Re: RAH

["Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>]

> Different opinions on Kennedy.  It's kind of a different interpretation.  I 
> liked the first and last part, but not the middle.  Looks like Roger was 
> gritting his teeth.  :)

No way!  That was a jaw-dropping violin solo.  I kept waiting for him to
fuck up but he never did.  A highlight of the show.

> A couple of folks have said it's a great video but it 
> wasn't the best of shows--meaning there was some awkwardness in it.

Was there an intermission at this show?  I noticed Zak & Pete's outfits
change part-way through the tape.

> Some of the camera angles were outrageously good, though.  They've really 
> set up to catch John's work on this one.  Great shots of Zak, and Rabbit at 
> work, also, when he's generally ignored.

Yeah, there were some nice closeups of Rabbit's fingerwork (!).  Some of
the closeups of OX's fingerwork were disappointing because, as in other 
rock videos, the camera man focuses only on his right hand plucking the
strings & not his left hand fretting the notes.  The best OX shots (!) are the
ones from the waist up, showing both hands at work.

> >Noel Gallagher plays some loud, if simple, guitar on WGFA & doesn't
> >get in the way at all.
> 
> He looks like he's really trying hard on it.  Mostly it's just a slightly 
> more layered sound, but then he does that oscillation thing and suddenly 
> it's a solo.  Very nice.

Yeah, he stayed away from playing the exact note patterns that Pete would 
play & smartly created some fresh-sounding "mini-solos" as it were.

RE: "5:15"
> That's the one I think they should play on VH1/MTV.  It's too long, so it 
> would need to be edited some way, but the style is perfect, and I think it 
> would be competitive.

"5:15" would be a good one or an edited "Magic Bus" which really got the
crowd (& the band) going.  Wouldn't VH1 have to get The Who's permis-
sion to use a clip from the show?


- SCHRADE in Akron