They need to rename themselves. I suggest they call themselves the "Spice
Dowagers."
----- Original Message -----
From: "leetronhead" <surfbeach@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:56 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Middle-age meddling...
> MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> I hope this all doesn't come to a head when the SPICE GIRLS come to
> town...don't think I can handle the heartbreak.
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> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Flying Tormatoes?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: zappaboggs
>> To: Mellotronists
>> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Middle-age meddling...
>>
>>
>> "I guess my question is, at what point does a band forget what
> makes them cool?"
>>
>> Good question... IMO, just ask Chris Squire and mates...
>>
>> (I type this while ducking the tomatoes flying...)... My
> favorite show in the last few years from THE era?
>>
>> James Gang at the Beacon, NYC 2006... Played every song
> perfect... (Minimal jamming... which sometimes is a good thing...)
>>
>> Tend my Hammond...
>>
>>
>> "Nothing can change the shape of things to come."
>> ...Max Frost
>>
>> "Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need"
>> ...Marsha Sinetar
>>
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Jack Younger <e4103s@...>
>> To: Mellotronists <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:05:29 AM
>> Subject: [Mellotronists] Middle-age meddling...
>>
>>
>> Here's some food for the thinkin'....
>>
>> I went to see the Zombies here in Boston MA, and
>> it was fantastic! Original members, great
>> performances, good energy and yes, there were some
>> senior moments, but a good time nonetheless. My gripe
>> was this; the guitarist was not original and walked
>> up with some PRS-type guitar and a newer stack of some
>> kind, with a collection of soulless patch tones and
>> shredded through every song. Now, this was the Little
>> Steven Garage series and the guitar back-line is all
>> AC30's, so there was no excuse for plugging into that
>> monstrosity.
>> The bigger problem was that this seemed to be OK
>> with the band. They were smiling and flaunting this
>> "young buck" through the whole set as though this
>> would somehow connect them with the younger
>> generation. I was hanging out with some younger
>> clients of mine (ranging from 18-24) who love the
>> Zombies and were disgusted. Where were the scrappy
>> rhythmic guitar spanks that made them great?
>> Granted, Rob Argent had a digital key setup, but you
>> try dragging around a harpsichord, marxophone, B3,
>> etc. to all the shows, as we all know, all too well.
>> And he is Rob Argent.
>> I guess my question is, at what point does a band
>> forget what makes them cool? Yes, it sucks when a
>> legendary band goes through the motions to make some
>> bread because they got screwed out of royalties in the
>> 60's, but then, who can blame them for that? It's an
>> integrity thing, which is, after all, what makes a
>> band great in the first place. Get as old as you like
>> and play as long as you like. Just don't pander to a
>> young audience that would rather hear you be honest
>> and original like you always were.
>> That's my two cents.
>>
>> Jack Younger
>> -Gracefully growing older and still making records the
>> old-fashioned way.
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