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| From | "MTN HIGH" <mtn-high@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: TSooL and such |
| Date | Fri, 11 Apr 2003 23:36:41 +0000 |
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>From: Road Angel <orb@stripe.colorado.edu>
>Okay, I noted the comments follwing my post yesterday. Then I noticed my
>stats this morning. And it became clear that while some of you found the
>little blurb I posted to be worth a few words, very few people actually
>read the klog from which those words were excerpted
Guilty as charged. I musta missed it yesterday.
However, I gotta say that I read it in its entirity today, and you certainly
nailed a bevy of thoughts swimming in my own head with this post.
Example:
A very small portion of this group is also on another list devoted to one
Todd Rundgren. After 10 years of typing...they know my feelings about Todd
inside and out...some of which are good...some not-so-good.
Your "Wayne' comment hit home here...and I can relate to it immensely after
meeting my all-time rock idol on more than a a handful of occasions in
various situations. (he's more of a "cousin Ralph" though) From this
exposure, I found that it's good to have illusions...and like you
say...those illusions/visions of grandeur are a huge part of what made Rock
n Roll tick back in the day when enough artists of note cared enough to keep
it an evolving art form before *the masses*.
Likewise, the point you make about how the artist himself approaches the art
is so incredibly true. Take Todd, who in my youth treated me to show after
show of tip-top guitar prowess...and who seared my chemically altered brain
in '74 and sent me on a 25 year quest to hear more/search for anything I had
yet to hear.
Unfortunately, things change, and the Todd of today has become a parody of
himself, approaching his live shows with a careless attitude that has
spawned so many poor performances in the last few years via forgotten chords
and lyrics that many of his hardcore fans have resorted to taking what they
can and making excuses and defenses why the paint just never seems to hit
the canvas with any real PURPOSE anymore.
Anyway, I share your want for something more when I now think of Todd (and
other 70's "rock stars") resorting to the oldies shows instead of standing
tall/forging ahead/trying to improve upon every performance as he once did.
To see something with depth, meaning and intent from Todd would be a real
change as well as a real treat.
Thank Godd for Audities and the artists here. While I don't always connect
with the music that some of the folks here crank out...I've never felt like
any (OK, maybe one or two!) of them take their talents or their audiences
for granted. They paint MASTERPEICES that only a few people see...yet they
paint as if their work is on display at the Louvre.
And just when you think they've painted their best work, they often surface
with a new offering that takes their art to a new level.
Like Neil sang "meet the losers in the big bars, meet the winners in the
dives..."
Thanks for the thoughts, RA. That offering truly rocked.
Pat
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