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| From | Sam Smith <SamSmith@colorado.edu> |
| Subject | Re: S&G - Letterman - Moving tv music moments. |
| Date | Sat, 13 Sep 2003 08:25:00 -0600 |
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Frank does a great job of saying what I was thinking a lot better than I
could have. It was just a brilliant moment. When you consider the
over-the-top noise-to-signal ratio of the 2k3 music landscape, it's
breathtaking to hear somebody do such a beautiful job of coaxing pure
signal from the silence.
As much as I'd love to see this tour live, I'm just not sure that a
packed-to-the-rafters arena is going to be the right venue....
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You may have success in life, but then just think of it -
what kind of life was it? What good was it - you've
never done the thing you wanted to do in all your life.
I always tell my students, go where your body and
soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay
with it, and don't let anyone throw you off.
- Joseph Campbell
Frank Padellaro wrote:
>This was one of the more moving experiences of my lifetime. I
wouldn't have even known about this performance if it wasn't for the
list. I don't usually watch late night TV. Strangely Paul Simon is
responsible for another of my moving TV music moments, when he played
Johnny Ace on Saturday Night Live, a performance only about 50 light
years beyond the terrible recorded version.
>
>They blew me away. And to start by performing America, instead of the
boxer or one of their other more major radio hits, was very breathtaking
as well. This is perhaps the most perfect pop song ever to come out of
the United States. Great lyrics which convey a time of life so
perfectly, with a melody so pure and beautiful. Paul's voice was a
little more shaky than even 10 years ago, but when Art sang alone
briefly, every hair stood up on my entire body and I got a chill from
head to toe.
>
>I've been sorely let down by going to see performances of dinosaur
acts in the past, hoping to catch at least one live glimpse of a hero
before they hung up their microphone. The Stones, McCartney, Floyd,
Kinks, Crosby Stills and Nash, The Who,Steely Dan (the list actually
goes on and on) and at the risk of offending, all sucked and I felt like
I'd been duped out of my money by the shell of an artist I'd once loved.
Well, if this performance was any indication, I will once again put my
heart on my sleeve, cough up the big bucks,and get my ass out to an
arena to see Simon and Garfunkel. F*$^ING INCREDIBLE!
>
>Frank.
>
>Some Favorite TV Music Moments of My Lifetime:
>
>Beastie Boys / Elvis Costello - Saturday Night Live Special
>Tom Waits - The Piano Has Been Drinking - Fernwood Tonight
>Paul Simon - Johnny Ace - SNL
>Dinosaur Jr. - The Wagon - Letterman
>Nirvana - Territorial Pissings - MTV studios
>
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