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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: Hocus with your Pocus |
| Date | Fri, 04 May 2007 01:11:36 -0500 |
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>>Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 11:17:42 -0400
From: "Gene Creson" <gene.creson@citadel.edu>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Subject: Hocus with your Pocus
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I came upon this incredible performance by Focus that I thought I'd
share with y'all. I've never seen another band get a standing o after a
tv show performance like this. Incredible. These 70's bands really blow
away most of the modern rockers we hear out there now. Maybe it's
because the practiced their instruments and didn't have protocols.
Anyway, you've heard this tune a thousand times, but seeing it fresh is
totally different.<<
Man, I loved that song when I was a kid. The riff is highly memorable,
and Jan Akkerman's bite-sized shredding is impressive, but what
11-year-old could resist a song whose main hook is a descending line of
high-speed lunatic yodeling followed by an ascending falsetto? I can
remember my friends and I trying to imitate Thijs van Leer's nutty vocal
pyrotechnics, and dissolving in laughter at our feeble attempts to hit
the high notes.
The only thing missing from this TV performance was van Leer whipping
out the accordion during one of his solo snippets. Having never had any
idea what Focus looked like, it's fun to see that the bug-eyed and
spastic van Leer was as entertaining to watch as he was to listen to on
"Hocus Pocus".
Greg Sager
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