![]() ![]() We would drift off into the sunset, meeting other people, with me having children, her trying to figure out who she was, living our unfulfilled lives without each other. Of course there was that un-relented sexual tension between us, but it just wasn’t our time. My wife and I met some twenty years ago, but we just didn’t make sense. ![]() The analogy I can associate this too, is in terms of my relationship with my wife. Amazing how so many years can go by and suddenly one day, it just clicks. Well, I will truly admit that upon listening, I fell in love with this album for the first time. Like I stated, this was an album that did not inspire me in any way, shape or form back in ’88. ![]() I can’t even begin to think of the last time I had put the Skyscraper CD in my stereo. So a few weeks ago upon learning that the 30 th anniversary of this album was fast approaching, I decided to give it another listen. My maturity as a listener really has changed my outlook on how I perceive an album. My musical tastes have surely gone in a different direction. As for the songs you may ask? Well they just didn’t live up to the in your face direction of the first album. Bassist Billy Sheehan was replaced by drummer Gregg Bissonette’s brother Matt. What was it about Skyscraper that bothered me so much? Well let’s see - first of all, the band had added keyboard player Brett Tuggle. The band’s 1986 album, Eat ‘Em And Smile was a collection of inspirational, good time music that I played over and over again for the next two years leading up to Skyscraper’s release. The band consisting of Roth, guitarist Steve Vai, bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Gregg Bissonette was indeed a band made in heaven. When David Lee Roth released his second full length album in two years, I have to admit I was majorly disappointed. ![]()
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