BOC: Born to be Wild, etc.

[Andrew Gilham]

>Since right back in the 70s, I have always felt a slight sense of
>disappointment at the amount of time BOC spend on stage "wasting time" on
>bass and drum features - and on jams that link one song with another that
>take more time than either of the songs being linked - and on general
>messing about. I'm not saying that all I want to hear is note-for-note
>renditions of every track of T&M and ST, but I have come away from several
>gigs feeling short-changed about the number of actual songs the band
>managed to fit in during a set. I'd certainly rather hear 'Godzilla'
>played straight without a drum feature every time.

I wouldn't mind a note-for-note rendition of every track off _Ezekiel's
Wheel_... :)

I always thought that one of the really classy things about BOC back in the
70s was that not only were the drum and bass solos NOT unbearably tedious
like most bands', they were actually really enjoyable!

But I certainly don't see the point of having a drum solo in "Godzilla"
when it's practically a different drummer every gig...  and anyway (IMO)
the song itself passed its sell-by date back around 1983.

- Andy

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