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| From | "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: what-ifs |
| Date | Sun, 1 Apr 2007 08:53:46 -0400 |
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>> whereas Rod the Mod has continued to scour the bottom of the musical
>> barrel.
As much as I would love to see a Faces reunion, I think that opportunity was
lost years ago. Rod doesn't have the chops anymore that are needed to pull
off a vintage Faces rock show, and the heart of the band is no longer with
us. That's not to say I wouldn't be first in line if they did decide to do
it, and any band with Woody and Mac is a band worth standing in line to see.
Sure, he's crooning for dollars, and he hit a gold mine doing so. But if you
check out the Royal Albert Hall DVD, you'll see that he can still put on a
great show. I just prefer the early rocking Rod, and I think that he and
Woody were a team that shouldn't have split - neither one has done anything
since that equals what they accomplished together. IMHO, of course.
The saddest part (to me) is that a Faces reunion back in 1990 or so would
not only have been more musically credible (than now), it would have raised
a lot of money for Mac and Lane at a time when both could have really used
it. Ditto recording "Ooh La La" when the songwriter was alive to enjoy the
royalties.
cheers
b
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