Arguably the three best of the Raspberries' they-really-
did-deserve-better career . . .
1) Paul McCartney once said he wanted to write a song as good as the Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice."
The Raspberries' chief songwriter/singer Eric Carmen damn near did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sts6hJwRk0Y2) How ironic is it that the absolute best rock and roll song ever written about a kid who'd love nothing
more to have a smash hit when he grows up was written and sung (and, by his fellow Raspberries, played
like monsters) by a kid who'd already had two monster hits and one near-hit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqdiSN8aVIg3) Maybe Lake Erie isn't the Pacific Ocean, but Eric Carmen didn't let that stop him and his guys from
beating the Beach Boys at their own early game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OrzwqLr_1s