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

2011-07-26 by lsf5275@aol.com

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_ (mailto: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_ (mailto: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.

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