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| From | Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com> |
| Subject | Re: My favorite band can beat up your favorite band |
| Date | Sun, 15 May 2005 15:39:21 -0500 |
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...which begs the question: John Lennon vs. The Smothers Brothers?
--Ken
On 5/15/05 3:13 PM, "GaryPig@aol.com" <GaryPig@aol.com> wrote:
>
> << Beatles vs. The Stones: Although the Stones once sang "Street Fighting
> Man,"
>
> Mr. Blue claimed that the Liverpudlians would make mincemeat out of the
>
> London boys. John was no stranger to punchouts in Liverpool and Hamburg and
>
> George once showed up for a photo op sporting quite a shiner. >>
>
>
> I believe the Quiet, possibly most nonviolent Beatle
> was simply suckerpunched in the Cavern
> by an irate Pete Best fan,
>
> tho Johnny Rhythm WAS quite the amateur pugilist in his daze round the 'Pool
> .....even was known to throw his fair share of punches as recently as his
> Lost Weekend in El Lay
> (tho he was still no match even back then for Phil Spector !!)
>
>
>
> << Beach Boys vs. The Four Seasons: Buddy wrote that the SoCal boys would be
> no
>
> match for the Jersey Boys, the latter containing members that did some
>
> serious jail time. >>
>
> Don't anyone sell those Hawthorne Hotshots short, however:
>
> I recall attending a free BBoys show in the early Eighties on the Queen Mary
> in Long
> Beach I believe it was (Jeff? Correct??) which was being simulcast for radio
> broadcast.
>
> During each commercial break as the band paused, some irate audience member a
> few feet in front of me kept yelling really disparaging remarks towards none
> other than Dennis "The Menace" Wilson.
>
> Bad move. Coz during one break, Dennis calmly climbed out from behind his
> kit, jumped off the stage front, walked over to the front row, beckoned his
> heckler forward, and proceeded to knock the offender's facial lights dead out
> with
> one expert blow.
>
> Meanwhile, Mike Love Not War drily announced over the PA, "excuse me, but
> could we kindly ask our drummer to get back on stage? Thank You."
>
> Gary "PS: and THEN there was the time DW beat up RXHeyman's original
> Doughboys as they concluded their circa-'66 BBoys-opening set ...something
> about a
> borrowed floor tom and an excessively percussive rendition of "Bo Diddley"
> Pig
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