[Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl Halftime

[Robert S. Ringwald]

You can put sugar on horse shi* &it is still horse shi*.  


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From: <tcashwigg at aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl Halftime


> OKOM  will remain unappreciated by the unwashed masses until such time 
> as Some of us go out there and play it with the same fire in the belly 
> and attitude as old man Jagger and his Kindey Stones, beat up old fart 
> rockers did.   That folks is show business and the real world of music 
> business for working musicians.   The kid is still doing it at 62 year 
> old in spite of the fact that most on this list predicted that Rock & 
> Roll would never last!  just a passing Fad!  nope  sorry guys it was 
> improvisation taken to new heights and a much broader hungry 
> marketplace of Hello  Helloo !!   Dancers that All the really Cool 
> Jazzers ran away as they decided to become artiste' rather than 
> musicians hired to entertain and make folks happy and dance away their 
> BLUES.
> 
> Damn, Crow never did taste good, no matter what kind of sauce you put 
> on it.
> 
> Rock and Roll was the new  "What's thish here sauce"  and it's still 
> selling better than A 1 sauce.   :))
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Musical content:  "Papa is a Rolling Stone"
> 
> 
> Now be honest:  if you had the choice to go on tour as the opening act 
> with Louis Armstrong today and play in 1-3000 seat performing arts 
> centers  to a half a house or go on tour and open for the ROLLING 
> STONES AND PLAY TO 100,000 a day what would you choose?  yeah right!  
> play with Louis and be Cool,  well I'll bet you Louis would say to hell 
> with your art, I'm goin' out and open for the Stones and take this 
> kinda music to all them kids that never heard it.    Why do I say that? 
>  Sacreligious you say,  nope not at all because that's how Louis did it 
> the first time folks,  he left New Orleans and took it to the world.
> 
> The world will always welcome Lovers "As Time Goes Bye", and those that 
> really LOVE music will go seeking that welcome. :))
> 
> ALL TOGETHER NOW,  This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine  
> :)))   Louder !  Louder !  I can't hear you !
> 
> Now get out there and play it loud and Proud.   No wimps allowed in the 
> stadium.  :))
> 
> Loud is OK,  especially when you get this old and can't hear anyway.
> 
> Can you hear me now? ..................... can you hear me 
> now?........................ how about now?......
> 
> 
> Nope nobody's home, hasn't been for forty five years or so.  They did 
> leave the lights on however :))
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom (who is the same age as old Mick, and I ain't gettin' much 
> Satisfaction these days either") and I 'm a lot better lookin' too :))
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Sent: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:01:07 -0500
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl Halftime
> 
>    "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com> wrote about the half time 
> show.
> 
>> I am sure glad I did not watch it. YUK
> 
> If not, then how can you dislike it?
> 
> Which brings up a broader perspective. Like Mick Jagger has been 
> connecting
> with large audiences for 55 years now, without pause. Something very few
> musicians, jazz or otherwise, have ever been able to do.
> 
> That kind of performer is someone we can all learn from. The Super Bowl
> audience was enthused about the Stones visual antics, the improvisation
> between guitars, and Jagger's athletic "in your face" presentation.
> 
> Their rendition of "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" brought the house 
> down, and
> quite possibly most of the billion TV viewers. It Included some fresh 
> guitar
> counterpoint improvisation, that made the song "new" all over again. 
> Despite
> the fact that they have been playing it over and over for 50 years. Like
> "The Saints" to us Dixieland Bands, except that most of us coast on that
> tune because we "hate" it.
> 
> The difference between working professionals and the rest of the pack?
> 
> Many lessons to be learned in watching and analyzing that program. But 
> if
> past history is any guide, many of us will ignore those lessons and the
> opportunities that result from learning them. And in our ignorance, we 
> will
> continue to bitch about how OKOM is unappreciated by the unwashed 
> masses.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> 
> 
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