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Post by filledeplage on Mar 26, 2024 14:36:56 GMT -5
Except that since about 2004 until recently, Mike's band has generally been on a par with Brian's. Scotty T made sure of that. This is true. And as I said before, there's nothing wrong with playing oldies. Every year in the 90's and 00's I would see Paul Revere and the Raiders when they came to town, and it was always an entertaining show. Paul often said "people ask us, 'why do you play so many old Raider hits?', and I say 'because we haven't had a hit in 30 years!'" I've seen the Temptations, Four Tops, Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone, the Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie, Tommy James and the Shondells, Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Mark Lindsay, Felix Cavalerie's Rascals, Glen Campbell, the Kingsmen, all of these acts delivered high quality shows. And no one was going to them expecting to hear "a cut off our new album". If they did have anything new, it was a bonus. Or for casual fans, a chance to go to the beer line. This is exactly why Happy Together is so successful. They have a common backing band and only play 5 or 6 hits and the next band comes on. Howie Kaylan and Mark Volman figured that out with this formula. |
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Post by AGD on Mar 26, 2024 16:31:25 GMT -5
Except that since about 2004 until recently, Mike's band has generally been on a par with Brian's. Scotty T made sure of that. Only because the Brian Band set the new standard. No argument... but your original comment is still invalid after 2004. |
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