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Looking back over the bands that I enjoyed listening to when I was a lad, it strikes me that none of them are producing anything really new. Some are dead, so I suppose they can't help it. Others are producing new material which I enjoy listening to but not a major musical change, just more of the same . A few do very good if not better live performances than when they were young but the material is often old.
It has been said that most song writers don't produce much new material after the age of 40 ( ?30), can anyone think of any performers from the 60s and 70s who are still excitingly creative?
Mark
Jim Anderson <jimanderson@ mac.com> wrote:
That's what rehearsals are for. I don't think it's right to go out
on tour and playing to paying audiences if the music is
embarrassing. Age has nothing to do with it--any entertainer/
performer should know when their own performance does meet certain
standards.
That being said, what's "good" to someone can be "bad" to someone
else. Ear of the beholder, etc...
-ja
On Jul 28, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Bernie wrote:
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> Wasn't it their first tour after quite a long hiatus? I saw them a
> couple of times after Red Rock and their vocals were right on. Maybe
> they were still warming up to performing live again?
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> Bernie
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> --- In Mellotronists@ yahoogroups. com, Bruce Daily <pocotron@.. .>
> wrote:
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>> Hi, all-
>> I couldn't help but add this observation. I saw
>> the Moodies in the early 1980's at Red Rocks (w/Moraz,
>> pre-orchestra) . It struck me then that the boys were
>> just going thru the motions, as the performance of the
>> old stuff had the same "flavorings" as on "Caught Live
>> +5"(1969). The vocals were off-key, strident, and the
>> falsettos made you cringe. Did they ever listen to
>> themselves live? A few vocal-coaching lessons
>> would've done wonders. Granted, this was before vocal
>> pitch-correction boxes, but I heard much better vocals
>> from other live groups in those years. I, too, love
>> the Moodies, but studio production had a lot to do
>> with their sound, it seems.
>>
>> -Bruce Daily
>> M400#1221
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>> --- jonesalley jonesalley@. .. wrote:
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>>> I hope nobody is trying to make the point that the
>>> present-day Moody Blues suck because they are old.
>>> I know I'm certainly not trying to claim that. My
>>> beef is that they suck now because they are largely
>>> just going through the motions, they've lost the
>>> creative spark and they are just trudging down
>>> well-worn paths show after show and collecting the
>>> paychecks. I keep expecting to see them check their
>>> watches. When it becomes so obviously a job instead
>>> of a career, it's really disappointing to watch.
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