Rock and roll!
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unbibiumI turned on VH-1 for the first time in a long time. It was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2001.
I had tuned in while Michael Jackson was up on stage thanking some people. and SWEET FANCY MOSES, what has happened to his nose? It's hardly even there anymore! Did he do that on purpose? And when he smiles, he looks all... eh. He thanked a lot of producers and stuff, and the kids and the fans. I probably missed the sentimental and/or cool stuff at the beginning. And then he left, providing the perfect contrast for what was to follow.
Then out came Kid Rock. After a quick biography, and a really cool poem, out came Aerosmith. They looked GREAT! They didn't even look old. They looked and sounded so genuine, just like when I first saw them on television in a Wayne's World sketch. And their performance of "Sweet Emotion" with Kid Rock was exactly the kind of dynamic performance we've come to expect from Aerosmith. Kid Rock's turntable duet with Steven Tyler on the harmonica was a highlight of the performance, and I never thought I'd ever say anything nice about a performance that involved turntables as instruments.
This just proves to me that in my lifetime, I must attend an Aerosmith concert.
And it also reminds me how new I am to jazz, only having really gotten into it through swing dancing. It's nice, but I know there's something everyone else is hearing that I'm not. But I can't dance to rock and roll. But rock and roll is the music that I feel the most. So I don't kow what I'm going to do.
Maybe once I've attended an Aerosmith concert, I'll know.
I had tuned in while Michael Jackson was up on stage thanking some people. and SWEET FANCY MOSES, what has happened to his nose? It's hardly even there anymore! Did he do that on purpose? And when he smiles, he looks all... eh. He thanked a lot of producers and stuff, and the kids and the fans. I probably missed the sentimental and/or cool stuff at the beginning. And then he left, providing the perfect contrast for what was to follow.
Then out came Kid Rock. After a quick biography, and a really cool poem, out came Aerosmith. They looked GREAT! They didn't even look old. They looked and sounded so genuine, just like when I first saw them on television in a Wayne's World sketch. And their performance of "Sweet Emotion" with Kid Rock was exactly the kind of dynamic performance we've come to expect from Aerosmith. Kid Rock's turntable duet with Steven Tyler on the harmonica was a highlight of the performance, and I never thought I'd ever say anything nice about a performance that involved turntables as instruments.
This just proves to me that in my lifetime, I must attend an Aerosmith concert.
And it also reminds me how new I am to jazz, only having really gotten into it through swing dancing. It's nice, but I know there's something everyone else is hearing that I'm not. But I can't dance to rock and roll. But rock and roll is the music that I feel the most. So I don't kow what I'm going to do.
Maybe once I've attended an Aerosmith concert, I'll know.
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If you want to say something nice about a performance that involves turntables as instruments,
Date: 2001-11-01 09:40 pm (UTC)Forget Aerosmith. Go out to a club and see a bunch of crappy local punk bands. Pick the one you hate the least, then find out what other bands they do shows with, and go see those bands. And so proceed, ad infinitum. Do likewise with local jazz combos. I was never quite in full agreement with a friend of mine who insisted that even the worst live band was better than the greatest recording, but he certainly had the principle right.
Re: If you want to say something nice about a performance that involves turntables as instruments,
Date: 2001-11-01 11:57 pm (UTC)It just gives me that alone-in-a-crowd feeling. Even if I knew how to talk to strangers, it's impossible to hear anyone.