BOC: Wings of Mercury / Tidbits

[Brevard, Adrian R]

>Amen!  Considering the garbage they put on that album, how could they
NOT have included WoM?  I heard it once too, on the infamous CN tour,
which, sadly, saw BOC embarking on their current club-band
incarnation.  How appropriate that CN's appearance should go hand in
hand with the band's descent from Valhalla...WoM was a kick-ass tune
live.  Too bad they don't dust it off and play it live every once in
a while,  esp. at the 'biker fests' that they play at occasionally.
BTW, speaking of BOC's bike tunes, has anyone heard them play Feel
the Thunder live?  I know I heard it at least once, on the RbN
tour...Song ruled live!

Foggy but...BOC doing WoM is a cover tune right?  If they perform it
publicly they must pay someone, true?  Shame, I heard this from one of those
live boots and its a fabulous tune that sounds good on them.

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Morte Meltzer/Pearlman stuff -

>I'm not sure I'd describe SP and RM as fringe dwellers.

Sorry...did not mean to say they were always fringe players; they are a very
real part of BOC's history.  But today?  Ya, definitely on the fringe.

>AB, I think they are bitter because they realize the greatness that
they were associated with, and they also realize that they couldn't
sustain it, and that the band, for whatever reasons, decided to do
things on their own.  They know they were part of a truly great band,
but that, through their own failings, allowed it to slip through
their fingers.  At one point, they were at the top of the heavy music
heap, now:  where are they now!  Again, Al's insight would tell us
volumes...

I can buy that but its been soooooooo long since the word "greatness" was
associated with this band...P & M, get on with your lives...you've been in
mourning far longer than normal.

I know its a sad situation (depends on your perspective I guess) but Al and
Joe have moved on nicely...Buck, Alan and Eric have moved on... Why can't
these guys?  Who's next to air some historical dirty laundry or current
resentment for things past, Les Braunstein (sp?)

Dude, ya know I'm just moaning...its a really tired subject bottom line.

L8er
Ghost in the Ruins

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