultimate.

Actually, the song is quite good. As is the entire album. I wish I had owned this album in 1984, but I was pretty young and too busy listening to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to take notice. I probably shouldn't have been into "Naughty, Naughty" at that point anyway though. Nonetheless, I wish I had discovered John Parr's music sooner. I saw a couple of his videos last year and then discovered that he was the one who did the "Man in Motion" theme from St. Elmos Fire. After that I was intrigued and decided to buy the "John Parr" album, kind of just for kicks, so I could blast "Naughty, Naughty" and what have you. But I ended up really enjoying the album and getting into his music. After that I ended up purchasing all of his other albums as well. Sometimes they are available through various sellers here at Amazon.com.

1986's "Running the Endless Mile" is a very underrated album. I guess it didn't do well commercially, which must by why some people tend to write it off. In my opinion, it's a more complete album than "John Parr". He showcases his versatility much more here. Parr also produced this album masterfully, and afterward went on to produce a lot of music for other artists. It's not as "in your face" as the "John Parr" album, but a great compliment to it and a very different look at Parr as a songwriter and musician. Also...there's another version of "Don't Leave Your Mark On Me" on this one - Mark II. It's a must if you're a fan of the first one, this is a completely different take on the song, and it's still quite awesome if I do say so.

The 2 albums that followed are harder to find, but not too hard if you do some searching for them. 1992 brought "Man With a Vision" and 1996 "Under Parr". Both have some very classic stuff for any fan of John Parr. Lots of great songs on both albums. "Man With a Vision" has some classic John Parr rock songs along with a few more ballad like numbers. It also includes "Restless Heart" from the soundtrack for "The Running Man". Parr bares his soul in "Under Parr" with touching ballads like "We All Make Mistakes Sometimes" and "Tell Me Your Secrets". "Under Parr" is a little less rock n roll than his 80's work, but very much a favorite album of mine. Both of his 90's albums though include a few songs that make "Naughty, Naughty" look like it was written by Raffi. Songs like "Dirty Lovin'", "Killer on the Sheets" and "Hours, Minutes, and Sex" really bring that dirty attitude from the "John Parr" LP to another level. But he excells in that style, so they're great.

Also in 1990, he was in "Paris" - a rock opera in which he played the title character.

Listening to "Under Parr" you can kind of get the impression that it is his final album, since he comes accross and seeming happy and content with his life now. I say good for him. Though I'd really love to hear some new music from him, and would probably kill to see him in concert. I'm really surprised there isn't more about John Parr on the internet. Because it seems that those who do like him like him with a passion.

5 out of 5 stars Superb slice of 80s-style rock.......2002-11-16

Parr is best known for the theme song to the 80s brat-pack film St Elmo's fire, but this album shows he was much more than a one-hit wonder. If you are at all into 80s Rock FM style music, then you will love this CD. The other reviews sum it up pretty well - Parr's songs are a catchy but hard-driving blend of rock guitar, poppy synths and a great rock 'n roll voice. Comparable acts are Foreigner, Rick Springfield etc, but Parr has a grittier style both in sound and lyrics, giving his music a welcome harder edge, even on his more poppy numbers.

Highlights from the album are the aptly named top 25 hit "Naughty Naughty" (featured in a Miami Vice episode), "She's Gonna To Love You To Death", and the timeless rock 'n roll of "Somebody Stole My Thunder", but the best song on the album is the superb hit single "Love Grammar" - this starts with a mellow synth melody and soft vocal, then suddenly ups the pace and bursts out into an absolutely killer hard-rocking chorus, showing off Parr's strong and characterful voice to best effect, with some great rock guitar in the background. Check out the Amazon samples above, although sadly the "Love Grammar" sample misses out the great chorus, so try and get an mp3 sample or something, I swear you'll want the album as soon as you hear it!

It's great to see overlooked classic 80s rock albums like this being re-released. If you've got a single rocking bone in your body, you need this album in your collection - simple as that.

5 out of 5 stars Glad this one is available on CD.......2001-12-06

This album came out in 1984, and one of my friends bought it and made a tape for me. I played the tape quite a bit until it was stolen in '93. I've lost touch with my friend, and I thought I would never get to hear this cool music again, until this release finally became available on CD. There's plenty of great music that will probably never come out on CD, and I figured this would be one of the great albums to be overlooked, but it's here. Yeah!

"Naughty Naughty" got some good airplay back in '84, and "Love Grammar" was on the radio some. But these are only two of the great songs on this CD. The whole CD is really good, with well-written and interesting songs written in the 80's hard-pop style with good keyboard and guitar work, as well as interesting lyrics that tell a story.

I was thinking who I might be able to compare this too, and the best I can come up with is Foreigner. I could hear Foreigner perform some of these songs - John Parr does sound a little like Lou Gramm.

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