Nov 5 BOC reunion gig

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Actually, from this fans point of view they should have left out Arthur  
Comics and Suma Cum Laude in order to fit in the other reunion songs.   
As-well-as, cut the drum and bass solos in Godzilla.
Great to have Gil Blanco County played, and frankly that might have been  
nice to have had Albert, Joe and Allen on it.

I have to take a step back though: It's easy to complain about 'what  
should have been' and 'what I would like' but there is no denying that  
this was on a pedestrian level a very good and reliable show (that sounds  
like a complaint again doesn't it?), but more so on a fan-boys level an  
awesome show to have brought out some rarities, have a good spirit and  
brought back together the original band.  AND this IS NOT a reunion tour.   
The original NYC show scheduled was not to have a reunion, we just got  
lucky that the rescheduling allowed it.  Like I said (roughly) after the  
show that night, this was a powerful and good time warts and all.

Thank you Albert for your music past and present being a part of the  
soundtrack of my life,  and in your communications if you would pass that  
along to Joe, Allen, Buck and Eric I would appreciate it.


   --Eric


On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:01:16 -0500, Ralph <kirthgersen at hotmail.co.uk>  
wrote:

>> Too bad Patti couldn't make it but I was still glad to play Career. I  
>> almost forgot what a rockin' little track it is.
>
> Oh it's a great track alright, but with such limited time - and no Patti  
> - I think Cities and Hot Rails would have been better than OD'd and  
> Career to end with... I mean, Cities is such an important song to the  
> story of BOC that it's VERY strange that THAT song could get chopped in  
> a show to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band...
>
> Gotta question - everyone was speculating how on earth could you tune  
> out what must have been a madly discordant cowbell chorus going on  
> behind your head during DFTR - I know it must have been politically  
> expedient to give everyone "something to do" during that last song, but  
> 3 cowbells!!...
>
> One other thing we were wondering also... at the end of the night, and  
> you're all saying your goodbyes, how was it left?  Any mention of "we  
> must do this again sometime" (hopefully not in 40 years) or anything  
> that left a door open for such a thing again in the future, because  
> there's no hiding the vibe those last few songs got (as well as Death  
> Valley Nights, of course) and the electricity that was in the air...  
> hard to tell what EB was thinking - his expression doesn't seem to  
> change much (he could be winning the lottery or having his foot sawn  
> off, you'd struggle to guess which) - but Buck REALLY seemed to be  
> having a good time...
>
> And I bet it was REALLY strange for you and Joe...
>


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