Curse of the reform several times with several line ups. JL just wanted to make it clear to fans that this iteration was one he was still in! Guess it's just another way of saying you aren't going to get the drummer and a backing singer turn up, and a name rights legal case when you pay for the tickets... Plenty of groups have split and the main song writer finds he or she has less claim to the band name then some obscure members who may have formed it earlier.
And I thought you were one of the old guard Bum. 10 days fighting Thames Valley's finest at Windsor, convoy to Glastonbury, help build the pyramid stage and rock on for another weekend. No stamina these youngsters.
I am.not a big fan of ELO. Was just making an observation of the longevity of so many bands from the sixties and early seventies both here and the USA.
I was talking about Coldplay but point taken re ELO and other dinosaur bands. For me once it reaches stadium proportions, an important intimacy is lost. And yes I do remember The Beatles were playing stadiums in the early 60's. Not just a new phenomena. But there was still room for mega artists to play smaller gigs in small town venues right up to the late seventies. Bowie at Brid Spa when Ziggy was massive in the early 70's for eg. Wouldn't happen now I don't think except the odd band making a point of doing so. Profit must be maximised at all cost. Pleased to see a once "big" if short lived band who did stadiums will shortly be reforming for a small club gig in Hull.
Reference the Sega/Nintendo analogy, the age of the people treating music the way I said is irrelevan really, it is just their antics whatever age remind me of kids spending more time discussing which was the best console and more concerned over reassuring themselves they had made the right choice than playing on the things. Soul- what soul is can result in a long discussion all of its own. A lot depends on your age.Anyone my age brought up on the music of Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke etc will have a definition different to someone younger. Agree with the passion. Rather a passionate, even if slightly off key performance than a bland but note perfect one.
Saw the Stones, Animals, Who, Small Faces, Spencer Davis, best performance of all Little Richard and numerous others at Brid Spa. More enjoyable than seeing them in a massive arena. They used to let in 5,000 in those days which made for quite some atmosphere. Which is the reformed band? Might tie in with something someone was telling me the other day.
Don't think it's being publicised and I have only heard it unoficialy myself. How many short lived stadium bands have been Hull based though?
The Monkees encapsulate what I was saying about well played pop. They could be deeper too though. What about Circle Sky? And they actually played their own instruments on that. Not just a bubble gum confection.
They could play them all by the end. They were discounted because of their origins in a manufactured (and rather daft) TV show, but they actually made some good records.
Davy Jones certainly played Ena Sharples' heartstrings (one for the wiser, more experienced ones on here).
I have no idea how much this relates to the discussion, but my favourite decades in music overall are the 50s and 60s.
