@@robmorrison1043 Two different approaches, two different styles. I like both voices. For me one of the best vocal duos was Champlin with Peter Cetera in the Chicago 16 and 17 albums.
Career wise and song wise he is ahead of Michael. Definitely a better resume, more vocal range back in the day as well. Although if you compare Michael McDonald’s If That’s What It Takes against Bill Champlin’s Runaway album it’s pretty close.
@@frank8235And to think this song could've been a Chicago song had Foster came in to produce their 14th album. And they might've stayed with Columbia since this song was a huge hit. Bill would sing lead and Peter, backing vocals, it would've been a huge hit for them. But who knows, things happen for a reason, a few yrs later they'd have a number of their own.
@@lamarravery4094 When Chicago came out with their 14th album Bill didn't meet David Foster yet. After the love is gone was written in 1979 for Earth, wind, and fire
I think there was a genuine DIFFERENCE OF OPINION and also David Foster was the first mistake Chicago made trusting "direction" advice and production styles. Champlin is a great keyboard guy still but, his voice is gone now.
One of the yatch rock cats of the late 70s to mid 80s. He wrote the bridge of lee rits and another silky smooth voice of eric tagg " Is it You." They..graydon, goodrum, richard page, cross, foster, kipner etc are treasures.
Bill Champlin is one of the best to beast ever Composer for Acoustic ,Jazz ,Rock balladeer performer of his generation upto the present no one will beat him ,it is not the first time I watch him from the band of Chicago with Mr.Peter Cetera and Jayson Scheff ,and those are the performers has a successful careers in the music industry
Been a fan of this guy ever since the first time I heard the Sons @ the Del Mar Autumn Equinox festival in 1968 where the Sons of Champlin blew my mind as a 14-y-o keyboard/sax player. Ignited my longtime love affair with such Bay Area bands like Tower of Power, Cold Blood, Sly Stone, and of course, this dude. The Sons were so popular with local musicians, their San Diego audiences were like the who's who of local talent who shared a common affinity for the many solid players Bill played with. Sadly I only made it to 3 of their San Diego shows...Del Mar '68, Starlight Bowl, Balboa Park in '73, and Humphry's-Shelter Island. Always a crowd-pleaser and a solid badass on the B3. Wishing Bill, Tamara, and the rest of their family and friends the best of health and the deepest joy.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Bill sings with such soul. Plus, losing out to "What A Fool Believes", not something to be sad about. That's an excellent song too.
Bill Champlin is an amazing musician, songwriter, and producer. My Favorite song written by him is "Love Speaks Louder Than Words" which AL Jarreau is known for on his "High Crime" Album
I used to see Champlin's name on many old LPs. One of them Quincy Jones. Respect! Never knew he wrote this tune. I would like to ask songwriters like him who come up with classics like After the Love is Gone how did they come up with this tune? Where does it birth? Through a happening/event or just comes up in the mind? The words of the song are really emotional; though most of us don't focus on them. And the melody great. Just a thought
Awesome song and performance !!! Thanks for such an incredible song !!! How many times I used to hear it on the radio !!! Incredible times !!! And Best music Ever ! Marcelo From Argentina, Buenos Aires...
Great to hear this version sung by one of its writers, the great Bill Champlin. I love hearing how he's altering certain parts of the melody of the EW&F version. Champlin's group, "The Sons of Champlin" were IMHO, the best of the "San Francisco Sound" rock groups of the late 60's and early 70's. Saw them many times as a kid growing up in north CA.
I'm a child of the 60's, but I would say 1979 was a good year for pop music: "After the Love Has Gone", "What a Fool Believes" and "Don't Stop till You Get Enough" come to mind.
