BOC-L Digest - 25 Jan 2001 - Special issue (#2001-32)

[Andrew Apold]

At 08:19 AM 1/26/01 -0500, Michael S. Habiby wrote:
>Ted Jackson jr. wrote:
>
>> Yet other 'old' bands like the [ugh] Stones and ZZ Top continue to
>> thrive.  True the Stones are an institution, for want of a better term,
>> and ZZ Top had the good sense to tap into MTV and exploit it for their
>> benefit.  I really think BOC's problem lies in its management [can I
>> get an amen!] and the fact that they never escaped the doldrums
>> they entered when Al left, taking a lot of fertile songwriting sense with
>> him.  The creative void that opened ca. Club Ninja has somehow
>> paralyzed the group.  Or maybe their audience just changed tastes
>> and moved on to something else?
>>
>To be blunt I think BOC's problem vis a vis the stones or zz top is that
>BOC really did crash and burn musically with the final few albums before
>Imaginos, which got zero airplay.  This really affected their
>marketability.  Club Ninja was a disaster.  I think they LOST their
>audience personally.  That and the band started breaking apart.....

I was in junior high school when FUOU came out, remember thinking how cool
it was.  I didn't have it but several of my friends did, in particular we'd
listen to Veteran over and over...

I don't remember ever seeing Revolution by Night.  I distinctly remember
seeing
Club Ninja, thinking, "Gee, what a stupid album name" and "stupid cover" and
not even looking at the back of it.

I wasn't really into BOC yet at that point, obviously.


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Andrew Apold