Re: Beatles/BTTB

["Mark R. Leaman" <mleaman@sccoast.net>]

> hardly admirable or a good reflection on the Beatles IMHO. Where's the
> Hollywood Bowl concert, for instance? Are they holding back for a time
when
> it will sell better?

For that matter, the entire second disc of Anthology III is pretty
meaningless. I have good quality boots from this period which would have
been MUCH better, the songs Commonwealth and Watching Rainbows, the
Irish/Scottish version of Two Of Us (or the "heavy" version for that
matter), much more...instead we got versions of songs which barely deviated
from the originals.
So I wasn't that impressed.

>       Even if they only did the secret gigs and played new material, but
> never offcially released it, they sure would make for some of the most
> coveted bootlegs to hit the street in some time.

Drew:

In light of Blues To The Bush, I imagine they would be officially released
in any case.

> Christianity isn't dead in Britain, certainly not at the church I go to.

Christine:

I can only go by the information I'm given.

> first of all, it's obvious that rock and religion don't mix. like the
church
> and state.

TJ:

Tell that to Creed, Third Eye Blind, U2 etc. etc.

        i also feel that if a rock band is going for a political
> candidate (pearl Jam had a big thing for ralph nader), they're not a real
> rock band.

I disagree, and PJ is certainly a "real Rock band," they may be the only
real Rock band left. So their heart was in the right place (even if they
didn't see the consequences). You can't blame them for that.

 rock is supposed to be rebellious and go against the
> establishment, not go for it.

That was true in the beginning, but as the generations aged the rebellions
were resolved. Are you saying that a band can't be a Rock band unless
they're against the establishment? What if the establishment is doing well
(as it was just a few long months ago)? No Rock bands allowed in this case?

> Don't sell Michael Jackson short.

Keets:

He's pretty short.

> He's gotten mega-weird just lately, but for a while there he ruled.

Not really. Otherwise Britney and Moby etc. etc. rule now, and clearly they
do not.

>  He's on the pop side, but he deserves  respect
> for seriously raising the bar on music video.

Yeah...they were the videos which killed MTV. Thanks a LOT, Mike you child
molester! I mean, REALLY! What adult hangs with a 10 year old boy and a
monkey? Who didn't see this coming?

  THRILLER and BAD compare very
> favorably to The Who's rock opera.

Have you ever considered psychological counciling?

> public demand is no reason to criticize.  by the way- the who never played
a
> song worse than michelle, my belle.

Kevin Mc:

Uh, let's be fair. Someone's Coming. See My Way. Don't Look Away.


"The suicide bombings have increased. There's too many of them."
          George "people need to know" Bush


               Cheers                 ML