BOC: Re: BD the sofa spud?

[P Worley]

It would be easy to mix in a lot of their standards with the Imaginos
stuff anyhow, because of the odd subject matter.  They'd just have to
arrange the material for more musicians.

-Pete

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Peter William Worley
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On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, M R Godwin wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Ted Jackson jr. EL 84 wrote:
>
> > But how to deal with 'Imaginos' live?  If performed in its entirety,
> > they'd have to forsake all the favorites [sound familiar].  But then,
> > at the height of their popularity, maybe the fans would've accepted
> > it, like the Who's fans taking to a whole night of Tommy?
>
> Even at the height of Tommy mania in 1969, when I saw the Who they were
> doing basically the 'Live in Leeds' set but with an extended 'Tommy'
> section in the middle. I doubt that they did many shows without 'Young Man
> Blues' 'Can't Explain' and 'Summertime Blues' even when Tommy was a hit. I
> think BOC would have kept some familiar stuff in for encores even if they
> had developed a full Imaginos show.
>
> - Mike Godwin
>