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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] So - The train wreck finally wrecked

From: lsf5275@aol.com
Date: 2011-07-26

No, he became irrelevant to you. I would say that if relevancy is being known for your body of work, then he is more relevant than you or I. I would bet that on any given day, Justin Hayward could fill up a theater of a respectable size with people for whom he is still quite relevant. If you are measuring relevancy by whether he continues to write and record music that would be considered popular by the majority of the music buying public then you have a point.
 
By that measurement, most pop stars become irrelevant; some more quickly than others. It would be interesting to see how your body of work stacks up against his on the relevancy scale. No offense intended but come on. Most of us could only dream of the career that he has had. He has written songs that are pop standards and are still recognized today. It's fun to bust on the Moodies (I guess) but be fair. What pop star from the 60s/70s/80s is still relevant?
 
In a message dated 7/26/2011 1:37:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mike.dickson@gmail.com writes:
 

Die?  Hayward got it worse than that.  He became irrelevant.

On 26/07/2011 00:26, lsf5275@aol.com wrote:

 

When did he die?
 
In a message dated 7/25/2011 7:19:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tronbros@aol.com writes:
 

Whatever your opinion is of Ms. Whitehouse, she wrote Love is a Loser's Game and that is a beautiful composition.  It may even be her Yesterday. There are some well rounded compositions from Amy's pen in a very short career.  She could well have become a songwriter's songwriter.  Regarding drugs, even dear sweet Justin Haystack was stoned through most of the Moodies recording sessions....apparently.