Mellotronists

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.






--- 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
> 
> 
> 
>   ----- 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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