tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post5293586880547636837..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Cheap Trick: Sgt. Pepper LiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-10099010929711098042016-12-21T23:34:33.179+03:002016-12-21T23:34:33.179+03:00"a late Seventies audience (the same one who ..."a late Seventies audience (the same one who was instead cruelly tortured by the Sgt. Pepper movie back in the day)"<br />My wife, b. 1969, disowns all rock music pre-1980. The Beatles only exist as pop culture relics in her mind, as does Elvis and any other "oldies/classic rock" act. Case in point: One day I was randomly singing (as I do) "Fixing a Hole" and she blurted out, "Why are singing a song from that MOVIE???" She's never connected with the record. Her only link to the music is Frampton. She'd probably love Zander singing it too, because both were golden-tressed, slenderized demigods in their prime. Alas, that was forty years ago today...Jimm Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919413373576671931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-72845790332320860732016-12-15T19:24:33.386+03:002016-12-15T19:24:33.386+03:00"they do have a very close affinity with the ..."they do have a very close affinity with the material"<br />That's not nearly enough, as any classical musician will confirm. The performer has to find a way to make the material his/her own. It's the only way. That's why Dream Theater's version of Made in Japan doesn't work, while Therapy? backing Bruce Dickinson (yeah, the Iron Maiden guy) in Black Night totally works.<br />Granted, in the case of Sergeant Pepper that's probably a lot harder than with Black Night.MNbnoreply@blogger.com