BOC-L: slavering sycophants vs. harsh critics

[Ted Jackson jr. EL84]

> From:          Albert T Bouchard <ir004728 at MINDSPRING.COM>
>
> I have to share a little story with y'all. In 87- 88 just before Imaginos
> came out I was doing oldies shows with various groups (Peter Noone, Billy J
> Kramer, Lou Christie, Mammas & Pappas, Spencer Davis etc.). Peter and
> Spencer were  the oldies I got closest to and they would always be talking
> about how they were going to put out new albums. I actually recorded some
> new material with Peter and then it just sat there. After about a year of
> this nonsense I began to nudge each of them and made a startling discovery.
> They were both afraid to release new stuff. They had gotten comfortable
> doing the oldies thing and were resistant to rocking (pun intended) the
> boat. It was too scary a thought that they might release new material and

Ya know, I've often suspected this to be the underlying cause for
3OC's lack of activity.  Esp. now that EB has devloped this seemingly
psycho-somatic inability to sing anymore.  Is this condition a
subconscious attempt to sabotage the new record so he won't have to
face a possible disaster?  BTW, Al, what's your candid opinion [as
though you're gonna give us any other kind!] of the 'new' 3OC stuff?
I don't mean to compare with the old stuff, necessarily, but your
assessment of it on its own...


> it would not be well received. Incidentally all the oldies acts that I saw
> or worked with put on dynamite live shows. It's easy once you have
> sure-fire material, reconition and years of experience honing these songs
> in a live context. By 1989 I realized the oldies shows were a creative dead
> end, grateful, nostalgic fans notwithstanding, and got out. Of course it
> was probably easier for me to give it up because I was not playing my own
> oldies but I feel fortunate for being able to have seen it from more of an
> outsider view.
>
Sounds familiar, vis a vis 3OC:  play all the old stuff proficiently
and put things in cruise control.   Darn, there I go with that
negative shit again...

theo


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