In this week's VI's Lost Hits, a bit out of left field, but as those of you that follow these posts, you know I have eclectic taste.
I'm so thankful that the only grey that I have is in my beard. I think I'll drink for a few days the first time I find a grey pube.
Pretty much...as long as everything is clean, I'm good. Arm pit hair though? I've never encountered it and not quite sure how I'd deal with it. Probably by excusing myself and going to watch a ballgame.
And probably one of my all-time favourite moments in any R&R documentary... If you haven't seen it, it's called "It Might Get Loud". And it's awesome.
I can acknowledge Jimmy Page as a great guitarist and Led Zepplin as an important band in history, but truthfully...I never cared much for them. They just weren't my cup of tea.
More than anything it was the sense of awe that the Edge and Jack White felt when Jimmy started playing what is one of the most quintessential R&R riffs of all time that was amazing. I'm a fan of Zepplin, but I'm not a fanboy. Personally, I feel the way you do about the Beatles... just all sorts of "meh".
The beards been grey for a while now. And I may have been drinking for more than a few years as well.
Yeah, I'm kind of a big Beatles fan personally. I don't sit around listening to them, or even pretend they were great musicians...but they did play a HUGE part in my musical training. Lennon and McCartney were great song writers and George Martin took studio music where it had never been before. But I can certainly understand why someone would be "Meh" about them. They were the 60's Justin Bieber with talent.
I can totally appreciate what they did and the impact they had, it's just not something I have queued up to listen to.
That documentary is AWESOME. I'm sick of U2 and their pretentiousness, but seeing that stripped away and the Edge as a standalone musician was great. And Jack White, love him or hate him, he's authentic as hell and can fucking PLAY. He is absolutely worth seeing live. Saw him on one of the last White Stripes tour and he somehow filled 2 hours with constant sound despite having nothing but a dumbed down drum machine in Meg White supporting him. The scene with them sharing riffs is just awesome to watch. As for the Beatles, TOTALLY agree. Went through a mini phase when One came out. I can respect their impact but callIng their music "amazing" or any of the other superlatives just doesn't resonate with me. You have hipsters rip on pop music and its "formulaic" nature, while sucking off the Beatles who created the genre in a way.
+1 On "It Might Get Loud." All those things you all ready said, plus the little slow grin you get when Edge scrolls through his named tones on his foot pedal rig. Being a kick ass guitar legend is really cool, but having your own recognizable sound is the next level of "I wish . . ."
I personally prefer the Monkees over the Beatles. My first concert was in 1986 at the Monkees 20th reunion. It was glorious to a six year old boy. Speaking of Jerry Lee, he used to play in the MS delta all the time when he was touring in the early years. My uncle and Jerry Lee competed for women so they didn't like each other at all. I've heard from at least 20 people who probably average 80 now about the time they almost got into it. My uncle and his friend Harris had talked a few women to meet them outside but after they waited for a while a security guard came out and said that the women were not coming because Jerry Lee forbid it. From what I've been told my uncle borrowed Harris's .38 pistol and shot out all of Jerry Lee's tires on his car. They then went into the concert but it was announced over the PA "where is Paul Austin"? He raised his hand and was surrounded and frisked by the PD.r He had nothing on his person so he was left to enjoy the show while Harris laughed his ass off cause he still had the pistol in his pocket. Paul gave it back to him as soon as he shot all the tires. This was in Greenwood, MS in the early 60's and from what I've been told my family and Jerry Lee hated each other ever since..