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| From | John Micek <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Lef Unsetz |
| Date | Mon, 26 May 2008 07:26:16 -0400 |
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Speaking of Journey .. the new issue of American GQ contains a pretty
funny story about their new(est) lead singer: A Filipino who
formerly sang in a Journey tribute act. Well worth your time. Read it
online.
john micek
ps: Stewart, you said "post-deadline." Are you a journalist as well?
On May 25, 2008, at 10:47 PM, Stewart Mason wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scotthomewood@cs.com>
>> The Hall and Oates article is case in point. Not only does he
>> endlessly write
>> about nostalgia like H&O and The Eagles but his example of people
>> telling him
>> H&O were cheesy and now they're cool etc. Who is saying that
>> stuff? Who is
>> talking about Hall and Oates right now? WHY would they be talking
>> about Hall and
>> Oates right now? How does a Hall and Oates nostalgia show affect
>> Radiohead or
>> Duffy? It doesn't. Not at all. H&O are great artists, yes, but
>> hardly on the
>> tip of anyone's tongue these days. I guess he saw a show and
>> decided to turn
>> it into a diatribe about the music business. With caps and
>> everything.
>
> I'm loath to in any way stick up for Lefsetz, whom I've always
> found useless, but about a year ago, I treated myself to a post-
> deadline lunch at the one bar and grill in my neighborhood that
> doesn't cater to The Goddamn Students, and while I was sitting at
> the bar with my chili dogs and Narragansett, the bartender -- late
> 20s, female, semi-hipsterish but not obnoxious about it -- put in a
> Hall and Oates greatest hits CD. Not only that, after she asked
> what I did for a living, she launched into a fairly long and quite
> animated monologue about Hall and Oates, and specifically what a
> great songwriter Daryl Hall was. So there's definitely a buzz
> about them in some circles.
>
> Me, I tend to agree that they were a totally reliable singles
> factory -- I'd support a Hall and Oates revival any day over, say,
> a Journey revival -- but I still find the production of their '80s
> singles so irritatingly gimmicky that listener fatigue sets in
> after no more than a couple songs. The '70s stuff like "Sara
> Smile," though...no arguments there.
>
> Blind pig, occasional truffle, etc.
>
> S
>
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