Don't Be Scared By These Hands

Fee Waybill | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thoughtscape Sounds
• ASIN: B000005CJH
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,187 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Know You

2. Talk Dark & Harmless

3. Shut Up and Love Me

4. Swing of Things

5. Fools Cry

6. Surprise Yourself

7. I've Seen This Movie Before

8. Dying Of Delight

9. What's Wrong With That

10. Somewhere Deep Inside

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A so-so follow-up to a great solo debut, March 2, 2000

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John S. Harris "The Voice of Reason" (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Don't Be Scared By These Hands (Audio CD)

While not as uniformly excellent as his 1984 solo debut "Read My Lips", Tubes front-man Fee Waybill offers up some interesting, if uneven, melodies with his trademark lyric comic zest. He is aided by friend and part-time collaborator Richard Marx, on whose 1st album Fee can be heard singing background vocals. (Marx's wife, Cynthia Rhodes, once toured with the Tubes as a dancer back in the early 1980's). Though Fee's attempts to record more "serious" tunes may not remind fans of the magic of his Tubes heydey, there is just enough gusto in this record to remind us why he is one of the more interesting songwriters/singers in the biz. But if you only buy one Fee solo disc, "Read My Lips" is the better choice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fee unplugged...almost, May 15, 2003

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Elwood Conway "elwoodc" (Frankfort, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Don't Be Scared By These Hands (Audio CD)

much more sedate than his first release, it's as if Fee had a couple of great tunes left over from his 1984 Read My Lips session (ex: I Know You) and decided to round these tunes out with some ballads and other more "intimate" musical ideas. As a result it is very uneven. Still there are some moments on here where he really shines. Oddly, just like he did with his Read My Lips LP and the Tubes' Love Bomb, this CD was released about the same time as the (new) Tubes' Genius of America...when will Fee ever learn.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kids Probably Won't Get This, June 28, 2007

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Michael Papa "Mike Papa" (L.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don't Be Scared By These Hands (Audio CD)

I purchased this about 3 years ago at a TUBES concert. Lukather's guitar work is absolutely stunning as are all the production values of this disk. "Fools Cry" and "Surprise Yourself" or "Somewhere deep inside" are beautiful ballads with lyrics that adults and mature people can connect with on many levels. You need to have "lived a little" to appreciate the sentiments of "I know you" Fee has matured along with his fans (I'm 58). He still hasn't lost his great wit "Tall dark and Harmless" Just a great album in the class of "old school". No frills, just REALLY great musicianship and songmanship.